|
Overview |
| Title: |
Cordovés
and Bolaños Families Collection, 1878-1999 |
| Collection
No: |
CHC0398 |
| Extent: |
0.50
linear ft. |
| Repository: |
Cuban
Heritage Collection, University
of Miami Libraries |
| Location: |
39E5 |
| Abstract: |
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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| Administrative
Information |
| Acquisition
Information: |
Gift
of Julio A. Mestre, 1994 and 1999 |
| Processed
by: |
Esperanza
B. de Varona, May 1994; Updated by María R. Estorino,
2001 |
| Encoded
by: |
Pedro
Figueredo and Jeff Barry, November 2001 |
| Access
Restrictions: |
This
collection is unrestricted. |
| Preferred
Citation: |
Cordovés
and Bolaños Families Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection,
University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida. |
| Copyright
statement: |
© 2001
University of Miami. All rights reserved. Permission
to publish materials must be obtained from the Director
of the Cuban Heritage Collection. |
| Note: |
This
title of this collection was changed in 2001 from the
Julio A. Mestre Collection to the Cordovés and Bolaños
Families Collection per the donor's instructions. |
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| Biographical/Historical
Note |
Julio
Angel Mestre is an exiled Cuban economist who was
born in Havana, Cuba in 1935. He is the son of Aida
Margarita
Cordovés Bolaños and Juan José Mestre Miyares and grandson
of Julio Cordovés y de la Paz and Isabel Bolaños Fundora.
The Cordovés and Bolaños families were involved in
Cuba's Wars of Independence against Spain. Rosario
(Charo) and Encarnita Lastra, great-aunts of Mestre,
were members of the Cuban Liberation Army (Mambises)
within the brigade headed by José María Aguirre, Chief
of the Division of Havana, and served under Generalísimo
Máximo Gómez.
Mestre studied at the Colegio
de la Salle in Havana and graduated
with a degree in economics from the Universidad Católica de Santo
Tomás de Villanueva in 1957. He served as number 3195 in the
Brigade 2506 during the Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba in 1961.
Later, he
worked for Union Panamericana in Washington, DC (1963-1965),
for CBS/Time Life (1965-1968), and for Kodak Corp. in Venezuela
(1968-1972).
Mestre established private businesses in Venezuela, Santo Domingo,
and Madrid. He and his wife, Sandra Teresita Caballero, have
two sons. After residing for many years in Venezuela, Mestre
now makes
his home in the United States.
Tomás
Estrada Palma
Tomás
Estrada Palma was born in Bayamo,
Cuba on 9 July 1835. He studied
law, and joined the rebel forces
during the revolution of 1868-1878.
After nine years of service,
he was captured and imprisoned
in Spain until the end of the
insurrection. After his release,
he went to Honduras, where
he became postmaster of the
republic. Later he moved to
the United States and opened
a school for Latin American
students at Central Valley,
New York. With a new revolt
in Cuba in 1895, Estrada Palma
was elected delegate-at-large
and minister plenipotentiary
of the Republic of Cuba in
arms and took charge of the
well known council in the United
States which purchased arms,
organized filibustering expeditions
and otherwise aided the army
in the field. In 1901, he was
elected president of the Cuban
republic and was inaugurated
on 20 May 1902. On 23 September
1905, he was again elected
to the office of president
but resigned 28 September 1906.
Estrada Palma died on 4 November
1908 and is buried in Santiago
de Cuba.
Carlos
J. Finlay
Carlos
J. Finaly was born in Camagüey,
Cuba on 3 December 1833. The
son of a Scottish physician
and a French mother, Finlay
was educated in France. He
studied medicine at Jefferson
Medical College in Philadelphia
and at the University of Havana.
Even though he was a general
practitioner, the problem of
yellow fever obsessed him from
the early years of his practice.
After years of investigation,
Finlay presented his findings
to the Havana Academy of Science
in 1881 that the mosquito was
the agent of the disease. His
colleagues received this theory
with indifference, but he held
to it, and during the ensuing
twenty years, he built up a
good circumstantial case. Finlay's
arguments were influential
in persuading the Dr. Walter
Reed Board in 1900 to concentrate
on the transmitting vector,
led to the eradication of the
disease form the tropics, and
ended a terrible epidemic that
killed thousands of people.
Cuba, France, Britain and the
United States awarded him medals
and degrees as one of the great
benefactors of humanity. Finlay
died in Havana on 20 August
1915.
Máximo
Gómez y Baez
Máximo
Gómez y Baez was born in Baníi,
Santo Domingo in 1831. When
Santo Domingo was liberated
from the Spanish, he went to
Cuba. In 1868 he joined the
Cuban insurrection, and through
his ability and daring soon
became major-general. Gómez
was influential in bringing
about the insurrection of 1895-98
and was made commander-in-chief
of the Cuban army. His policy
was to avoid open engagements
and to drive the Spaniards
out by devastating the island
and constantly harassing their
troops. When the Americans
landed in Cuba in 1898, he
assisted the American governor-general
in his work in the island.
