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Teodoro Vidal Collection

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Teodoro Vidal Collection
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Object Details

Scope and Contents

Maps, prints, posters, religious articles, publications and photographs, relating to the history and culture of Puerto Rico. Mr. Vidal's family and personal papers are also included.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c0cb541d-4da6-4fce-ad2c-90d337ee3797

Collector

Vidal, Teodoro

Place

Puerto Rico -- Antiquities

Topic

Folk art
Puerto Rico -- History
Art -- Collecting and Collectors -- Puerto Rico
Art, Puerto Rican
Santos (Art)

Collector

Vidal, Teodoro

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Teodoro Vidal Collection

Biographical / Historical

Collector of art, artifacts and documents on the history, culture and people of Puerto Rico. Vidal donated his artifact collection to the National Museum of American History in 1997.

Extent

4 Cubic feet (15 boxes, 10 oversized folders)

Date

1592-1992

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.0712

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Photographs
Religious objects
Prayers
Maps
Posters

Citation

Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1592-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Arrangement

Collection is divided into nine series. Series 1: personal Papers Series 2: Vidal Family Background Materials Series 3: Maps Series 4: Prints and General Posters Series 5: Religious Materials Series 6: Publications Series 7: General Photographs Series 8: Poems, Ten Line Poems Series 9: Miscellaneous

Processing Information

Collection processed by Jose Delannoy, 2001.

Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form

Prints -- Puerto Rico
Photographs -- Puerto Rico
Religious objects -- Puerto Rico
Prayers
Maps
Posters -- Puerto Rico

Restrictions

Collection is open for research.
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Record ID

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"Oración a Santa Elena de Jerusalém".

Booklet "Las Caretas de los Vejigantes Ponceños: modo de hacerlas", by Teodoro Vidal. Published in 1988.

Photo of Amanda Santoni in Philadelphia, PA (sitting on a chair).

List of Ex-Votos that were part of the exhibit at La Casa Del Libro. Typed document of 6 pages (no. 1997.0097.0585). Note there is a set of photocopies of the same document.

Religious card with San Isidro Labrador y ###.

"Plowing in the Old Way, Porto Rico".

Photo of Teodoro Vidal and Ysabel Angulo (?) (from Bronxville, NY) at the Stork Club. This photo is inside a cover from the Stork Club (souvenir).

2 copies of "Novena a Nuestra Señora del Rosario".

8 copies of "Oración La Puerta Estrecha".

Photo of a court house (¿) showing Rodolfo Santoni.

Holidays card of the Hernández Colón Family (with their picture) sent during the celebrations of 1984. Signed by the 6 members of the family.

Post card of Margarita (?). Written on the back: "Luis Cordovés, por ser el primer retrato que de mis manos recibes guárdalo en tu corazón para que nunca me olvides. Tu amiga, Margarita. 11 de noviembre del 1939. Ponce, Puerto Rico."

"Novenario a la Sacratísima Imagen de Jesús Crucificado: Con el admirable título de Buen Viaje".

"Novena a la Santísima Virgen de Guadalupe", 1937.

Teodoro Vidal with unidentified woman.

3 photos of woman with child. Ponce (written on the back).

Prayer Books

Prayer: El Gran Salvador, San Juan Nepomuceno

2 copies of "Oración El Yugo Ligero".

2 different copies of "Novena a la Virgen del Carmen".

Christmas Cards to Vidal, many by Irene Delano and Miguel Pou (with photocover of Vidal Collection, additional)

Photo of the baptism of Olga Hernández Vázquez. Typed label on the back: "Bautizo de la niña Olga Hernández Vázquez en los jardines de "La Giralda", residencia de su tía abuela doña Encarnación Aboy vda. De Cintrón, en Miramar. Al frente, y vestido de oscuro, el padrino don Antonio Pérez Pierret, y junto a él, de blanco, el padre de la niña don José A. Hernández Usera. Sostiene a la niña su madrina doña María Aboy de Pérez Pierret y frente a ella, sin sombrero, la madre de la criatura doña María Vázquez Aboy de Hernández Usera. Al fondo, en caballero con barba es el abuelo paterno de la niña, Hon. José Conrado Hernández, Juez Presidente de la Corte Suprema de Puerto Rico. Año 1923."

Pray to San Blas

Photo of Luisa Ávila, widow of Tiburcio Espada. Typed inscription on the back: "Luisa Ávila vda. De Tiburcio Espada. Este retrato me lo donó, antes de morir, su nieto, Eladio Vélez Espada, de Mayagüez. Teodoro Vidal, Mayo 1974".

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