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| Overview
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| Title: |
Lydia
Cabrera Collection |
| Collection
No: |
CHC0339 |
| Repository: |
Cuban
Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries |
| Location: |
38D7-10,
38E2-10, 39A2-4 |
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| Administrative
Information |
| Acquisition
Information: |
Gift
of Lydia Cabrera, 1991 |
| Processed
by: |
María
R. Estorino and Eugenio Alonso, October 2002-January
2003 |
| Encoded
by: |
Giselle
Fernández, September 2003 |
| Access
Restrictions: |
This
collection is only partially organized. Certain
materials may be restricted. Please consult the
Archivist or Director. |
| Preferred
Citation: |
Lydia
Cabrera Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University
of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida |
| Copyright
Statement: |
©
2003 University of Miami. All rights reserved. Permission
to publish materials must be obtained from the Director
of the Cuban Heritage Collection. |
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| Series
Descriptions (Series I and II only) |
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Series
I of the Lydia Cabrera Collection contains letters
and other correspondence sent and received by Cabrera.
Subseries A. consists of letters sent by Lydia Cabrera
to various correspondents. It is arranged
chronologically followed by her letters to selected
correspondents alphabetically, specifically Isabel
Castellanos, Katherine Dunham, Octavio Paz, and
Pierre "Fatumbi" Verger.
The
bulk of materials in Series I consists of correspondence
received by Lydia Cabrera, organized into Subseries
B. The first part of this subseries is arranged
chronologically containing letters from various
correspondents between 1929 and 1990. The
second part of Subseries B. consists of letters
to Cabrera from prominent correspondents or those
with extensive correspondence with Cabrera.
Included here are letters from Cuban writers Reinaldo
Arenas, Gastón Baquero, Eugenio Florit, Enrique
Labrador Ruiz, and Lino Novás Calvo; Cuban artist
Amelia Peláez; Spanish poet Carmen Conde; and several
French colleagues of Cabrera's, including Francis
de Miomandre, Marcel Hiver, Roger Callois, Roger
Bastide, and Pierre "Fatumbi" Verger, the renowned
ethnographer of Afro-Brazilian religion and culture
with whom Cabrera maintained a prolonged correspondence.
Series
II. Personal Papers, n.d., 1916-1992
Organization: Subseries
A. Family Papers, n.d., 1916-1989; Subseries
B. Financial and Legal Records, n.d., 1930-1986;
and Subseries
C. Honors and Awards, n.d., 1973-1992
Extent: 4 linear ft. (89 folders and nine
objects in seven boxes)
The
personal papers of Lydia Cabrera can be found in
Series II. Along with documents such as her passports,
birth certificate, and curriculum vitae, this series
contains notes regarding Cabrera’s family
history; financial and legal records including information
about book sales and rights; and clippings and other
documents regarding the various honors and awards
bestowed upon her. |
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| Container
List (Series I and II only) |
| Series I: Correspondence, n.d., 1910-[1991?] |
| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
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Subseries A. From Lydia Cabrera, n.d., 1910-1984 |
| 1 |
1 |
n.d. |
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2 |
1910 |
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3 |
1960-1974 |
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4 |
1976-1980 |
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5 |
1981-1984 |
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6 |
To
Castellanos, Isabel, 1980 |
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7 |
|
Dunham,
Katherine, 1969-1970 |
|
8 |
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Paz, Octavio, n.d., 1981-1982 |
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9 |
|
Verger, Pierre (Fatumbi), 1983 |
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|
Subseries B. To Lydia Cabrera, n.d., 1929-[1991?] |
| 2 |
1 |
n.d. |
|
2 |
1929-1936 |
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3 |
1956-1960 |
|
4 |
1961 |
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5 |
1962 |
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6 |
1963-1964 |
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7 |
1965-1966 |
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8 |
1967 |
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9 |
1968 |
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10 |
1969 |
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11 |
1970 |
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12 |
1971 |
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13 |
1972 |
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14 |
1973 |
|
15 |
1974 |
| 3 |
1 |
1975 |
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2 |
1976 |
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3 |
1977 |
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4 |
1978 |
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5 |
1979 |
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6 |
1980 |
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7 |
1981 |
| 4 |
1 |
1982 |
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2 |
1983 |
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3 |
1984 |
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4 |
1985 |
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5 |
