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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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".

B/w photo of Ciriaco Pinto Piza's house (from another angle), 1940. Written on the back: "House of Ciriaco Pinto Piza 3/29/40."

Ecuador, 1963

Religious card of Our Lady of Carmen. It has the printed text: "Milagrosa Imagen N. S. del Carmen. Según se venera en la Residencia de los PP. Carmelitas de Madrid."

Argentina, 1964

Magazine Que Pasa (Official Visitors Guide to Puerto Rico), Vol. 28 No. 12, December 1976. In pages 4 and 5 there is an article entitled Puerto Rico's Santos.

Hand written copy of "Oración al Justo Juez" owned by Josefa León Lugo. It has an attached typed note: "Esta oración del Justo Juez era de Josefa León Lugo, de Coamo, 103 años. (Vivía últimamente en Urb. Hyde Park."

Invitation for the Official Greeting to the King and Queen of Spain. Took place on May 26, 1987 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Includes its envelope sent to Teodoro Vidal.

Invitation to the wedding of José E. Adsuar Miró and María Angélica Barceló Bird, which took place on July 16, 1931. Includes its original envelope.

2 copies of "Novena: Santuario de la Virgen de Valvanera" from the "Parroquia de San Blás" in Coamo, Puerto Rico.

Two hands

Figure (prbably a man or a baby) – it has the eyes closed and wrapped in a sheet or tunic (robe) with a hand out. There are two photos of this item.

"Rogativa a San Antonio de Padua".

Prints with Religious Images: San Blás

2 copies of a holidays card of the Three Kings sent by Teodoro Vidal; sculpture by Juan Cartagena. Message inside: "Muchas Felicidades en la Navidad y el Año Nuevo". One of the cards has Teodoro Vidal's signature above his name.

2 photos of Teodoro Vidal holding a dog in Condado, Puerto Rico. One of the photos has a written inscription on the back: "Teodoro Vidal cuando niño, Condado, Santurce, PR".

Letter from Teodoro Vidal's cosins Janson and Norma about the writings on Campeche's "Dama del Siglo XVIII". Dated August 15, 1987; includes its envelope.

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