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Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Collectie
Titel
Rene Jordan Papers
Datum(s)
- circa 1970s-2000s (Vervaardig)
Omvang
1 Box
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Rene Jordan (d. 2013) was a Cuban-born, New York City-based film critic. Jordan was born in Pinar del Río, Cuba and attended the Manuel Márquez Sterling School of Journalism in Havana, along with such notable classmates as Walfredo Piñera and Guillermo Cabrera Infante. As a professional writer in Cuba, Jordan published as a film critic for Excelsior and Bohemiain the 1950s. In 1962 Jordan left Cuba, settling in New York City where he began writing for publications such as Film Quarterly, The Village Voice, Films in Review, Cinema y film ideal. In 1976, Jordan began to write regularly in Spanish as a film critic for The Miami Herald, and later, El Nuevo Herald. Rene Jordan died in New York City on March 31, 2013 at age 85.
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
The Rene Jordan papers contain manuscripts and clippings of film critiques by Cuban-born, New York City-based film critic Rene Jordan (d. 2013) published primarily in the Miami, Florida-based El Nuevo Herald.
The majority of the collection consists of clippings of the final versions of film critiques the Jordan wrote for his column in the Miami Heraldand El Nuevo Herald. Most of the reviews are written in Spanish. A small portion of the materials includes original typescript draft manuscripts of Jordan's film critiques.
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Conditions of access and use elements
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
This collection is open for research.
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: Rene Jordan Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- Engels
- Spaans
Scripts of the material
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
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Acquisition and appraisal elements
Geschiedenis beheer
Directe bron van verwerving
Gift of John L. Hochmann, June 2013.
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Aantekeningen van de archivaris
This collection is currently unprocessed. Box-level inventories may exist. Collection record by Natalie Baur. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.