Viewbooks Collection

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Title

Viewbooks Collection

Date(s)

  • circa 1850s-2013 (Creation)

Extent

7 Boxes

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Scope and content

The collection contains books, magazines, photograph albums, souvenirs, and booklets of Cuban views from 1850 to the 2000s. It also contains illustrated card games and stamps.

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The collection is open for research.

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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.

Preferred citation: Viewbooks Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

Languages of the material

  • English
  • Spanish

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The materials in this collection have been acquired through numerous gifts and purchases over time.

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The repository continues to add materials to this collection on a regular basis.

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Selected materials from this collection have been digitized.

https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/chc0364

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Archivist's note

Processed by Patricia Barriga, July 2013. The name of the collection was changed from Cuban Plates Album Collection to Viewbooks Collection in November 2010. Additional processing and container list by Patricia Barriga, July 2013. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.

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