
Guide to the Ruth M. Reynolds Papers
1915-1989
(Bulk 1944-1983)
Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora
Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, CUNY
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 772-5151
Fax: (212) 650-3628
E-mail: dhernand@hunter.cuny.edu
© Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, CUNY. All rights reserved.
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Processed by Nelly V. Cruz with the assistance of Mónica Morales, August 1991, December 2003. Revised by Pedro Juan Hernández
and Nélida Pérez in 2005.
Machine-readable finding aid derived from a MS Word document dated: 2005. Machine-readable finding aid created by Brian Stevens. Description is in English.
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Reynolds, Ruth M., 1916-1989. |
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Ruth M. Reynolds Papers
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1915-1989, (Bulk 1944-1983) |
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Abstract: |
The Ruth M. Reynolds Papers can support research in important areas of Puerto Rican history as well as in North American participation
in international human rights. While they are exceedingly rich in insight and information about the development of the Nationalist
Party of Puerto Rico and its leader, Pedro Albizu Campos, they also contain materials on other pro-independence groups in
Puerto Rico, on repression and political prisoners, and on the colonial relationship of the United States to Puerto Rico.
There is also a good amount of information on the history of the University of Puerto Rico and on student movements.
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21.25 cubic feet (48 boxes) |
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Call Phrase: |
1990-01 |
Ruth Mary Reynolds devoted many years of her life to the cause of Puerto Rico's independence from the United States. Greatly
influenced by the Gandhian philosophy of non-violence, she was active in pacifist organizations and in the Presbyterian
church. Born on February 29, 1916 in Terraville, South Dakota, Reynolds moved to New York after completing a Masters in English
at Northwestern University. In New York she joined the Harlem Ashram, an interracial pacifist community, dedicated to the
development of non-violent strategies for social change.
Reynolds' involvement with Puerto Rico began in 1943 when Julio Pinto Gandía, a member of the Nationalist Party of Puerto
Rico, introduced her to Pedro Albizu Campos, the Nationalist leader. At that time, Albizu was a patient at Columbus Hospital
in New York City. She and Albizu were to become life long friends and her activities on behalf of Puerto Rico began almost
immediately. In 1944, she co-founded and became the Executive Secretary of the American League for Puerto Rico's Independence
and under the auspices of this organization made her first trip to Puerto Rico in 1945. There she interviewed prominent individuals
and undertook other study in order to learn about the “social, economic, and political conditions in Puerto Rico”. (Series
IV, Box 18, Folder 6).
During 1946 and 1947, Reynolds lobbied at the United Nations and testified in the United States Congress on issues related
to Puerto Rico. In 1948 she made a second trip to Puerto Rico, this time with the purpose of investigating the student strike
at the University of Puerto Rico. Political and other life circumstances prevented the immediate publication of the extensive
report analyzing the strike, which she prepared for the American League. It was not until 1990 that it was finally published
under the title Campus in Bondage: A 1948 Microcosm of Puerto Rico in Bondage.
The Nationalist uprising in October 1950 led to increasing persecution and the imprisonment of Nationalist leaders including
Albizu Campos and hundreds of sympathizers. Ruth Reynolds was arrested on November 2, 1950 under the repressive Gag Law or
Ley de la Mordaza. She was charged with sedition and in September 1951 was found guilty and sentenced to six years of hard labor in the Insular
Penitentiary. Her experiences as a prisoner at La Princesa and the Arecibo Jail are well documented in her papers.
After Reynolds' incarceration the American League for Puerto Rico's Independence was dissolved, but some members of the League
organized "The Ruth Reynolds Defense Committee” and raised funds for her defense. Reynolds was released on bail in June 1952
and returned to New York. Under her leadership, the League was revived as Americans for Puerto Rico's Independence. In 1954,
Reynolds won her case on appeal in the Supreme Court in Puerto Rico.
Pedro Albizu Campos was pardoned and released in 1953, but was soon imprisoned again. In March 1954 a group of four Nationalists
opened fire on members of the U.S. Congress and one of the consequences of this event was Albizu’s arrest. Despite her own
legal troubles, Reynolds, together with Americans for Puerto Rico's Independence and its Committee for justice to Puerto
Ricans worked for the defense of Nationalist prisoners accused of subversion. Reynolds was particularly active on behalf
of Albizu who was ill. In 1958 and 1959, she took part in a walk for justice across Puerto Rico organized by the Peacemakers,
a pacifist group to which she belonged.
After Albizu Campos died shortly after his release in 1965, Reynolds continued her tireless efforts on behalf of the remaining
political prisoners. She was, for example, a member of the Committee for the Release of the Five Nationalists, and the Secretary
of the Carlos Feliciano Defense Committee. She was also active in national and international forums such as the United Nations
Committee for Puerto Rican Decolonization and in the Ecumenical Committee on the Future of Puerto Rico.
