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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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  • Teodoro Vidal Collection / Series 1: Personal Papers / 1.2: Vidal Personal Photographs, 192?-1954 / 1.2.1: Personal Photos: Teodoro Vidal – Early Years to young man (192?-1954). Note: all photos are black and white, unless specified. 36 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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Magazine Que Pasa (Official Visitors Guide to Puerto Rico, USA), Vol. 31 No. 12, December 1979. Pages 4 through 7 show a few pictures of "santos" and pages 6 and 7 have an article entitled Nacimientos: The Scene At Bethlehem In Puerto Rico.

Photo of one of the sisters of Teodoro Vidal y Vidal. Typed on the back: "Una de las hermanas de Dn. Teodoro Vidal y Vidal; de Arroyo y Cayey".

Thank you card of condolence for an unknown person's death. Sent by Inés María and Luis Muñoz Marín in February of 1965 to Mr. Guillermo Vidal. Includes its envelope.

Religious Material, Subseries B: Photos: Religious Images of the Town of Sabana Grande

Receipt from the House of H. Heydenryk, Jr. in New York City for a "19th Century Old Photo". Dated July 1, 1994, and insured for $100.

2 copies of "Oración a la Santa Camisa".

Color print (commercial picture, no. 7193) of San Roque.

3 portions of articles (probably one) in which the author mentions that his/her mothers was from Ponce, Puerto Rico and married an american man (Marrion Wilcox), her experiences in a trip to Spain, and some experiences in the Spanish side of her family.

Prayer to San Jerónimo

8 animals: there is a horse, a bull, a donkey, a cat and others

Egypt

Negative of the interior of a church.

3 copies of "Novena a La Santísima y muy Milagrosa Imagen de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria: Matrona General de las Islas Canarias que apareció en Tenerife y se venera en el Real Convento del Orden de Predicadores".

Photo of a car transporting the wooden part of a fishing pod

Clipping from a magazine showing three steps before the Ex-Voto is cut from the silver sheet. The text for the pictures is: "Izquierda: troquel con figura de niño. Derecha: la figura del niño estampada en una plancha de plata, antes y después de ser recortada."

Announcement of the death of Luis De Dueñas García. It reads: "El Señor Don Luis De Dueñas García (Empleado de Hacienda, jubilado) falleció en el día de ayer a los 70 años de edad, habiendo recibido los Santos Sacramentos y la Bendición de Su Santidad…" , dated October 2, 1937.

Map of Puerto Rico, entitled: "Croquis de la Isla de Puerto Rico" (Dibujado expresamente por J.D.E. para La Ilustración Española y Americana.)

"Semanero de Nuestra Señora Santa Ana".

Prayer: Elegguá

Photo of the interior of the Cabo Rojo Church.

"Oración a San Gerardo de Mayela"

Hand written prayer: "Oración del Carmen"; there is another prayer in the same paper: "Oración del Santo Sepulcro".

"Oración a Santa Lucía"

Prayer:Oración para el Santo Sudario


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