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Title
Elia Rosa F. Mendia Collection
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1 Box
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Biographical history
Elia Rosa Fernández de Mendia was a Cuban sculptor, potter, and clay worker. She studied ceramics in New York. She also started a studio in the Santiago de las Vegas area of Havana, Cuba. She had a ceramics exposition with three other artists, Amelia Pelaez, Maria Garcia Buch, and Rebeca Robes at the Lyceum y Lawn Tennis Club in 1961. She sat on the Directive board of the Lyceum y Lawn Tennis Club, heading the exhibitions committee.
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Scope and content
The Elia Rosa F. Mendia Collection contains the personal papers of Cuban sculptor Elia Rosa Mendia.
The collection contains documents, articles, photos and newspaper clippings; a Lyceum Lawn & Tennis Club pamphlet; correspondence from sculptor Alfredo Tozano and others; and a booklet from the Cuban Museum of Art and Culture's exhibit on Cuban women.
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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: Elia Rosa F. Mendia Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- Spanish
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Gift of Ana María Alvarez, 2006.
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Archivist's note
Collection-level record added by Fernando Espino, November 2013 and revised by Amanda Moreno, December 2013. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.