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Pablo Ruiz Castellanos collection

  • CHC5564
  • Collection
  • 1944, 1959, 1961

The Pablo Ruiz Castellanos collection contains manuscripts, music scores, and correspondence.

Ruiz Castellanos, Pablo

Pablo le Riverend Collection

  • CHC0316
  • Collection

The Pablo le Riverend collection contains the personal papers of poet Pablo le Riverend. It includes books authored and annotated by le Riverend, articles written about him, unpublished manuscripts, and an event poster.

Riverend, Pablo le

Pablo F. Lavín Papers

  • CHC5422
  • Collection
  • circa 1940s-1980s

The Pablo F. Lavín papers contain documents pertaining to Lavín’s legal and academic career. Included are essays, conference lectures, notes, and personal works written by Lavín and others. There is also correspondence addressed to and written by him, diplomas that were awarded to Lavín, and personal travel documents. There are clippings on a variety of topics as well as books not written by him. Lastly, there are photographs and magazines.

Lavín, Pablo F., 1905-1992

Pablo "El Pible" Garí collection

  • CHC5480
  • Collection
  • 2000-2010

The collection contains audiovisual recordings in VHS and cassette format of television and radio appearances and performances by Cuban comedian Pablo Garí, also known as "El Pible."

Garí, Pablo

Pablo Chao Papers

  • CHC5318
  • Collection
  • circa 1980s-2010s

The Pablo Chao papers document Chao's involvement with the Koubek Center when the Center was affiliated with the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

The papers include clippings and scrapbooks of clippings of news related to Koubek Center events and course offerings; a CD of photographs; and Koubek Center brochures and course catalogs.

Chao, Pablo

Osvaldo Sánchez Film Collection

  • CHC5061
  • Collection

The Osvaldo Sánchez Film Collection contains commercials and newsreel footage filmed by Cuban cinematographer Osvaldo Sánchez from the 1940s to the 1980s, in Cuba and in the United States. Sánchez filmed a range of commercials for local businesses serving Miami's Latino community, from restaurants to furniture and clothing stores. Commercials for Miami businesses in the 1960s to 1970s, such as Café Estrella, Pestonit Florist, and Rivas Realty, have been digitized.

Osvaldo Pradere Papers

  • CHC5346
  • Collection

The Osvaldo Pradere Papers consist of materials pertaining to Osvaldo Pradere, a Cuban theater performer who has spent most of his career in New York City writing, producing, and acting in bilingual children's theater. The collection contains tapes, DVDs, and audiovisual materials of Pradere's performances, as well as clippings, pictures, and personal papers related to his activities in Cuba, Spain and the United States. Two handmade puppets used by Pradere are also included.

Pradere, Osvaldo

Osvaldo Farrés Papers

  • CHC5186
  • Collection
  • 1940-1986

The papers document professional activities of Osvaldo Farrés as a composer who composed both songs and lyrics. The bulk of papers consists of the scores of the songs that were translated into many languages and recorded by top singing stars e.g., "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) and "Toda Una Vida"(Until Tomorrow). The materials also include photographs, clippings, diplomas honoring Farrés' musical achievements, magazines, programs and a multicultural school calendar for year 1980 featuring Hispanic role models for children.

Farrés, Osvaldo

Osvaldo de Tapia-Ruano Collection

  • CHC5456
  • Collection

The collection contains architectural plans, photographs, negatives, slides, business ledgers, clippings, and ephemera related to the professional career of Cuban-born architect Osvaldo de Tapia-Ruano, who was active in Cuba and Spain. In addition to materials related to Osvaldo de Tapia-Ruano, the collection also contains a maquette designed by Manuel Tapia Ruano Heinen and sketches of buildings by both architects.

Osvaldo de Tapia-Ruano

Orquesta Típica Cubanakán Records

  • CHC0517
  • Collection
  • 1939-1991

The records reflect business and artistic activities of Orquesta Típica Cubanakán, a Miami-based group founded in 1968. It cultivated a traditional Cuban genre, the danzón. The orchestra consisted of nine members: conductor and flutist Simon Hernandez Padrino; pianist Raquel Valladares; bassist Juan T. Sanchez; saxophonist L. Borrel; drummer M. Socarras; "guiro" player M. Garcia de la Vega; and vocalists Marta Escauriza and Guillermo Ramos. Other musicians also participated in the Orchestra during its history. The materials document the group's mandate of preserving Cuba's cultural musical traditions, and its involvement in social, festive, religious, and cultural events.

