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Latina/o, Caribbean, & Latin American Studies Subject Guide — Cuba

Topics and resources for Latina/o, Caribbean, & Latin American Studies

Cuba

Cuba

The Cuba Reader

Digital Collections

Castro Speech Database

The Castro SpeechCastro Speech Database image with black and white photo of Fidel Castro Database includes translated transcripts of Fidel Castro's speeches, interviews, and press conferences from 1959 to 1996. Hosted by Latin American Network Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin, it also includes the Foreign Broadcast Information Service reports from 1959 though the 1980s. English


UCLA Cuban Ephemera Collection

The Cuban EphImage from Cuban Ephemera Collectionemera collection contains materials from partner organizations Instituto de Historia de Cuba and Cinemateca de Cuba as well as collections about Cuba held by UCLA Library. Materials include historical newspapers, Cuban designed movie posters, and tourism related ephemera. English and Spanish


Discursos e intervenciones del Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz

The Discursos e Fidel Castro arrives MATS Terminal, Washington, D.C.intervenciones del Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz page includes transcripts of all Fidel Castro's speeches from 1959 to 2008. Spanish


CIA Research Reports: Latin America

Scope

CIA reports, memos, and cables on situations and conditions in Latin America, 1946-1976.

Argentina Reel I
Bolivia Reel I
Brazil Reel II
British Guiana Reel II
Chile Reel II
Colombia Reel II
Costa Rica Reel II
Cuba Reels II, III
Dominican Republic Reel IV
Ecuador Reel V
Guatemala Reel V
Haiti Reel V
Mexico Reel V
Panama Reel V
Peru Reel V
Uruguay Reel V
Venezuela Reel V
Format Microfilm (5 reels)
Arrangement By country, then chronological
Indexes CIA Research Reports: Latin America 1946-1976.

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Cuba Socialista

Scope Theoretical and political journal founded in 1961 by Fidel Castro published by the Central Committee of the communist party of Cuba, v.1-v.7 (1961-1967).
Format Microfilm (6 reels)
Arrangement Chronologically, by volume
Indexes Index for 1961-1965 filmed as reel 7.

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Obra Revolucionaria

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Scope Periodical publication published by Comisión de Orientación Revolucionaria del PURSC, Habana.

Library has: 1960-1965.
Format Microfilm (10 reels)
Arrangement In order by route number.
Indexes None

Trabajo Cuba

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Scope

Official publication of the Ministerio del Trabajo, Havana, Cuba.

Library has: 1-5; (1960:05-1964)

Format Microfilm (8 reels)
Arrangement Chronologically, by volume
Indexes None

Revista Bimestre Cubana

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Scope

Cuban periodical founded by Mariano Cubí y Soler in 1831 in Havana, Cuba.

Library has: v.1-v.76 (1831:May-1959:May/June)
Format Microfilm (14 reels)
Arrangement Chronologically, by volume
Indexes None

Revista Cubana

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Scope

Periodical published in Havana Cuba.

Library has: t.1-t.21 (1885-1895); v. 1-v.31 (1935-1957)

Format Microfilm (8 reels)
Arrangement Chronologically, by volume
Indexes None

Revista de Cuba

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Scope

Periodical published in Havana Cuba.

Library has: t.1-t.16 (1877-1884:Nov.)

Format Microfilm (4 reels)
Arrangement Chronologically, by volume
Indexes None

United States and Castro’s Cuba 1950s-1970s (Paterson Collection)

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Scope Declassified documents provide yearly, monthly, and sometimes daily accounts of the diplomatic, economic, military, and cultural relationship of the US and Castro’s Cuba. Also includes political, news, and corporate reports.
Format Microfilm (22 reels)
Arrangement Chronological
Indexes United States and Castro’s Cuba 1950s-1970s, the Paterson Collection: Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition.

United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs. Index to Official Documents Relating to Cuba and the Insular Possessions of the U.S., 1876-1906

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Scope This microfilm collection from the National Archives (M-24) reproduces a three-volume index to official documents covering the entire period of the American Military Governments in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands. Also covers the early years of civil government in Puerto Rico and the Philippines, 1876-1904.
Format Microfilm (3 reels)
Arrangement Chronological
Indexes None

United States Consulate Despatches

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Scope

U.S. Consulate Despatches of Argentina, Azores, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Italy, Puerto Rico and Trinidad.

Argentina Buenos Aires 1811-1906
  Córdoba 1870-1906
  Rosario 1858-1906
Haiti Cap-Haïtien (Haitian Cape) 1797-1906
Azores Fayal 1795-1897
Chile Antofagasta 1893-1906
  Arica 1849-1906
  Coquimbo 1850-1898
  Iquique 1877-1906
  Talcahuano 1836-1895
  Valparaíso 1812-1906
Colombia Barranquilla 1833-1906
  Bogotá 1851-1906
  Cartagena 1822-1906
  Medellín 1859-1902
  Santa María 1823-1883
Cuba Havana 1892-1902
  Matanzas 1820-1899
  Porto Principe & Xibara 1828-1843
  San Juan de los Remedios 1879-1898
Dominican Republic Puerto Plata 1875-1906
  Samana 1873-1905
  Santo Domingo  1837-1906
Falkland Islands Port Stanley 1851-1906
Puerto Rico   1821-1899
Trinidad (West Indies Federation) 1824-1906
Format Microfilm (375 reels)
Arrangement Alphabetically by country, then area, then chronological
Indexes

Latin America: Special Studies, 1941-1988.

United States State Dept. Decimal File

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Scope State Department records relating to: internal affairs of China, 1910-29; political relations between the United States and China, 1910-29; political relations between China and other states, 1910-29; internal affairs of Cuba 1910-29; internal affairs of the Dominican Republic 1910-39, internal affairs of Mexico 1910-1929.
Format Microfilm: Cuba (97 reels), Dominican Republic (116 reels), Mexico (143 reels)
Arrangement Decimal system; largely chronological.
Indexes

U.S. State Dept. Decimal File. Cuba-Internal Affairs 1910-29.

U.S. State Dept. Decimal File. Dominican Republic-Internal Affairs 1910-29.

U.S. State Dept. Decimal File. Dominican Republic-Internal Affairs 1930-39.

U.S. State Dept. Decimal File. Mexico – Internal Affairs 1910-29.