Reminiscenes of Pura Belpré, 1976
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- Name
- Belpré, Pura (Interviewee)
- Lopez, Lillian (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscenes of Pura Belpré, 1976
- Other Titles
- Oral history interview wtih Pura Belpré, 1976; Oral history interview wtih Pura Belpré White, 1976
- Abstract
- Childhood in Puerto Rico, Brooklyn, New York; library assistant, 135th Street branch library, New York Public Library; 135th Street Library's role in Harlem Renaissance; New York Public Library System Library School, 1926; Seward Park branch, children's department librarian, role in book-buying, 1926-1929; 115th Street branch library, Spanish foreign assistant, adult department librarian, children' s librarian, 1929-1943; role of 115th Street branch in Spanish-American Renaissance; writing, publishing children's stories in English, Spanish; impact of Puerto Rican hertiage on writing; writing of Puerto Rican folklore, work on Spanish translations of works; Spanish Children's Specialist, Office of Children's Services for the Bronx and Manhattan, 1960; Coordinator of South Bronx Library Project, South Bronx Puppet Theater
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Women authors; Women librarians; Library administration; Hispanic Americans and libraries; Children's libraries; Children's literature; Puerto Rican women; Puerto Rican literature; African American arts; Belpré, Pura; New York Public Library
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1976
- Note (Biographical)
- Librarian, author
- Note
- Interviewed by Lillian Lopez
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13056482
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/6cx7-gv91
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.