Identity elements
Reference code
CHC0228
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
José Martínez-Cañas Collection
Date(s)
- undated (Creation)
Extent
2 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This collection includes materials collected by the Cuban-born art dealer and historian José Martínez-Cañas. It includes letters of the Cuban painter Fidelio Ponce (1895-1949); a letter written by General Calixto García and probably addressed to General Mario García Menocal during the independence war in Cuba ;and two postcards signed by Alfredo Zayas and Manuel Sanguily. The collection also contains texts and other materials related to the violin as an object and its history in Cuba. The Martínez Cañas family previously owned the 1715 Lipinski Stradivarius and the 1712 Hrimlay Stradivarius violins, among others.
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Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please, contact chc@miami.edu for more information.
Languages of the material
- Spanish
Scripts of the material
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Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Received from José Martinez-Cañas in May of 2002; material was added in August of 2002 and September of 2013.
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Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
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Place access points
Name access points
- Martínez-Cañas, José (Creator)
- Ponce, Fidelio, 1895-1949 (Creator)