Archive: April 2023 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Ryan Reft; (Year) 2023; (Month) April

Photograph of attendees at Representative Adriano Espaillat's Dominicans on the Hill event examining exhibit items arrayed on a confrerence table inside the Capitol Visitor Center.

Dominicans on the Hill 2023

April 27, 2023

This past February, U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) held his fifth Annual Dominicans on the Hill event featuring items from the Manuscript Division attesting to the Dominican Republic’s complex history with the United States.

Posted in: Events, Hispanic and Latino History, Politics, Sports, War and Society

Unfolding Research: Making Mexican Chicago

April 6, 2023

Posted by: Ryan Reft

In this interview with Manuscript Division staff, historian Mike Amezcua discusses the history of Chicago’s Latinx communities, the manuscript collections he consulted, and his approach to research.

Posted in: Hispanic and Latino History, Researcher Stories

Refined by: (Author) Ryan Reft; (Year) 2023; (Month) April