Guide to the Portuguese Cultural Association records, 1959-1980
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu
Published in 2023
Collection Overview
| Title: | Portuguese Cultural Association records |
| Date range: | 1959-1980 |
| Creator: | Portuguese Cultural Association |
| Extent: | 1.5 cubic feet. |
| Abstract: | The collection contains the collected papers of the Portuguese Cultural Association based in East Providence, Rhode Island, and includes documents and photographs that celebrate and promote Portuguese culture. |
| Language of materials: | English, Portuguese. |
| Repository: | Special Collections, James P. Adams Library |
| Collection number: | MSS-0038 |
Scope & content
The collection contains correspondence, documents, and photographs pertaining to the Portuguese Cultural Association. Correspondence includes the Casa de Portugal, Portuguese-American Committee on Foreign Affairs, Consulate of Portugal, Coimbra Club, universities and colleges, and elected officials and offices. Documents include meeting minutes, membership mailing lists, applications, by-laws, treasurer’s reports, account book, letters, event programs, tickets, clippings, and publications. Photographs capture events held by the association. An audiocassette of interviews with Dr. Manuel DaSilva and Professor Rita Bichio is also included.Access Points
Subject Names- Amaral, George
- Bichio, Rita
- d’Oliveira, Julio V.
- DaSilva, Manuel
- Martin, Edward R.
- Pierannunzi, Mariana
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the order in which it arrived in the Rhode Island College Special Collections.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Portuguese Cultural Association (PCA) was founded by George Amaral in 1959 as a non-profit organization for the purpose of promoting civic, cultural, economic, educational, and social welfare of Portuguese and Americans of Portuguese extraction. It was incorporated in 1965, and, at that time, administration included a president, George Amaral, first vice-president, Anthony H. Maciel, second vice president, Alfred J. Coelho, treasurer, Manuel Machado, recording secretary, William A. Castro, correspondence secretary, Edward C. Martin, and a board of directors. They were based in East Providence, Rhode Island. Events organized by the PCA included Portuguese Heritage Day, exhibitions at the RISD Museum, awards dinners, lectures on Portuguese studies, performances of Portuguese fado, symphony concerts, film festivals, bus trips to restaurants and Carnaval do Brasil, the April in Portugal Ball, and various other meetings. The Portuguese Cultural Association disbanded in the early 1980s.Access & Use
| Access to the collection: | The collection is open for research. |
| Use of the materials: | Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them. Donor restrictions stipulate that the following items in the collection are not to be reproduced by Special Collections: “The Life of Peter Francisco, Patriot of the American Revolution” by Edmund Dinis; “Origin and Evolution of the Anterian Sonnet” by David J. Viera; and “The Portuguese of Rochester and Monroe County, New York” by David J. Viera. |
| Alternate form: | The audiocassette in the collection (box 2, folder 24) has been digitized, however it is not available online. Access may only be provided on-site in the Special Collections Reading Room. For more information about potential distance, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections. |
| Preferred citation: | Portuguese Cultural Association records, MSS-0038, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College. |
| Contact information: | Special Collections, James P. Adams Library Rhode Island College 600 Mount Pleasant Ave Providence, RI, 02908 Tel: 401-456-8380 email:digitalcommons@ric.edu |
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | The collection was initially gifted in 1976 by George Amaral. Mariana Pierannunzi and Amaral donated additions to the collection in 1978, 1979, and 1983. With further additions given by Virginia White in 1985 and 1991. A deed of gift was signed by Mario A. Texeira, president of the association at the time of the signing of the document, and Mariana Pierannunzi, project director of the collection. |
| Processing information: | An inventory of the collection was created likely prior to 1992. In 2023, Special Collections intern, Melissa Moniz, re-boxed and described the collection using current archival standards under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica Denison. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Melissa Moniz and Veronica L. Denison. |
| Encoding: | This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, 2023 |
| Descriptive rules: | Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
| Related material: | Rhode Island Collection Special Collections also holds the Portuguese Heritage Subcommittee records. |
| Location of originals: | The collection contains some xerographic copies of original documents that were retained by the donors. |
| Location/Existence of copies: | The audiocassette in the collection (box 2, folder 24) has been digitized, however it is not available online. Access may only be provided on-site in the Special Collections Reading Room. For more information about potential distance, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections. |
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Inventory
| Box 1, Folder 1 | Articles of Association English |
