Personal Papers

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Haslip Peña, Jaime
Jaime Haslip Peña was born in San Juan, migrated to New York and worked on the steamship Borinquen from 1933 to 1941 and for the U.S. Customs Service from 1943 to 1985, during which time he wrote several reports and policy statements. The Jaime Haslip Peña collection consists of .12 cubic feet of biographical information and photographs, dating from 1918 to 1951. The collection serves as a documentation of the lives of the steamship merchant marines. It was donated by Gabriel Haslip Viera, Haslip Peña’s son.

Hernández Cruz, Juan
Juan Hernández Cruz was an activist and organizer of the "Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño" chapter in New York City. He was one of the main spokespeople for the organization in the United Nations Decolonization Committee. This collection documents the Independence group’s efforts to keep Puerto Rico on the UN Committee agenda after the U.S. succeeded in removing it from its list of colonial territories in 1952. It demonstrates Hernandez Cruz’s work behind the scenes urging UN delegates to vote in favor of discussing and reestablishing Puerto Rico on the agenda. The Juan Hernández Cruz collection consists of .25 cubic feet of documents, such as agendas, memorandum, correspondence, bulletins, press releases, reports, speeches, clippings, notes and poems, as well as a political book, spanning the years from 1958 to 1982.

Hernández Cruz, Víctor
Collection comprises one folder and contains two books of poetry (Doing Poetry and Mainland), a copy of another (Papo Got His Gun), a copy of an anthology co-edited by Hernández Cruz (Stuff) and a copy of a monograph titled “Puerto Rico: Our People’s History.” Materials date from 1967 to 1973.

Hernández Delgado, Julio-Audiocassette Collection
The Julio Hernández Delgado collection consists of 13 audiocassette recordings donated by the Puerto Rican Hunter College Archivist in the field of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies. Among them are interviews and book readings, several with children’s books writer, Pura Belpré. The collection dates from 1972 to 1989. This collection complements the Pura Belpré Papers, as well as Centro’s Oral History Collection by Lillian López.

Hernández, José
Former Jesuit seminarian, consultant with the Ford Foundation in Brazil and Professor at the University of Arizona, Tucson, the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and in the Black and Puerto Rican Studies Department at Hunter College, CUNY, Hernández also had an early role in the 1980 Census Advisory Committee and worked at the International Population and Urban Research Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. Measuring 8 cubic feet, the collection consists of correspondence, photographs, reports, clippings, and postcards. It dates from 1952-2006 and explores the many facets of Hernández’s personal and professional life. It concerns his activities in New York, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Chicago, Illinois, Brazil and Berkeley, California. [PR Studies at Hunter College and Sociologist]

Hernández, Miriam/Vistas Latinas
Founded in 1989 by Miriam Hernández and Regina Araujo, Vistas Latinas sought to counter the disproportionately small representation of Latina artists in museums, collections and galleries by organizing exhibitions and related events, as well as publishing exhibition catalogues and maintaining a slide registry. Collection measures 2 cubic feet and includes correspondence, artist’s slides, mailing lists, grant applications and newspaper clippings. It spans the years 1990-1994 and focuses on artistic activity in the New York metropolitan area.

Joffre Sureda Family
The Joffre Sureda Family was a middle class family from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico that migrated to New York and New Jersey. The Joffre Sureda Family Collection is a collection consisting of a leather-bound scrapbook of .24 cubic feet, created by Theresa Joffre which includes family photographs, mostly of herself and her son, Pedro Antonio (a.k.a. Peter), clippings, flyers, invitation and greeting cards, correspondence and other mementos. The collection dates to the 1930’s.

Jorge, Julia
Julia Jorge (1935-) has devoted most of her life to the labor movement and union activities. Jorge remains an active member of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and the Hispanic Labor Committee. Her papers contain photographs, clippings and newsletters, among other items. [Labor and Occupation, Organizations and Leaders, Social Reform]

La Luz, José
José La Luz is a longtime social activist of the Hispanic community and a specialist in labor education programs for the Hispanic trade unionists at the School of Labor and Industrial Relations of Michigan State University. He was also was the Socialist Party Chairman in Hartford, Connecticut. The José La Luz collection consists of .12 cubic feet of documents, including writings by La Luz and his involvement in the trial of José Torres Cruz and José A. Torres Vega, two young Puerto Rican men charged with firebombing a police vehicle in Hartford, as well as correspondence, newspaper articles, and miscellaneous bulletins, reports and conference materials. The collection spans the years from 1971 to 1991.

