Cuban Exile Periodicals at the University of Miami Library
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HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY «iHIOHA.M YOUNG UN'.VERSiTY PROVO, UTAH FEB f 7 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Brigham Young University http://www.archive.org/details/cubanexileperiod19varo £U Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials Bibliography and Reference Series, 19 This series is edited in the SALALM Secretariat, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706. Suzanne Hodgman, Executive Secretary. Barbara G. Valk, Chair, Editorial Board. Copyright © by SALALM, Inc. 1987 All rights reserved ISBN: 0-917617-14-2 KAROLD B LEE UBRART UNS UKIVCRiJlT» TO MY HUSBAND Frank J. de Varona who shares my concern for the future of the Cuban people. I thank him for his patience and support in the accomplishment of this work. Acknowledgements I would like to thank the following people for their continuous support in this endeavor: Frank Rodgers, Director of Libraries- Helen Purdy, Head, Archives and Special Collections Department John McMinn, Floridiana and University Collection Cataloger. Ana Rosa Nunez, Foreign Languages Bibliographer and Reference Librarian. Rosa M. Abella, Professor Emeritus. Alexandra Téllez, Library Assistant, Archives and Special Collections Department. Mariolga Fernández, and other student assistants in the Archives and Special Collections Department who helped me in the typing of this work. Acknowl edgement s I would like to thank the following people for their continuous support in this endeavor: Frank Rodgers , Director of Libraries. Helen Purdy, Head, Archives and Special Collections Department John McMinn, Floridiana and University Collection Cataloger. Ana Rosa Nunez, Foreign Languages Bibliographer and Reference Librarian. Rosa M. Abella, Professor Emeritus. Alexandra Téllez, Library Assistant, Archives and Special Collections Department. Mariolga Fernández, and other student assistants in the Archives and Special Collections Department who helped me in the typing of this work. CONTENTS PREFACE xi INTRODUCTION xv CUBAN POPULATION WITHIN FLORIDA xx ABBREVATIONS xxi BI BLIOGRAPHY 1 LIST OF DIRECTORS 123 CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX 1 46 GEOGRAPHICAL INDEXES: By city 155 By country 159 SUBJECT INDEX 163 PREFACE Cubans in exile, from 1959 to the present, have produced numerous periodical publications. The "Cuban Exile Periodicals Collection" of the University of Miami Library includes a large percentage of them. This bibliography comprises periodical publications collected by the University from 1962 to April 1, 1986. The Univerisity of Miami has been and is in a unique position to assemble Cuban exile periodicals. Since its founding in 1926, the University has been closely associated with Cuba and its people. As early as 1928, it counted several Cubans among its registered students, and cultural and sports-related interaction soon developed between the University of Havana and the University of Miami. Miami's geographical location made it the logical point of entry into the United States for most Cubans who left the island after Fidel Castro seized power in 1959. Among the early arrivals were librarians, some of whom joined the faculty of the University of Miami Library. Rosa Abel la and Ana Rosa Nunez were among these; they started collecting the "little newspapers in exile," which included many of the periodical publications by Cuban exiles in the United States and throughout the world. Lesbia Varona, another Cuban librarian, soon entered this collecting effort, and many members of the Cuban exile community, notably Jose" R. Puig in Miami, contributed to the evolution and enrichment of the Collection. This process has been an ongoing one still active today. The criterion established for inclusion into the "Cuban Exile Periodicals Collection" is for the periodical to have been directed, edited, or published by Cubans in exile. The periodicals' formats include newspapers, magazines and bulletins and they are published by individuals as well as by associations, institutions, and other types of organizations. Subject matter reflects the various aspects of exile life and interests, in- cluding political ideology and activities with the possibility of a return to a free and democratic Cuba playing a major role. Cuban culture and its preservation in exile, encompassing a variety of topics such as history, literature, folklore, science, music, art, and religion, are represented. There are also publications related to finance and politics which show the economic and political impact of the Cuban exiles on the countries that have received them as new citizens. -XI- . Among the most important periodicals contained in this collection are : América Libre , El Avance Criollo and Bohemia