Elementos de identidad
Nombre y localización del repositorio
Nivel de descripción
Colección
Título
John Olson collection
Fecha(s)
- 1950-1959 (Creación)
Extensión
.25 linear feet
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
John Olson was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and lived in Cuba with his family during the 1950s, where his father worked at the Royal Bank of Canada. John attended Ruston Academy from 1952 to 1953. In the summer of 1956, he worked on a cattle ranch, Palo Quemado, in Camagüey; the ranch supplied beef to the Cuban army. The Olson family was friends with Luis Vianello, a Royal Bank of Canada employee in Cuba, whose son, Raul Vianello, a Cuban Air Force pilot, died during the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
The collection contains slides, pre- and post-revolution photographs of Havana, correspondence, and tourism ephemera, such as a golf score card and postcards, collected by the family of John Olson while living in Cuba from 1952 to 1960. Mr. Olson's father worked for the Royal Bank of Canada in Cuba during this time.
Sistema de arreglo
The collection is arranged by format.
Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos
Condiciones de acceso
The collection is open for research.
Acceso físico
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: John Olson collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Idiomas del material
- español
Escritura(s) de los documentos
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Instrumentos de descripción
Elementos de adquisición y valoración
Historial de custodia
Origen del ingreso
Gift of John Olson, 2017.
Valoración, selección y eliminación
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Nota del archivista
Minimum collection-level record created by Amanda Moreno, 2022.