Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
StoryCorps Historias Interviews Collection
Date(s)
- 2009-2010 (Creation)
Extent
152 Items
Name of creator
Administrative history
The StoryCorps oral histories project began in 2003 as an effort to “provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share and preserve the stories of our lives.” As of 2015, the project has recorded more than 50,000 interviews with more than 90,000 participants. The work of StoryCorps provides an “invaluable archive for future generations,” and is housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The StoryCorps Historias Interview collection contains 152 interviews recorded from 2009-2010 as part of the StoryCorps Historias project. The interviews held by the Cuban Heritage Collection represent all interviews recorded in Miami and of participants who self-identify as Cuban or of Cuban descent, regardless of place of interview.
In 2009, the Cuban Heritage Collection became a community partner of the StoryCorps Historias project, “an initiative to record the diverse stories and life experiences of Latinos in the United States.” As part of this partnership, the Cuban Heritage Collection received all oral histories recorded in Miami and all interviews in which participants self-identified as Cuban or of Cuban descent. The StoryCorps Historias interviews held at the Cuban Heritage Collection are available for online viewing at the Cuban Heritage Collection’s reading room.
System of arrangement
This collection is arranged by interviewee.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is available for viewing on-site from the Cuban Heritage Collection's reading room and from the University of Miami Richter Library.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/.
Preferred citation: StoryCorps Historias Interviews Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- Spanish
Scripts of the material
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Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
All interview files and metadata were provided by StoryCorps.
Immediate source of acquisition
This colletion is made possible through a community partnership with the StoryCorps Historias initiative, 2009.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Interviews in this collection are available online.
https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/chc5246
Related archival materials
StoryCorps Historias project.
Information about related materials is available at http://www.storycorps.org/historias
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Archivist's note
This collection was processed and prepared by Maria Estorino, Natalie Baur, Laura Capell, Lyn MacCorkle, Tim Thompson, Nancy Cermeño, Amanda Moreno, and Elliot Williams, 2013-2015. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.