El Porvenir records, 1888-1939
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Sociedad de Socorro Mutuos la Fraternidad
- Abstract:
- This collection includes financial and administrative records of the El Porvenir organization, which specialized in providing physician services to members of the cigar manufacturing community of Tampa Bay.
- Extent:
- 5.84 Linear Feet
- 4 boxes other_unmapped
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
El Porvenir records, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Background
- Scope and content:
The collection contains ledgers and registers for El Porvenir, including accounting, receipts and general treasury documents. Also included in the collection are ledgers that list all members with the dates of joining.
- Biographical / historical:
El Porvenir was founded by Enrique Pendás and other cigar manufacturers, circa 1888, to provide physician services to its members.
- Acquisition information:
- Sociedad Español de Socorros Mutuos
- Arrangement:
Individual ledgers are processed at the item level according to type and chronology.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Terms of access:
None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.
- Preferred citation:
El Porvenir records, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
- Location of this collection:
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The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122TampaFL33620-5400USA
