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Magali
O. Acosta Collection (CHC5145) - The Magali O. Acosta Collection
consists of music scores and parts, unsigned by the Cuban composer
Rodrigo Prats, arranged for Spanish dance performances directed by
Magali O. Acosta and conducted by Rodrigo Prats. |
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Natalia
Aróstegui Bolognini Collection (CHC0033) - The Natalia Aróstegui
Bolognini Collection contains poems, articles, extracts and off-prints,
and music scores of important Cuban musicians. Of special note is
a manuscript poem by Dulce María Loynaz and autographed sheet
music by Ernesto Lecuona. |
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Alberto
Arredondo Papers (CHC0015)- Digital collection.
The Alberto Arredondo Papers consist of reports and papers regarding
Cuba's economy. |
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Eduardo
Áviles Ramírez Collection (CHC0273) - The Eduardo Áviles
Ramírez Collection contains articles authored by Mr. Áviles
Ramírez from the 1920s to the 1980s and published in newspapers
and magazines in Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. |
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Manuel
R. Bustamante Photograph Collection (CHC5017) - Digital
collection. The Manuel R. Bustamante Photograph Collection
primarily consists of hundreds of photographs of Cuba from the turn
of the 20th century to the 1990s. |
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Lydia
Cabrera Collection (CHC0339) - Digital collection.
The Lydia Cabrera Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts,
original drawings, field notes, interviews, photographs, and memorabilia
of one of the 20th century’s leading writers on Cuban folklore
and an internationally known chronicler of Afro-Cuban culture and
religion. This collection also contains documentation about the
restoration of several colonial buildings in Cuba.
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Cordovés
and Bolaños Families Collection (CHC0398) - Digital
collection. The Cordovés and Bolaños Families
Collection contains letters, documents, and photographs from Cuba's
Wars of Independence and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. |
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Cuba:
Capitanía General Collection (CHC0380) - Digital collection.
The Cuba: Capitania General Collection contains the bandos
(edicts), “Reales Ordenes” and official forms from the
governments of Valeriano Weyler and Ramón Blanco. |
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Cuban
Postcard Collection (CHC0359)
- Digital collection. The Cuban Postcard Collection
consists of postcards of Cuba and the Cuban exile experience produced
from the turn of the 20th century to the present. |
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Tomás
Estrada Palma Collection (CHC0460) - Digital collection.
This collection contains materials related to Tomás Estrada
Palma (1835- 1908), first president of the Cuban Republic from 1902
to 1906. Items include correspondence, clippings, and photographs.
Other materials pertain to members of the Estrada Palma family, in
particular Tomás Andrés Estrada Palma II (1884 1960)
and his son Tomás Douglas Estrada Palma III (1911-1999). |
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Fernando
Fernández-Cavada Collection (CHC5006) - Digital
collection. The Fernando Fernández-Cavada Collection
consists primarily of the correspondence of Federico, Adolfo, and
Emilio Fernández Cavada during Cuba’s Ten Years War
(1868-1878), as well as some materials of Emilio Fernández-Cavada
Suárez del Villar, Lieutenant Colonel in Cuba’s War
of Independence (1895-1898). |
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Polita
Grau de Agüero Collection (CHC0356)
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collection. The Polita Grau de Agüero Collection contains
letters, clippings, and photographs of Polita Grau, the former first
lady of Cuba who later served 14 years in Cuban prisons for conspiring
with the CIA to topple Fidel Castro and for her coordination, with
her brother Ramón Grau Alsina, of Operation “Pedro
Pan.” Also in the collection are photographs and clippings
of former Cuban president Ramón Grau San Martín, Polita
Grau’s uncle. |
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María
Luisa Guerrero Collection (CHC0346) - The María Luisa Guerrero
Collection contains reports, clippings, and articles about Cuba and
Cuban exiles during the 1930s to the 1980s, material on the Lyceum
and Lawn Tennis Club, and the feminist movement in Cuban society.
The collection also contains extensive accounts about Elena Mederos,
human rights issues, and the plight of Cuban political prisoners.