Lander, Mary
Together with Centro Librarian, Amílcar Tirado, Mary Lander helped collect and catalog materials from the Samuel Gompers Papers, former President of the American Federation of Labor, that pertain to Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans. Materials date from the late 1890s-1940s.

Lao, Betty NACOPROW

Lapp, Michael – Migration Division Oral Interviews
The Michael Lapp collection consists of 8 audiocassette interviews with several Migration Division officers, including Luis Cardona, Joseph Monserrat, Director of the Division from 1951 to 1969, and Alan Perl, the lawyer who dealt with the seasonal farm workers’ contracts negotiated by the Division, which were conducted by Lapp as part of his research dissertation for his PhD in History. This collection complements the OGPRUS Migration Division collection.

Laster, Carlos
The Carlos Laster collection consists of artifacts donated by the artist and craft maker to Centro. Among them is a piece on the Three Kings, made from bottles and papier mâché on a wooden base, as well as a piece called Vejigante, also made from papier mâché on a wooden base. Included in the Centro Art Collection are 2 pieces by Laster. One is a digital print entitled “The New Millenium,” featuring surreal imagery of a man on a cross with a Coca-Cola symbol on it, and the other is a poster entitled “Haciendo Patria,” which features Puerto Rican Nationalist Leader Pedro Albizu Campos.

Laviera, Tato
Tato Laviera is a Puerto Rican poet who migrated to New York in 1960. Laviera’s poetry is written in both Spanish and English, but more often in “Spanglish”and addresses issues such as race and cultural identity affecting Puerto Ricans in the U.S. The Tato Laviera collection consists of .12 cubic feet of documents, including biographical information, poems, plays, and collaborative projects.

López, Anthony   [PDF] [ENGL]
The Anthony López Papers highlight the life and work of a charismatic community leader, with a demonstrated commitment to educational opportunity and leadership development for Latino youth, as evidenced by his years at ASPIRA of New York, Inc., among other organizations. The collection consists of letters, clippings, flyers, memoranda, minutes, reports, photographs, proposals, programs, newsletters and notes.

López, Edwin
Trade unionist and member of the I.B.E.W. (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers), where he has served as Business Representative and National Political Coordinator, López also was Chapter Manager and Executive Secretary of the New York City Chapter of National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA). Collection measures 2.5 cubic feet and includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, journals, audiocassettes, videotapes and legal documents. It spans the years 1966-2000.

See Santiago Iglesias Educational Society.

López, José
Former Field Representative for the AFL-CIO in New York and member of the 65th Infantry during the Korean War. Collection measures approximately 0.5 cubic feet and contains biographical information, documents related to the Hispanic Labor Committee, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Santiago Iglesias Education Society, identification cards, correspondence and photographs. Included as well are a number of buttons related to the United Farm Workers and six videos documenting the activities of the Santiago Iglesias Education Society. Materials date from 1950-1994.

See Santiago Iglesias Educational Society.

López, Lillian   [PDF] [ENGL] [ESPN]
Library administrator, among the first Puerto Rican librarians in the New York Public Library system (NYPL) and a pioneer in providing services and creating programs for underserved communities. Collection contains information on the programs developed by NYPL to address the needs of its Puerto Rican and Latino constituents, her activist sister, Evelina Antonetty, and librarian and folklorist, Pura Belpré. Consists of letters, news clippings, photographs, audio and videocassettes, scrapbooks, and scripts for puppet theater.

Lurie, Ellen
An activist in the movement for school decentralization and member of EQUAL, an organization devoted to improving and integrating the New York City public schools, Ellen Lurie had also worked for seven years as Director of the Parent Leadership Training Institute at the United Bronx Parents, Inc. (UBP). Measuring approximately 19 cubic feet the collection also contains materials that document efforts to integrate and aid the burgeoning Puerto Rican population of East Harlem in the early 1950s. Among these are papers on Americans for Democratic Action, an East side community affairs committee that sought to create programs for the local Puerto Rican community, and the East Harlem Project, which focused on schooling issues. Other documents of interest include a proposal from Aspira (of New York, Inc.) dated 1965 and files on the People’s Board of Education whose members also included Evelina Antonetty, founder of UBP. The papers also contain information on Lurie’s work in the Washington Heights section Manhattan at a time when a significant population of Puerto Ricans still resided there.

Luyanda Fernández Family
Inclusive of materials pertinent to several members of the Luyanda Fernández family, this collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings and books. Among the individuals covered are Juan Luyanda Fernández, a high jumper who competed internationally for Puerto Rico, and his cousin Dalilah Torres Fernández, who migrated to the U.S. in the1960s. The collection spans the years 1938-2005 and focuses on family activities in New York and Puerto Rico.