The bulk of materials consists of danzón music scores, both manuscript and published. The materials also include four scrapbooks illustrating the group's history through photographs, clippings, correspondence and business cards. The collection also includes programs, proclamations, a book with annotations and diplomas.

Orquesta Típica Cubanakán

Orlando Bosch Papers

  • CHC5210
  • Collection
  • 1988-2002

The papers document activities of Orlando Bosch in capacity of President of Partido Protagonista del Pueblo (P.P.P.) and a writer, as well as activities of P.P.P. The materials include correspondence, documents, newspaper articles, two books published by Orlando Bosch, El grito del Escambray: su historia inedita, and 40 años de lucha y 40 años de razon with some annotations, two copies of a book by Adriana Bosch, "Orlando Bosch: el hombre que yo conozco," one print reproduction of a painting, one oleo of a "framboyan" and others of Martí and the Cuban flag.

Bosch, Orlando Avila

Orichas Collection

  • CHC5010
  • Collection
  • 1980-1990

The Orichas Collection consists of the series of drawings by Cuban-born artist Alberto del Pozo (1946-1992) of the deities of Afro-Cuban Santería.  The Collection includes 17 original illustrations in pen, crayon, and ink on paper; signed and unsigned lithographs of these drawings; and catalogs and notecards of the Orichas series.  Lithographs, catalogs, and notecards are available for purchase.

Pozo, Alberto del, 1945-1992

Orestes Ferrara Papers

  • CHC5147
  • Collection
  • 1925-1989

Orestes Ferrara (1876-1972) was Cuba's Ambassador to the United States and Secretary of State under the administration of Gerardo Machado.  Materials in this collection include correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, newspaper clippings, drawing of Ferrara coat of arms, Curriculum Vitae and a photocopy of Ferrara's diplomatic passport.

Ferrara, Orestes, 1876-1972

Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. Collection

  • CHC5349
  • Collection
  • 1971-2013

The Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. Collection comprises materials in relation to Operation Pedro Pan gathered by its members from 1971 to 2013.

The collection consists of the Historical Structure Form Florida Master Site Plan for the Florida City Camp which includes site plans, an extensive Pedro Pan bibliography and addendums. Also in the collection are memorabilia of Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. events, including its 50th anniversary events; multimedia such as interviews, documentaries and musical recordings; newspaper clippings of the Pedro Pan experience and people; and academic materials.

Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc.

Omar Vaillant Collection

  • CHC5384
  • Collection
  • circa 2000s

The Omar Valliant Papers contain audiovisual materials, including recordings of the programs Mientra el Mundo Gira and Viendo a Biondi​.

Vaillant, Omar

Omar J. Cuan Collection

  • CHC0085
  • Collection
  • 1940-1961

The Omar J. Cuan Collection contains working papers for Omar J. Cuan's Master's thesis on Fulgencio Batista, including Cuban periodicals from the 1940s to the 1960s and photocopies of CIA reports and United States' State Department documents that aided in his research.

Cuan, Omar J., 1959-

Ola S. Howell Collection

  • CHC0338
  • Collection
  • 1936-1962

The collection consists of historical photostat maps of Cuba and the globe, photographs, correspondence and two medals awarded to Luis Howell.

Howell, Ola S.

Ofelia Menocal Papers

  • CHC5056
  • Collection
  • 1956-2007

The records document activities of Ofelia Menocal in capacity of a Secretary of International Relations of the Federación Mundial de Ex-presos Políticos Cubanos en Europa, as well as, the activities of the Federación. The materials include correspondence, documents, clippings, publications, photographs of Lincoln Evicelo Brito, the Canal de Vento, the Salto del Hanabanilla project and one copy of La Configuracion del exilio cubano en España, by Roberto Soto Santana.

Menocal, Ofelia

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