Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection
name: label: Donor
content: Archivo General de Puerto Rico
label: Collector
content: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
place: label: Place
content: Puerto Rico -- 20th century
topic: label: Topic
content: Puerto Rico in art -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Health attitudes -- 20th century -- Puerto Rico
label: Topic
content: Health education -- 1940-1980 -- Puerto Rico
label: Topic
content: Social conditions -- 20th century -- Puerto Rico
label: Topic
content: Cultural policy -- 20th century -- Puerto Rico
label: Topic
content: Modernity and society -- Puerto Rico
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The posters were donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History by the Archivo General de Puerto Rico through Nelly V. Cruz Rodriguez on May 19, 1997.
creator: label: Donor
content: Archivo General de Puerto Rico
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content: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of 378 posters documenting the social, cultural, and educational issues for Puerto Rico of Puerto Rico for nearly fifty years.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Puerto Rican Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] provided resources primarily for the island's poor and rural residents. Created in 1949, it employed community leaders, artists, and writers to develop programs and cultural works that addressed many of the issues and concerns of the Puerto Rican community.


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physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (32 map folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955-2005, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0615
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Screen prints
label: Type
content: Posters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1, Events, 1955-1990, undated

Series 2, Social Services, 1971-2005, undated

Series 3, Economics and Employment, 1987-1989, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, 2003.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Screen prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of 378 posters, the majority of which are approximately 22" x 28" documenting social, cultural, and educational issues for Puerto Rico. The posters were widely displayed throughout Puerto Rico and provide a window into the lives of the residents for fifty years. The collection is divided into three series. Series one documents events primarily for holidays. Series two provides information relating to the type of social services available to the residents. Economic and employment issues are documented in series three.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
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