The Guantánamo Refugee Assistance Program (GRASP) records contain information about English classes and legal counseling offered to Cuban refugees held at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base. Upon their arrival in the U.S., Cuban migrants also benefited from GRASP services such as job placement assistance and computer education. The project received funding from the United Way of Miami-Dade County, the federal government, and private donations.
The papers document professional activities of Raquel Fundora as a poet and a president of the Miami chapter of the Circle of the Pan-American Culture. Fundora's poems express nostalgia for Cuba. The materials also document the activities of the Circle of the Pan-American Culture, which was founded in 1963. It reunites professors, writers, poets and persons interested in culture. Materials include manuscripts of Fundora's poetry, correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, programs, certificates, diplomas, memorabilia, typescripts of conference essays and audio tapes.
The Carlos M. Raggi Collection consists of the personal papers of Cuban historian Carlos Raggi. It includes manuscripts of his academic papers, as well as family photos, newspaper clippings, comics, diplomas and certifications, and Cuban memorabilia.
The Joe Cardona Video Collection contains nearly 100 video tapes of research material for documentaries and films directed and produced by Joe Cardona, independent filmmaker.
The collection contains 51 VHS tapes of unedited interviews for the documentary Café con leche; thirty-three videotapes of interviews for the films Adiós Patriaand Los plantados; and videotaped interviews for the documentary José Martí: Legacy of Freedom.
The Norman Díaz Papers include typescripts, clippings, and correspondence regarding the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban exile organizations of the early 1960s, including Consejo Revolucionario de Cuba, Brigade 2506, and Frente Revolucionario Cubano.
The papers document professional activities of Virginia Hern as a fiction writer and a journalist in Cuba and Miami. The materials include a manuscript of her novel, El Otro, scrapbooks with clippings of her articles published in Cuba and in Miami, in El Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, photographs and memorabilia.
The Pedro Hernández Lovio Papers consist of the personal and professional documents of Diario de la Marina secretary Pedro Hernández Lovio. They include biographical and geneological information, photographs, clippings, newspaper articles, professional certifications, correspondence, scrapbook and handwritten notes.
The Rothe Papers consists of photocopies of conference papers and journal articles written by Eugenio Rothe, M.D., professor of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Sciences in the University of Miami School of Medicine, about post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological disorders among Cuban exiles in South Florida.
The Carlos Loveira Collection contains manuscripts, clippings, photographs, and written documents by the early-20th century Cuban naturalist author, journalist and labor organizer Carlos Loveira (1882-1928).
The collection includes manuscripts and documents written by Carlos Loveira, as well as papers and articles written about him by various scholars. It also contains a scrapbook.
The bulk of the collection consists of copies of articles written by various authors about the human rights violations in Cuba. The articles were published in The Miami Herald and compiled by Suárez-Villa, professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in School of Social Ecology at the University of California. The materials also include copies of correspondence to Luis Suárez-Villa regarding the compilation of the articles.
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.
The Willy del Pino papers consist of clippings, photographs, correspondence, awards and an annotated book related to Cuban boxing and the Association of Cuban Journalists in Exile.
The Eneida Guernica Collection contains academic documents and data by educational psychologist Eneida Guernica.
The collection includes a statistical study on Cuban and Mariel children, a bilingual education study, a paper on the PRAM method for teaching languages, original research material, and pamphlets on PRAM.
The papers document professional activities of Dr. Jorge Aguayo, who was the founder of the School of Library Science at the University of Havana. He came to the United States in 1960 and was the director of the Columbus Memorial Library at the Organization of American States until his retirement in 1973. The materials include correspondence, publications and clippings of articles written by Jorge Aguayo, as well as, an unpublished manuscript book written by Jorge Aguayo about his father and titled: "A Memoir of Alfredo M. Aguayo." The manuscript documents the career of Alfredo M. Aguayo, who was a reformer of the educational system from elementary school to universities, in Cuba, at the beginning of the Republican period, and who elevated the rank of the School of Education at the University of Havana to graduate School of Education, as well as, wrote many books on education.
The Coordinadora Social Demócrata Collection contains the official records of the Coordinadora Social Demócrata, a Cuban exile organization that promoted democracy in Cuba.
The collection contains official records of the Coordinadora Social Demócrata, including correspondence, acts, conference papers and articles.
The ASOPAZCO (Asociación por la Paz Continental) Collection contains correspondence, documents, photographs and audiovisual materials related to Cuba collected and produced by ASOPAZCO, a human rights organization based out of Geneva, Switzerland.
The collection is comprised of the archives of the Asociación por la Paz Continental, which contain first-hand accounts from Cuban political prisoners and other information sources detailing the poor conditions of the Cuban prison system. The collection contains newspaper clippings showing global media coverage of the importance of the Cuban human rights issue.
In addition to videos, audio cassettes and photographs smuggled out of Cuban prisons, the collection also houses underground correspondence from Cuban prisoners; pamphlets; Spanish-language material from Amnesty International and primary source material from ASOPAZCO's presentations before the United Nations General Assembly.
The Marshall Wise Collection contains documents and records from the Cuban Refugee Center, including photographs, news clippings, correspondence, CREC bulletins, a speech delivered by Wise, awards given to him, a hand-drawn portrait, and a report on Cuban refugee students in Miami-Dade County schools.
Born in Cifuentes, Cuba in 1861, Julio A. Domínguez was a member of the Cuban rebel army better known as Mambises o Ejército Libertador. After the Spanish American War, he held many positions in the Cuban government under American jurisdiction and later when Cuba became a republic. The collection is comprised of documents related to his activities during the Cuban Independence War against Spain. Letters signed by General José J. Monteagudo, documents from "Ejército Libertador de Cuba" from the late 1890s, and photographs are some of the materials gathered in this collection.
