Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Virginia Hern Papers
Date(s)
- 1944-1994 (Creation)
Extent
1 Box
Name of creator
Biographical history
Virginia Hern (1924-2004) was born in San Luis, Oriente, Cuba. She wrote articles for newspapers such as the Miami Herald and Nuevo Herald as well as a fiction novel, “El Otro.”
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The papers document professional activities of Virginia Hern as a fiction writer and a journalist in Cuba and Miami. The materials include a manuscript of her novel, El Otro, scrapbooks with clippings of her articles published in Cuba and in Miami, in El Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, photographs and memorabilia.
System of arrangement
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.
Preferred citation: Virginia Hern Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- French
- Spanish
Scripts of the material
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Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Received from Virginia Hern in 2002.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
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Existence and location of copies
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Sources used
Archivist's note
The collection-level record created by Beata Bergen, March 2009. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Miami Herald Publishing Company (Subject)