1965 October 20-22 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | By-laws, 1959 plus revision English |
1959-1972 October |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | By-laws, 1975-76 English |
1975-1976 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | By-laws, 1976 revision English |
1976-1979 June 9 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Members, 1959-70; mailing list English |
1959-1974 March |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Membership list and applications English |
1975-1976 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Account book English |
1959-1972 |
| Box 1, Folder 8-9 | Treasurer’s reports English |
1972-1976 |
| Box 1, Folder 10 | Minutes, etc. of early meetings English |
1957 April 27-1959 May 25 |
| Box 1, Folders 11-24 | Minutes English |
1959 June 23-1976 June 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 25 | Minutes, Board of Directors English |
1975 June 16-1976 June |
| Box 1, Folder 26 | Correspondence and programs: Casa de Portugal English; Portuguese |
1955 October 31 |
| Box 1, Folder 27 | Correspondence and programs: First Annual Portuguese Heritage Day English |
1959 November 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 28 | Correspondence and programs: Exhibition at RISD’s Museum of Art English |
1960 October 16-November 13 |
| Box 1, Folder 29 | Correspondence and programs: “Photographer—Professor in Portugal” English |
1960 June 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 30 | Correspondence and programs: Exhibition at RISD’s Museum of Art English |
1960 |
| Box 1, Folder 31 | Correspondence and programs: Portuguese-American Committee on Foreign Affairs English |
1962 May 31-June 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 32 | Correspondence and programs: Julio V. d’Oliveira and Coimbra Club English |
1963 May 17-1970 September 15 |
| Box 1, Folder 33 | Correspondence and programs: Casa de Portugal English |
1963 December 19-1964 May 24 |
| Box 1, Folder 34 | Correspondence and programs: Songs from Portugal by Maria Marques English |
1964 April 10-May 24 |
| Box 1, Folder 35 | Photographs: Maria Marques English |
circa 1964 |
| Box 1, Folders 36-37 | Correspondence and programs English; Portuguese |
1965 March 21-1966 October 9 |
| Box 1, Folder 38 | Correspondence and programs: Salve Regina College English |
1967 November 23-1969 June |
| Box 1, Folder 39 | Correspondence and programs: Peabody Symphony Orchestra English |
1969 November 11-1970 April 19 |
| Box 1, Folder 40 | Correspondence and programs: Tuna Academic da Universidade de Coimbra and Consulate of Portugal English; Portuguese |
1970 March 17-July 2 |
| Box 1, Folder 41 | Correspondence and programs: Edward R. Martin English |
1971 February 11-1971 October 22 |
| Box 1, Folder 42 | Correspondence and programs: Costa do Sol English; Portuguese |
1973 March 23-1975 September 11 |
| Box 1, Folder 43 | Correspondence and programs: New York Hilton English |
1968 March 3-1974 April 23 |
| Box 1, Folders 44-52 | Correspondence and programs English |
1974 April 1-1980 May 9 |
| Box 1, Folder 53 | April in Portugal Ball: Correspondence English; Portuguese |
1970 February 27-1970 April 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 54 | April in Portugal Ball: Finances English |
1970 April 2-1970 May 28 |
| Box 1, Folder 55 | April in Portugal Ball: George Amaral’s file (1/2) English |
1969 April 30-1970 April 9 |
| Box 1, Folder 56 | April in Portugal Ball: George Amaral’s file (2/2) English |
1970 March 31-May 6 |
| Box 1, Folder 57 | April in Portugal Ball: Lists and tickets English |
1970 April 25 |
| Box 2, Folder 1 | Awards and dinners English |
1960 June 13-1979 June 3 |
| Box 2, Folder 2 | Committees: Cultural affairs English |
1970 June 12-1974 March 18 |
| Box 2, Folder 3 | Committees: Library funds English; Portuguese |
1960 June 27-1971 March 31 |
| Box 2, Folder 4 | Committees: Membership English |
1973 April 9 |
| Box 2, Folder 5 | Photographs English |
1966-1978 |
| Box 2, Folder 6 | Stationary English |
undated |
| Box 2, Folders 7-14 | Clippings English; Portuguese |
undated, 1980 |
| Box 2, Folder 15 | Papers of George Amaral: Portuguese Congress of Committees Portuguese |
1957 January 11-1964 October 19 |
| Box 2, Folder 16 | Papers of George Amaral: Speech on Portuguese Cultural Association English; Portuguese |
1960 |
| Box 2, Folder 17 | “Immigrants Without Care” by Lois A. Monteiro English |
1977 |
| Box 2, Folder 18 | “The Life of Peter Francisco, Patriot of the American Revolution” by Edmund Dinis English |
1976 April 21 |
| Box 2, Folder 19 | “Origin and Evolution of the Anterian Sonnet” by David J. Viera English; Portuguese |
1975 December |
| Box 2, Folder 20 | Rhode Islander: “Portugal and the Azores” English |
1976 October 17 |
| Box 2, Folder 21 | “The Portuguese of Rochester and Monroe County, New York” by David J. Viera English |
1976 June |
| Box 2, Folder 22 | Rhode Island College Ethnic Heritage Studies Project English |
1972 February 13 |
| Box 2, Folder 23 | Maria Justina Pereira Soprano, Bristol Bilingual Program, Recipes from the Portuguese of Provincetown, and “The Barcelos Rooster” English; Portuguese |
1953 April 12-1980 February 2 |
| Box 2, Folder 24 | Audiocassette: Interview with Dr. Manuel DaSilva (side 1) and interview with Professor Rita Bichio (side 2) form “Portuguese Around Us” program [Digitized] General Note:
English |
1979 June 17-July 22 |
| Box 2, Folder 25 | Poster: Mrs. Maria Alves English |
undated |