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The Junta Provincial de Patronato de Matanzas was created in 1880 when the law of patronato was passed in Spain. The patronato system represented a legal strategy to gradually abolish enslavement in Cuba through an "apprenticeship" process. The patronato was the mechanism established to oversee the transformation of enslavers (masters) into patronos and of enslaved people into patrocinados. "It represented an intermediate stage between slavery and freedom during which former slaves would owe labor to their former masters, but would receive a token wage in return" ("Gradual Abolition and the Dynamics of Slave Emancipation in Cuba, 1868-86," by Rebecca J. Scott. Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 63, No. 3 [Aug. 1983], p. 457). The Junta functioned as a provincial entity and, with the civil governor, oversaw the local juntas in municipalities and cities.

Unidad Anticomunista was a clandestine anti-communist organization established in Havana in the early 1960s. Promoting democrary throughout the island, the organization acted in direct opposition to the communist government of Fidel Castro and advocated for the restoration of human rights and personal freedoms for Cubans.

Its mission was to aid the politically oppressed, primarily through the acquisition of arms in an effort to overthrow Cuba's communist government, and to underscore the abuses of communism in Cuba and abroad.

Dolores Pujadas Codina (1917?) was a Cuban poet active in the 20th century.

Leaving Cuba in the 1930s for Spain, at the onset of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 Pujadas Codina was forced to uproot herself once again and return to Cuba by way of Italy.

Her most recent book of poetry is Espigas de amor, an anthology of her work that was published by the Academia Poética de Miami in 1992.

Dr. John Thom Holdsworth, 1873-1965, was the first Dean of the University of Miami’s School of Business Administration from 1926 to 1941. He was born in Ontario, Canada, received the Ph.D. in finance at the University of Pennsylvania in 1907, and came to the University of Miami in 1926.

Dr. John Thom Holdsworth was the second faculty member of the university appointed by the chairman of the regents in 1925.  He came the following year with the title of Professor of Economics and Director of Evening Courses.  It was his function to develop the School of Business Administration. He became the first dean of the school when it was established in 1929 and stepped down in 1941.

Elizabeth (Betty) Erickson was a physical education instructor at the University of Miami during 1928 and 1931.

The Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club began in Havana as the Lyceum, a women’s society dedicated to promoting cultural understanding, social consciousness and social service, as well as physical fitness and sports. It was founded by fourteen women concerned with social problems as well as the role of women in fostering the intellectual development and expression in Cuba: Berta Arocena, Carmen and Dulce María Castellanos, Carmelina Guanche, Rebeca Gutiérrez, Matilde Martínez Márquez, Lillian Mederos, Reneé and Sarah Méndez Capote, María Teresa Moré, Alicia Santamaría, Ofelia Tomé, and María Josefa Vidaurreta.

This group’s first meeting took place at the home of Berta Arocena, the Lyceum’s first president, on 1 December 1928. Following the model of a similar Spanish association, the Lyceum was officially incorporated on 22 February 1929 at a home at Calzada and A Streets in El Vedado section of Havana.

The first ten years of the Lyceum’s history were mainly a period of consolidation and development as an organization focused on the promotion of cultural awareness and activities. Although social service was not part of the society’s initial agenday, it was among the primary goals of the organization.

On February 22, 1939, at the tenth anniversary of its inauguration, the Lyceum was merged with the “Tennis de Señoritas,” another women’s organization dedicated primarily to women’s sports, whereupon it became known as the Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club. From this point in time, the new club flourished due to an influx of new members and a strengthened focus on its goals. The Lyceum, as it was still commonly known, continued its tradition of promoting cultural awareness, exhibitions and lectures, and increased the emphasis on and the scope of its social service activities. The society moved to a larger location more suited to its needs for space at Calzada and 8 Streets in El Vedado.

The scope of the activities of the Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club was wide, including several “firsts” in Cuba. The Lyceum sponsored many different lectures and conferences on many topics given by some of the most prominent scholars and speakers of the times from across the ideological spectrum. Its facilities were also used for recitals sponsored of other associations such as the Sociedad de Conciertos (Concert Society) and the Sociedad de Música de Cámara (Society of Chamber Music). It even welcomed the famous Pro-Arte Musical when the latter’s auditorium was seized after the Cuban Revolution of 1959.

