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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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BOHIO: Barrio Organized for Housing Improvements, Inc.
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Bi-lingual (Spanish and English) brochure from the Barrio Organized for Housing Improvement, Inc.
Date:
1970's-1980's
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña, Septiembre
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Boricua - September/October, 2000 edition.
Date:
September 1, 2000
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña, enero 2000
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Selected pages from January, 2000 Boricua published by the Cultural Center.
Date:
January 1, 2000
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña; Septiembre 1999
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Issue of Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña newspaper covering the movement to remove the U.S. navy from the island of Vieques.
Date:
September 1, 1999
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña; febrero 2000
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Cover of Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña.
Date:
February 1, 2000
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Boricua, May 2000
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Cover of Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña.
Date:
May 1, 2000
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Boricua; January 2000
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Cover of Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña.
Date:
January 1, 2000
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Boricua; July-August 2000
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Cover of Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña.
Date:
July, 2000; August, 2000
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Boricua; March/April 2000
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Cover of Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña.
Date:
March, 2000; April, 2000
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Can't Jail the Spirit: Political Prisoners in the U.S. (selected pages)
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Selected pages from Can't Jail the Spirit - A Collection of Autobiographies of Political Prisoners by Jose E., Bobby Castillo, Luis Nieve-Falcon, Bo-rita d. brown and Therese, Mark Davis, et al Lopez.
Date:
2002
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Celebracion del Dia Internacional del la Mujer
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Program for Women's Day Celebration.
Date:
March 8, 1985
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Commemoration of Grito de Lares
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Program for commemoration of Grito de Lares.
Date:
September 23, 2008
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Community members
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José López with a panel of other speakers.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Community members gather
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Meeting of community members.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Community members gather for discussion
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Community members gather for a discussion.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Condiciones de Encarcelamiento
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Pamphlet about incarceration of nationalists.
Date:
1992
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
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.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Crime Against Humanity
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Event postcard for Human Rights Day.
Date:
December 10, 2007
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Declaracion ante la corte federal
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Illustration from a book.
Date:
1985
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
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 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
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
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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
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
Gathering of demonstrators
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Demonstrators gathered outside the Humboldt Park Refectory.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Gathering of demonstrators
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Demonstrators gathered by a fountain near Humboldt Park Refectory.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Giving a speech
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A woman gives a speech.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
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
Access:
Public access
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.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
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...
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Illustration from the newspaper publication, La Patria Libre
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An illustration, "El Grito de Lares" with text about theindependence movement in 1868 featured on the back page of the publication, La Patria Libre.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Illustration of Don Pedro
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Centennial celebration drawing of Pedro Albizu Campos, apolitician and a leading figures in the independence movement.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
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..."
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
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.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
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.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
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.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
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.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
La Criminalidad y la Crisis de las Priones en Puerto Rico (Front and back)
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Front and back covers of book about prisons in Puerto Rico.
Date:
1982
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Latinos Unite to Fight Against MIGRA Recruiters
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Protesters gather to display political posters against MIGRA (immigration officers or the Border Patrol).
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Libertad Para Los Prisioneros(as) Politicos y de Guerra
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Woman standing on a stage during an outdoor political event.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
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
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Manos Que Construyen
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Anti-imperialist pamphlet for a bi-lingual documentary about political history, sponsored by the Cultural Center.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
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.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Newspaper: Boricua en afirmación de la genté puertorriqueña
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Cover and end page to the newspaper Boricua en afirmación de la genté puertorriqueña, June 2000
Date:
June, 2000
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access

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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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