The Elián González Collection consists of copies of newspaper clippings and court orders documenting the case of the Cuban refugee child Elián González. In 1999 when he was five years old, González was rescued at sea off the Florida coast. His mother had drowned during their passage from Cuba on a raft. Relatives in Miami took custody of him and fought to keep him in the United States instead of being returned to Cuba with his father. In addition to clippings, the collection also includes memorabilia and photographs. Clippings have been added to the collection following up on González, who returned to Cuba with his father in April 2000 after a months of court cases and protests in Miami's Cuban-American community.
The Elia Rosa F. Mendia Collection contains the personal papers of Cuban sculptor Elia Rosa Mendia.
The collection contains documents, articles, photos and newspaper clippings; a Lyceum Lawn & Tennis Club pamphlet; correspondence from sculptor Alfredo Tozano and others; and a booklet from the Cuban Museum of Art and Culture's exhibit on Cuban women.
The Elena Mederos Papers contain documents pertaining to human rights and women's rights activist Elena Mederos (1900-1981).
Included are scholarly articles, clippings, manuscripts, official documents and certifications. Also included are documents from the School of Social Work in Havana, Cuba, where Mederos worked, as well as reports from United Nations panels on women's rights in Latin America, a report from the Comision Internacional de Mujeres, and a program from Mederos' memorial service.
The Elena Zayas Collection contains the personal papers of Elena and Mario Zayas, including historical documents, articles and news clippings, correspondence, data on Cuban names, sayings, and music, documents from Club Leones Cubanos in New York City, teaching materials, and Elena's term papers from Columbia University.
The Edward Spalding Papers document the commercial and personal activities of Edward Spalding, a shipping agent who worked in Cuba during the early nineteenth century. The Papers include correspondence, receipts, bills and other documents. Correspondence, arranged chronologically, documents Spalding's efforts on behalf of New England merchants and ship owners.
The Eduardo Zayas-Bazán Collection contains materials and documents donated by Spanish professor and Bay of Pigs veteran Eduardo Zayas-Bazán, including textbooks and educational materials authored by him, books translated by him, and a typed account of the amphibious landing in the Bay of Pigs.
This collection also contains a photocopy of the resignation of Eduardo Zayas-Bazán's grandfather, Comandante Rogerio Zayas-Bazán, to General Machado, dated 1928 April 18.
The papers consist of correspondence with Generalísimo Máximo Gómez, General José Miguel Gómez as Governor of the Province of Santa Clara, and Colonel Benigno Alonso among others. Also in this collection are included documents pertaining to different organizations, an album, edicts, photographs and memorabilia.
The Eduardo Machado Papers contain the works of Cuban-born playwright Eduardo Machado, including fundamentally his scripts and related materials such as photographs, notebooks and journals, clippings, programs, reviews, and playwriting exercises.
The first seven boxes of this collection include Machado's scripts and drafts, arranged in alphabetical order by the title of the play, and the eighth box contains materials related to his works, including correspondence, notebooks and journals, reviews, and programs. Box nine includes both photographs pertaining both to his personal and professional life.
The Eduardo Caballero papers document the life and career of Spanish-language broadcasting pioneer Eduardo Caballero. Caballero is also the first Hispanic to be inducted into the American Advertising Federation Advertising Hall of Fame.
The materials include correspondence, advertising proposals, reports, presentations, photographs, and memorabilia.
The Eduardo Áviles Ramírez Collection consists of newspaper and magazine articles which pertain to his personal experiences with various cultures and with the lifestyles of many prominent individuals, such as Francis de Miomandre and Ruben Darío.
Articles date from the early 1920s to the late 1980s. The bulk of the collection consists of periodicals and clippings written for Latin American publications in Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
The collection also contains numerous articles written about Ruben Darío, a notable Nicaraguan literary figure, for newspapers such as Información, Diario de la Marina, and El Universal. Many articles relating to Spain also appear in Latin American publications such as Puerto Rico Ilustrado and Diario de Yucatán. The collection also includes a substantial number of articles illustrated by Ricardo Marin, a famous Cuban illustrator. Marin illustrated articles for publications such as Información and Diario de la Marina from 1938 to 1940.
The Edmundo López papers contain correspondence, musical scores, diplomas, photographs and awards related to Cuban musician Edmundo López. Of note are a manuscipt musical score dedicated to Sindo Garay and correspondence and photos of López and Sindo Garay.
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 Ediciones Vigía Collection contains various formats of artistic publications including books, magazines, scrolls and loose papers of new and classic literary material.
All of the items in this collection have been cataloged in the University of Miami online catalog, available for browsing in the following catalog search: Ediciones Vigía.
The Ediciones Universal Collection contains manuscripts of unpublished books by exile Cuban authors and a flyer from the book presentation El profesor y los hombres de Don Álvaro by Roberto Luque Escalona.
The Ediciones El Fortí collection contains artisitic publications including books, scrolls, and loose papers of new and classic literary material.
All of the materials in this collection have been cataloged in the University of Miami online catalog, available for browing in the following catalog search: Ediciones El Fortín.
The Eddy Palmer papers contain a large number of tapes from interviews, documentaries, and other projects undertaken by Cuban lawyer and journalist Eduardo Palmer. Also included is a small box of personal papers, with clippings, correspondence, and script copy.