Ruth Reynolds died in her native South Dakota on December 2, 1989. At a memorial for her in December 1990, speaker after
speaker praised her principled commitment to human rights, which for her included the right of all nations to self-determination.
The Ruth M. Reynolds Papers can support research in important areas of Puerto Rican History as well as in North American participation
in international human rights. While they are exceedingly rich in insight and information about the development of the Nationalist
Party of Puerto Rico and its leader, Pedro Albizu Campos, they also contain materials on other independence movements in Puerto
Rico, on repression and political prisoners, and on the colonial relationship of the United States to Puerto Rico. There
is also a good amount of information on the history of the University of Puerto Rico and on student movements.
The collection spans the period from 1915-1989, but the bulk of the Papers date from 1944-1983. The collection is divided
into nine series, which are described below.
Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora
Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, CUNY
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 772-5151
Fax: (212) 650-3628
E-mail: dhernand@hunter.cuny.edu
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Subject Names: |
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Albizu Campos, Pedro. |
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Feliciano, Carlos. |
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Juarbe y Juarbe,Juan. |
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Subject Organizations: |
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American League for Puerto Rico's Independence. |
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Partido Nacionalista Puertorriqueño |
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Subject Topics: |
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Nationalism -- Puerto Rico. |
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Pacifism -- Puerto Rico. |
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Political persecution -- Puerto Rico. |
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Puerto Rico -- Politics and government. |
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Self-determination, National -- Puerto Rico. |
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Student strikes -- Puerto Rico. |
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Document Types: |
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Clippings. |
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Correspondence. |
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Photographs. |
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Writings. |
Approximately 500 books plus 20 cubic feet of other published materials were removed from the collection. Most were incorporated
into the Library.
Gift of Ruth M. Reynolds. Blanca Vazquez was instrumental in acquiring the collection and its transfer to Centro. She also
conducted the oral history interviews.
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The Ruth M. Reynolds Papers; 1990-01; box number; folder number;
Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños Archives, Hunter College, CUNY
Processed with a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Guide to the Ruth M. Reynolds Papers available in Spanish: Spanish Version
Albizu Campos, Pedro. . .5-7, 11-21, 27, 33-35, 37, 42, 48, 55-57, 69, 79-81, 83, 92-96, 101
Biographical. . .12-15
Childhood. . .11
Death. . .95-96
Family. . .16-18, 19, 45, 94
Genealogy. . .11, 103
Health. . .8, 34, 56-57, 62, 68-69, 83, 93
Imprisonment. . .9, 49, 67, 68, 111
Religion. . .30
Views about Homosexuality. . .99
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Reynolds, Ruth M.
Albizu Campos, Pedro (First meeting). . .6, 7
Biographical. . .1-3
Family. . .77
Gender Politics. . .33, 111
Identity Issues. . .112
Imprisonment. . .47C, 49-51, 55
Pacifism. . .4-5, 7, 82, 89
Pacifist March. . .23, 25
Politics and Government. . .42, 70-74, 79, 100, 104-105
Race and Social Issues. . .63-64
Religion. . .103
Views about Homosexualty. . .4, 99
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Alamo Díaz, Juan. . .15-17
Albizu, Ana. . .83
Albizu, Filomena. . .16-17
Albizu, Héctor. . .19
Alvarez, Carmelo. . .75
American League for Puerto Rico's Independence. . .8, 20, 37, 53-54, 62, 67, 84
Antillean Federation . . .27
Arab-Israeli Conflict. . .65
Austin, Warren. . .9, 11
Benítez, Jaime. . .23, 25, 38
Blanco, Antonio. . .27
Bromley, Ernest & Juanita. . .87, 88
Cancel, Rafael. . .69
Castillo, Atlántida. . .101
Castillo, Papo. . .102
Castro, Fidel. . .91
Castro, Paulino. . .37
Collazo, Oscar. . .49
Committee for Justice to Puerto Ricans. . .74
Communist Party. . .20
Congreso Pro-Independencia. . .36, 91
Congress and the World Council of the Dominated Nations. . .22
Corretjer, Juan Antonio. . .15
Coto Ortíz, Pablo. . .91
Cuesta, Enamorado. . .15
Dávila Alonso, Héctor. . .93
Davis Dubois, Rachel. . .22
Decolonization Committee. . .67, 104
Díaz Díaz, Bernardo. . .97
Estado Libre Asociado. . .86
FBI. . .33, 67, 80, 82-83
Feliciano Defense Committee. . .106-107
Feliciano, Carlos. . .106-107
Gag Laws. . .35, 41, 45
Gutiérrez del Arroyo, Isabel. . .37
Harlem Ashram. . .4-5, 7
Hartford Case. . .89, 99, 100, 102
Imprisonment (comparisons . . .