Gómez was governor of the province
of Santa Clara and a member
of the Constitutional Convention.
He died in Havana on 17 June
1905.
Antonio
Maceo y Grajales
Antonio
Maceo y Grajales was born in
Santiago de Cuba on 14 July
1848. He joined
the insurgent army in 1868. His
natural military ability, patriotism
and personal magnetism as a leader
soon brought him to the forefront,
making him second only to Máximo
Gómez. Maceo alone of all the Cuban
generals refused to sign the Treaty
of Zanjón after the Ten Years War
against Spain in 1878. He went
to the United States and other
countries in America seeking support
for the cause of Cuban Independence.
During the War of Independence,
conducting the Invasion from "Oriente
a Occidente," Maceo was surrounded
by a Spanish force and killed
on 7 December 1896. |
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| Scope
and Content Note |
| The
Cordovés and Bolaños Families Collection contains letters,
clippings, documents, and photographs from Cuba's Wars
of Independence and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. |
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| Series
Descriptions |
Series I. Cuban Independence Wars, 1878-1911
(bulk dates 1896-1898)
Extent: 16 folders (Box 1)
The Cuban Independence
Wars series consists of autographed letters from prominent
Cuban figures of the Independence Wars of 1868-1878 and 1895-1898
and a copy of the "Pacto de Zanjón" (Zanjon Treaty), 1878.
Some of the most important letters included in this series
are eight signed letters from Major General Antonio Maceo to
Brigadier José María Aguirre, Chief of the Division of Havana
during the Cuban Invasion from "Oriente to "Occidente' in 1896;
a signed letter by Tomás Estrada Palma, the first president
of the Republic of Cuba; an autographed personal letter dated
1904 from Generalísimo Máximo Gómez, General Commander in Chief
of the Cuban Liberation Army; and a letter signed by Carlos
J. Finlay, the doctor who discovered that mosquitoes transmit
yellow fever.
Series II. Julio A. Mestre Papers, ca. 1961-1999
Extent: Nine folders (Box 1)
Included in this series
are newspaper clippings and photographs of the Bay of Pigs
Invasion; a photograph of Fidel Castro in a meeting with Pedro
Tinoco, former president of the Central Bank of Venezuela;
and a copy of the magazine The Nation from 13 April
1964 containing the article, "Bay of Pigs: The Unanswered Questions," by
Jean Edward Smith.
Series III. Miscellaneous, n.d., 1952-1956
Extent: Three folders (Box 1)
This series consists
of business cards, clippings, and the January-February 1956
issue of the Habana Yacht Club magazine.
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| Container
List |
| Series I. Cuban Independence Wars, 1878-1911
(bulk dates 1896-1898) |
| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
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Sub-Series.
A. Correspondence |
| 1 |
1 |
Avalos,
Emilio, 1898 |
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2 |
Cardenas,
R. de, 1896 |
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3 |
Castillo,
Adolfo del, 1896 |
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4 |
Cordovés,
Julio, 1911 |
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5 |
Estrada
Palma, Tomás, 1896 |
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6 |
Finlay,
Carlos J., 1898 |
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7 |
García,
Eduardo, 1898 |
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8 |
Gómez,
Máximo, 1904 |
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9 |
Jefe
del Dept. de Oriente, ca. 1896 |
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10 |
Maceo,
Antonio, 1896 |
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11 |
Nodarse,
Orencio, 1896 |
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12 |
Ochande,
Federico, 1878 |
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13 |
Rodríguez,
Alejandro, 1898 |
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14 |
Sánchez,
Silverio, 1896 |
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15 |
To
Violeta, 1898 |
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Sub-Series
B. Documents |
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16 |
Zanjón
Treaty, 1878 |
Series II. Julio A. Mestre Papers, ca. 1961-1999 |
| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1 |
17 |
Correspondence
(photocopies), 1960-1965 |
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18 |
Correspondence,
1995-1999 |
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19 |
Manuscript,
1996-1999 |
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20 |
Documents,
1960-1963 |
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21 |
Documents:
Brigade 2506 (photocopies), n.d. |
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22 |
Clippings,
1964 |
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| 23
| Clippings,
1997 |
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24 |
Publications,
1964 |
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25 |
Photographs:
Bay of Pigs, ca. 1961 |
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26 |
Photographs:
Unidentified, n.d. |
Series III. Miscellaneous, n.d., 1952-1956 |
| Box |
Folder |
FolderTitle |
| 1 |
27 |
Business
Cards, n.d. |
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28 |
Clippings,
n.d., 1952 |
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29 |
Habana
Yacht Club, 1956 |
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| Related
Materials |
| Cuban
Heritage Collection Manuscript Collections:
CHC0460
Tomás Estrada Palma Collection
CHC
Pamphlets Collection No. 12:
Cuban Independence Wars
CHC0347 Cuban Manuscripts Collection
Selected
published materials in CHC and/or the University
of Miami's Otto G. Richter Library:
Tomás
Estrada Palma:
Collazo,
Enrique. Desde
Yara hasta el Zanjon; apuntaciones historicas.
