06. Latin American and Caribbean Collections

Newspaper clippings, contents of an official press packet, and photographs from reporter Robert N. Pierce's trip to Cuba shortly after Fidel Castro came to power in 1959.

Correspondence, dated 1905 to 1911, pertaining to Page's position as the engineer in charge of constructing a water supply and sewer system in Cienfuegos, Cuba.

Letters from John Parker in Havana, Cuba, to his employer, A.C. Johnstone, describing business in Cuba.

Manuscript letterbook, dated 1765 to 1772, written by Samuel Cary in St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and in Grenada for the Simon Plantation.

Photographs, publications, artifacts, and other materials related to Panama and the Panama Canal Zone during construction.

Photographs of the Colonia Baron Hirsch, primarily of the Jewish settlers, in Argentina.

Laura Mabel (Byram) Brooking, daughter of Fred Byram, locomotive engineer in Panama, grew up in the Canal Zone during the years of its construction. This collection contains photographs, publications, artifacts, and postcards detailing people and places in the Zone during this period, including depictions of daily life, transportation, buildings, and the regional landscape.

A letterbook containing copies of letters written by cattle rancher and financier Bernabé Sánchez of Cuba between 1898 and 1900.

Correspondence, writings, and other materials created by Platt Hiram Crosby while living in Peru, primarily pertaining to Peruvian and South American history.

Scrapbook documenting the development of the Marítima Parreño port facilities in Santiago de Cuba during the 1920s and 1930.