In collaboration with the Filson Historical Society the PRAC has funded the completion of the digitization of the papers of Puerto Rico Colonial Governor Arthur Yager. Yager served as Governor of … Read More
Senior Archivist Pedro Roig plans the work of a dozen PRAC interns who are working with the Fomento and Fortaleza (Gobernadores) collections. The Fortaleza papers are in two depositos and … Read More
AGPR Director Hilda Ayala, archivist Pedro Roig, PRAC Manager Sofia Feliciano and Aldo Lauria Santiago welcomed the first group of Mellon interns to the AGPR on Monday. The group will … Read More
Dr Jose Rigau Perez has been working as a volunteer at the AGPR organizing the Departamento de Salud Records. He has produced a massive draft index to this collection. PRAC … Read More
(English Below) 6 de julio de 2024 ¡Estimados Participantes del PRAC! La comunidad del PRAC ha crecido en los últimos dos años y ahora, gracias a la Fundación Mellon, ampliaremos … Read More
I am pleased to announce the continuation of the Rutgers/Puerto Rico Archival Collaboration (PRAC) Summer Graduate Student Intern Program for 2024, now with funding support from the Mellon Foundation. Having successfully … Read More
PRAC Intern Andres Acosta defended his MA thesis in history from the University of Puerto Rico on June 28. The thesis is titled “Reciprocidad Antillana: Huracán San Zenón y la … Read More
About forty people joined AGPR Director Hilda T. Ayala and PRAC Director Aldo Lauria Santiago for a Q&A session about the National Archive in Puerto Rico, its goals, work, conditions and challenges.
Victoria Arredondo and Iulianna Rosario have started working on digitizing narratives of Puerto Rican migration. Profs. Ismael Garcia Colon and Lauria Santiago secured a grant from Arte Publico Press’ Latino … Read More
Rutgers Geography Ph.D. student Laurian Rosa begins her internship at the AGPR. Funded by the PRAC Laurian will work organizing a collection of documents from Mining Commission of the Departmento … Read More