This website is an educational project of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños). It contains formerly secret FBI files that document surveillance activities and counter-intelligence operations that targeted Puerto Rican organizations and individuals. The files were released by the FBI in response to the initiative taken by Puerto Rican Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY) in the spring of 2000.
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) is a university-based research institute based at Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Our mission is:
- to produce, facilitate, and disseminate interdisciplinary research about the diasporic experiences of Puerto Ricans and to link this scholarly inquiry to social action and policy debates; and,
- to collect, preserve and provide access to archival and library resources documenting the history and culture of Puerto Ricans.
This project has been partially supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The coordination of the project, including research direction, conceptualization, and editorial content, has been the responsibility of Centro researcher Ramón Bosque-Pérez. During the first year, the work of the research team was supported by a grant from the PSC/CUNY 32nd Research Awards Competition (June 2001 to July 2002, Award #63254-00-32) and by voluntary work donated by interns.
Project Coordination / Research and Editorial Content
Funding Sources
- Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
- PSC/CUNY 32nd Research Awards Competition
Research Assistants
- Marie Gelpí (2005-2007)
- José Albors (2005-2006)
- Sofía Gallisá (2005)
- Melinda Eisenmann (2001-2004)
- José R. Jiménez (2001-2004)
- Elga Castro-Ramos (2002-2004)
- Marilyn Rivera (2002-2004)
- Yesenia Aponte (2003-2004)
Website Development & Implementation
- Eileen Ochart, Design2net, Inc.
- René Ramos Arzuaga, Design2net, Inc.
- Angel M. Soto, Design2net, Inc.
Pre-Launch Graphic Design
- Yvette Nevares
- Talía Rivera
Graphics & Multimedia
- Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
- Colección Periódico El Mundo, University of Puerto Rico
- Periódico Claridad, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection
- Centro Library & Archives Collections
Interns & Volunteers
- Melinda Eisenmann (2000-2001)
- Elga Castro-Ramos (2001)
- Bayoán Olguín (2000)
- Jeanette Zaragoza (2000)
Our Thanks also to:
- Idalia Domínguez de Marty, Ellyn Toscano
, and other former and current staff members at the Office of Congressman Serrano)
- The members of the Centro staff, particularly: Andrés Torres (Interim
Director), Pedro Juan Hernández (Centro Library & Archives), José de Jesús (Centro Administration), Ivelisse Rosario Natal (Centro Events), Anthony De Jesus (former Interim Director), Félix Matos Rodríguez (former Director), Nélida Pérez, and, Helga E. Pérez
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Go to Timeline to view a Chronology of Events with links to specific documents.
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