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 155 Collections and/or Records:

Business Letters Describing the Financial Market in Cuba

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 176

Abstract

Includes correspondence, dated 1867-1871, from agents in Cuba reporting on business and market conditions to merchants in Portland, Maine.

Dates: 1867-1871

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Braga Brothers Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 187

Abstract Records related to trade, manufacture, and cultivation of Cuban sugar. The records begin in the second half of the nineteenth century and end shortly after the nationalization of the Cuban sugar industry by the government of Fidel Castro. As a business archives, the Collection provides information on the manufacture and trade of Cuban sugar and the means by which Cuba's annual sugar harvest was financed and brokered. The collection provides descriptions of the social, political, and economic...

Dates: 1860-1984; Majority of material found within 1895-1970

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Cuba en 1925 Photograph Album

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 216

Abstract

Album entitled "Cuba en 1925, Commandante M. Gajate," featuring hundreds of photographs of people and places in Cuba.

Dates: Circa 1925

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Saint-Domingue and Haitian Autograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 218

Abstract

Miscellaneous autograph documents related to Saint-Domingue and Haiti at the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century.

Dates: 1769-1802

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Cuban Slave Insurance Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 268

Abstract

Seventeen documents pertaining to insurance for slaves in Cuba.

Dates: 1855-1878

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Álbum de la Revolución Cubana 1952-1959

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 305

Abstract

Children's illustrated album entitled "Álbum de La Revolución Cubana 1952-1959."

Dates: Circa 1959

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Álbum de viaje

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 321

Scope and Content

On July 13, 1842, Eusebio and Antonio Guiteras Font embarked on a three year voyage that took them from their home in Matanzas to the United States, Canada, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, the Holy Land, and Eygpt. The collections consists of three journals written by Eusebio. It contains detailed notes of the journey along with memorabilia from the trip.

Dates: 1842-1845

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Frank R. Crumbie Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 014

Abstract

Scrapbooks, photographs, bibliographical notes, news clippings and correspondence of Frank R. Crumbie, who served in several government positions in Haiti during the period of United States occupation, 1915-1934.

Dates: 1922-1955; Majority of material found within 1922-1946

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur Rochambeau Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 016

Abstract

Correspondence, decrees, and other documents regarding Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur Rochambeau's involvement with Saint Domingue and Toussaint Louverture.

Dates: 1764-1803

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

John Thomas Duckworth Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 018

Abstract

Letters to and from Sir John Thomas Duckworth to family and his naval associates and superiors regarding his naval engagements in the Caribbean.

Dates: 1801-1807

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida