The collection consists of 64 slides taken from materials held in Cuban Archives at the University of Miami, and forming part of Cuban Memorabilia Collection, Pedro Pan Collection, Cuban Exile Periodicals Collection, Lydia Cabrera Collection, Cuban Exile Photographs Collection and Cuban Exile Posters Collection. Editorial CLIO, a publisher in Mexico City specializing in pictorial histories, used these materials to publish a book about Cuban exiles in Miami.
The Felipe Préstamo collection consists of 75 slides of Cuba, including the slides of the following seven villages founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuellar: Havana, Baracoa, Bayamo, Santiago de Cuba, Sancti Spiritu, Puerto Principe and Trinidad, which were taken from the photographs and postcards held in Cuban Heritage Collection.
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.
The collection consists of slides of Cuban posters, which were presented at an exhibit of the American Institute of Graphic Arts in April 2001. The posters were created by various artists and published by various organizations in Cuba, including the Latin American Continental Student Organization (OCLAE).