between Puerto Rico and Palestine). . .51, 59
Juarbe, Juan. . .91, 97
Law (Gag laws). . . 35-36, 68
Lebrón, Gonzalo. . .82-83
Lebrón, Lolita. . .69
Luther King, Martin. . .88
Lynn, Conrad. . .55
Mantilla, Carmen. . .101
Marcantonio, Vito. . .8, 16-18
Mari Brás, Juan. . .91, 95, 96
Marti, José. . .101
Masonic Organization. . .26-27, 82
Medina, Ramírez Pedro. . .15
Meneses, Laura. . .12-15, 37, 42, 91
Mills, Juanita. . .80
Moscoso, Octavio. . .101
Muñoz Marín, Luis. . .9, 10, 36, 93, 101
Musty, A.J.. . .55
Nacho. . .77, 78
Nationalist Party. . .15, 20, 34, 41, 43, 45, 62, 67, 81-82, 107, 109-110
Negrón Nogueras, Manuel. . .37
Nelson, Wally. . .87-88
Ongay, Tomás. . .22
Pacifist Movement. . .4-5, 7, 26, 87, 88
Pan-American Olympics Games '48/'49. . .111
Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP). . .36
Peacemakers Organization. . .84-87, 90
PEN Internacional. . .101
Pérez Marchand, Laura. . .31
Philip Randolph, A.. . .7
Pinto Gandía, Julio. . .15
Ponce Massacre. . .31
Popular Democratic Party. . .22, 59
Protestant clergy. . .59, 88
Quintana, Lolín. . .34
Racism (Native Americans). . .64
Radiation Exposure. . .68-69
Religion (Catholicism and Espiritismo). . .30, 76
Revista Puerto Rico. . .15
Roldán, Julio. . .79
Santaella Blanco, Antonio. . .26
Sterilization of women in Puerto Rico. . .43, 60
Tidings Bill. . .9-11, 44
Torres, Benjamín. . .98-99, 101
Torresola, Carmen & Doris. . .60, 69, 80, 94
Truman, Harry S.. . .42, 45
U.S. imperialism (Vietnam, Central America, Grenada). . .23, 25, 66
United Nations and (Cuba's relationship to Puerto Rico). . .31, 32, 63, 67
University of Puerto Rico. . .35
Vando, Erasmo & Emelí. . .92
Vega, Bernardo. . .101
Vieques. . .34-35, 65, 110
War Resistors League. . .84
Young Lords. . .104
[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]
Series I: Personal and Biographical Information (1937-1984)
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Scope and Content:
Includes various versions of her vita, clippings mainly about her trial, announcements about public appearances on behalf
of the Nationalist Party, legal documents concerning her imprisonment and a request for an habeas corpus for the release of
Pedro Albizu Campos.
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Biographical materials |
1940s-1983 |
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Legal Documents |
1949-1961 |
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Lists of Individuals and Organizations |
undated |
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Memorial |
1990 |
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Personal Documents |
1940- |
1 |
6 |
Public Appearances; Announcements and Flyers |
1953-1984 |
1 |
7 |
School Diplomas |
1937-1978 |
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Series II: Correspondence (1930-1989)
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Scope and Content:
This series is divided into incoming (Boxes 2-8) and outgoing mail (Boxes 9-11) with the bulk of the correspondence in the
1950s. Most of the letters are in good condition and are written in either Spanish or English.
The correspondence from the 1940s is principally related to the lobbying efforts of the American League for Puerto Rico's
Independence. From 1950 to 1952 there are numerous letters from friends and family providing support during her imprisonment.
Prominent Nationalists such as Pedro Albizu Campos, Juan Juarbe y Juarbe, Paulino Castro, Oscar Collazo, Julio Pinto Gandía,
Isabel Rosado and Lolita Lebrón are represented in this series.
Among the American activists represented are Conrad J. Lynn, Thelma Mielke, Pearl Buck, Julius Eichel, Jay Holmes Smith, Vito
Marcantonio, Rev. A. J. Muste, and Ruth Miller. Since the 1940s, Reynolds also corresponded with Isolina Rondón who was Albizu's
secretary. Fortunately, Reynolds kept copies of most of her outgoing correspondence.
