The collection consists of two groupings of materials. The first is a donation of photographs, ephemeral documents, correspondence, and clippings related to Jewish organizations and synagogues in Cuba given by Ramón Cernuda in 2013. The second grouping contains documents, broadsides, and correspondence related to the Jewish diaspora in Cuba during the 20th century, including advertisements for Zionist gatherings and immigration and religious documentation, acquired from Libros Latinos in 2019.
The collection contains a document titled "The O'Fallon Story," describing the history of the O'Fallon family in Santiago de Cuba from 1915 through the death of Esther O'Fallon in Los Angeles, California, in 1993. The collection also contains photographs, documents, and family ephemera, as well as a metal box that was used to collect money for the Cuban War of Independence in New York.
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.
