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Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) with resources and items from the Library of Congress collections
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Joseph Hernandez, first delegate to Congress from the Florida Territory and brigadier general of the Militia of Florida. Between 1850 and 1857. Prints and Photographs Division. From the LC Blog - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage: Cultural Contributions Picture Photo, Large Picture, Photo Frame, Cultural Assimilation, Hispanic Heritage Month, Gadsden, West Florida, Floridian, Art Archive
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Joseph Hernandez, first delegate to Congress from the Florida Territory and brigadier general of the Militia of Florida. Between 1850 and 1857. Prints and Photographs Division. From the LC Blog - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage: Cultural Contributions
Josephine and Aurora Gonzalez, Pearl Manchaco, Lia Trujillo, and Adela Flores being recorded by the Lomaxes. This photograph was almost certainly taken during John A. and Alan Lomax’s field trip to San Antonio, Texas, in May 1934. From the Folklife Today blog - A Sampler of Luso-Hispanic American Music and Song. Hispanic American, Mexican American, American Songs, American History, Puerto Rican Music, Folklife, Spanish Songs, Tejano Music, Traditional Song
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Josephine and Aurora Gonzalez, Pearl Manchaco, Lia Trujillo, and Adela Flores being recorded by the Lomaxes. This photograph was almost certainly taken during John A. and Alan Lomax’s field trip to San Antonio, Texas, in May 1934. From the Folklife Today blog - A Sampler of Luso-Hispanic American Music and Song.
Eva Romero Jacques. Eva Romero Jacques Collection, AFC/2001/001/18443. From the Folklife Today blog - Gracias por su servicio! College Success, American Veterans, History Projects, Student Life, Library Of Congress, Culture, Eclectic, Life Quotes
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Eva Romero Jacques. Eva Romero Jacques Collection, AFC/2001/001/18443. From the Folklife Today blog - Gracias por su servicio!
“Entry into the Forest” is one of four murals by Brazilian painter Cândido Portinari in the Hispanic Reading Room. Photograph by Carol Highsmith. From the LC Blog - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage: Feliz Cumpleaños, Hispanic Division. Reading Room, Middle Ages, Division, Murals, Painter, Entry
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“Entry into the Forest” is one of four murals by Brazilian painter Cândido Portinari in the Hispanic Reading Room. Photograph by Carol Highsmith. From the LC Blog - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage: Feliz Cumpleaños, Hispanic Division.
Mural painting "Discovery of Gold" by Candido Portinari, on the vestibule wall of the Hispanic Reading room, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, between 1980 and 2006. Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Prints and Photographs Division. Social Realism, Art Database, Mural Painting, Paintings, Engagement Activities, Art Google
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Mural painting "Discovery of Gold" by Candido Portinari, on the vestibule wall of the Hispanic Reading room, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, between 1980 and 2006. Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Prints and Photographs Division.
Portrait of Machito, Glen Island Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947 by William P. Gottlieb. Photograph. Gottlieb, William P. William P. Gottlieb Collection. Library of Congress Photographs and Prints Division. Raul Perez, Make Mine Music, Afro Cuban, History Images, Percussionist, Musical Art, Jazz Musicians, African American History
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Portrait of Machito, Glen Island Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947 by William P. Gottlieb. Photograph. Gottlieb, William P. William P. Gottlieb Collection. Library of Congress Photographs and Prints Division.
Portrait of Machito and Graciella Grillo, Glen Island Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947. Photograph. Gottlieb, William P. William P. Gottlieb Collection. Library of Congress Photographs and Prints Division. Jazz Artists, Justin Stone, June Christy, Famous Cubans, Jazz At Lincoln Center, Thelonious Monk, Historia Universal
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Portrait of Machito and Graciella Grillo, Glen Island Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947. Photograph. Gottlieb, William P. William P. Gottlieb Collection. Library of Congress Photographs and Prints Division.
The Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Library of Congress Hispanic Division. Latin American Studies, Ap Lang, Annotated Bibliography, Online Logo, Social Science
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The Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Library of Congress Hispanic Division.
Celia Cruz, full-length portrait, facing front, on stage. Photograph. [1962]. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Cuba History, Women In History, Afro, Salsa Music, Cuba Music, 11x14 Print, 8x10, African Diaspora
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Celia Cruz, full-length portrait, facing front, on stage. Photograph. [1962]. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Photograph of a Bolivian woman from the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection at the Library of Congress. Frank G. Carpenter (1855-1924) was an American writer of books on travel and world geography whose works helped to popularize cultural anthropology and geography in the United States in the early years of the 20th century. Photograph, between ca. 1900 and 1923. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Bolivian Women, South Of The Border, World Geography, World History, Anthropology, Standing
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Photograph of a Bolivian woman from the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection at the Library of Congress. Frank G. Carpenter (1855-1924) was an American writer of books on travel and world geography whose works helped to popularize cultural anthropology and geography in the United States in the early years of the 20th century. Photograph, between ca. 1900 and 1923. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay (1828–1915). Ruines du Mexique et types mexicains (Ruins of Mexico and types of Mexicans), 1862–1863. Albumen prints. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. South American History, Canadian History, American Cities, Spanish Conquistador, North And South America, Early American, Art
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Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay (1828–1915). Ruines du Mexique et types mexicains (Ruins of Mexico and types of Mexicans), 1862–1863. Albumen prints. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress.
Monumental jaguar sculpture. Mexico. Southern Veracruz. Maya, AD 600–900. Painted buff ceramic. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. Maya Civilization, Elementary Art Projects, Occult Art, Mesoamerican, Rite Of Passage, Arts Ed
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Monumental jaguar sculpture. Mexico. Southern Veracruz. Maya, AD 600–900. Painted buff ceramic. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress.
Large vase with glyphs and eleven characters. Guatemalan Highlands. Nebaj region. AD 600–900. Polychromed orange-gloss ceramic. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. Guatemalan, Large Vase, Rare Books, Glyphs, Highlands
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Large vase with glyphs and eleven characters. Guatemalan Highlands. Nebaj region. AD 600–900. Polychromed orange-gloss ceramic. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress.
The Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) Photo: Francisco Aguilera, founder of the archive. Library of Congress Hispanic Division. Archive Library, Founder, Masks, Tape
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The Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) Photo: Francisco Aguilera, founder of the archive. Library of Congress Hispanic Division.
Spotlight on U.S. Hispanic Writers. From the Library of Congress Poetry & Literature Center. American Poets, Will Smith, Verse, Literature, Poetry, Celebrities, Writers
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Spotlight on U.S. Hispanic Writers. From the Library of Congress Poetry & Literature Center.
Videos of some of the Library of Congress curators highlighting a few of the Library’s Mexican treasures. This material was developed as part of the Celebration of Mexico held in the Library on December 12-13, 2013. College Students, Podcasts, Mexico
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Videos of some of the Library of Congress curators highlighting a few of the Library’s Mexican treasures. This material was developed as part of the Celebration of Mexico held in the Library on December 12-13, 2013.
Calle de Habana, Habana 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. Jackson, William Henry. ca. 1900. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Livingstone, Cuba, Discovery, Jackson, Environment, Visual, Views
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Calle de Habana, Habana 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. Jackson, William Henry. ca. 1900. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.