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Collection
Title
Guillermo Alvarez Guedes Collection
Date(s)
- circa 1950s-2010s (Creation)
Extent
11 Boxes
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Scope and content
The Guillermo Álvarez Guedes Collection contains audiovisual materials and manuscripts of the Cuban comedian and performer Guillermo Álvarez Guedes active from the 1960s to the early 2000s.
The collection contains videos, cassette tapes and CDs of Guillermo Álvarez Guedes' comedic performances. The collection also includes manuscripts for books including Cadillac; and scripts for radio shows and live performances. It also includes, ephemera, posters, clippings, musical arrangements, and photo albums documenting Álvarez Guedes' career.
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Conditions governing access
This 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: Guillermo Álvarez Guedes Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Gifts of Guillermo Alvarez Guedes, 1997, 2001 and 2005. Gift of Elsy Alvarez-Guedes, 2014 and 2015.
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Related archival materials
CHC5212 Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project interview with Guillermo Álvarez-Guedes.
Information about related materials is available at https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/chc5212/id/658/rec/46
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Archivist's note
This collection is currently in processing. Collection-level record added by Amanda Moreno, January 2013. Updated by Natalie Baur, January 2015. Updated by Juan A. Villanueva, August 2015. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.