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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 153 Collections and/or Records:

Wendy Pond Collection on Argentinian Trade Currency and the Red Global de Trueque

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0411
Abstract

Newspaper articles, pamphlets, and currency from Argentina's Red Global de Trueque introduced as an alternate currency after 1998-2002 economic collapse.

Dates: 1999-2003

Andrew St. George Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0415
Abstract

Manuscripts, drafts, research notes, clippings, newspapers, photographs, books, flyers, and correspondence documenting various political events during the 20th century in the Caribbean and Latin American region by photographer and journalist Andrew St. George.

Dates: 1944-1999

Sara Gaíl de Farber and Bess de Farber Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0416
Abstract

This collection holds materials created by Joseph Farber, father, and mother and daughter, Sara Gaíl de Farber and Bess Gaíl de Farber, respectively. The larger part of the collection includes materials that relate to Sara Gaíl's life and work in Argentina and the US. Separate folders hold materials relating to Bess de Farber's performance commemorating her mother's and father's emigration to the US from Poland, and Argentina, respectively, and her family and genealogical research.

Dates: 1918-2006; Majority of material found within 1950s-1970s

Jérémie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 017
Abstract

Records of the jurisdiction of Jérémie in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) notarized by more than thirty notaries who operated both in Jérémie and in outlying areas. Also includes records of the civil administration, documents registered with the greffier (registrar), and a small number of ecclesiastical records.

Dates: 1714-1896; Majority of material found within 1770-1804

Ernesto Chávez Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0360
Abstract Ernesto Chávez Álvarez (b. 1942) is a Cuban writer and scholar who worked as a rural teacher during the early years of revolutionary regime. This collection documents events and subversive movements in Cuba, Chávez's own experience as a voluntary and rural teacher, the research he conducted on the Cuban War of Independence, and documents related to his writings and publications. It also includes collections created by his friends which shed light on life in Cuba during the twentieth century....
Dates: 1887-2019; Majority of material found within 1960-2014

Photographs Showing the Destruction in St. Pierre from the 1902 Mt. Pelée Volcanic Eruption

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0421
Abstract

A collection of 28 images showing the aftermath and damages in St. Pierre, Martinique caused by the 1902 volcanic eruption of Mt. Pelée.

Dates: 1902

Photographs of the Seventy-Years Celebration of the Foundation of the School Secundaria 15 Albert Einstein, Mexico

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0446
Abstract

The collection consists of twenty-seven photographs of the 2018 commemoration of the school Secundaria 15 Albert Einstein’s founding. The school was founded by Max Shein in 1948.

Dates: 2018

Don Antonio de Acuña y Cabrera Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0458
Abstract

This collection consists of twelve manuscript documents bound in a single volume detailing the military career of don Antonio de Acuña y Cabrera, a Spanish infantry captain. All twelve documents are written in Spanish and reference events from 1522 to 1647.

Dates: 1522 - 1647

Caribbean and West Indies Cruise Trip Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0461
Abstract

Photographic album containing photographs taken during a cruise trip aboard the S. S. Rotterdam while sailing through the Caribbean and the West Indies in 1935.

Dates: 1935 February 3-14

US Marine Family in the Dominican Republic Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0462
Abstract

Photographic album of a US Marine and his family stationed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1940. The album displays the many facets of American military life in the Caribbean. The photographs also capture the lifestyle of Dominicans, landmarks, landscapes, and the personal life of this Marine and his family abroad.

Dates: 1940