Endowments; Charity-schools; Children--Institutional care; Santurce (San Juan, P.R.); Boys' Charity School (Santurce, San Juan, P.R.); Escuela de Caridad de Niños (Santurce, San Juan, P.R.)
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[between 1901 and 1919?]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 80
Note
PDF may contain multiple grant documents.
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Rafael Duchesne y Nieves was a younger cousin of Rafael Duchesne y Mondríguez who was another 369th Regiment member...As a 12 year-old, Duchesne lived in the Boys Charity School in 1910. Other would-be members of the Hellfighters were also residents o f this school including his cousin Duchesne Mondríguez, Antonio González, Pablo Fuentes, Froylán Jiménez, José Rivera Rosa, and Genaro Torres. Several of the youngsters living at that school evolved into outstanding musicians. As early as 1904, the school band caught the attention of US observers whose impressions were captured in print. The Boy's Charity School was a special institution that was located in Santurce on Avenida Juan Ponce de Leon; a major thoroughfare. The building today is essentially abandoned and in need of a complete restoration. In a 1906 government report, 264 boys were housed at this education and vocational training school. A Girls Charity School also operated in Santurce with a comperable mission. Juan Viñolo Sanz was one of the exemplary music teachers and band directors for Boys Charity. Viñolo Sanz was a native of Spain and settled in Puerto Rico at age 14. He also served as teacher and director at other institutions." [SOURCE: Serrano, Basilio. Puerto Rican Pioneers in Jazz, 1900–1939: Bomba Beats to Latin Jazz. iUniverse, 18 Sep. 2015, pp. 55-56. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=I_ShCgAAQBAJ. Accessed 21 Sep. 2018.]