Elementos de identidad
Nombre y localización del repositorio
Nivel de descripción
Colección
Título
Mario Girbau Collection
Fecha(s)
- circa 1960s (Creación)
Extensión
5 Boxes
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
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.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
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.
Sistema de arreglo
Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos
Condiciones de acceso
This collection is open for research.
Acceso físico
Acceso técnico
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: Mario Girbau Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Idiomas del material
Escritura(s) de los documentos
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Instrumentos de descripción
instrumento de descripción generado
Elementos de adquisición y valoración
Historial de custodia
Origen del ingreso
Gift of Marta C. Girbau, February and September 2004.
Valoración, selección y eliminación
Acumulaciones
Elementos de material relacionado
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas.
Descripciones relacionadas
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Área de control de la descripción
Reglas o convenciones
Fuentes
Nota del archivista
Collection-level record added by Amanda Moreno, April 2013. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.