Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Andrew Giel Photograph Collection
Date(s)
- 1955-1959 (Creation)
Extent
2 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Andrew Giel visited Cuba as a tourist 10 times between September 1955 and December 1959, traveling as far as Trinidad in Santi Spíritus. Fifty years later, Mr. Giel printed 8 x 10 enlargements from the original transparencies. Those prints are found in this collection. They include views from across the island, including Havana, Trinidad, and Santiago de Cuba. The collection also includes color prints of the black and white photography and photographic reproductions of Cuban postcards from the 1950s.
The 1955 slides were made with an Argus C4 camera and the later slides with a Leica IIIF.
System of arrangement
The photographs in Box 1 are arranged chronologically and numerically in Box 2 in an effort to maintain Mr. Giel's original order.
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: Andrew Giel Photograph 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
Immediate source of acquisition
In 2009, Mr. Giel donated 74 black and white photographs of his travels to Cuba. In 2016, he donated 145 color prints. The 2018 donation consisted of photographic reproductions of tourist postcards from Cuba and Haiti, originally published in the 1950s, as well as reproductions of color photographs taken by Mr. Giel on trips to Haiti from 1956 to 1963.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Selected materials from this collection have been digitized.
https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/cubanphotos
Related archival materials
Materials related to Haiti were transferred to Special Collections when they were donated in 2018.
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Archivist's note
The collection-level record created by Beata Bergen, August 2010. Finding aid subjects terms assigned by Ana D. Rodríguez, February 2013. Updated by Juan A. Villanueva, January 2016. Updated by Amanda Moreno, April 2018. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.