Roosevelt, Franklin D. Typed Letter Signed, November 6, 1930, documents his leadership in a statewide fundraising campaign for impoverished and malnourished children in Puerto Rico during the first phase of the Great Depression. Written from Albany while serving as Governor of New York, the letter addresses Darwin P. Kingsley, President.....
[Slavery] [Black Labor] [Puerto Rico] This official Puerto Rican slave registry document, issued in Manatí in 1871 under Spanish colonial administration, represents the bureaucratic infrastructure of slavery in the Caribbean at the precise moment preceding abolition. Titled within the printed form as part of the “Registro de Esclavos – Isla.....
San Juan photograph archive, 1950s, documents Puerto Rican civic landmarks, colonial architecture, schoolchildren, public parks, beaches, farmers, merchants, and transportation in the decade after the 1950 Nationalist uprising against United States authority. The group provides primary visual evidence of everyday life and public memory in Puerto Rico during a politically.....
Puerto Rico photo archive, circa 1910s and 1928, documents colonial-era social conditions and hurricane destruction in the decades after the United States took control of the island. The archive centers on two related subjects: a large group portrait of Puerto Rican adults and children gathered outside a long arched building.....
[WWII] [Latino] Puerto Rico World War II photo archive, documenting a blend of military activity and island life during a pivotal moment in global and Caribbean history. Archive of 9 silver gelatin photographs measuring between 5.25" x 3.75" to 3.25" x 2". The images include American soldiers posed casually and.....
