Augustus C. Mayhew, Jr. Photograph Collection, 1901-1952 | University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection

Title: Augustus C. Mayhew, Jr. Photograph Collection, 1901-1952

ID: CHC5209

Extent: 1.0 Folders

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Repository: University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection

Restrictions: This collection is unrestricted.

Rights: Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please, contact chc@miami.edu for more information.

Acquisition Note: Gift of Augustus C. Mayhew, Jr., 2004

Other Formats: Browse the digital objects in this collection
For more information please see http://merrick.library.miami.edu/cubanHeritage/chc5209/.

Related Materials:

Cuban Heritage Collection Manuscript Collections:

CHC5017: Manuel R. Bustamante Photograph Collection: Box 2, Folder 35: La Gloria, n.d., 1910s

Related Publications:

American Colonists in Cuba:

Adams, James M. Pioneering in Cuba: A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers . Concord, N.H. The Rumford Press, 1901.

Alvarez Estévez, Rolando. Isla de Pinos y el tratado Hay-Quesada . Havana: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Cubano del Libro, 1973.

Cirules, Enrique. Conversación con el último norteamericano . Havana: Editorial Letras Cubanas, 1988.

Cuba. Secretaría de Agricultura, Comercio y Trabajo. Cuba: What She Has to Offer to the Investor or the Homeseeker . Havana, 1915.

Deere, Carmen Diana. " Here Come the Yankees! The Rise and Decline of United States Colonies in Cuba, 1898-1930 ". The Hispanic American Historical Review , Vol. 78, No. 4. (Nov., 1998), pp. 729-765.

Estorino, María R. " American Colonies in Cuba ". Cuban Memories: Primary Sources from the Cuban Heritage Collection, August 2002.

Jenks, Leland H. Our Cuban Colony: A Study in Sugar . New York: Vanguard Press, 1928.

Sarusky, Jaime. Los fantasmas de Omaja . Havana: Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, 1986.

Preferred Citation: Augustus C. Mayhew, Jr. Photograph Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida

Finding Aid Author: María R. Estorino, September 2004

Finding Aid Revisions: Revisions to the collection-level record made by Beata Bergen, June 2009.

Collection Material Type: Personal Papers

Other Note: Sponsor Note: This collection was digitized with funding from the State of Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Scope and Contents:

The Augustus C. Mayhew, Jr. Photograph Collection consists of black and white photographs of the Mayhew and McAbee families during their time living in the American colony of La Gloria in the province of Camagüey, Cuba. The photographs include views of La Gloria from 1901 to 1952, the Mayhew family and neighbors, and the Mayhew apiary "Bee Ranch" and orange groves.

NOTE: Two postcards were transfered from this collection to CHC0359: Cuban Postcard Collection.

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Folder 1: Augustus C. Mayhew, Jr. Photograph Collection

Container List (PDF): http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/legacy/chc5209.pdf

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Augustus C. Mayhew, Jr. Photograph Collection, 1901-1952 | University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection