Evita Peron portrait Juan Peron portrait
Peron Collection



The Rare Books Room's
holdings include a large
collection of material
pertaining to Juan and Eva
Perón. Here are a
few of the items now on
display in the East
Corridor Gallery:

 Argentinean Children's Books, 1953-1955

    During the Perón years, Evita was everywhere. Young children learning to read were immediately exposed to her smiling, kindly face, as in this first-grade reader (at right) titled simply Evita, published in 1953, the year after her death.

 page from children's reader
book cover: La Argentina de Peron

 Third- and Fourth-Grade Readers, 1954-1955
    Argentina's history and bright future under Perón were conveyed to school children in readers like these. Mensaje de Luz (Message of Light, 1955) and La Argentina de Perón (Perón's Argentina, 1954) are general histories of Argentina; the first includes excerpts from Evita's own writings. Both are characterized by the romanticization of agriculture and industry typical of Perón era children's books.
book cover: Mensaje de Luz




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