The José Curbelo papers contain photographs, clippings, copies of advertisements, promotional materials, one painting, and one sound recording relating to Cuban band leader and manager José Curbelo.

The Marco Rizo papers contains materials related to Rizo's latter years as a musician and founder of SAMPI (The Marco Rizo Latin American Music Project) and his role as a composer and arranger of Cuban rhythms. A small of selection of audiovisual materials are also part of the papers.