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Collection
Title
Mario Girbau Collection
Date(s)
- circa 1960s (Creation)
Extent
5 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mario Girbau was born in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1916. After being educated in the United States, Girbau graduated as an accountant from the University of Havana in 1943 and worked as an official in the government's Ministerio de Utilidades until 1960, when he left Cuba for Miami.
Actively involved in the Bay of Pigs invasion, Girbau managed funds for Brigade 2506, the CIA-funded incursion force that invaded Cuba in 1961. His counter-revolutionary activities continued into the 1970s.
Girbau died in Miami in 2002.
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Scope and content
The Mario Girbau Collection contains official documents such as statutes and financial reports of Brigade 2506 activities, as well as correspondence, clippings and photographs related to the organization.
The collection also contains personal materials of Mario Girbau, including a portrait, photographs, invitations and letters pertaining to his involvement in administrative decisions about funds for the Bay of Pigs operation.
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Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
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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: Mario Girbau Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Marta C. Girbau, February and September 2004.
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Archivist's note
Collection-level record added by Amanda Moreno, April 2013. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.