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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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2 copies of the magazine Que Pasa (Official Visitors Guide to Puerto Rico), Vol. 27 No. 12, December 1975. In pages 4 and 5 there is an article entitled Puerto Rico's Navidades and in pages 6 and 7 The First Villancico; both articles have pictures of "santos".

Thank you letter from Governor Rafael Hernández Colón for a book given to him by Teodoro Vidal. Dated July 9, 1987; includes its envelope.

Hand written booklet of the "Via Crucis" with 14 pictures of each station.

Business card of Mrs. Hela: "Sra. Hela le puede resolver".

2 small cards "Recuerdo de la Romería que celebra todos los años la Sacramental de S. Isidro" (with a prayer to the Saint).

Photo of a vejigante dressed with traditional outfit, including the mask. The predominant colors are black and red.

Pray to San Alejo

Prints with Religious Images

Colored print of 4 buildings of Puerto Rico: 1."Vista de la Iglesia Parroquial de Humacao", 2."Exterior de la Iglesia Parroquial de Ponce", 3."Hospital Tricoche en Ponce", 4."Plaza del Mercado en Ponce".

Prayer to San Luis Beltrán

Hand made (drawn and colored) holidays card by Miguel Pou: "1965-1966. Felicidades. Miguel y Ana Pou." Drawing of the old church of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico; hand written on the back: "Antigua Iglesia de Yabucoa, Puerto Rico."

Booklet with the official symbols and other information of Puerto Rico: The Flag, The Anthem, Map of the island and Historical Notes.

Prayer: Oración para los Soldados

Photo of Governor Luis Muñoz Marín and his wife, Inés Mendoza at La Fortaleza.

Teodoro Vidal and John Francis Boyer on a car in Vatican City, Rome, Italy.

Magazine Que Pasa (Official Visitors Guide to Puerto Rico, USA), Vol. 34 No. 1, January 1982. The cover of the magazine shows a sculpture of the Three Kings ("santos").

5 copies of "Oración al Ánima Sola".

Photo of interior of a building; typed text on the back: "Hallway at Cada del Callejón, Fortaleza Street, in Old San Juan, showing among other objects a tinajero that has a filtering stone and a clay tinaja."

Photo of the Old San Juan showing the walls and Casa Blanca, 1945. Stamped on the back: "Please credit Government of Puerto Rico. Photo by Rosskam." Typed on a sticker: "Rosskam, Government of Puerto Rico, October 1945. X 194 San Juan, Puerto Rico View of the Casa Blanca from La Fortaleza."

4 male figures – full body

Two negatives of the house where Domingo Santoni lived in Ponce. See the color photo in box 7, folder 3.

Page 39 of Que Pasa in Puerto Rico from February 1959. The article is entitled "Santos"; written by Teodoro Vidal.

3 b/w contact sheets ("pruebas de contacto") of the market photos.

4 copies of "Oración al Apóstol San Pablo".

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