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The 2014 US-Cuba Policy Change Twitter archive collection contains a data set of tweets collected from the Twitter microblogging platform when President Barack Obama announced on December 17, 2014 that the United States would begin normalizing full diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba after more than half a century of minimal relations. President Obama's announcement included plans to re-establish the US embassy in Havana, allowing official visits of Cuban diplomats and officials to the United States, and increased official dialogue on public policy issues affecting both countries.

During the announcement, the Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the hashtags #cuba, #cubapolicy, #cubalibre, #cubausa, #uscuba, and #cubanmiami between December 9, 2014 and January 28, 2015. The tweets collected before the December 17, 2014 announcement by Presidents Obama and Castro represent tweets gathered via the Twitter API seven days prior to the date of first accessing the Twitter stream via the API, a feature allowed by the API. 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 restritions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.

This data archive is available for download to the University of Miami community via the University of Miami scholarly repository. The data is presented in JSON structured text files. For information on accessing the archive, see the "Conditions governing access" section of this finding aid.

The collection contains a dataset of tweets collected from the Twitter microblogging and social networking service regarding the June 16, 2017 announcement of changes in U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba by the Trump administration.

The Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the hashtags #CubanUS, #Cuba, #Trump, #CubaTrump, and #CubaEsNuestra between June 19, 2017 and July 5, 2017.

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 restritions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.

The 2017 "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" Policy Change Twitter Archive collection contains a dataset of tweets collected from Twitter microblogging platform when President Obama suspended the former interpretation of the 1995 revision of the application of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966. Beginning January 12, 2017, Cuban nationals who attempt to enter the United States illegally and do not qualify for humanitarian relief will be subject to removal, consistent with U.S. law and enforcement priorities.

During the announcement, the Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the following phrases and hashtags: #Cuba, #Cubans, #CubanAdjustmentAct, #LeyDeAjusteCubano, #WetFootDryFoot, and #PieSecoPieMojado.

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 contains a data set of tweets collected from the Twitter microblogging and social networking service regarding the September 24, 2018 address of Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel during the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit at the United Nations.

The Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the hashtags #PeaceSummitCuba, #PeaceSummit, #CubaenlaONU, #DiazCanel, and #CubaUS between September 25, 2018 and October 2, 2018.

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 restritions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.

The collection contains a data set of tweets collected from the Twitter microblogging and social networking service regarding the June 2019 changes to travel policy toward Cuba imposed by the Trump administration.

From June 4 to 13, 2019, the Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the following hashtags and phrases: Cuba cruises, Cuba travel ban, Cuba travel restrictions, Cuba sanctions, Cuba policy, #SomosContinuidad, #CubavsHelmsBurton, #HelmsBurton, and #SomosCuba.

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 restritions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.

The 2019 Helms-Burton Act Twitter Archive collection contains a dataset of tweets collected from Twitter microblogging platform in response to the Trump administration's announcement that the suspension of the extension of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act would not be continued. Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (known as the “Helms-Burton Act”) provides a cause of action under U.S. federal law through which U.S. nationals may sue any person who “traffics” in property that was expropriated from a U.S. national by the Cuban Government on or after January 1,1959. On April 17, 2019, the Trump administration announced that the cause of action made available under Title III, which has been suspended since 1996, would become fully effective as a basis to initiate litigation before the United States courts as of May 2, 2019.

During the announcement, the Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the following phrases and hashtags: #HelmsBurton, #BayofPigs, and #CubaPolicy between April 18 and April 25.

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 data archive is available for download to the University of Miami community via the University of Miami scholarly repository. The data is presented in JSON structured text files. For information on accessing the archive, see the “conditions governing access” section of this finding aid.

The collection contains a data set of tweets collected from the Twitter microblogging and social networking service regarding the May 2019 LGBTQ Pride march in Havana, Cuba, known as "conga."

From May 15 to 22, 2019, the Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the following phrases and hashtags: conga, conga against homophobia, conga contra la homofobia, IDAHOT, LGBTIQ, marcha alternativa, Cenesex, Cuba and LGBT, la marcha va, Cuba and transfobia, and Cuba and homofobia.

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 restritions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.

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 Abel González Melo Papers contains theater ephemera and publications collected by playwright Abel González Melo, including DVDs and programs of performances at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid directed by González and programs for Por Gusto, written by González Melo, performed at Repertorio Español in New York City.

The papers document activities of Abelardo Estrada Hall, president of "La Comunidad Cubana en Jamaica" in 1982, as well as activities of other leaders of the group, aiming at gaining entrance into the United States. The papers include records about anti-communist Cuban refugees in Jamaica who fled Cuba to escape the communist regime and reunite with their families in the United States.

The materials in this collection include articles and accounts written by Abelardo Estrada Hall and lists of Cuban immigrants in Jamaica with personal information such as passport number, occupation, and residence. There are many letters from "La Comunidad Cubana en Jamaica" to many different individuals and institutions such as the Jamaican government, the United States government, and the United Nations. The materials also include newspaper clippings, photographs, memorabilia, and audio-cassettes.

The Academia Militar del Caribe collection consists of photographs and school materials relating to teachers and students of the Academia Militar del Caribe, a private military primary and secondary school in Havana, Cuba, during the 1950s. The collection contains photos of students and exams, drawings and grades reports, mostly relating to Alberto Cejudo Otero, from 1956 to 1958.

The collection consists of typescripts and magazines with essays by Adis Barrio.

The papers document personal and professional activities of Adria Catalá Casey, "Cuban Shirley Temple,"  who was also a dancer in Grupo Folklórico.  Grupo Folklórico was established by Ministry of Education of the Republic of Cuba in 1951 with the mandate to represent Cuba in official international events, including festivals.  In April of 1954, the group represented Cuba in the National Folk Festival founded by the National Association of the Folkloric Festivals of the United States and the newspaper St. Louis Globe-Democrat.  There are clippings and photographs in the papers that document Adria Catalá Casey's participation in this festival. The materials include three scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs, invitations, programs, two issues of Bohemia, correspondence, etc. regarding Adria Catalá, clippings and photographs of Grupo Folklórico from 1954, photographs of artists of the radio station CMQ, edited by Radio Emisora CMQ on June 5, 1938.

The Agustín Acosta Papers contain the correspondence, writings and memorabilia of Agustín Acosta (1886-1979), named Cuba's National Poet in 1955.

The collection includes correspondence between Agustín Acosta and his literary and political contemporaries, as well as his wife, Consuelo Acosta.

Writings include published pamphlets from Acosta and other authors on topics ranging from poetry to politics and science; articles and clippings written by and about Acosta, as well as those collected by him and his wife; and manuscripts and galley proofs of Acosta's poetry books.

The collection also contains memorabilia related to Acosta's personal and professional life, including postcards; photographs; homages to the poet, both late in his career and posthumous; drawings and caricatures; and scrapbooks.

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

The papers reflect professional activities of Agustín Castellanos, one of the most important figures in Cuban and international medicine who was nominated to receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1960.  His contributions to medical science include research in the areas of cardio-vascular diseases, radiology and pediatrics.  The materials consist of correspondence, Curriculum Vitae, medical articles, awards, papers from medical conferences, research papers and reports.

The Alberto Alonso and Sonia Calero Papers contain photographs, programs and ephemera related to the dance careers of Sonia Calero Alonso (b. 1936) and her late husband, the dancer and choreographer Alberto Alonso (1917-2007).

The collection contains primarily materials from Sonia and Alberto's careers before they left Cuba in 1993. These include concert programs, performance booklets, clippings, magazines, and photographs. There is also material from their international career after 1993, including awards, clippings, and reviews from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Japan.