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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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Building mural
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Interior building mural at the Cultural Center in Chicago.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Building mural
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Mural on the wall at theCenter.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Building mural
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A Cultural Center building mural of Pedro Albizu Campos.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Celebration at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center
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Students of the Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School at a celebration at the 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 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 and entryway 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 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 y Escuela Superior Puertorriquena Rafael Cancel Miranda
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Exterior ofJuan Antonio Corretjer Cultural Center building with the Escuela Superior Puertorriquena Rafael Cancel Miranda banner.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Centro Infantil Consuelo Lee, Reyes Insurance/Taller Boricua float from parade
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The Centro Infantil Consuelo Lee, Reyes Insurance/Taller Boricua parade float.
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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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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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Concert at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center
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Cover of a program for a concert sponsored by the Cultural Center.
Date:
1985
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Congressman Luis V. Guiterrez at Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School
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Congressman Luis V. Guiterrez at Dr. Pedro Albizu CamposHigh School.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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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
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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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.
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1985; 1986
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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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Flags
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Flags flown at a rally.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Group of community members
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Community group members posing for a photograph.
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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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Illustration from Más Bonita Se Viera...
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Illustration of flag on a guillotine with the American Flag represented as the blade. Text on this page reads "¡Mas Bonita se Viera Si Los Yanquis No La Tuvieran!; La Independencia es un Requisito; ¡Dile No al Plebiscito" from political publication, Más Bonita Se Viera.
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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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Illustration of Puerto Rican Flag from " ...De que Allá las condiciones coloniales de opresión y explotación son las mismas..."
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Illustration of flag behind captions, "¿Consulta? ¿Estadidad? ¿Status? ¿ELA? ¿Plebiscito? ¿Independencia? ¿Referendum? ¿De Que Estamos Hablando?" from political publication"...De que Allá las condiciones coloniales de opresión y explotación son las mismas..."
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Interior of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center
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Interior of the Cultural Center showing posters and artwork, primarily depictingpolitcal prisoners.
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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 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
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José López (Executive Director of the Cultural Center) behind a podium speaking.
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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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José López with guest speaker
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José López (Executive Director of the Cultural Center) on a stage with a guest speaker.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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La Patria Libre : La Voz de Independentismo en la Retaguardia Pulicación Ocasional Vol. I, Num. II<
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First and last pages of a 1981 edition of La Patria Libre newspaper.
Date:
1981
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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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Mural in a stairwell
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Mural in the stairwell of the Cultural Center containing the translated text: "Knowledge, taking the world, the concern in some circles of color and that, in my feeling, was enough for that person to depart from you ... ."
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Mural portrait paintings of incarcerated Puerto Rican nationalists in the Library at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center
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The library serving the Cultural Center and the Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School displays large murals and portraits of nationalists who are prisoners.
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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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Newspaper: Puerto Rico: Hay Quien Te Ama y Quien Te USA
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Small poster.
Date:
1988-1989
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Parade
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Parade banner that reads "500 anos de valor y sacrificio...Desfile del pueblo."
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Parade float
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This photo shows the back of a parade float from an unidentified parade.
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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
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Aflag hung on a float.
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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.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Pedro Albizu Campos High School parade float
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This picture is of the Pedro Albizu Campos High School float in an unidentified parade.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School Announcement
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A recruitment flier for the Dr. Pedro Albizu CamposHigh School.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
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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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