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100 Years of Don Pedro Albizu Campos, Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, Pedro Albizu Campos (1893-1965)

Tibes Ceremonial Park

The Negro Digs up His Past, The Schomburg Papers

http://americanhistory.si.edu/vidal/index.htm

An exhibition at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, which examines the history, culture, and traditions of Puerto Rico as reflected in the Teodoro Vidal Collection of Puerto Rican Material Culture.

Centro

http://centropr.org/

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at CUNY. A major research and educational resource center.

Cerro Maravilla Archive

http://home.coqui.net/ciales15/cmindex.htm

News and articles from several publications about the case of two young advocates of independence who were shot dead by a group of policemen on an isolated mountain in Puerto Rico.

Coins and Numismatics of Puerto Rico

http://www.angelfire.com/pa/cayrabon

Presents a chronology of the development and use of coins during the Spanish rule of this island.

Curious Historical Facts

http://www.naic.edu/tony/ptrico.htm

An eclectic collection of odd facts taken from Puerto Rican History.

Elections in Puerto Rico

http://EleccionesPuertoRico.org/home_en.html

Deep file of official election and plebiscite results, 1920-present.

Historical Photographs of Puerto Rico,1898-1940s

http://caribou.cc.trincoll.edu/classes_hist378/archivo/prpics1.htm

These photographs are from the American Memory Collection Web Site of the Library of Congress in Washington.

History of Puerto Rico Index

http://www.ku.edu/kansas/pr/index.html

WWW Virtual Library directory organized by time period, topics, resources for research, biographies and other materials.

History Time Line for Puerto Rico

http://welcome.topuertorico.org/history.shtml

Welcome to Puerto Rico's history page featuring a time line of the various historical events of the island.

Juan Ponce de Leon

http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/ponce.html

Brief biography and a collection of links to additional information.

Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Ninetee

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/prhtml/

By the Library of Congress. Early history of the Commonwealth through first-person accounts.

Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment

http://www.valerosos.com/

The Borinqueneers. History of the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment, including casualty lists and Medal lists. News and photos from the Korean War.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

http://nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html

Personal collection of the Puerto Rican-born Black scholar and bibliophile, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874-1938).

Summary of Puerto Rican History

http://www.rainforestsafari.com/history.html

Understanding Puerto Rico's cultural and racial inheritance today is the theme of this History summary. Illustrated with photos of ruins.

Taino Terms - Dictionary of Indigenous Caribbean L

http://members.dandy.net/%7Eorocobix/terms1.htm

A comprehensive collection of Taino words translated into Spanish with an introduction in English.

The Jíbaros Corner

http://www.jibaros.com/

Blend of history, contemporary news, wit, wisdom and humor viewed from the Puerto Rican Jíbaro lens.

The Puerto Rican Soldier

http://prsoldier.com/

A documentary about Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment, the only Hispanic-segregated unit in Army history. Produced by El Pozo Productions, using extensive interviews and archival footage.

Wartime Puerto Rico and History

http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/puertorico.html

Overview essay about this island during wartime with a chronology, index, maps and related literature.