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The collection contains a data set of tweets collected from the Twitter microblogging and social networking service regarding anti-government protests in Cuba and the diaspora that began in July 2021. According to Reuters, Cubans across the the island gathered in the streets chanting "freedom" and calling for President Miguel Díaz-Canel to step down from office. The Cuban police responded with violence against protestors. The protests took place in the context of surging coronavirus infections, a weakened economy, shortage of basic goods, and curtailing of civil liberties. Many Cubans in the diaspora rallied in support of the protestors, with some calling for U.S. intervention in Cuba. The Cuban government blamed the country's economic condition on the U.S. embargo against Cuba, and claimed protestors were being manipulated by U.S.-based social media campaigns.

The Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the following accounts, phrases and hashtags: @Mona_Cuba, @MGVivero, @PresidenciaCuba; Cuba, Cuba AND Freedom; #SOSCuba, #PatriayVida, #FreeCuba, #NoTenemosMiedo, #FreeHamletLavastida, #AbajoLaDictaduraCastrista, #CorredorHumanitarioYa, #FuerzaMatanzas, #FuerzaCuba, #DiazCanelSingao, #CubaProtests, #VivaCubaLibre, #SomosCuba, #SomosContinuidad, #VivaCuba, #LaCalleEsDeLosRevolucionarios, #CubaPorLaVida, #CubaUnida, #CubaSoberana, #PatriaOMuerte, #EliminaElBloqueo, #AbajoElBloqueo, #EndTheBlockade, #CubaEsNuestra, #YoSigoADiazCanel and #11JCuba.

The tweets collected by the Cuban Heritage Collection for this data archive do not represent an exhaustive or complete record of all tweets relating to the targeted hashtags due to restrictions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.

The collection consists of published and unpublished articles written by and about Agustín Blázquez, correspondence, and materials about his documentary, “Covering Cuba.”

The collection contains negatives of Cuban photographs and prints reproduced by Thomas Labs in Coral Gables, Florida.

The collection consists of 17 manuscript documents relating to Cuba, in particular to Captains N.G. and William Hichborn and their ship from Maine in the Cuban ports of Matanzas, Havana and Cardenas. The documents include handwritten correspondence, receipts and records relating to trade.

The Cuban Map Collection contains maps dating from the 16th century to the 21st century. The digital collection contains maps in the public domain dating from the colonial period to 1923 and includes general maps of the island, provincial maps, city and town maps, and other specialized map formats in a variety of scales, colors and artistic styles.

Collection consists of 34 photographic reproductions of images of Cuban hospitals and portraits of important figures in Cuban medicine such as Carlos J. Finlay.

The Dr. Carlos Prío Socarrás papers document the life and career of politician Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba from 1948 to 1952. The materials include correspondence, interviews, photographs, illustrations, and other memorabilia.

This collection is comprised of photographs, correspondence and other memorabilia documenting the life and career of Ernesto Fonts y Sterling.

The Gladys Pérez collection documents the career of journalist Gladys Pérez. It contains reel-to-reel audio tapes and interview transcripts that she conducted with Cuban musicians.

The Helen Maynard Ireland Papers contain the personal writings of Helen Ireland, the wife of Gordon Ireland, a lawyer who worked for the Cuban Sugar Cane Company in the 1920s-1930s.

The collection contains various manuscripts about the couple's life in Cuba, travels through Moron province, and Helen's interactions with Rosalia Abreau, a researcher working with primates in Cuba.

The scrapbook includes photographs, clippings, and an invitation documenting the activities of the Children Hospital "San Juan de Dios" in Camaguey, Cuba.

The Jill Flanders-Crosby papers contain photographs, cassettes, DV tapes, and DVDs related to Flanders-Crosby's fieldwork related to Afro-Cuban religious dance practices.

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

The Rafael Rubio Padilla Collection contains numerous news clippings on various subjects related to Cuba and the Cuban exile community, from 1985-1995.

The materials consist of reports written by Rene Arce Vigoa on sugar industry in Cuba.

The Rosa Lowinger and Todd Kessler collection contains three original watercolor drawings on paper by Los Carpinteros (Alexandre Arrechea, Marco Castillo, and Dagoberto Rodríguez).

The drawings include:

• "Casa de rollos," proyecto para la VII Bienal de La Habana, 2000. A watercolor drawing proposal for a house made from rolls of canvas.
• Public art project, 2001. A watercolor drawing of a four-shaped swimming pool on an asphalt road marked with broken yellow divider lines.
• Teatro [prototype for the Transportable City Series], 2001. A watercolor drawing of a bivouac tent decorated with camouflage with four extension windowed wings and a fifth semi-circular wing in the rear.