 The
Library-Museum |
|
Dr. Manuel Luciano da Silva |
| Village of Cavião |
| Vale de Cambra, North of Portugal |
| The
Library-Museum |
|
Dr. Manuel Luciano da Silva |
| Village of Cavião |
| Vale de Cambra, North of Portugal |
This Library-Museum is going be dedicated to:
(1) Medical Science
(2) Portuguese Discoveries
(3) Amateur-Historians
(4) Emigrants.
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Enthusiasm is a word of Greek origin
composed of “en” which means “inside”, plus “theos” which means
“God” .Perseverance
means “to persist”, “never to give up”.
These
two words have been the Credo of my life: Whenever I decide
to do something, I concentrate myself, as if
“I have God inside of me, and I will never give up “,
disregarding whatever necessary
time is needed to attain my
desideratum.
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(1) The greatest and most original discoveries in History and Archaeology were made by amateurs.
Examples:
(a) Heinrich Schlieman – German grocer – discovered the three Troys
(b) Jean Francois Champollion – French military – decifred the secret of Rosetta Stone.
( c ) Michael Ventris – an architect – revealed the secret of the Minoic wwriting of the island of Creta.
(2 The Dighton Rock:
- Three amateur-historians – who deciphered the original inscriptions engraved on Dighton Rock – never taught history in High school, college or university.
They were:
(A) Professor Edmund Burke Delabarre was professor of psychology at the famous Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America. He discovered in 1918, (December 2, 1918), engraved on the face of Dighton Rock : (1) the date 1511, (2) the name of the Miguel Corte Real ( at the center) and the (3) The Portuguese Coat of Arms “V” shaped.
(B) Professor José Dâmaso Fragoso, who was Professor of Portuguese at New York University, United States of America, discovered in 1951: (1) Three Crosses of the Order of Christ (symbol of the Portuguese discoveries) and the (2) Portuguese Coat of Arms “U” shaped.
(C) Dr. Manuel Luciano da Silva, - Internal Medical Specialist – of the Bristol County Mescal Center, Rhode Island, U. S. A., discovered in 1960 the fourth Cross of the Order of Christ . He presented the conclusion of the Portuguese Theory of the three investigators to the First International Congress of the World Discoveries, on September, 8, 1960 (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
(3) The Library-Museum will have on its garden, a Replica of the face of Dighton Rock, made of fiberglass, at TPI, in Warren, Rhode Island, (The mold was made by Steven Tegu, and the Replica was done by Edward Medeiros and other Portuguese Americans , free of charge)
(4) The Library-Museum will have many books and writings relating to the History of the Corte Real Navigators.
(5) It will have my original discovery of the True Antilles: Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island, based on the Nautical Chart of 1424.
(6) My original discoveries that Columbus was 100%
Portuguese:
(a) Interpretation
of the navigator’s Sigla.
(b) My wife’s discovery
of the Navigator’s
Monogram,
(c) Our discovery, my wife’s and mine,
in the Library of the Vatican, of the Papal Bulls
which have the Navigator’s in
Portuguese Cristofõm Colon.
(7) Portuguese Merdagate “ – the biggest Portuguese diplomatic scandal in Rhode Island, U. S. A., because the Portuguese consul was exploiting the Portuguese emigrants instead of protecting them. I exposed him in articles and the case went to court and the consul lost.
(8) Hundreds of videos taped from the programs done on the following series: “Portuguese Around Us”, ( taped at Channel TV 6, and Full Channel Cable TV ); “Tribuna Médica”,( taped at the Portuguese Channel, New Bedford); “Os Portugueses” (done at Channel 36, State TV), and “Imagens of Portugal” (done at channel 12 TV).
(9) Hundreds of cassettes, with medial programs, done , live, on the Radio Program of WHTB, from Fall River, entitled “Ask the Physician”.
(10) Popular Medicine: hundreds of articles written in Portuguese published on Portuguese American Newspapers and magazines.
(11) Description of my participation on the fourteen organization on which I was a founder member.
(12) Letters to the editor in Portuguese and English.
(13) My correspondence with Portuguese and American authorities, during my 50 years as Portuguese American immigrant in U. S. A.
(14) Homage to Professor Steven Tegu’s Family
(15) Many thousands of color slides about Portugal, America and other nations (from our visits).
(16) Books published by Portuguese emigrants about emigrations themes in the United States and Canada.
(17) Many medical books about various specialties.
(18) Many books about World History and Portuguese Discoveries
(19) Books of Cartography: The entire collection of Monumenta Henriquina: 8 large volumes. The book with the famous Nautical Chart of 1424, autographed. (No. 242, of 1000 copies.)
(20) Books about Archeology, Geology and Anthropology.
(21) Encyclopedias: Britannica Encyclopedia, World Book, Portuguese-Brazilian Encyclopedia, and several other encyclopedias in various subjects.
(22) Books about Human sexuality.
(23) Books about the Vatican and other religions.
(24) Books about the History of the Jews.
(25) Books about Photography.
(26) Diplomas, Awards and testimonial plaques.
(27) Photographs of our family while in Cavião, Merlães, Matosinhos, Oliveira de Azeméis, Coimbra, Brooklyn, New York, New Bedford, Boston, and Bristol, Rhode Island, U. S. A.
(28) Information about my wife, school teacher, Silvia Neto Tavares Jorge da Silva.
(29) Information about our family from Cavião.
(30) Information about our family from Merlães.
(31) Information about our family from Ovar.
(32) Information about our family from America.
(33) Information about by fellow students in the high school in Oliveira de Azeméis, aand my fellow students in the Coimbra Medical School.
(34) Portuguese, American and International musics when I played mandolin and violin.
(35) Homage to all the amateurs genius, Portuguese and universal, such as writers, investigators and industrialists.
(36) Information about the 50 American States.
(37) Books about the history and culture of the Azores, Madeira, Brazil and other Portuguese Speaking countries.
(38) Information about Bristol, RI, and its institutions and its people.
(39) Information about the articles and editorials publish on the Bristol Phoenix by me and about me, in English and Portuguese. Collection of the “Comunidade Lusíada”, or Portuguese Page, published by the four East Bay Newspapers.
(40) New papers clippings of American newspapers with articles about my historical researches: The New York Times, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Herald, New York, Daily News, Philadelphia Enquire, The Columbus Dispatch, New Bedford Standard Times, Fall River Herald News, The Times- Picayune, The Pittsburgh Press, National Geographic Magazine, etc.
(41) Portuguese American Newspapers clippings describing my social activities and my many lectures about medicine and history.
(42) Information about the village of Cavião, where I was born: its people, families (genealogy), water, (divisions), health of its inhabitants, history of the chapel, of the public school, roads, electricity, of emigrants, etc.
( (43) Information about the Parish of Castelões.
( (44) Information about the Founding Members of the Association of the Library Museum.
(45) Information about the Portuguese American Churches and Synagogues in U. S. A. and Canada, about clubs, social, and otherwise, newspapers, radio and television programs, teaching of the Portuguese language in colleges and high schools, folkloric groups, bands, etc.