The Lyceum also had a gallery which housed exhibitions of classical and modern art, photography, and folk art of different countries but with a particular focus on Cuban arts. The most famous of these exhibitions was the one that took place every April: the exhibition of flower and plant arrangements which eventually acquired international fame.

There are several other notable accomplishments by the Lyceum. It founded the first free public library in Cuba and the first children’s library on the island. It sponsored various classes at different levels, from the famed flower arrangement classes to literacy classes and vocational training. The popularity of these classes increased after the 1959 Revolution because classes were conducted without the ideological interference of the revolutionary government. Indeed, from its foundation of social service activities dedicated to “works of charity and solving the problems of the destitute,” the Lyceum developed the School of Social Service of the University of Havana.

The Lyceum continued to function until it was closed on 16 March 1968 by the Castro government, with many of its members, including the last president, becoming exiled in the United States and other countries.

In the early 1980s, the Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) began a campaign to collect Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club materials from former members in exile, many of whom donated their Club memorabilia and ephemera to the CHC. The materials collected through those efforts comprise this collection. It was voluntarily processed by a former member of the Lyceum and lawyer, Alicia O. Hernández, with the assistance of CHC staff.

Elena Mederos (1900-1981) was a human rights and women’s rights activist born in Havana, Cuba.

Mederos was born on January 13, 1900, in Havana and married Hilario González Arrieta on July 2, 1924. She founded the School of Social Services of the University of Havana and the Foundation for Social Services, a private organization devoted to develop standards and programs for children’s institutions in Cuba.

When Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba in 1959, Mederos became minister of social welfare but resigned five months later. Mederos fled to the United States in 1961 and immediately joined UNICEF. After trips to Africa and Latin America, she returned to New York and founded Of Human Rights, an organization devoted to informing U.S. politicians and scholars of the plight of Cuban political prisoners. She also founded a successful Cuban exile lobby that was instrumental in the release of thousands of political prisoners. Elena Mederos died in Washington, DC, on September 25, 1981.

Pedro Hernández was born in Havana in 1932, and originally trained as a physician. A self-taught artist, Hernández is known most for his work as a sculptor, especially in the medium of wood. Often working in the abstract, Hernández is well regarded for the influence of Caribbean cultures in his works and has exhibited at galleries throughout the United States and South Florida, as well as Europe.

Philanthropist, trustee, and patron of the arts Marta Weeks Wulf has a deep and resounding appreciation for education and music, and has dedicated her life to supporting both. With her late husband, L. Austin Weeks, she provided a naming gift to help build the Marta and Austin Weeks Music Library and Technology Center at the Frost School of Music, which opened in 2005. The lobby of the library is dedicated to Austin’s late mother, Una Austin Weeks.

In 1947, Frank J. Rimoldi, a professor of applied tropical botany who taught landscape and conservation, began the arboretum on the University of Miami campus with a teaching collection of 250 trees and 100 shrubs. In 1949, the Arboretum was named in honor and memory of Dr. John C. Gifford, the first graduate forester in the United States, an expert on tropical woods and influential professor of tropical forestry. By 1951, the Arboretum, under the guidance of Chairman of the Botany Department, Taylor Alexander, had expanded to over 500 species.

Eugene E. Cohen was the University of Miami's Vice President and Treasurer from 1958 to 1965 and Vice President for Financial Affairs from 1965 to 1976.

Dr. C. (Clyde) J. Wingfield was the University of Miami's Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost from 1976 to 1980.

Born Clyde Wingfield on March 13, 1931, he earned a Ph.D. from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.  Besides his tenure at the UM, he was a professor and university administrator at Texas Tech, Penn State, the University of Texas, El Paso, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Baruch College (President 1971-1976), College at Old Westbury, SUNY, and Northern Illinois University.  He passed away on September 15, 2001 at the age of 80.

Ron Fraser, nicknamed the "Wizard of College Baseball," coached the Hurricanes from 1963 to 1992 and led them to the 1982 and 1985 College World Series titles.  He passed away on January 20, 2013 at the age of 79.

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George Samuel Schuyler, 1895-1977, was an African-American author, journalist, and a social commentator known for his conservative views.

In the spring of 1967 the University of Miami extended formal recognition to the United Black Students group, which was organized and led by Harold Long (student representative) and William Butler (Vice President for Student Affairs).

Dr. Elwood Morton Miller was a professor of the Department of Zoology, University of Miami and a termite specialist.