Alberto Torres Pereira papers (MSS-0067)

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Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu

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Series 1. Cape Verdean Oral History Project records, 1972-1976
0.50 cubic feet

Between 1972-1976, Alberto Torres Pereira conducted oral history interviews of Cape Verdean Americans who immigrated to Rhode Island. This series contains correspondence, planning information, questionnaire for interviews, interviews on 35 audiocassette tapes, and an article written about the project by Alberto Torres Pereira and published in TCHUBA. A majority of the audiocassettes in this series have been digitized and are available in the Rhode Island College Special Collections digital archives. Interviewees: Sonyia Andrade, Frank Baptista, Rosendo Brito, Minnie Carvalho, George Castro, Johnetta Cole , Bernardino Delgardo, John Delgado, Charles Fortes, Julio Gomes, Virginia Gonsalves, Joaquina Lima, Mr. Lisbon, Anthony Lopes, Juanita Maniche, Phillip John Martin, Salahudine Matteos, Larry Novick , Ludovinia Paris, Maria Pereira, Anthony Ramos, Tony Santos, Adrien Silva and Yvonne Smart.

Container	Description	Date
Box 1	Cape Verdean Oral History Project Audiocassettes	1972-1976
Box 4, Folder 1	Cape Verdean Oral History Project (1972) - Background	1972
Box 4, Folder 2	Cape Verdean Oral History Project (1972) - Background #2	1972
Box 4, Folder 3	Cape Verdean Oral History Project (1972) - Description	1972
Box 4, Folder 4	Cape Verdean Oral History Project - Interview Indexes (Tapes # 1-27)	1972-1974

Series 2. Reflections: Cape Verdeans in Rhode Island records, 1975-1977
0.20 cubic feet

Alberto Torres Pereira organized a multimedia event at Rhode Island Department of State Library Services on October 26, 1977 on Cape Verde and Cape Verdean Americans who lived in Rhode Island, entitled “Reflections: Cape Verdeans in Rhode Island.” This series contains correspondence, planning information, grant proposals, scripts in English and Kriolu (Crioulo) and photographic slides.

Container	Description	Date
Box 4, Folder 5	Cape Verdeans of Rhode Island (C.V.R.I.) Project	1975-1977
Box 4, Folder 6	C.V.R.I. Project - Grant Proposals	1976
Box 4, Folder 7	C.V.R.I. Project - Script	1977
Box 4, Folder 8	Reflections: Cape Verdeans of Rhode Island (C.V.R.I.)	1977
Box 4, Folder 9	Reflections: C.V.R.I. - Narrative Script	1977
Box 4, Folder 10	Reflections: C.V.R.I. - Script (English)	1977
Box 4, Folder 11	Reflections: C.V.R.I. - Script (English/Crioulo)	1977
Box 4, Folder 12	Reflections: C.V.R.I. - Visual Script	1977
Box 4, Folder 13	Reflections: C.V.R.I. - Slides #1-140 - arranged numerically (slides #: 2, 3, 10, 26, 28, 29, 30, 41, 54, 56, 64, 67, 85, 90, 100, 106, 110, 116, 121, 129 and 132 were not donated with the collection)	1977
Box 4, Folder 14	Reflections: C.V.R.I. - extra slides (duplicates)	1977

Series 3. Projects, programs and committees papers, 1967-1992
1.10 cubic feet

Alberto Torres Pereira organized and participated in many projects, programs and committees about Cape Verdean Americans between 1967-1992. This series contains audiocassette tapes, correspondence, planning materials, grant proposals, meeting announcements, photographs, photographic slides, and a VHS tape.

Container	Description	Date
Box 2	58 audiocassette tapes, subjects include: “Black Rap” and “Let’s Talk About It Now” radio programs; interviews with poets, musicians and politicians, such as Shirley Chisholm and Jesse Jackson; 5 tapes of “The Great Ones” from Rhode Island Dept of State Library Services (such as: Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass); and recordings from departure of Ernestina from Mindelo Harbor, Saō Vicente, Republic of Cape Verde which included an address by President Aristedes Pereira	circa 1974-1983
Box 3	3 audio recording tapes for “Black Rap” and interview with Ambassador of Cape Verde on VHS tape	circa 1979-1981
Box 4, Folder 15	TCHUBA - The American Committee for Cape Verde, Inc.	circa 1975-1979
Box 4, Folder 16	Barros Gallery (Providence, RI)	1988
Box 4, Folder 17	“Black Rap” (Radio Program)	1979-1981
Box 4, Folder 18	Cape Verdean Heritage Survey	circa 1974-1977
Box 4, Folder 19	Video Archive Grant Proposal	1974
Box 4, Folder 20	Ethnic Heritage Studies Grant Preparation	1975
Box 4, Folder 21	Program: Cape Verdean-Americans & U.S. Foreign Aid	1981
Box 4, Folder 22	Correspondence - Incoming	1974-1988
Box 4, Folder 23	Correspondence - Outgoing	1974-1982
Box 5, Folder 1	Fox Point - Cape Verdean Displacement	1981
Box 5, Folder 2	Fox Point - article draft by Sam Beck	1981
Box 5, Folder 3	Fox Point - article by Hummel & Gerstle	1977
Box 5, Folder 4	Program: Cape Verdean Night at Holy Name	1977
Box 5, Folder 5	Immigration	1971
Box 5, Folder 6	Language	circa 1980
Box 5, Folder 7	Literature - Jorge Barbosa	1981
Box 5, Folder 8	LIterature	circa 1980
Box 5, Folder 9	Politics & Government	1980
Box 5, Folder 10	Torres’ article on C.V.S. Productions	1981
Box 5, Folder 11	Program: League of RI Historical Societies Meeting	1978
Box 5, Folder 12	Program: RI Library Association Annual Conference	1987
Box 5, Folder 13	Program: “Nos Ku Nos/We Together”	1974
Box 5, Folder 14	Dr. Anthony V. Rocha	circa 1980
Box 5, Folder 15	Cape Verdean Study Commission	1987-1989
Box 5, Folder 16	Special Legislature Commission	1977
Box 5, Folder 17	Task Force on Services to the Non-English Speaking Community	1982
Box 5, Folder 18	Television Programs	1974-1980
Box 5, Folder 19	Photographs	circa 1970-1972
Box 5, Folder 20	Cape Verdean-American Federation, Inc.	1976
Box 5, Folder 21	10th Annual Festival of American Folklife	1976
Box 5, Folder 22	Cape Verdean-American Parade Unit	1976
Box 5, Folder 23	Itinerary for Visit of Honorable Andre Corsino Tolentino	1987
Box 5, Folder 24	Building Fund for Cape Verdean Roman Catholic Church	1979
Box 5, Folder 25	1st Cape Verde - US Investment & Trade Conference	1989
Box 5, Folder 26	Embassy of the Republic of Cape Verde	circa 1987
Box 5, Folder 27	Cape Verdean Conference at Rhode Island College	1987
Box 5, Folder 28	7th Annual Cape Verdean Conference	1987
Box 5, Folder 29	Ernestina (Schooner)	1968-1986
Box 5, Folder 30	Newspaper clippings related to Cape Verde and Cape Verdean Americans	1967-1987
Box 5, Folder 31	Slides of Ernestina	circa 1982
Box 5, Folder 32	Slides of Cape Verde and Cape Verdean Americans in Rhode Island	circa 1977
Box 5, Folder 33	Slides of Judge Leighton, recipient of honorary degree at Rhode Island College	1992
Box 5, Folder 34	Photographs: Fox Point, Shakespeare production	circa 1973
Box 5, Folder 35	Multi-media Program: The Whale	1973
Box 5, Folder 36	Information & Preparation for “The Whale”	circa 1973

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