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Jack Delano was a photographer for the Farm Security Administration and a composer influenced by Puerto Rican folk material. He moved to Puerto Rico in 1946. This series contains an interview with Jack Delano conducted by Ana Cardona, materials concerning Jack Delano's performance at Hostos Community College and his role as a visiting artist to the University of Michigan, his correspondence with Cardona (1985 and 1987), notes, photographs and video recordings by and about Delano.

Julio Perazza was a Detroit, Mich. Latino photographer and teacher. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1943. After graduating from Western High School in Detroit, Perazza studied at various places, including Highland Park Community College. He eventually completed his B.F.A. in photography at the University of Michigan (1975) and his M.F.A. in photography from Eastern Michigan University. Perazza toured as a performer and photographer with the musical performing arts company "Up with People". The subjects of his photographs were African-Americans in Detroit, Chicanos in Michigan, and life in his homeland of Puerto Rico. His artwork has been exhibited throughout Michigan and around the United States.

The Perazza series includes video recordings made by Perazza in cooperation with other Michigan artists, photographs by Perazza, a photo album with photographs of Perazza exhibit that was curated by Ana Cardona, and biographical material.

The Topical Files contain documentation of Cardona's involvement in the Alliance for Cultural Democracy, Cardona's writings and biographical information, administrative records and calendars of Artes Unidas de Michigan. The Raza Art and Media Collective (RAMC) folder includes negatives of portraits and publications. Of special interest are video interviews of Detroit los Repatriados, Mexicans who were deported from the U.S. in the 1930s, taken by Nora Mendoza in 2004. Also sound recordings of interviews and monologs on various subjects, in Spanish and English, as well as Latin music.