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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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Del Otro Lado Del Alambrado (Book jacket)
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Selections from a booklet containing prose and poetry about undocumented Mexican people.
Date:
2004
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Demonstrators
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Demonstrators marching outside.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Demonstrators for FALN
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Demonstration for FALN in Puerto Rico.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Dia Internacional de la Mujer
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Invitation to an event for International Women's Day.
Date:
March 7, 1992
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Dissent is Not a Crime : A fundraiser for the campaign to free Puerto Rican political prisoners
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Postcard for a Dissent is Not a Crime fundraiser sponsored by the National Boricua Human Rights Network to raise funds for the "Not Enough Space" exhibit and a commissary for prisoners.
Date:
2007
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Don Pedro Albizu Campos
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Don Pedro Albizu Campos Mural.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Public access
Don Pedro Albizu Campos Mural
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Don Pedro Albizu Campos Mural.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Public access
Doña Consuelo Habla Sobre...
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Cover pages from a booklet with prose and poetry about and for Doña Consuelo.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Doña Consuelo Speaks (Selected pages)
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Selected pages from a booklet with prose and poetry about and by Doña Consuelo de Corretjer.
Date:
circa 1980's
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Dr. Alan Berkman
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Dr. Alan Berkman, professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University, gave a talk for the Sociology Club.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School
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Illustrated page about the Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School, taken from a yearbook.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School 20th Anniversary
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Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School 20th Anniversary informational flier.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School Inc.; Yearbook No. 6
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Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School Student Yearbook.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School; 2007 Yearbook
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Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School 2007 illustrated Yearbook cover.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Dr. Pedro Albizu Campus Puerto Rican High School, Inc. 1985-1986 Catalog cover
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Cover for 1985-1986 course catalog for the Dr. Pedro Albizu CamposHigh School, Inc.
Date:
1985; 1986
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
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.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
El Centro Cultural Puertorriqueno Juan Antonio Corretjer es Para Usted...
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Brochure describing programs and services of the Cultural Center.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
El Fuego Estudiantil, Volume 2, Number 4
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A newspaper published by students of the Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School.
Date:
February 1, 1986
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
El Grito Production
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Rehersal for the theatrical production, El Grito.
Date:
2000
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
El Grito del Barrio contra el SIDA: Community Information Bulletin
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El Grito del Barrio contra el SIDA Community Information Bulletin , Volume 1 (Summer 1999) on AIDS prevention.
Date:
Summer, 1999
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
El Ninó, no. 3 (Dicembre de 1989)
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Newsletter from the Centro Infantil Consuelo Lee Corretjer daycare center.
Date:
December 1, 1989
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
El Viejo Vive
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Memorial Program.
Date:
February 20, 2005
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Elizam: Imagenes, Imaginacion y Simbologia en el Arte
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Announcement for an exhibit by artist Elizam Escobar.
Date:
1981
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Entertainers on stage
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entertainers on stage.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Escuela Superior Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Celebra Su 15th Aniversario
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Escuela Superior Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos students celebrate 15th anniversary.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Escuela Superior Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Celebra Su 15to Aniversario
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Group in front of banner celebratingthe Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School15th Anniversary.
Date:
1987
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Escuela Superior Puertorriquena Rafael Cancel Miranda
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Exterior of building occupied by the Escuela Superior Puertorriquena Rafael Cancel Miranda.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Escuela Superior Puertorriquena Rafael Cancel Miranda
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Exterior of building occupied by the Escuela Superior Puertorriquena Rafael Cancel Miranda.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Escuela Superior Puertorriquena Rafael Cancel Miranda banner and murals adorn the Centro Cultural
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Escuela Superior Puertorriquena Rafael Cancel Miranda banner and murals on the exterior of the Centro Cultural building.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Escuela de Musica de Verano
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Flier advertising music lessons at Escuela de Misica de Verano.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
European philosophy book review
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Review of book on European philosophy (Problemas de Interpretacion y Concimiento En la Filosofia Europea) in Resena Literaria.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
FORO con Representantes Comité de la Paz de Nicaragua
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Program for a forum with representatives of the Nicaraguan Peace Committee, sponsored by the United States Out of Central America (U.S.O.C.A.) and held at the Cultural Center.
Date:
January 20, 1985
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Female Stereotypes and the Stories Behind Them: A presentation by Elvia Nuñez and Emma Ortiz
4 images
Text by female students of the Lolita Lebron Family Learning Center and Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School about women and stereoyping.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Festival Tierra Adentro
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Program for music festival featuring students from Roberto Clemente High School.
Date:
December 12, 1993
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Festival Tierra Adentro I
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Flier for a festival of Latin American music and art.
Date:
December 1, 1984
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Festival de Musica
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Bilingual flier for a music festival in benefit of the Humboldt Park Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative.
Date:
May 8, 1994
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Festival para Niños
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Flier announcing the annual children's festival sponsored by El Centro Cultural Puertorriqueno.
Date:
September 4, 1988
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Films available from Puerto Rican Cultural Center
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A list of films and documentaries.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Flag bearers
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Flag bearers in a parade.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Flags
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Flags flown at a rally.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Flags of Steel: A Documentary by Mildred Amador
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Leaflet for a program announcing a documentary about the Paseo Boricua flags in the West Town neighborhood.
Date:
2008
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Float
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Float in a parade.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Float in a parade
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Float in People's Parade displaying cultural pride.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Float in parade
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Children wearing ethnic costumes waveflags on a float for the People's Parade.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Forging Possibilities...
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Pamphlet with description of programs of the Cultural Center.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Forging Possibilities... The Story of the Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center
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Brochure advertsing a video/slide documentary about the history of the Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Richan Cultural Center.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Fundraising appeal
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First page of draft of form letter describing the services and activities of the Cultural Center and soliciting donations.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Fundraising letter
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Fund raising letter sent to members of the community after an FBI raid on the Cultural Center.
Date:
October 1, 1983
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Gathering of demonstrators
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Demonstrators gathered at the Humboldt Park Refectory.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Gathering of demonstrators
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Demonstrators gathered outside the Humboldt Park Refectory.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access

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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