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Maria
Mendoza Kranz Collection (CHC0374) - The Maria Mendoza Kranz Collection
contains family photographs and clippings as well as clippings about
Mendoza Kranz's work at an aircraft factory in Miami during World
War II. |
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Enrique
Labrador Ruíz Collection (CHC0111) - Digital
collection. The Enrique Labrador Ruiz Collection consists
of the manuscripts, correspondence, and clippings of Enrique Labrador
Ruiz (1902-1991), Cuban journalist, novelist, essayist, short story
writer, and poet. |
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José
Lezama Lima Papers (CHC5047) - Digital collection.
This collection consists primarily of letters from José Lezama
Lima to his sister Eloísa Lezama Lima from 1961 to 1976.
It also includes copies of photographs, a poem, and an annotated
copy of Paradiso. |
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Lyceum
and Lawn Tennis Club Collection (CHC0214) - Digital
collection. The Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club Collection
is comprised of administrative files, publications, events and exhibitions
programs, and photographs of this Cuban women’s club. The
materials in this collection primarily document the Lyceum’s
services and activities, e.g. art exhibitions, children’s
programs, and its famous flower arrangement classes and shows, from
its inception until its closing by Castro’s government in
1968. |
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Gerardo
Machado y Morales Collection (CHC0336) - Digital collection.
The Gerardo Machado y Morales Collection contains correspondence,
business papers, legal documents, and photographs documenting former
Cuban President Gerardo Machado’s life in exile. |
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Estus
H. Magoon Collection (CHC0126) - This collection contains reports
and photographs of Estus H. Magoon, a civil engineer who worked on
various public health projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
from 1925 to1954. |
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Manuel
Martin, Jr. Collection (CHC5064) - The Manuel Martín, Jr.
Collection consists primarily of scripts, programs, clippings, and
photographs of plays written by Cuban-born playwright Manuel Martín,
Jr. |
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Augustus
C. Mayhew, Jr. Photograph Collection (CHC5144) - The Augustus
C. Mayhew, Jr. Photograph Collection consists of black and white photographs
of the Mayhew and McAbee families during their time living in the
American colony of La Gloria in the province of Camagüey, Cuba.
The photographs include views of La Gloria from 1901 to 1952, the
Mayhew family and neighbors, and the Mayhew apiary "Bee Ranch"
and orange groves. |
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César
A. Mena Collection
(CHC0357) - The César A. Mena Collection contains the documentation
and research notes used by Dr. César A. Mena Serra (1914-)
to write his work Historia de la medicina en Cuba (History of Medicine
in Cuba), which was published in two volumes by Ediciones Universal
in Miami, Florida in 1992 and 1993. |
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Papal
Visit Collection (CHC5077) - This collection contains materials
documenting Pope John Paul II’s visit to Miami, September 10-11,
1987. It includes photographs, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, special
edition periodicals, and posters. |
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Ángel
Guido Peña Collection (CHC0152)- The Ángel Guido
Peña Collection contains manuscripts and typescripts of plays,
poems and newsletters authored by Cuban exile Ángel Guido Peña. |
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Emilio
Gaspar Rodríguez Collection (CHC0335) - The Emilio Gaspar Rodríguez
Collection contains the personal papers of Emilio Gaspar Rodríguez,
Cuban writer, journalist, and public official. Included here are correspondence,
articles, books, conferences, periodical publications, and photographs.
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Solidaridad
de Trabajadores Cubanos Collection (CHC0501) - The Solidaridad
de Trabajadores Cubanos Collection consists of pamphlets and periodicals
published by this organization as well as its declaration of principles
and the Declaración de Montecristi. |
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The
Truth About Cuba Committee, Inc. Records (CHC0193) - Digital
collection. The Truth About Cuba Committee, Inc. Records
consist of the official organizational records of the Truth About
Cuba Committee, Inc. from 1961 to 1975, its years of operation, including
publications, membership records, radio program transcripts and audio
recordings, and photographs. |
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Andrés
Vargas Gómez Collection (CHC0197) - The Andrés Vargas Gómez
Collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, transcripts of conferences
and radio commentaries, photographs, and publications. This collection
also contains material on human rights, various associations and institutions,
and on Generalísimo Máximo Gómez. |
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