1986 |
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6 |
1987 |
|
7 |
1988 |
|
8 |
1989-1990 |
| 5 |
1 |
From Arenas, Reinaldo, 1981-1989 |
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2 |
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Bacardí,
Amalia, n.d., 1970-1980 |
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3 |
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Baquero, Gastón, n.d., 1978-[1991?] |
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4 |
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Bastide, Roger, 1960-1974 |
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5 |
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Cabrera
Infante, Guillermo, 1963-1983 |
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6 |
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Caillois, Roger, 1960-1976 |
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7 |
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Castellanos,
1976-1984 |
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8 |
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Conde, Carmen, 1974-1989 |
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9 |
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Dunham,
Katherine, 1969-1982 |
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10 |
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Ferrara, Orestes, 1964-1970 |
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11 |
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Florit, Eugenio, 1974, 1982 |
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12 |
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Hernández
Larrondo, Candelario, 1964-1970 |
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13 |
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Hiriart,
Rosario, n.d., 1975-1987 |
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14 |
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Hiver, Marcel, 1960-1973 |
| 6 |
1 |
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Inclán,
Josefina, n.d., 1966-1980 |
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2 |
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Labrador Ruiz, Enrique, 1981 |
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3 |
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Mistral,
Gabriela, n.d. |
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4 |
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Miomandre, Francis de, n.d., 1936-1956 |
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5 |
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Novás Calvo, Lino, n.d., 1963-1973 |
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6 |
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Paz, Octavio, 1976, 1978 |
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7 |
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Peláez, Amelia, 1966-1968 |
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8 |
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Prado,
Pura del, 1971 |
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9 |
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Taráfa,
Josefina, 1963-1978 |
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10 |
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Tellez, Mercedes (Kaguama), 1961-1983 |
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11 |
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Verger, Pierre (Fatumbi), 1958-1989 |
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12 |
Other
Correspondence, 1961-1963 |
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13 |
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n.d.,
1967-1982 |
|
14 |
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to
Miomandre, Francis de, from various, 1929-1936 |
Series
II. Personal Papers, n.d., 1916-1992 |
| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 7 |
1 |
Birth
Certificate, 1965 |
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2 |
Certificate
of Penal Antecedents, 1964-1965 |
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3 |
US
Citizenship and Naturalization Certificate
and Proceedings, 1971 |
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4 |
Passports,
1957-1983 |
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5 |
Spanish
Residency, 1973 |
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6 |
International
Certificate of Vaccination, 1968-1971 |
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7 |
Social
Security Card, n.d. |
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8 |
Voter
Registration Card, n.d. |
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9 |
Last
Will and Testament, 1986, 1989 |
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10 |
Living
Will, 1991 |
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11 |
Death
Certificate, 1991 |
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12 |
Curriculum
Vitae, n.d. |
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13 |
Certificates
of Continuing Education Credits, University of
Miami, 1967-1968 |
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14 |
Recipes, n.d. |
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15 |
Notebook
and Addresses, n.d. |
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16 |
Travel
Journal, 1929 |
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|
Subseries A.
Family Papers, n.d.,
1916-1989 |
| 7 |
17 |
Genealogies, n.d.
(Cabrera, Ortíz, and Casanova families) |
| |
18 |
Family
Biographies (by Lydia Cabrera), n.d.
