Alfonso Pulido Islas papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2576

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of departmental records, correspondence, and clippings related to the work of Mexican economist Alfonso Pulido Islas, Chief of the Departamento Autónomo de Prensa y Publicidad and the first president of the National Film Institute of Mexico.

Dates

Creation: 1915 - 1939

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Alfonso Pulido Islas (1907-1981) was a Mexican economist and historian who served as a professor at the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM), where he directed the Escuela Nacional de Economía (1942-1944). He was also Chief of the Departamento Autónomo de Prensa y Publicidad and first president of the National Film Institute. An official of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) and a founding member of its precursor, the Partido Nacional Revolucionario (PRN), Pulido Islas was an important policy maker in several Mexican administrations and held numerous government posts.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Abstract

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, October 29, 1985.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed. This collection was part of Special Collections’ Performing Arts Division 100 series, it was originally marked 100-58. It is housed with Collection #2572.