Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Collectie
Titel
Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture Records
Datum(s)
Omvang
76 Boxes
Naam van de archiefvormer
Institutionele geschiedenis
The Cuban Museum of the Americas, more commonly known by its former name, The Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, began in the 1974 with a mission to collect art and historical documents from Cuba. The museum collected and displayed works of art by Cuban artists, including those living in Cuba, Cuban artists living abroad, and Cuban-Americans. Operating for several years without a permanent location, the museum found a home in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami from 1982 to 1991. With its closure in 1999, the museum donated its collections and records to the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami. The administrative records and historical documents were subsequently transferred to the Cuban Heritage Collection.
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
The Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture Records contains institutional records and historial materials produced and/or collected by the Cuban Museum of Arts in Culture during its operation in the late 20th century in Miami.
The institutional records series consists of the operational records of the business activities of the Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture. Materials include financial records, official correspondence, board of directors meetings minutes, policies and procedures, exhibition planning documents, project proposals, artists' files, and resumes.
The historical materials series include paintings, lithographs, photographs, drawings by Cuban artists, original musical scores and songs, slides of art work, programs, clippings with reviews of exhibits, correspondence, posters, objects. The series also includes personal papers and photographs of Emilio Bacardí and other family members, which have been digitized on the University of Miami Digital Collections website. Other personal papers of note that have been arranged together include the personal papers of Carlos Hevia, Don Azpiazu, and Natalio Galán. Azpiazu's and Galán's papers include significant music holdings.
This collection is still in processing and updated container lists will be added as they are made available.
Ordeningstelsel
The materials in this series have been divided into two series: Series 1, Administrative Records; and Series 2, Historical Materials.
Conditions of access and use elements
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
This collection is open for research. Folder 14 of the Carlos Hevia papers has been restricted.
Physical access
Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
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: Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture Records, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- Engels
- Spaans
Scripts of the material
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Toegangen
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Geschiedenis beheer
Directe bron van verwerving
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Aanvullingen
Related materials elements
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Selected materials from this collection have been digitized.
https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/chc5066
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Regels of conventies
Sources used
Aantekeningen van de archivaris
Finding aid revised by Natalie Baur, November, 2012. Finding aid subject terms assigned by Ana D. Rodriguez, February 2013. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.
Trefwoorden
Onderwerp trefwoord
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Bacardí Moreau, Emilio, 1844-1922 (Onderwerp)
- Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture (Miami, Fla.) (Onderwerp)