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Puerto Rican Cultural Center collection

Members of the Puerto Rican and Latinx community in Chicago established the non-proft Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center (PRCC) in 1973 to address the social and cultural needs of the West Town and Humboldt Park community. The collection contains printed documents produced and published by the Puerto Rican Cultural Center including newspapers, flyers, programs, and books. Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia from the center are also included.

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Declaracion ante la corte federal
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Illustration from a book.
Date:
1985
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection

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Dylcia Pagán and Ida Luz Rodríguez portraits displayed at the Centro Cultural, Puerto Rican Cultural Center
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Dylcia Pagán and Ida Luz Rodríguez were 2 of the 11 members of the FALN (Fuerzas Armadas Liberacion Nacional Puertoriquena) and participated in the independence movement. The portraits are in the Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection

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Illustrated letter
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A handwritten letter on brown paper with a color drawing on verso.
Date:
September 26, 1988
Collection:

Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection

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Illustration from Más Bonita Se Viera...
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Illustration of flag behind caption, "¡Que Bonita Bandera!" from political publication, Más Bonita Se Viera...
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection

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Los conoceré por sus palabaras: símbolo vivo de sus acciones (Selected pages)
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Cover and selected pages from Los conoceré por sus palabaras: símbolo vivo de sus acciones. This book addresses the Anti-Colonial Independence Movement and includes student woodblock prints from La Escuela Superior Pedro Albizu Compos, Chicago, and writings from Norman Ramírez, a political dissident prisoner.
Date:
1992
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection

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Statement to the court
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Illustration for brochure
Date:
1985
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection

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Collection Details

Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme:
Neighborhoods & Community Organizations
Politics & Civic Life
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