Welcome to The Pedro Albizu Campos Digital Resource Collection
The Pedro Albizu Campos Digital Resource Collection (PAC-DRC) is the first and premiere comprehensive digital collection of Albizu's archival documents from his formative years at the University of Vermont, Harvard College, and Harvard Law School. The collection also includes all digital images of his Harvard Alumni files and the archival documents from Radcliffe College of his wife, Dr. Laura Meneses del Carpio.
Albizu entered the University of Vermont in 1912, subsequently transferred to Harvard College, and graduated from Harvard College in 1916. He was officially conferred his Harvard Law School degree in February 1923. The archival documents are used with the permission and courtesy of Harvard University Archives (HUA).
The seminal scholarly work “Pedro Albizu Campos—The Formative Years 1893–1923” will be published in English and Spanish in 2025. This thoroughly researched work is the first to focus entirely on Albizu’s birth, upbringing, public school education, and Harvard University student years. The book provides a humanistic perspective on Albizu’s formative years.
These archival documents have never been collectively cataloged, published, studied, or written about until now. There are many new revelations and insights. Sign up to receive updates on the upcoming books and online courses. Visit regularly and subscribe for updates.
Best,
Dr. Daniel Ibarrondo Cruz, Executive Director, PAC-DRC
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La MISIÓN de la Colección de Recursos Digitales de Pedro Albizu Campos es compartir libremente los documentos historicos en forma digital de los expedientes estudiantiles de Albizu archivados principalmente en el Colegio de Harvard (Harvard College) y en la Escuela de Derecho de Harvard, con el fin de promover el intercambio de conocimientos, el discurso serio, la investigación, y la humanización de la vida y el impacto de Pedro Albizu Campos.
La VISIÓN del proyecto de la Colección de Recursos Digitales de Pedro Albizu Campos es apoyar y fomentar una cultura de colaboracion, evidencia, investigación independiente y apoyando al legado historico de Pedro Albizu Campos.
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The MISSION of the Pedro Albizu Campos Digital Resource Collection is to freely share the digital contents of his student files archived at Harvard College and Harvard Law School towards the promotion of knowledge sharing, serious discourse, research, and humanizing the life and impact of Pedro Albizu Campos.
The VISION of the Pedro Albizu Campos Digital Resource Collection project is to support and encourage a culture of primary evidence and independent research that advances the educational and historical legacy of Pedro Albizu Campos.
The Digital Humanities and Value of Albizu’s Documents at Harvard University Archives
Digital archival and humanistic scholarship involves producing, preserving, and interpreting the cultural record. Gauging the educational and research value of the archival documents of Pedro Albizu Campos is essential. Much of the archival material in this collection provides a humanistic perspective of Pedro Albizu Campos that was previously unknown to the general public. These documents and their contextualized research dispel myths accepted as “facts” for over half a century. The PAC-DRC provides, among others, Puerto Rico and the diaspora the opportunity to engage with Albizu’s archival documents. The general public would have had to know of the existence of these archival documents and have the financial means to travel to the Harvard University Archives (HUA) to view the documents. Now, the global public can access this historical information in this online digital collection that complements the physical collection at HUA.
2023 marked the 130th anniversary of the birth of Pedro Albizu Campos (1893) and the 100th anniversary of his graduation from Harvard Law School (1923).
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The World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1, Level AA Conformance (WCAG 2.1 Level AA) are the Digital Accessibility Standards for websites and web-based applications and services. The PAC-DRC website conforms to the standards to the fullest extent possible at the point of rollout or implementation. The PAC-DRC promotes equal access to information technology and digital content and strives to improve the user experience for all users, including persons with disabilities. The site is committed to making digital content accessible. "Accessible” is understood to mean that a person with a disability is afforded the opportunity to acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services as a person without a disability in an equally effective and equally integrated manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use.
Reading handwritten letters and the typed text contained within the digital images of letters and forms can be challenging for adaptive technologies. It can also be a challenge for those who are visually able yet find it difficult to discern different handwriting styles. Alt Text was added to all digital images in addition to digital image descriptions. To assist in physically reading the contents of the images or through adaptive technologies, most of the relevant document image content was written in separate text in English. Due to the handwritten nature of many of the archival documents, the English text version of the digital contents is readable by adaptive technologies. In addition, the digital image contents have been translated into Spanish for Spanish-language individuals using adaptive technologies. The digital collection is a bilingual website in English and Spanish.
The website's videos were produced in English and Spanish, and both versions include close captioning (subtitles) in both languages. The website also has a direct button link for Google Translate, which allows users to translate the entire website into Spanish, French, and other languages. Should you encounter any accessibility issues, kindly send an email to maestroalbizu@gmail.com.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The U.S. copyright protects all document images of Pedro Albizu Campos. All rights reserved.