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06. Latin American and Caribbean Collections

 Classification
Identifier: 06
The list below includes the archival and manuscript collections that highlight Haitiana, Caribbean, and Latin America. Some finding aids are available in both English and Spanish. Refer to the Spanish Language links under the "Additional Material" section of the finding aid.

Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:

Royal Havana Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 025
Abstract

Royal Havana Company was a Spanish company based in Havana, Cuba, which specialized in shipbuilding and trading of tobacco and sugar. This collection includes notes about shipments of tobacco, and a letter penned by Martín de Aróstegui, defending his role as president of Royal Havana Company.

Dates: 1749

Records of Sandbach, Tinne & Co

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0482
Abstract

Correspondence to the firm of Sandbach, Tinne & Co. from McInroy, Sandbach & Co., McInroy, Parker & Co., and other affiliates in the Demerara region of British Guiana primarily relating to sugar, molasses, coffee and rum.

Dates: 1820-1882; Majority of material found within 1825-1855

El Ciervo Herido Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0455
Abstract

This collection includes 25 flyers with poems written by the members of the Creative Writing Workshop El Ciervo Herido. The workshop was founded in Mexico City by the poet Ricardo Yáñez.

Dates: 1975-1976

Charles Wagley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 002
Abstract

The Wagley Papers document anthropological field work in the cultures of South America, especially Guatemala and Brazil.

Dates: 1937-1965

T. Lynn Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 015
Abstract

Manuscripts for three unpublished books on the social ecology of Latin America. Also of interest is a memorandum on agrarian reform in Brazil written in 1952 when Smith served as an advisor to the Brazilian government.

Dates: 1952-1976

Raymond E. Crist Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 049
Abstract

The Crist Papers consist of diaries, correspondence, publication manuscripts, photographs, and reports related to his personal and professional life.

Dates: 1929-1970

Peter Henry Rolfs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 063
Abstract

Writings, speeches, correspondence, subject files, reports and photographs of Peter Henry Rolfs, former Dean of the UF College of Agriculture (1915-1920), Director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station (1906-1920), and Director of the Escola Superior de Agricultura e Veterinaria, in Viscosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Dates: 1891-1943

Roy C. Craven, Jr. Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 125
Abstract

Roy C. Craven, Jr. (1924-1996) served as the first director of the UF Gallery. This collection documents Craven's wide-ranging interests in art and culture and highlights the work he did in collecting art and crafting exhibits for the gallery. The collection consists of photographic prints, negatives, and slides featuring images from sites throughout the Americas, India, Indonesia, Europe, and Africa.

Dates: 1962-1994, undated; Majority of material found within 1970s

Neill Macaulay Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 133
Abstract

Correspondence, publications, writings, lectures, notes, talks, photographs, and scrapbooks of University of Florida Emeritus Professor of Latin American history Neill Macaulay. Also includes interviews with Macaulay and his wife Nancy Macaulay.

Dates: 1954-2005

Efrain Barradas Mexican and Cuban Film Poster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UFBarradas
Abstract Dr. Ramón A. Figueroa, Associate Professor of Spanish at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi (2002 - 2020) began collecting Mexican film posters in 1994 as a hobby. The collection grew to one of the great private Spanish Language poster collections in the world, (including a secondary collecting interest in Cuban film posters). Dr. Figueroa credits his former teacher, Dr. Efrain Barradas (Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Florida Center for Latin...
Dates: 1939-2007