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Incoming Correspondence: 1930 - 1989
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
2 |
1-5 |
Incoming Correspondence |
1930-1950 |
2 |
6 |
January to December 1951 |
1951 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
3 |
1-5 |
Incoming Correspondence (January to December 1953) |
1953 |
3 |
6-7 |
Incoming Correspondence |
1954-1955 |
3 |
8-9 |
January to December 1956 |
1956 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
4 |
1-2 |
Incoming Correspondence |
1957-1958 |
4 |
3 |
January to December 1959 |
1959 |
4 |
5 |
1960 |
1960 |
4 |
6- |
January to December 1961 |
1961 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
5 |
1-3 |
Incoming Correspondence |
1962-1964 |
5 |
4-5 |
January to December 1965 |
1965 |
5 |
6-9 |
Incoming Correspondence |
1966-1969 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
6 |
1 |
1970 |
1970 |
6 |
2-3 |
January to December 1971 |
1971 |
6 |
4-8 |
Incoming Correspondence |
1972-1976 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
7 |
1-2 |
January to December 1977 |
1977 |
7 |
3-8 |
Incoming Correspondence |
1978-1989 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
8 |
1-6 |
Incoming Correspondence |
undated |
8 |
7 |
Incomplete |
undated |
8 |
8 |
Pedro Albizu Campos |
1947-1948 |
Outgoing Correspondence: 1937 - 1985
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9 |
1-8 |
Outgoing Correspondence |
1937-1960 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
10 |
1-8 |
Outgoing Correspondence |
1961-1974 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
11 |
1-5 |
Outgoing Correspondence |
1975-1985 |
11 |
6-8 |
Outgoing Correspondence |
undated |
11 |
9 |
Incomplete |
undated |
11 |
10 |
Pedro Albizu Campos |
1948 |
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Series III: Writings (1941-1984)
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Scope and Content:
This series spans 1941-1984 and is divided into the following sub-series: articles, speeches and statements, book manuscripts
and drafts, testimonial writings, transcripts of interviews, and translations. Included are drafts of the report Reynolds
wrote in Puerto Rico in 1945 for the American League with notes by Pedro Albizu Campos. There are also drafts of her 1948
report on the strike at the University of Puerto Rico including a Spanish translation by Juan Juarbe y Juarbe titled "La responsabilidad es nuestra."
The writings reflect her wide-ranging interests and reveal something of her personal life, especially her youth in South Dakota.
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
12 |
1-3 |
Articles, speeches and statements |
1940-1980 |
12 |
4-7 |
Articles, speeches and statements |
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
13 |
1-7 |
Articles, speeches and statements |
undated |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
14 |
1-2 |
Report to the American League for Puerto Rico's Independence |
1945 |
14 |
3-4 |
Campus in Bondage. Manuscript
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1950 |
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
15 |
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Campus in Bondage. Manuscript
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1950 |
15 |
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La Responsabilidad es Nuestra, Translated by Juan Juarbe y Juarbe.
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1950 |
15 |
3-4 |
Various Writings |
undated |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
16 |
1-2 |
Testimonial Writings |
1950 |
16 |
3-6 |
Transcripts of Interviews |
1945 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
17 |
1 |
Translations. Various |
undated |
17 |
2-5 |
Translation. Bolivar y Las Antillas Hispanas |
undated |
17 |
6-8 |
Laura Meneses de Albizu Campos. "Albizu Campos and the independence of Puerto Rico"; Translation and prologue by Ruth M. Reynolds. |
undated |
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Series IV: Organizational Activities (1941-1984)
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Scope and Content:
Reynolds was an active participant in most of the organizations represented in this series. She was among the founders and
organizers of the American League for Puerto Rico's Independence, Americans for Puerto Rico's independence, the Committee
for Justice to Puerto Ricans, the Committee to Defend Carlos Feliciano, and the Committee to Free the Five Puerto Rican Nationalists.
She also helped organize the Peacemaker's walk across Puerto Rico to protest United States policies toward the island. The
correspondence that is included demonstrates the national scope of these organizations and their diverse participation.
The series also contains records of the Ruth Reynolds Defense Committee which was active in fundraising on her behalf and
which was instrumental in her release.
Among the types of materials included are correspondence, minutes, reports, position statements and fliers.
