Elena Kurstin Cuban Memorabilia Collection, date unknown

Summary

Extent:

7.73 Linear Feet

Language:

English Spanish; Castilian

Background

Scope and content:

The Elena Kurstin Cuban Memorabilia Collection provides a glance at Cuban life and culture in the years prior to 1959. This collection contains assorted pieces of ephemera that depict the lives of average Cuban people. Included are photographs of the countryside and people, postcards, and advertisements. The Cuban tourist industry is well represented, especially the resorts and casinos of 1940s and 1950s Havana. The collection also includes magazine and newspaper articles about Cuba, both pre and post-revolution.

Acquisition information:

Donation

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Cold War
Cuba -- History -- 1933-1959
Cuba -- Pictorial works
Cuba--Politics and government.
Cuba--Social life and customs--Pictorial works
Cuba--Social conditions--20th century
postcards
Advertising--Tourism
stamp collecting
tourism
Correspondence

Places:

Cuba

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Rights: Copyright undetermined. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/

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Location of this collection:

FIU Special Collections

Florida International University

11200 SW 8th Street

Miami

FL

33199

USA

Contact:

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