Audio Cassette Collection

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Audio Cassette Collection

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  • 1959-1997 (Creation)

Extent

10 Boxes

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The Audio Cassette Collection contains miscellaneous audio tapes of Cuban themes from the 20th century.

Titles include a 1997 discussion by Jorge Mas Canosa on Julio Ninoska's program regarding President Clinton's transition plan for a post-Castro Cuba; six reel-to-reel audio tapes recorded in Cuba from 1959 to 1961; "El Portal del Mediodía" with Monsignor Agustín Román; "Growing Up Cuban in Decatur, Georgia," an oral history series by Carmen Agra Deedy circa 1995; and a two-volume cassette entitled "En el vientre del trópico" containing poetry by Alina Galliano narrated by Carmina Benguria.

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This collection is open for research.

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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: Audio Cassette Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

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The materials in this collection have been acquired through numerous gifts and purchases over time.

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Archivist's note

Minimal record added by Amanda Moreno, January 2013. Container list added by Fernando Espino, March 2014. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.

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