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Collection
Title
Cuban Women's Club Records
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Extent
11 Boxes
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Administrative history
The Cuban Women's Club is a women's social club founded in Miami in 1969. Catering to a middle-class demographic, the club was modeled after Havana's Liceo Cubano and sponsored "luncheons, conferences, art exhibitions, and literary contests" as well as actively supporting charities and fundraising for the community.
By the mid-1970s, the organization's goals eventually expanded to address "issues pertinent [to members'] careers and their new roles in society," including conferences on "bilingual education, voting and political representation, salaries and the workplace." The club would grow to eventually accept members from all nationalities and professional and educational backgrounds.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Cuban Women's Club Collection contains official documents and publications from the Cuban Women's Club of Miami, founded in 1969. Series 1 includes notes, clippings, invitations, programs and publications from the Cuban Women's Club of Miami during Wilma Tuñón's tenure as president of the organization. Series 2 contains the official records of the organization from its founding in 1969, including photographs, Floridiana Award records, reports, promotional materials, memorabilia, programs, and publications.
System of arrangement
This collection is arranged into two series. Series 1 documents the tenure of club president Wilma Tuñón. Series 2 contains materials donated by the club of the organization's official records.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
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: Cuban Women's Club Records, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- Spanish
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Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Wilma Tuñón, 2007 and gift of the Cuban Women's Club, 2013.
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Archivist's note
This collection is currently unprocessed. Box level inventories may exist. Collection-level record added by Amanda Moreno, February 2013. Finding aid revised by Natalie Baur, January 2014. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.