ULL Archive Accepts 14 New Democratic Transition Collections
The University of La Laguna's Archive of the Democratic Transition in the Canary Islands accepted fourteen new donations, expanding its total to 52 collections and notably including materials from researcher Hermógenes Afonso de la Cruz and activist Álvaro Morera Felipe.
On Thursday, the University of La Laguna (ULL) officially accepted fourteen more donations for its Archive of the Democratic Transition in the Canary Islands. This archive, looked after by the university's Library Service, now holds a total of 52 collections.
Notable among these new additions are the archives and libraries of Hermógenes (Hupalupa) Afonso de la Cruz. He was a self-taught researcher and political activist known for his comparative studies of Amazigh people and his efforts to promote the use of aboriginal names.
The university also received donations from Álvaro Morera Felipe, who was involved in the "Guanche Spring" movement in the 1980s and chose to donate his materials to the university. Another contribution came from the Tauro Youth Association, which ran recreational and social programs in La Orotava from 1973 to 1978, as the ULL explained in a press release.
Also accepted were collections of photos and documents from Cirilo Leal Mújica, a journalist and playwright. These include pictures of a 1976 student sit-in in La Laguna, which aimed to establish advanced studies in Philosophy, Psychology, and Pedagogy. Additionally, Clara Cacho, daughter of trade unionist Santiago Cacho, donated VHS videos, photo albums, and written materials about her father's union work.
The archive also gained audio materials from Zenaido Hernández Cabrera. These include recordings of official events like the 1966 handover of the Monument to the Caudillo in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the 1972 inauguration of Mayor Ernesto Rumeu de Armas, along with about a hundred cassettes on different subjects.
Contributions from feminist women like Ana Hardisson Rumeu, María Eugenia Monzón Perdomo, and Adela Estupiñán Hernández were also added, enhancing the existing records of the Feminist Coordinator of Tenerife. Furthermore, a large collection of graphic materials, including posters and stickers, came from María Fernanda (Nanda) Donate González, José Antonio Luis Valdés ('José el Sueco'), and Ignacio Moreno Alberto.
Lastly, the archive now includes collections of newspapers from the Spanish University Syndicate from the 1950s, donated by student Jesús Igor Jiménez Ramos, and copies of Canarian publications from the early 1980s, provided by Manuel Gálvez Julián from mainland Spain.