(Gerardo Ortíz, Raimundo Cabrera, and Lydia Cabrera) |
| |
19 |
Bilbao Marcaida y Cabrera,
Elisa: Disposition of Properties,
1944 |
| |
20 |
Cabrera Ortíz, Emma: Memoirs, n.d. |
| |
21 |
Cabrera,
Esther: Clippings, n.d. |
| |
22 |
Cabrera Raimundo: Sheet Music, 1919
("Rayito de Sol," lyrics by R. Cabrera, music by Rosario Dueñas) |
| |
23 |
|
Bibliography
by Leopoldo Ramos-Ledón,
1972 |
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24 |
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Eulogy by Luciano
R. Martínez y Echemendía,
1924 |
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25 |
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Clippings, n.d.,
1916-1984 |
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26 |
Cabrera, Seida: Letter to Gerardo Machado, 1933 |
| |
27 |
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Visa
to the United States, 1978-1981 |
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28-29 |
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Settlement
of Estate, 1982-1986 |
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30 |
Ortíz Cabrera, Elisa: Death Certificate, 1989 |
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31 |
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Memorial
Membership, 1989 |
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|
Subseries
B. Financial and Legal Records, n.d., 1930-1986 |
| 8 |
1 |
Fellowships
and Grants, n.d., 1961-1978 |
| |
2 |
Honorariums
and Fees, 1961-1982 |
| |
3 |
Personal
Finances, n.d., 1959-1977 |
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4 |
Unidentified
Account Book, 1966-1970 |
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5 |
Bibliography
of Antique Books (Smedt), n.d. |
| |
6 |
Appraisals
and Sales: Art, 1947 |
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7 |
|
Wifredo Lam, n.d., 1965-1987 |
| |
8 |
Appraisals
and Sales: Books,
Manuscripts, and Periodicals, n.d.,
1969-1971 |
| |
9 |
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Maps, n.d., 1978-1985 |
| |
10 |
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Objects
and Furnishings, Havana Home, 1958 |
| |
11 |
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Piedras Mágicas, n.d.,
1979 |
| |
12 |
Book
Publication, 1967-1971, 1984-1985 |
| |
13 |
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Carvajal, S.A. (Poesías Univalle),
1977 |
| |
14 |
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Ediciones "ERRE" Contract, 1973
(See also box 8, folder 33) |
| |
15 |
|
Book
Publication: Ediciones Universal
Contracts, 1970-1985
(See also box 8, folder 27) |
| |
16 |
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Gráficas Breogán, 1972 |
| |
17 |
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Lectorum Publications (El Monte), 1975-1982
(See also box 8 folder
28) |
| |
18 |
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Rizzoli Editore, 1982-1984 |
| |
19 |
|
Ultra
Graphics Corporation, n.d.
1983-1986 |
| |
20 |
Book
Sales, n.d., 1975-1985 |
| |
21 |
|
Account
Book, 1968-1971 |
| |
22 |
|
Account
and Address Book, 1979 |
| |
23 |
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Receipt
Book, 1971-1975 |
| |
24 |
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Price
Lists, n.d. |
| |
25 |
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Almacenes Shangó (Artémio Rivera), n.d., 1974-1979 |
| |
26 |
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Las Américas Publishing Co., 1971-1978 |
| |
27 |
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Ediciones Universal, n.d., 1973-1984
(See
also box 8, folder 15) |
| |
28 |
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Lectorum Publications, 1971-1985
(See also box 8, folder 17) |
| |
29 |
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Librería Continental, 1975-1980 |
| |
30 |
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Librería Eliseo Torres, 1981 |
| |
31 |
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Librería Hispano-Americana, n.d.,
1977-1982 |
| |
32 |
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Librería Lorié, 1972-1975 |
| |
33 |
|
Librería Orbe (Vicente Baez), n.d., 1973-1985
(See also box 8, folder 14) |
| 9 |
1 |
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Macondo Books, 1979-1983 |
| |
2 |
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Mnemosyne Publishing Co., 1970-1972 |
| |
3 |
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Senda Nueva de Ediciones,
1981-1984 |
| |
4 |
|
Studium Corporation, n.d., 1980-1981 |
| |
5 |
|
Zona Franca (El Monte), 1968-1969 |
| |
6 |
Legal
Records: Properties Owned in Cuba, n.d.,
1979 |
| |
7 |
|
Copyright
Registration for "Barril-Agua," 1930 |
| |
8 |
|
Lowe
Art Museum Record of Donation, 1990 |
| |
9 |
|
Publications
Contract Template, n.d. |
| |
10 |
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Permissions,
1966-1982 |
| |
11 |
|
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Thomas Colchie and Associates, 1984-1985 |
| |
12 |
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Translations,
1974-1986 |
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|
Subseries
C. Honors and Awards, n.d., 1973-1992 |
| 9 |
13 |
Honors
and Awards, n.d.,
1973-1990
(See also boxes 10, 11, and 13) |
| |
14 |
"Congress
of Afro-American Literature: Homage to Lydia
Cabrera," Florida International
University, 1976 |
| |
15 |
University of Miami Homage, 1984
(See also box 10) |
| |
16 |
"Lydia Cabrera: An Intimate Portrait" Exhibition,
INTAR Latin American Gallery (NY), 1984 |
| 12 |
1 |
"Homenaje a Lydia Cabrera," special issue of Noticias
de Arte, 1982
(signed
by Reinaldo Arenas) |
| 9 |
17-18 |
Honorary
Degrees: Denison University (OH), 1977 |
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19-20 |
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University
of the Redlands (CA), 1981 |
| 12 |
2 |
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University
of Miami, 1987 |
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3 |
|
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Regalia,
1987 |
| 9 |
21 |
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Manhattan
College (NY), 1988 |
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22 |
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