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Title |
Date |
18 |
1 |
American Civil Liberties Union |
1946-1953 |
18 |
2-4 |
American League for Puerto Rico's Independence |
1944-1954, undated |
18 |
5-7 |
American League for Puerto Rico's Independence. Correspondence |
1944-1950 |
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
19 |
1-2 |
Americans for Puerto Rico's Independence |
1952-1978 |
19 |
3 |
Americans for Puerto Rico's Independence. Correspondence |
1952-1978 |
19 |
4-5 |
Americans for Puerto Rico's Independence. Publications |
1953-1980 |
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
20 |
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Comité Pro-Vida de Oscar Collazo |
1950 |
20 |
2 |
Comité Pro-Vida de Oscar Collazo. Correspondence |
1948-1954 |
20 |
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Commission of Inquiry into Political Repression in Puerto Rico. Center for Constitutional Rights |
1970s |
20 |
4 |
Committee for Justice to Puerto Ricans |
1954-1956 |
20 |
5 |
Committee for Justice to Puerto Ricans. Correspondence |
1953-1956 |
20 |
6 |
Committee for Puerto Rican Decolonization |
1970s |
20 |
7 |
Committee for the Release of Puerto Rican Prisoners |
1951-1984 |
20 |
8 |
Committee to Defend Carlos Feliciano |
1970-1975 |
20 |
9 |
Committee to Defend Carlos Feliciano. Clippings |
1970s |
20 |
10 |
Committee to Defend Carlos Feliciano. Correspondence |
1970-1977 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
21 |
1-2 |
Committee to Defend Carlos Feliciano. Flyers |
1970-1975 |
21 |
3-5 |
Committee to Defend Carlos Feliciano. Legal Briefs/Documents |
1970-1972 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
22 |
1 |
Committee to Defend Carlos Feliciano. Legal Briefs/Documents |
1973-1974 |
22 |
2-4 |
Committee to Defend Carlos Feliciano. Statements |
1971-1974, undated |
22 |
5 |
Defense Committees, Various |
1973-1982 |
22 |
6 |
Ecumenical Committee on the Future of Puerto Rico |
1983 |
22 |
7 |
Fellowship of Reconciliation |
1944-1959 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
23 |
1 |
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church |
1941-1980 |
23 |
2 |
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. Social Action Committee |
1972-1981 |
23 |
3 |
National Council of Churches |
1953-1980 |
23 |
4 |
Oficina de Información Internacional para la Independencia de Puerto Rico |
1981-1982 |
23 |
5 |
Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico. Junta de Nueva York |
1951-1979 |
23 |
6-8 |
Peacemakers |
1951-1962 |
23 |
9 |
Peacemakers , Correspondence |
1952-1962 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
24 |
1 |
Peacemakers. Flyers |
1959 |
24 |
2 |
Puerto Rican Solidarity Committee |
1975-1984 |
24 |
3 |
Ruth Reynolds Defense Committee |
1951 |
24 |
4-7 |
Ruth Reynolds Defense Committee. Correspondence |
1950-1954 |
24 |
8 |
U.S. Committee to Free the Five Puerto Rican Nationalists |
1977-1978 |
24 |
9 |
U.S. Committee for Justice to Latin American Political Prisoners |
1968-1977 |
24 |
10 |
U.S. Committee for Puerto Rican Decolonization |
1977-1978 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
25 |
1-4 |
Vieques. General |
1978-1981 |
25 |
5 |
Various Articles |
1981 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
26 |
1 |
Various Articles. Comité Nacional Pro Defensa de Vieques |
undated |
26 |
2 |
Various Articles. Comité Nacional Pro Defensa de Vieques. New York Committee in Support of Vieques |
1981-1983 |
26 |
3-4 |
Vieques Support Network |
1979-1982 |
26 |
5 |
Young Lords Organization |
1972 |
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Series V: Puerto Rico (1915-1988)
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Scope and Content:
These documents are divided into sub-series as follows: The Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico, nationalist leaders, political
organizations, the University of Puerto Rico, and a subject file of various topics. The bulk of the materials are related
to the Nationalist Party and Pedro Albizu Campos.
The series includes legal documents, official party documents, drafts of writings, speeches, fliers, correspondence, and published
articles.
