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It was created in 1967 as the Biblioteca General de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico General Library) by Joint Resolution No. 44 of the Puerto Rico Legislature. [2] It opened on April 11, 1973. [3] In 2003 it was renamed Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico by Act 188 of August 17 of that year. [4] The library is ascribed to the Institute of Puerto Rican ...
The Biblioteca Carnegie (or Carnegie Library) on Avenida Juan Ponce de León in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico [2] is a NRHP-listed Carnegie library funded through a $100,000 donation from the Carnegie Foundation, [3] becoming Puerto Rico's first purpose-built library [4] when it was completed in 1915.
In addition to its historical archives, the facilities also include an amphitheater, a Sala de la Historia Constitucional (constitutional history hall), a children's library and a museum. [9] The archives include documents such as Hernandez Colon's speech given upon the death of Ponce mayor Rafael Cordero Santiago . [ 10 ]
The Instituto manages the Puerto Rico General Archives (Archivo General de Puerto Rico) since 1956 as well as the Puerto Rico National Library, has a program on Puerto Rican archeology, sponsors programs in the visual arts, the popular arts and handcrafts, the theatrical arts, and the musical arts, has a branch that publishes books and ...
Puerto Rico has been commemorated on four U.S. postal stamps. Insular Territories were commemorated in 1937, the third stamp honored Puerto Rico featuring 'La Fortaleza', the Spanish Governor's Palace. [299] The first free election for governor of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico was honored on 27 April 1949, at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Library City or town Image Date granted [1] Grant amount [1] Location Notes 1: San Juan: San Juan: Oct 4, 1901: $100,000 7 Ave Juan Ponce De León: Opened July 27, 1915, this library in the Puerto Rico was the first building to be built there for the specific purpose of a public library.
The Ponce Municipal Library, formally, Biblioteca Municipal Mariana Suárez de Longo (English: Mariana Suárez de Longo Municipal Library), and also known as Biblioteca Publica de Ponce (English: Ponce Public Library), is the library system of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Founded in 1870, it is the oldest public library in Puerto ...