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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 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 ...
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 ]
University library: 1948: 1969 [1] Unk: Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico: Modern: 4: Centro de Acceso a la Información: Sabanetas: UIA-Ponce PR-1 WB: University library: 1962: 1984: Unk: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico en Ponce: Modern: 5: Biblioteca Adelina Coppin Alvarado: Playa: PR-2 EB at PR-12: University library: 1970: 1970 ...
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.
The first library in Puerto Rico was established in 1642 in the Convent of San Francisco, and access to its books was limited to those who belonged to the religious order. [3] The only women who had access to the libraries and who could afford books, were the wives and daughters of Spanish government officials or wealthy landowners.
El Día: decano de la prensa de Puerto Rico [276] [477] Ponce [478] 1911 (May 2) [479] [467] 1970 [480] Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce (entire printed collection) [481] This paper was the successor of El Diario de Puerto Rico (1909–1911); Eugenio Astol, director; Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso become its director in 1928. [482]
The General Archives of Puerto Rico was formally created by Law 5 of December 8, 1955, and placed under the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture which had been created six months before. The main function of the entity is to safeguard and conserve the most important inactive documents of Puerto Rico's territorial government, both under United ...