Habana: Tip. de "La Lucha," 1893.
Corzo
Pi, Daniel. Historia
de Don Tomás Estrada Palma [microform], su juventud
y estudios, revolucionario y delegado, presidente
de Cuba, ultimos años de una vida laboriosa en
la miseria, espistolario, documentos. Habana:
Impr. de Diaz y Castro; Guantanamo: Medano y Ricardo,
[193-?].
Cuba.
Departamento de Estado. Documentos
internacionales referentes al reconocimiento de
la república de Cuba. 1904. Habana: La
Moderna Poesía, 1904.
Estrada
Palma, Tomás. Mensaje
del presidente Tomas Estrada Palma al congreso
de la República de Cuba al inaugurarse la 2 legislatura
de 1904. Habana: Imprenta, Papeleria y
Encuadernación de Rambla y Bouza, 1904. [Signed
by Tomás Estrada Palma]
Iznaga,
R. Tres
años de república, folleto político, por R. Iznaga
Tomás Estrada Palma El gobierno y la administración
pública desde 1902 á 1905. El estado actual del
pueblo cubano. Por la paz y por la república.
Habana: Rambla y Bouza, 1905.
Martínez
Ortíz, Rafael. Cuba,
los primeros años de independencia. Paris: "Le
Livre libre," 1929.
Carlos
J. Finlay:
Amaro
Méndez, Sergio. Alas
amarillas: la historia de Carlos J. Finlay y su
descubrimiento. Havana: Editorial Científico-Técnica,
1983.
Cuba.
Ministerio de Salud y Asistencia Hospital. Dr.
Carlos J. Finlay and the "Hall of Fame" of New
York. Havana, 1959.
Finlay,
Carlos E. Carlos
Finlay and Yellow Fever. New York: Oxford
University Press for the University of Havana,
1940.
Portell-Vilá,
Herminio. Finlay:
vida de un sabio cubano. Miami, FL: La
Moderna Poesía, 1990.
Ramos,
Domingo F. Cuba
en la higiene internacional y Finlaismo.
Havana, Imp. La Propagandista, 1924.
Rodríguez
Expósito, César. Carlos
J. Finlay, 1833-1915. Havana: Departamento
de Relaciones Nacionales del Ministerio de Salud
Pública, 1965.
Máximo
Gómez:
Bosch,
Juan. Máximo
Gómez, de Monte Cristi a la gloria, tres años de
guerra en Cuba. Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic: Editora Alfa & Omega, 1986.
Carrillo,
Mario. In
the Saddle with Gomez. New York: F. T.
Neely, 1898.
Castellanos
G., Gerardo. Legado
mambí; formación, odisea y agonía del archivo del
general Máximo Gómez. Havana: Ucar García
y cía., 1940.
Céspedes
y Quesada, Carlos Manuel de. Un
instante decisivo de la maravillosa carrera de
Máximo Gómez. Habana: Imprenta "El Siglo
XX", 1932.
Gómez,
Máximo. Cartas
a Francisco Carrilo. Havana: Instituto
Cubano del Libro, 1971.
Gómez,
Máximo. Revoluciones - Cuba
y hogar. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic:
Editora Alfa y Omega, 1986.
Antonio
Maceo:
Alonso
Pujol, Guillermo. Maceo:
discursos pronunciados. Havana: Editorial
Publicitas, 1945.
Archivo
Nacional de Cuba. Antonio
Maceo, documentos para su vida, homenaje del Archivo
Nacional de Cuba al lugarteniente general del Ejército
libertador en el centenario de su nacimiento, 1845-1945.
Havana, 1945.
Briceño
Perozo, Mario. Antonio
Maceo: la voz del huracán. Caracas, Venezuela:
Talleres de Italgráfica, 1991.
Dorta-Duque,
Manuel. Maceo
(el soldado): lo peculiar de su vida desde Yara
a Baraguá (1868-1878). San Juan, PR: Ediciones
Joyuda, 1982.
Mármol,
José G. Antonio
Maceo Grajales: El Titán de Bronce. Miami,
FL: Ediciones Universal, 1998.
Miró Argenter,
José. Muerte
del general Maceo, (relato del suceso), seguido
de una refutación a la farsa oficial. Key
West, FL: Impr. de "El Yara", 1897.
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