Elementos de identidad
Nombre y localización del repositorio
Nivel de descripción
Colección
Título
Dr. Carlos Prío Socarrás papers
Fecha(s)
- 1948-1972 (Creación)
Extensión
18 Boxes
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903-1977) was born to Francisco Prío Rivas and María de Regla Socarrás Socarrás in Bahía Honda, Cuba. He became politically active during his time as a law student at the University of Havana, when he spent two years in prison for anti-government activities. In 1933, he was part of the coup that deposed Gerardo Machado’s government; it was around this time that he was involved in the founding of the Partido Revolucionario - Auténtico, whose nationalist and anti-liberal ideals originated during the 1933 revolution that ousted Machado. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1939 and became the leader of the Partido Auténtico in 1940. From 1945 to 1947, he served as Cuba’s Prime Minister, and then served as Minister of Labor from 1947 to 1948 before becoming president that year. Prío continued the centrist policies of his predecessor Ramón Grau San Martín, establishing agrarian reform programs, a national bank and a civil service.
In 1952, he was deposed in a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista, three months before the next elections, and left for the United States. He returned to the island in 1959, initially supporting Castro’s revolution, but eventually left the island again in 1961. He was an active spokesman for the exile community in Miami throughout the 1960s and early 70s. Prío spent the later years of his life in Miami working as a designer and businessman before his death in 1977.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
The Dr. Carlos Prío Socarrás papers document the life and career of politician Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba from 1948 to 1952. The materials include correspondence, interviews, photographs, illustrations, and other memorabilia.
Sistema de arreglo
Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos
Condiciones de acceso
This collection is currently closed for research.
Acceso físico
Items from this collection are housed in the Cuban Heritage Collection located in the Roberto C. Goizueta Pavilion on the second floor of the Otto G. Richter Library at the University of Miami.
Acceso técnico
Some audio visual materials such as reel-to-reel tapes are restricted due to preservation and mechanical limitations.
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: Dr. Carlos Prío Socarrás Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Idiomas del material
- inglés
- español
Escritura(s) de los documentos
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Instrumentos de descripción
Elementos de adquisición y valoración
Historial de custodia
Origen del ingreso
Gift of María Elena Prío, Marián Prío, and Carlos Odio.
Valoración, selección y eliminación
Acumulaciones
Elementos de material relacionado
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas.
Descripciones relacionadas
Elemento notas
Notas especializadas
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Área de control de la descripción
Reglas o convenciones
Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Fuentes
Nota del archivista
Minimal collection-level record added by Juan A. Villanueva, April 2020 and updated by Amanda Moreno, May 2020. Updated by Juan A. Villanueva, March 2021.