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Collection
Title
Alberto Fernández-Medrano Papers
Date(s)
- 1956-1987 (Creation)
Extent
1 Box
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The papers document activities of Alberto Fernández-Medrano who was a Secretary, Vice-President and President of Lions Club of Florida, Camaguey, Cuba and a member of the Committee for International Relations. Fernández-Medrano was shot by Castro's Government in 1964. Materials consist of typescripts of anti-communist and anti-Castro writings including a typescript of a book "La unica alternativa: democracia o comunismo," correspondence, clippings, certificates and other documents.
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Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
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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: Alberto Fernández-Medrano Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- Spanish
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Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Isabel Pérez-Gell de Socarrás, 1988.
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Pamphlets and books were separated from this collection and cataloged.
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Archivist's note
The collection-level record created by Beata Bergen, July 2009. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.