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Cuba.

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Carlos González Blanco Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 024
Abstract

The collection includes the letters that Carlos González Blanco wrote to his wife, mother, and daughter while he was a political prisoner in various Cuban jails. It also includes his mother's correspondence with Latin American and U.S. presidents, and international organizations, such as Amnesty International and the Red Cross, regarding the situation of her son and two brothers, who were also political prisoners.

Dates: 1968-1984

Cartoon History of the Spanish American War

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0541
Abstract

This scrapbook made by Blanche S. Crawford is a compilation of political cartoons pertaining to the Spanish-American War published in American newspapers in 1898. While the cartoons come from different newspapers, they illustrate various aspects of the Spanish-American War from an American point of view.

Dates: 1898

Chinese Indentured Workers in Cuba Contracts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0359
Abstract The collection houses 52 Cuban contracts spanning from 1861 to 1878 for Chinese indentured workers. The collection also includes one identification card of an enslaved man from Macau, China, and two lists of Chinese laborers sent from China to Cuba. The contracts hail from different parts of Cuba and include personal information about the workers as well as information regarding the conditions of the contract and special provisions. This collection offers a glimpse into the changing nature...
Dates: 1861-1878; Majority of material found within 1868

Colegio "La Milagrosa" arts and crafts album

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0540
Abstract

An album containing cross-stitch and crochet samples made by a student of "Colegio La Milagrosa".

Dates: circa 1902-1960

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

Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0349
Abstract

This collection includes 12 letters and documents (20 folios), a map, and one photograph related to the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation's business in Cuba, specifically the timber and lumber market.

Dates: 1920-1925; Majority of material found within 1924-1925

Cuban Comics Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0622
Abstract

Cuban comic books published between 1965 to 1996 that cover a wide range of topics and styles, for adults and children.

Dates: 1965 - 1996

Cuban Slave Death Certificates and Burial Letters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0397
Abstract

The collection, which spans the second half of the nineteenth century, includes 28 documents. Some are letters of slave owners to the priest of the church of Montserrat in Havana, Cuba; others are death certificates of slaves, runaway slaves, and free persons of color issued by the Real Hospital de Caridad de San Felipe y Santiago.

Dates: 1852-1898; Majority of material found within 1860s-1870s

Cuban Slave Insurance Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 268
Abstract

Seventeen documents pertaining to insurance for slaves in Cuba.

Dates: 1855-1878

Cuban Sugar Workers and Sugar Mills Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 026
Abstract

Group of 11 photographs, 5 negatives, and 6 prints taken by Arnold Eagle detailing views of sugar mills, workers and life in the countryside of Cuba.

Dates: circa 1950-1960