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Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico;
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
27 |
1 |
Boletín de Prensa |
1960-1961 |
27 |
2 |
Correspondence |
1947-1979 |
27 |
3-5 |
Flyers |
1948-1982, undated |
27 |
6-7 |
Leaders |
1949-1976 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
28 |
1 |
Leaders |
1954-1980 |
28 |
2-3 |
Legal Documents |
1949-1980 |
28 |
4-5 |
Movimiento Libertador de Puerto Rico |
1954-1974 |
28 |
6-7 |
Political Prisoners |
1951-1983 |
28 |
8 |
Position Statements |
1932-1957 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
29 |
1 |
Position Statements |
1963-1980 |
29 |
2 |
Publications |
1960-1973 |
29 |
3 |
Reglamento |
undated |
29 |
4-5 |
Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores |
1950-1954 |
29 |
6-7 |
Supporters |
1944 |
29 |
8 |
United Nations |
1961-1980 |
Pedro Albizu Campos
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
30 |
1 |
Personal Documents |
1967 |
30 |
2 |
Incoming Correspondence |
1944-1948 |
30 |
3 |
Outgoing Correspondence |
1915-1948 |
30 |
4 |
Writings |
1948-1949 |
30 |
5 |
Flyers and Memorabilia |
1961-1970 |
30 |
6 |
The People of Puerto Rico vs. Luis F. Velázquez |
1935 |
30 |
7-9 |
Legal Briefs/Documents |
1953-1964 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
31 |
1-2 |
Articles about |
1954-1984 |
31 |
3 |
Articles on his physical condition |
1954-1956 |
31 |
4-6 |
Case of Dr. Rhoads |
1932-1988, undated |
31 |
7 |
Laura Meneses de Albizu Campos, Articles |
1950-1961 |
31 |
8 |
Filomena Albizu Campos |
1919-1960 |
Political Organizations
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
32 |
1 |
Acción Patriótica Unitaria |
1959-1965 |
32 |
2 |
Movimiento Pro-Independencia de Puerto Rico |
1964-1978 |
32 |
3 |
Partido Estadista Republicano |
1956 |
32 |
4-6 |
Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño |
1946-1971 |
32 |
7 |
Pro Independence Christian Groups |
1948-1971 |
32 |
8 |
Pro Independence Groups |
1945-1983 |
University of Puerto Rico
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
33 |
1 |
Federación Nacional de Estudiantes Puertorriqueños |
1937-1970 |
33 |
2 |
Federación de Universitarios Pro-Independencia |
1958-1974 |
33 |
3-4 |
Universidad de Puerto Rico |
1948-1959 |
33 |
5 |
Benítez, Jaime |
1943-1959 |
33 |
6 |
Correspondence |
1944-1967 |
33 |
7 |
Fliers |
1948-1970 |
33 |
8 |
President's Report |
1942-1945 |
33 |
9 |
Student Organizations |
1959-1970 |
Subject File
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
34 |
1 |
Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico |
1945-1987 |
34 |
2 |
Flyers. Puerto Rico Related Issues |
1940 |
34 |
3 |
El Guacio Christian Service Center |
1950 |
34 |
4 |
International Solidarity with Puerto Rico's Independence |
1939-1974 |
34 |
5 |
Masones - Gran Oriente Nacional de Puerto Rico |
1948-1982 |
34 |
6 |
National Ecumenical Movement of Puerto Rico |
1979-1984 |
34 |
7 |
Patriotic Poems |
undated |
34 |
8 |
Puerto Rico's colonial status and independence issues |
1951-1983 |
34 |
9 |
Servicio Militar Obligatorio |
1948-1968 |
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Series VI: Subject File (1927-1985)
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Scope and Content:
This series contains the personal documents of close friends of Reynolds who were also members of the pacifist movement.
Additionally, there is general information about diverse organizations in New York and other issues of interest to Reynolds
such as religion, pacifism, and militarism.
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
35 |
1 |
Church and Pacifism |
1945-1977 |
35 |
2 |
Cuba |
1940-1978 |
35 |
3 |
Eichel, Julius & Seymour Correspondence |
1956-1957 |
35 |
4-6 |
Manorama R. Modak |
1953-1984 |
35 |
7 |
Manorama R. Modak. Manuscript |
undated |
35 |
8 |
Margarite Modak. Personal documents |
1934-1984 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
36 |
1 |
Flyers |
1940 |
36 |
2-3 |
Flyers, New York Political Organizations |
1940 |
36 |
4 |
Conrad J. Lynn |
1951-1964 |
36 |
5 |
Marion Overholt. Personal Papers |
1927-1973 |
36 |
6 |
Pacifist organizations |
1940-1985 |
36 |
7-8 |
U.S. Army |
1958-1965 |
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Series VII: Photographs and Graphic Material (1910 - 1980's)
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Scope and Content:
The series contains photographs of Reynolds, the activities and the membership of the organizations to which she belonged;
photographs of Albizu Campos, Nationalist Party activities and the 1950s revolt, and demonstrations against the U.S. Navy.
An oversized box contains posters and enlarged photographs.
