Scope and Contents
Accession 2022-A-0033 is arranged chronlogically and consists of three series: Casa Boricua, Despierta Boricua and La Casa Cultural. The Casa Boricua (1971-1975) series contains governance documents, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, and membership lists. The Despierta Boricua series (1969-2012) contains governance documents, minority recruitment program records, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, budgets, grant project proposals, and event ephemera. The La Casa Cultural (1954-2009, bulk 1970-2009) consists of minority recruitment records - students and faculty, correspondence, governance documents, and event ephemera.
Dates
- 1954-2022
- Majority of material found within 1969-2012
Language of Materials
The materials are in English and Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Original audiovisual materials may not be played. Researches must consult use copies. If a use copy does not exist for a particular item researchers should consult with a reference archivist for policies and procedures governing the creation of duplicating masters and use copies.
Extent
11.4 Linear Feet
70 Computer Files (.mp4)
54188.4 Megabytes
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Accession 2022-A-0033 is arranged chronlogically and consists of three series: Casa Boricua, Despierta Boricua and La Casa Cultural. The Casa Boricua (1971-1975) series contains governance documents, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, and membership lists. The Despierta Boricua series (1969-2012) contains governance documents, minority recruitment program records, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, budgets, grant project proposals, and event ephemera. The La Casa Cultural (1954-2009, bulk 1970-2009) consists of minority recruitment records - students and faculty, correspondence, governance documents, and event ephemera.
Biographical / Historical
Despierta Boricua
Despierta Boricua was founded in 1971 by members of the Puerto Rican student community at Yale initially to address and increase the number of Puerto Rican students applying to and being accepted at Yale. By 1972, the organziation's mission evolved to assist minority students in adjusting to life at Yale and New Haven. Over the next half-century, Despierta Boricua's mission grew to bring together members of the Yale community who identify in any way with Puerto Rico in celebration of its culture, history and traditions and to promote the causes and interests of the greater Latinx community at Yale.
La Casa Cultural Julia de Burgos
Founded in 1974 as Casa Boricua, Inc., La Casa Cultural Julia de Burgos would be established in 1977 with their move to their current location at 301 Crown Street, which became the first building named for a person of color on the Yale campus. La Casa became a cultural, scholarly, and social center for Latinx students on campus, providing resources not only for students but community based programs to the greater New Haven area.
By 1999, Latinx student leaders proposed a unification of the dispirate Latin and Chicano student groups into a unified cultural center under the La Casa aegis.
General
Forms part of Yale Record Group 37 (YRG 37), Records of associations, institutes, centers, and organizations affiliated with Yale University.
- Title
- Guide to the Latinx Student Life at Yale Records
- Author
- compiled by Michael Lotstein and Camila Zorrilla Tessler
- Date
- April 2022
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Location
Sterling Memorial Library
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