PRAC Interns participate in Document Management and Preservation Workshop
Today PRAC Interns were offered a workshop on archival document handing and preservation by AGPR preservation specialist, Viviana van Vliet.
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Summer Graduate Intern Laurian Rosa Worked on Comisión de Minería-Departmento de Recursos Naturales
PRAC summer intern Laurian Rosa completed her collaboration with the PRAC last week. Laurian begain organizing the Departmento de Recursos Naturales, Colección Comisión de Minería. Two other interns will continue … Read More
PRAC and FHS digitize documents of Puerto Rico Colonial Governor Arthur Yager
In collaboration with the Filson Historical Society the PRAC has funded the completion of the digitization of the papers of Puerto Rico Colonial Governor Arthur Yager. Yager served as Governor of … Read More
Pedro Roig Organizes Intern Work with Fomento and Fortaleza Collections at the AGPR
Senior Archivist Pedro Roig plans the work of a dozen PRAC interns who are working with the Fomento and Fortaleza (Gobernadores) collections. The Fortaleza papers are in two depositos and … Read More
AGPR Mellon Intern Work Started!
AGPR Director Hilda Ayala, archivist Pedro Roig, PRAC Manager Sofia Feliciano and Aldo Lauria Santiago welcomed the first group of Mellon interns to the AGPR on Monday. The group will … Read More
PRAC Interns will assist Dr. Jose Rigau Perez with Health Department Records
Dr Jose Rigau Perez has been working as a volunteer at the AGPR organizing the Departamento de Salud Records. He has produced a massive draft index to this collection. PRAC … Read More
Mellon Interns Start in July!
(English Below) 6 de julio de 2024 ¡Estimados Participantes del PRAC! La comunidad del PRAC ha crecido en los últimos dos años y ahora, gracias a la Fundación Mellon, ampliaremos … Read More
Archival Internship for Graduate Students at the Archivo General de Puerto Rico and the Colección Puertorriqueña
I am pleased to announce the continuation of the Rutgers/Puerto Rico Archival Collaboration (PRAC) Summer Graduate Student Intern Program for 2024, now with funding support from the Mellon Foundation. Having successfully … Read More
PRAC Intern Andres Acosta de la Cruz Defends Master’s Thesis
PRAC Intern Andres Acosta defended his MA thesis in history from the University of Puerto Rico on June 28. The thesis is titled “Reciprocidad Antillana: Huracán San Zenón y la … Read More
PRAC Hosts Chat with AGPR Director Hilda Teresa Ayala
About forty people joined AGPR Director Hilda T. Ayala and PRAC Director Aldo Lauria Santiago for a Q&A session about the National Archive in Puerto Rico, its goals, work, conditions and challenges.