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Divedco view detail comment email this

This exhibition "is about posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico [government] dating from 1949 to 1989. ... DIVEDCO was a social experiment which mirrored several of President Roosevelt's New Deal Programs." Features a gallery of posters, exhibition brochure, and educational materials. In English and Spanish. From the Smithsonian Latino Center.
http://latino.si.edu/DIVEDCO/
Topics: Art, U.S. History By Place
Last updated Jun 1, 2009


Puerto Rico and the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives view detail comment email this

"Portrays the early history of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico through first-person accounts, political writings, and histories." Topics include "the land and its resources, relations with Spain, the competition among political parties, reform efforts, and recollections by veterans of the Spanish-American War." Materials date from 1831 through 1929, and most are in Spanish. Includes background essays. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/puertorico/
Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place
Last updated Oct 27, 2009


Welcome To Puerto Rico view detail comment email this

Information about the population, geography, history, economy, government, and culture (architecture, arts, famous people, folklore, food, literature, music, recreation) of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Tourist information is also included.
http://welcome.topuertorico.org/
Topics: North America, U.S. History By Place, U.S. Travel
Last updated Apr 3, 2006




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