Alberto Sarraín Records

Elementos de identidad

Nombre y localización del repositorio

University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection

Nivel de descripción

Colección

Título

Alberto Sarraín Records

Fecha(s)

1971-2010 (Creación)

Extensión

8 Boxes

Nombre del productor

Sarraín, Alberto, 1949-

Historia biográfica

Alberto Sarraín is a Cuban theater director, playwright, actor, and educator. He was born in Cuba in 1949. He graduated with a degree in psychology from La Universidad de La Habana in 1976. In 1979 he immigrated to the United States where he has worked and lived. He founded the Cuban Cultural Group, also known as La Má Teodora in 1996. He has taught theater, directed Cuban works, and been involved in festivals in the United States, Cuba, Spain, and other Latin American countries. He was the co-recipient of the 2001 PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award, for leading a legal battle to allow the performances of Cuban plays in Florida.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

This collection contains documents, clippings, photographs and ephemera of the activities of Alberto Sarraín and his theater production group, La Má Teodora. The collection documents his financial, administrative, theatrical and personal activities. There is also a group of personal papers that make up a portion of the collection, including materials related to Sarraín's work with the Community Relations Service at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and the Guantánamo Refugee Education and Training Program.

Sistema de arreglo

The collection is arranged into two series that contain Sarraín's work-related records and personal papers.

Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos

Condiciones de acceso

This collection is open for research.

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Condiciones

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 Sarraín Records, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

Idiomas del material

inglés
español

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instrumento de descripción generado

chc5131.pdf

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Other Information:

Formerly known as the La Má Teodora Records.

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Fuentes

Nota del archivista

Processed by Marta Martínez and Nathan Watson. Finding aid updated by Amanda Moreno, May 2017. Scope and content note updated by Amanda Moreno, November 2018. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.