Brothers to the Rescue Records

Elementos de identidad

Nombre y localización del repositorio

University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection

Nivel de descripción

Colección

Título

Brothers to the Rescue Records

Fecha(s)

Extensión

60 Boxes

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

The collection documents the operation of the Cuban exile activist group, Brothers to the Rescue [Hermanos al Rescate], founded in Miami, Florida in 1991 by activist and aviator José Basulto. Materials include correspondence, administrative records, court documents and transcripts documenting the 1996 shoot-down of an Hermanos al Rescate plane, pamphlets and flyers distributed in Cuba by the group, audio visual materials, publications and photographs.

Documented in detail is the incident and subsequent investigation and trial related to the Hermanos al Rescate plane that was shot down in 1991 by the Cuban air force. During the incident, which took place on February 24, 1996, four pilots were killed.

Sistema de arreglo

Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos

Condiciones de acceso

This collection is open for research.

Acceso físico

This collection is currently in processing.

Acceso técnico

Condiciones

Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to chc@miami.edu.

Preferred citation: Brothers to the Rescue Records, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

Idiomas del material

inglés
francés
español

Escritura(s) de los documentos

Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras

Instrumentos de descripción

instrumento de descripción generado

chc5101.pdf

Elementos de adquisición y valoración

Historial de custodia

45 boxes delivered in June, 2013 with more boxes of video expected shortly thereafter. 5 boxes of audio visual materials delivered July, 2013.

Origen del ingreso

Gifts of José Basulto, 2002 and 2013.

Valoración, selección y eliminación

Acumulaciones

Elementos de material relacionado

Existencia y localización de originales

Existencia y localización de copias

Unidades de descripción relacionadas.

CHC5212 Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project interview with Jose Basulto.

Information about related materials is available at https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/chc5212/id/511/rec/63

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Área de control de la descripción

Reglas o convenciones

Fuentes

Nota del archivista

The collection-level record created by Beata Bergen, April 2009. Revised by Natalie Baur, July 2013. Title of the collection changed to reflect the official incorporation name of the organization in the state of Florida, November 2013. Updated by Juan A. Villanueva, December 2016. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.