Puerto Rican memorial collection, 1846-1907
Publisher: Library of Congress Preservation Microfilming Program; Available from Library of Congress Photoduplication Service
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: spa
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Puerto Rico -- History -- Sources.; Puerto Rico -- Politics and government -- Sources.; Puerto Rico -- Economic conditions.
Description: The complete pamphlet collection consists of 447 items spanning the years 1846 to 1907 that illustrate the island's rich nineteenth-century history. Topics covered range from agriculture and botany to economics, education, government, politics, history, literature, legal materials, and public health. The oldest item in the collection is a Discurso by the Minister of the Audiencia of Puerto Rico, Julián Luis de Tellería, published in 1846. There are several discourses and statements by officials of the Audiencia in Group 5 (Politics). Group 4 (Literature) features Alejandro Tapia y Rivera's Hero, monólogo trájico (1869) and his Oda de la muerte (1883). Many of the items in this collection are rare and were printed only once.
Notes: Content of reels 13-14 are also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
A collection of 447 pamphlets in Spanish and English collected and assembled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and prepared for microfilming by the Preservation Microfilming Office, documenting the economic conditions, education, history, literature, politics, religion, science and medicine in Puerto Rico during the period 1846-1907.
Entire guide to contents for the collection appears on each reel.
Master microform held by: DLC.