Price Library of Judaica Latin American and Caribbean Collection
Scope and Content
The collection is an aggregate collection containing various documents related to Jews living in Latin American and Caribbean countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Most numerous are documents related to Argentia, Brazil, Cuba, and Uruguay. The collection particulalry comprises documents related to those Jews who fled from Europe during and after World War II. Of particular interest is a ship's manifest listing 30 Polish and German Jews arriving in Havana from Antwerp on the ship ‘Iberia’, which arrived in Havana on May 16, 1939, just three months before World War II began and an extensive archive of correspondence for a Jewish family from Argentina and Uruguay.
Dates
- Creation: 1900 - 1970
Language of Materials
Includes materials written in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, and Yiddish.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
2.83 Linear Feet (6 Boxes, 1 Oversize Flat Folder)
Abstract
Various documents related to Jews living in Latin American and Caribbean countries including most prominently Argentina, Cuba, Brazil, and Uruguay. The collection particularly highlights many who fled from Europe during and after World War II.
Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Other Finding Aids
This guide is available in Spanish at https://www.uflib.ufl.edu/findingaids/Spanish/mss0667.pdf.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from James and Ana Melikian Antiques in 2024-2025.
Processing Information
Most folder description and folder level scope notes taken from description provided by vendor.
- Title
- A Guide to the Price Library of Judaica Latin American and Caribbean Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Matt Kruse and Rebecca Jefferson
- Date
- July 2025
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu