Caravela
Scope and Contents
The collection contains personal correspondence, various scrapbooks, genealogical research, and Luso-American newspapers published in the last 30 years. It also includes comprehensive histories of individual islands and of the archipelago; geographical and geological studies; monographs and various topics related to the Azores; and texts that document religion and cultural practices and rituals specific to the Azores.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1881-2006
Language of Materials
Materials in English and Portuguese
Conditions Governing Access
no known restrictions
Extent
From the Collection: 17.25 Linear Feet (11 manuscript boxes, 1 cassette sized box, 1 small sized box, 3 medium length boxes, 2 medium-thin length boxes and 1 long length box)
Repository Details
Part of the UMass Dartmouth Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives Repository
Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA
jfarrar@umassd.edu