Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Centros Varela Papers
Date(s)
- 1994-1996 (Creation)
Extent
6 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The materials consist of research papers and tapes used by Marta Pérez to write her Ph.D. thesis: "The Varela Centers: An Immigrant Education Entry Program." Pérez uses for her dissertation documents found in two Varela Centers in Miami, which offered education to the students coming from Guantánamo Base. The documents include correspondence, financial records, research notes, reports, students' school work and photographs.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is currently under review, but remains 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.
Preferred citation: Centros Varela Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
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Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Marta Pérez, 1996.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
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Archivist's note
The collection-level record created by Beata Bergen, September 2009. Finding aid subjects terms assigned by Ana D. Rodríguez, February 2013. Updated by Juan A. Villanueva, January 2016. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Varela, Félix, 1788-1853 (Subject)