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Collection
Title
Venancio Díaz-Maiquez Photography collection
Date(s)
- 1920-1940 (Creation)
Extent
2 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Venancio Díaz-Maique (1916-2003) was born in Guanajay, Cuba. He began his career as a photojournalist when he documented the devastation caused by the hurricane of 1940. For these photographs he received his first award from a photography contest in his home town of Guanajay. As well as having a long and internationally celebrated career he was also the co-founder of the Photography Club of Cuba.
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Scope and content
The Venancio Díaz-Maique Photograph Collection contains black and white and color negatives of photographs taken by the Cuban photographer Venancio Díaz-Maique (1916-2003). The collection also contains diplomas and certificates awarded to him by the Union de Periodistas de Cuba and the Agencia de Información Nacional.
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Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
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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: Venancio Díaz-Maique Photography Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- Spanish
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Related archival materials
Ramón Grau Alsina Collection.
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Archivist's note
Collection-level record added by Beatrice Colastin Skokan, Manuscripts Librarian, November 2015. Updated by Juan A. Villanueva, January 2016. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.
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Name access points
- Grau San Mart¡n, Ramón, 1887-1969 (Subject)