Libre , of socio-economic and political nature. Alacrán Azul and Exilio , literary publications which include works by internationally recognized Cuban exile figures, such as ethnologist and folklorist Lydia Cabrera (Miami); novelist Guillermo Cabrera Infante (London); novelist and essayist Severo Sarduf (Paris); and journalist and writer Carlos Alberto Montaner (Madrid) La Revista Cubana , an historical journal with essays and articles on Cuban history, directed by Cuban scholar Carlos Ripoll (New York). Prensa Médica , a newspaper on medicine and related subjects Proyecto , a magazine on the construction industry in South Florida and the impact made upon it by Cuban exiles. Economía and Banco y Economía , financial magazines which deal with the economic repercussions of Cuban exile activity in the state of Florida. Noticias de Arte , a fine arts magazine on artistic movements at local, national, and international levels. Verbum , a religious, philosophical and literary magazine. Revista Ideal , a general interest magazine with emphasis on the religious activities of the Cuban Roman Catholic community in the greater Miami area. Cuba Deportiva , a sports magazine on Cuban exile sports figures and events. Boletín Cuban Women's Club , a bulletin on the cultural and social activities of Cuban exile women in the greater Miami area. Of great importance also are the many newspapers, magazines, bulletins, and newsletters published by the "Asociación de los Municipios de Cuba en el Exilio." Representing the municipalities of pre-Castro Cuba, these publications deal with historical and socio-economic issues related to these municipalities, and demostrate, as well as contribute to, the unity of the Cuban exile. -xii- 1 Gastón Raquero, internationally known Cuban exile scholar and journalist working in Madrid, has called the exile periodicals "heroic journalism." In an article on Cuban exile journalism, he wrote: "...One of the most beautiful aspects of the Cuban exile is that which we can call the heroic journal ism. .. that heroic press which comes from the soul rather than from financial means. " Through its "Cuban Exile Periodicals Collection," the University of Miami is helping preserve these examples of heroic journalism. The publications are essential sources for those researchers and scholars interested in Cuban studies, and in particular, in the Cuban exile since 1959. This bibliography is more than a mere listing of periodicals published by an exile group during a specific period of time and collected by a university. It is a chronicle of the hopes and aspirations of the Cuban people in exile, of the struggle to maintain a unity of purpose, of the need to preserve, add to, and transmit a cultural heritage. These periodicals are heroic not only in terms of the financial hardships which most of them have had to surmount in order to be published, but also with regard to the very nature of the exile soul striving to be one again, someday, in a free Cuba. Esperanza B. de Varona 1 "El periodismo heroico del exilio." El Miami Herald . Spanish ed. Nov. 4, 1985, p. 9. -Xlll- . INTRODUCTION The largest concentration of Cuban exiles is found in the State of Florida. It is in the city of Miami, the so-called "Capital del Exilio Cubano," where most of the periodicals by Cuban exiles were horn. Today many of these periodicals are still being published, with new titles having been published over the 28 years of exile. The University of Miami, which is centrally located in the area, houses the largest collection of Cuban exile periodicals. "The Cuban Exile Periodicals Collection" holds 66 5 separate publications, titles which include newspapers, magazines, bulletins and newsletters. With the growth of the collection, it became imperative that a bibliography be compiled to provide researchers with access to this unique primary source collection of Cuban exile material. To show the uniqueness of the materials within this collection, a search was made of the 665 titles. The following bibliographic sources were checked: Cuba, 1953-1978 : A Bibliographic Guide to the Literature / ed. and compiled by Ronald H. Chilcote with Sheryl Lutjens. White Plains, NY : Kraus International Pub., 1986. Vol. 2: appendix. (73 titles found). Irregular Serials and Annuals : An International Directory . 11th ed. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1986. (15 titles found) New Serial Titles : A Union List of Serials Held by Librarians in the United States and Canada, 1981-85 Cumulation . Washington, DC : The Library of Congress, 1985. 6 volumes. (11 titles found). OCLC (Ohio College Library Center) On-line Systems . (47 titles found). This collection bears great importance for various reasons. Through these primary sources, researchers and scholars can analyze the changes that have taken place in the Cuban community since