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Photographs
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
37 |
1 |
Ruth M. Reynolds, Portraits |
1930s-1980's |
37 |
2-3 |
Ruth M. Reynolds and others at various activities |
1930s-1980's |
37 |
4 |
Ruth M. Reynolds Defense Committee |
1951 |
37 |
5 |
Americans for Puerto Rico's Independence |
1963 |
37 |
6 |
Committee to Defend Carlos Feliciano |
1970s |
37 |
7 |
Peacemakers |
1959-1960 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
38 |
1 |
Pedro Albizu Campos, Portraits |
1930s-1953 |
38 |
2 |
Pedro Albizu Campos, Various events |
1910s-1951 |
38 |
3 |
Pedro Albizu Campos, Relatives |
undated |
38 |
4 |
Oscar Collazo and relatives |
undated |
38 |
5 |
Lolita Lebrón |
1950s |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
39 |
1-2 |
1950 Revolts |
1950 |
39 |
3 |
Demonstrations in Culebra and Vieques |
1970s |
39 |
4 |
Masacre de Ponce |
1937 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
40 |
1 |
Political rallies in Puerto Rico |
1940s |
40 |
2 |
Universidad de Puerto Rico |
1948 |
40 |
3 |
Various people |
1930s |
40 |
4 |
Negatives |
1940s |
Oversized Documents
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
OS_VII |
1 |
Reynolds, Ruth M. "Within the Regime, Against the Regime", Liberation.
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Jun 1956 |
OS_VII |
2-3 |
Reynolds, Ruth M. "Puerto Rican Political Prisoners-1964", Part I and II. The Minority of One, October 1964 & November 1964
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1964 |
OS_VII |
4 |
Song of the Ghost Dance, Program. |
1969 |
Posters
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
OS_VII |
5 |
65 Años De Coloniaje Yanki, Independencia Ahora Movimiento Pro Independencia |
1963 |
OS_VII |
6 |
Albizu Campos, Pedro by Rodriguez Torres |
Jan 1940 |
OS_VII |
7 |
Albizu Campos, Pedro, Partido Nacionalista |
undated |
OS_VII |
8 |
Albizu Campos, Pedro |
undated |
OS_VII |
9 |
Albizu Campos, Pedro |
undated |
OS_VII |
10 |
La Bandera De Octubre, Loor A Los Heroes Del 30 De Octubre De 1950 |
undated |
OS_VII |
11 |
Libertad Para Carlos Feliciano, Committee to Defend Carlos Feliciano |
1970s |
OS_VII |
12 |
Por La Libertad De Los Presos Politicos, September 23 |
1971 |
OS_VII |
13 |
Por Las Calles De Mi Patria, Grupo Taoné, September 20 |
1985 |
Photographs
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
OS_VII |
14 |
Albizu Campos, Filomena, Portrait |
undated |
OS_VII |
15 |
Commemoration of the Grito de Lares, Celebrants. September 23 |
1969 |
OS_VII |
16 |
Commemoration of the Grito de Lares, Speakers Platform September 23 |
1969 |
OS_VII |
20 |
Demonstrations in Vieques, Fishermen Challenging U.S Marines |
1970s |
OS_VII |
21 |
Demonstrations in Vieques, Isabel Rosado Being Arrested |
1970s |
OS_VII |
17 |
Masacre de Ponce |
1937 |
OS_VII |
18 |
Negatives, Vieques |
1970s |
OS_VII |
19 |
Sheaffe, Gaston. Portrait |
undated |
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Series VIII: Clippings (1922-1986)
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Scope and Content:
Throughout her life, Reynolds kept clippings mainly related to Puerto Rican issues. Included are six folders of clippings
from Spanish-language papers translated into English.
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
41 |
1-13 |
Clippings |
1922-1954 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
42 |
1-9 |
Clippings |
1955-1963 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
43 |
1-10 |
Clippings |
1964-1978 |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
44 |
1-5 |
Clippings |
1979-1986, undated |
44 |
6-11 |
Clippings, Translations |
1932-1968, undated |
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Series X: Oral History (1985-1986)
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Scope and Content:
There are one hundred and eleven one-hour audio tapes and a partial transcript of interviews conducted by Blanca Vázquez of
the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños from June 11, 1985 to May 29, 1986. The tapes include: Ruth Reynolds' personal and family history as well as an exposition
of her religious beliefs and philosophy. They contain detailed accounts of Reynolds' participation in Nationalist Party activities
and such events as the October 1950 Nationalist uprising. The tapes are rich in information on many other themes especially
the life of Pedro Albizu Campos and the 1948 student strike at the University of Puerto Rico.
Audiotapes 28, 29 and 46 are missing; and there are no transcripts available for tapes 24, 28, 29, 46, 47A/B and 108.
