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Collection
Title
Yolanda del Castillo Cobelo Papers
Date(s)
- circa 1940s-2010s (Creation)
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Yolanda del Castillo Cobelo (1933-2013) was a Cuban singer-songwriter. Before she left Cuba she had already been widely recognized as an important songwriter and her popularity continued when she arrived in the United States in 1967. Her songs have been sung by numerous artists including Celia Cruz, Tony Tatis, and Carlos Oliva. Notably, she was recognized six times by the ACCA (Asociación de Críticos y Comentaristas de Arte de Miami). Del Castillo Cobelo also received the Fellowship Program for Individual Artists from the State of Florida in the category of Cuban folk music.
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Scope and content
The Yolanda del Castillo Cobelo Papers contain the personal papers of Yolanda del Castillo Cobelo (1933-2013), exiled Cuban singer-songwriter. The collection includes music scores, CDs, VHS, and DVDs of the artist. Along with the audiovisual material there are newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, magazines, books, and essays that document her career as a songwriter and musician in Cuba and in the United States.
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Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
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.
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: Yolanda del Castillo Cobelo Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- Spanish
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Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Armando Cobelo, April 2014.
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Archivist's note
Collection-level record by Natalie Baur, May 2014. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.