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Colección
Título
Fernando López Fernández Collection
Fecha(s)
- 1960-2006 (Creación)
- 1960s-1970s (Creación)
Extensión
1 Box
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Historia biográfica
Fernando López Fernández was a Cuban doctor and political activist who led protests against the regime of Gerardo Machado. Born in Santa Clara in 1907, he began studying medicine at the University of Havana in 1924. He was an associate professor at the University of Havana, Cuban delegate to the World Health Organization and a member of various medical associations in Cuba until 1959.
Later, Fernández was exiled from Cuba and relocated to Chicago, Illinois, where he became director of Martha Washington Hospital. He died in that city in 1975.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
The Fernando López Fernández Collection contains the photographs, clippings, correspondence, curriculum vitae, and memorials of Dr. Fernando López Fernández (1907-1975). It also includes articles on American nurse Clara Maass, who died in Cuba in the early 20th century.
The collection contains portraits and family photographs, obituary clippings relating to Dr. López Fernández, and letters from him written to his son and daughter-in-law in the 1960s. There are also research materials related to Clara Maass, a nurse who volunteered in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Sistema de arreglo
Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos
Condiciones de acceso
This collection is open for research.
Acceso físico
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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: Fernando López Fernández Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Idiomas del material
- inglés
- español
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instrumento de descripción generado
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Origen del ingreso
Gift of Tina de Carlo, 2007.
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Nota del archivista
Collection-level record added by Fernando Espino, November 2013 and revised by Amanda Moreno, December 2013. Collection processed by Amanda Moreno, January 2017. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.