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Box |
Item |
Title |
Date |
45 |
1-3 |
Audio tape |
Jun 11, 1985 |
45 |
4-6 |
Audio tape |
Jun 21, 1985 |
45 |
7-9A |
Audio tape |
Jun 26, 1985 |
45 |
9B-11A |
Audio tape |
Jul 11, 1985 |
45 |
11B-14A |
Audio tape |
Jul 15, 1985 |
45 |
14B-16A |
Audio tape |
Jul 17, 1985 |
45 |
16B-19A |
Audio tape |
Jul 22, 1985 |
45 |
19B-21 |
Audio tape |
Jul 24, 1985 |
45 |
22-24A |
Audio tape |
Jul 29, 1985 |
45 |
24B-26 |
Audio tape |
Aug 15, 1985 |
45 |
27 |
Audio tape |
Aug 19, 1985 |
45 |
30 |
Audio tape |
Aug 21, 1985 |
45 |
31-33 |
Audio tape |
Aug 26, 1985 |
45 |
34-36 |
Audio tape |
Sep 3, 1985 |
45 |
37-39 |
Audio tape |
Sep 5, 1985 |
Box |
Item |
Title |
Date |
46 |
40-43A |
Audio tape |
Sep 9, 1985 |
46 |
43B-44 |
Audio tape |
Sep 11, 1985 |
46 |
45A/45 |
Audio tape |
Undated |
46 |
45 |
Audio tape |
Sep 16, 1985 |
46 |
47B-C |
Audio tape |
Sep 18, 1985 |
46 |
48-50 |
Audio tape |
Sep 25, 1985 |
46 |
51-54A |
Audio tape |
Oct 1, 1985 |
46 |
54A-56A |
Audio tape |
Oct 3, 1985 |
46 |
57-58 |
Audio tape |
Oct 7, 1985 |
46 |
59-60 |
Audio tape |
Oct 24, 1985 |
46 |
61-63A |
Audio tape |
Oct 28, 1985 |
46 |
63B-64 |
Audio tape |
Nov 20, 1985 |
46 |
65-66 |
Audio tape |
Nov 25, 1985 |
46 |
67-69 |
Audio tape |
Nov 27, 1985 |
46 |
70-71A |
Audio tape |
Dec 2, 1985 |
46 |
71B-72 |
Audio tape |
Jan 24, 1986 |
46 |
73 |
Audio tape |
Undated |
46 |
74-75 |
Audio tape |
Jan 29, 1986 |
46 |
76 |
Audio tape |
Jan 31, 1986 |
46 |
77-78 |
Audio tape |
Feb 1, 1986 |
Box |
Item |
Title |
Date |
47 |
79-80 |
Audio tape |
Feb 6, 1986 |
47 |
81-82 |
Audio tape |
Feb 13, 1986 |
47 |
83-84 |
Audio tape |
Feb 19, 1986 |
47 |
85-86A |
Audio tape |
Feb 21, 1986 |
47 |
86B-89A |
Audio tape |
Mar 4, 1986 |
47 |
89B-91 |
Audio tape |
Mar 6, 1986 |
47 |
92-93 |
Audio tape |
Mar 11, 1986 |
47 |
94-95A |
Audio tape |
Mar 13, 1986 |
47 |
95B-97A |
Audio tape |
Apr 3, 1986 |
47 |
97B-98 |
Audio tape |
Apr 8, 1986 |
47 |
99-100 |
Audio tape |
Apr 29, 1986 |
47 |
101-102 |
Audio tape |
May 1, 1986 |
47 |
103-105 |
Audio tape |
May 7, 1986 |
47 |
106-107A |
Audio tape |
May 13, 1986 |
47 |
107B-108 |
Audio tape |
May 20, 1986 |
47 |
109-110A |
Audio tape |
May 22, 1986 |
47 |
110B-112 |
Audio tape |
May 29, 1986 |
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Series VIII: Carpeta (1948-1976)
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Scope and Content:
The carpetas are
secret files compiled by the Intelligence Division of the Police Department of Puerto Rico and the Bureau of Special Investigations
of the Department of Justice of Puerto Rico. All those considered subversives were subject to this type of persecution.
Included were prominent leaders of the independence movement, socialists, communists, and others expressing dissent with the
government of the U.S. or Puerto Rico and their policies. This series contains five large volumes of surveillance records
that provide a detailed accounting of Ruth M. Reynolds activities and her whereabouts for more than four decades. Included
is information about meetings she attended, and organizations and individuals she worked with. There are copies of her speeches,
surveillance reports, clippings, and numerous other items. The carpetas are evidence of the repressive tactics used by the Puerto Rican government against its citizens and document the flagrant
violation of their civil rights.
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Box |
Item |
Title |
Date |
48 |
1 |
General |
undated, 1993 |
48 |
2 |
000001-000097 |
Sep 5, 1976-Nov 1, 1962 |
48 |
3 |
000098-000222 |
Jul 25, 1959-Nov 18, 1954 |
48 |
4 |
000223-000310 |
Oct 9, 1954-Oct 16, 1948 |
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