José Antonio Font papers

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Nombre y localización del repositorio

University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection

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Colección

Título

José Antonio Font papers

Fecha(s)

n.d., 1970-2007 (Creación)

Extensión

16 Boxes

Nombre del productor

Font, José Antonio, 1947-2015

Historia biográfica

José Antonio Font was a real estate developer who dedicated many years to public service and Cuban exile interests.

Font was born in Havana, Cuba, on December 17, 1947. Between 1969 and 1971, he was personal assistant to José Elias de la Torriente during the organization of the “Plan para la Liberación de Cuba,” also known as the Plan Torriente. From 1971 to 1974, Font served as the national secretary for foreign relations for the student group Agrupación Abdala, helping to establish the Miami and Washington, DC, chapters. He was a founder of what is today known as the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and was the founding vice president of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In 1989 he helped establish the Alianza Democrática Cubana in Washington, DC, and later was a founding director of the Institute for Democracy in Cuba, funded by USAID. He died in Miami in 2015.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

The papers of José Antonio Font document primarily his activities in Cuban exile initiatives and organizations such as Agrupación Abdala, the Cuban American National Foundation, and Alianza Democrática Cubana. The bulk of the materials in this collection pertain to the latter organization.

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Condiciones de acceso

This collection is open for research.

Acceso físico

This collection is housed off-campus and must be requested a minimum of seven calendar days in advance for consultation in the Cuban Heritage Collection Reading Room.

Acceso técnico

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: José Antonio Font papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

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chc5266.pdf

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Historial de custodia

Gift of José Antonio Font, 2011-2012.

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Nota del archivista

Online collection-level record created by María R. Estorino, November 2011. Box-level accession inventory created by Jason D. Soriano, March 2011. Finding aid subjects terms assigned by Ana D. Rodríguez, February 2013. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021. Biographical note and custodial history updated by Amanda Moreno, February 2022.