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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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Banquet dinner
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Participants at a banquet.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Centro Cultural
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Exterior of the former building occupied by the Juan Antonio Corretjer Cultural Center.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Centro Cultural
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Exterior of the former building occupied by the Juan Antonio Corretjer Cultural Center.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Centro Cultural
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Exterior wall of the previous building that housed the Cultural Center displaying murals and portraits ofnationalism, heritage, and political activists.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Centro de Información Juan A Corretjer
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Three men stand in front of a storefront dedicated as a community service information center fornationalism and affairs.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Children dancing
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Dance performance by young children.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Children dancing
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Costumed children in a performance.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Children practicing a dance
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Children practice an ethnic dance on the corner of Wabansia and Claremont Avenues in Chicago.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Community gathering
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Community members in front of the Cultural Center.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Community members
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José López with a panel of other speakers.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Community members gather
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Meeting of community members.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Demonstrators for FALN
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Demonstration for FALN in Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Entertainers on stage
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entertainers on stage.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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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
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Flag bearers
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Flag bearers in a parade.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Flags
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Flags flown at a rally.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Float
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Float in a parade.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Float in a parade
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Float in People's Parade displaying cultural pride.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Float in parade
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Children wearing ethnic costumes waveflags on a float for the People's Parade.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Giving a speech
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A woman gives a speech.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Group of young adults
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Group of young adults gathered on the steps of a building.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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José López and speaker at public political rally
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José López (Executive Director of the Cultural Center) and speaker at public political rally.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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José López and unidentified woman
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Executive Director of the Cultural Center, José López and an unidentified woman.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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José López outside Cultural Center at community event
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José López (Executive Director of the Cultural Center) outside Cultural Center at community event.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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José López speaking at community event
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José López (Executive Director of the Cultural Center) speaking at community event.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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José López speaking at political rally
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José López (Executive Director of the Cultural Center) speaking at political rally on Division Street in Chicago.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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José López with a crowd at a political rally
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José López (Executive Director of the Cultural Center) with a crowd at a political rally.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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José López with group at an anti US Navy in Vieques rally
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José López (Executive Director of the Cultural Center) and Jesse Jackson Sr. (to López's right) with group rallying against US Navy bombing in Vieques.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Libertad Para Los Prisioneros(as) Politicos y de Guerra
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Woman standing on a stage during an outdoor political event.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Mural
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Mural of several people standing together with flags raised, on yellow and green background.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Mural
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Mural of figure with flags.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Mural on side of building
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Mural on the side of a building
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Murals displayed at Centro Cultural
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Exterior wall of the previous building which housed the Cultural Center displaying murals ofnationalists.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Neighborhood political activity
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This photograph is of a political banner located in West Town, Chicago that reads "Commemoracion Captura 11 Prisioneros de Guerra Puertorriquenos Transformando Derrotas A Victorias 4 de Abril 1980-83 Son Patriotas No Terroristas."This photograph was probably taken from the north side of Division Street.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Parade
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Parade marchers on a city street.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Parade float
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Women hanging photographs of political activists on a float.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Parade float
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Women preparing a float for a parade.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Parade float at Wabansia Avenue and Claremont Avenue, Chicago
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Women hanging photographs of political activists on a float at the corner of Wabansia Avenue and Claremont Avenue in Chicago.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Parade on Division Street
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Crowd during parade procession down Division Street.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Paseo Boricua
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Paseo Boricua, two street end flags standing fifty-nine feet tall made of steel, anchor a commercial corridor of neighborhood shops and restaurants in the West Town, Humboldt Park neighborhood in Chicago.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Paz
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amensty and peace parade in Chicago.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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People's Parade
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Float in the 1981 People's Parade in Chicago.
Date:
1981
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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People's Parade
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Children riding float in 1981 People's Parade in Chicago.
Date:
1981
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Performers
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Participants in a theatrical or musical production
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Political rally
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Demonstrators at a political rally
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Procession
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Line of people, one carrying aflag, marching down a street.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Protesters from Vieques Rally, Chicago
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Rally protestors at a gathering protesting the US Navy's bomb target practice at Vieques.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Puerto Rican Flag
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Oversized flag is carried in a procession down a street by a large group of marchers.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Puerto Rican Political Rally
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A crowd of nationalists and supporters wavingflags at an outdoor event.
Date:
1999
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Runners
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Runners racing down North Avenue in Humboldt Park, Chicago.
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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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