Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Collectie
Titel
Ramiro A. Fernández Collection
Datum(s)
- 1870-1990 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
14 Boxes
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Ramiro A. Fernández began collecting photographs of Cuba in 1981. Inspired by his grandmother, Hortensia Lizaso Machado, Fernández built his collection to document aspects of Cuban life, history, art, and culture before they disappeared. His collection includes a mixture of family, tourist, and professional photos from the late 1800s through the Cuban Revolution.
A native of Cuba, Fernández moved with his family to Palm Beach County, Florida, in 1960. He graduated from Florida State University in 1974 and worked as a photo editor for Time, Inc. for 25 years. He is a Contributing Photo Editor to Americas Quarterly. In 2007, Fernández published I Was Cuba: Treasures from the Ramiro Fernández Collection (Chronicle Books).
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
The Ramiro A. Fernández collection contains photographic prints, albums and postcards collected by Ramiro A. Fernández that document life in Cuba from the 1890s through the 1950s. Included are pictures of a variety of buildings, such as homes, schools, churches, resorts, military installations, and public buildings, as well as landscapes, street scenes, and pictures of agriculture, transportation, families, children, and people at work and leisure.
Ordeningstelsel
Conditions of access and use elements
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
This collection is open for research. Due to medical privacy regulations, Box 12 Folders 3-7 are RESTRICTED until 2100.
Physical access
Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
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: Ramiro A. Fernández Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Toegangen
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Geschiedenis beheer
Directe bron van verwerving
Gifts and purchases of Ramiro A. Fernández.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Aanvullingen
Related materials elements
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Selected materials from this collection have been digitized.
https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/chc5260
Related archival materials
Law Library Microfilm Consortium, "Cuba's History and People in Pictures." Ramiro Fernández Collection.
Information about related materials is available at http://www.llmcdigital.org/collectionimages.aspx?collid=115
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Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Regels of conventies
Sources used
Aantekeningen van de archivaris
Collection-level record added by Amanda Moreno, November 2013. Container list by Amanda Moreno, November 2013. Last updated by Juan A. Villanueva, August 2015. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.