Archivo Histórico de Ponce
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Archivo Histórico de Ponce, officially, Archivo Histórico de Ponce Gladys E. Tormes González,[3] is a historical archive in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is considered "the most complete historical archive in Puerto Rico".[4][5]
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Archivo Histórico de Ponce | |
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Archivo Histórico de Ponce | |
18.01575°N 66.61216°W / 18.01575; -66.61216 | |
Location | Ponce Servicios, Ponce, Puerto Rico |
Type | Government Archive |
Established | 1812[1] |
Service area | Puerto Rico as well as researchers from other countries |
Collection | |
Items collected | Letters, maps, brochures, photos, newspaper clippings, newspapers, microfilms, cancelled municipal payroll checks, municipal employee files, books. Also registry of slaves, architectural plans, films, and sound tracks. |
Size | Over 1 million items indexed in more than 300,000 files |
Criteria for collection | City government documents about the founding, history and evolution of Ponce from the 1812 Municipal Assembly until the present |
Access and use | |
Access requirements | Historian, university professor, legislator, and researcher |
Circulation | 0 |
Population served | Historians, legislators, university professors, and researchers |
Members | 18,000[2] |
Other information | |
Director | Gladys Esther Tormes Gonzalez |
Employees | 32 |
Website | http://ponce.inter.edu/cai/connections/html/archivo.html |
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