{"id":4426,"date":"2026-08-17T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll168\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:11:28","slug":"coll168","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll168\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rican documents collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"firstbox\">\n<div class=\"section1\">\n<h1 id=\"overview\">Overview<\/h1>\n<div id=\"table-content\">\n<table id=\"overviewtable\">\n<tr>\n<td>Title:<\/td>\n<td>Puerto Rican documents collection <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Call Number:<\/td>\n<td>Coll168<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates:<\/td>\n<td>1788-1898<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Size:<\/td>\n<td>1 box (.5 linear feet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Language:<\/td>\n<td>Spanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Abstract:<\/td>\n<td>Collection consists of six folders containing newspaper clippings, birth records, death records, baptism records, currency, pages from books, and other official government documents. Notable materials relate to the Puerto Rican lottery, which was established in 1814. Origin unknown.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Citation:<\/td>\n<td>Puerto Rico official documents, Collection 168, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"secondbox\">\n<div class=\"section2\">\n<h1 id=\"adminbiog\">Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h1>\n<p\/>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section3\">\n<h1 id=\"scope\">Scope &amp; Content<\/h1>\n<h2>Arrangement<\/h2>\n<p\/>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section4\">\n<h1 id=\"provinfo\">Provenance Information<\/h1>\n<h2>Provenance and Acquisition Information<\/h2>\n<p>Items originally arrived in an album; details of acquisition are unknown.<\/p>\n<h2>Processing Note<\/h2>\n<p>Materials were removed from an album and placed in 6 acid free folders. Previously assigned Ms. Coll #21.<\/p>\n<h2>Descriptive Rules Used<\/h2>\n<p>Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.umbc.edu\/display\/library\/Special+Collections+Procedures?preview=\/11437110\/11731403\/UMBCProcessing_Description.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section5\">\n<h1 id=\"access\">Access &amp; Use<\/h1>\n<h2>Finding Aids<\/h2>\n<p>Finding Aid: <a href='\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll168\/'>\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll168\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Access Conditions<\/h2>\n<p>No restrictions.<\/p>\n<h2>Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use<\/h2>\n<p>Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section6\">\n<h1 id=\"subjects\">Subject Headings<\/h1>\n<h2>Subjects<\/h2>\n<p>Puerto Rico&#8211;History&#8211;19th century<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-4426","finding_aid","type-finding_aid","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid\/4426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/finding_aid"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}