A Guide to the Ramiro Guerra Speech
Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
September 2004
Descriptive Summary |
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| Provenance: | Guerra, Ramiro, 1880-1970. | |
| Title: | Ramiro Guerra Speech | |
| Dates: | 1934 | |
| Extent: | 1 folder - 2 items | |
| Identification: | Ms Group 112 1/1 | |
Biographical/Historical Note
Author, economic historian, and Cuban nationalist. Born 1880, died 1970. Author of the influential work, Sugar and Society in the Caribbean: An Economic History of Cuban Agriculture.
Scope and Content
Typescript of a speech and correspondence. This collection contains the manuscript and translation of "El latifundio azucarero y la poblacion de las Antillas" ("West Indian sugar plantations and peoples"), as presented before the Atheneum Club of the University of Florida on October 19, 1934. Also, there is a letter from H. Harold Hume to C.L. Crow, Professor of Modern Languages, dated November 2, 1934, indicating that Crow is the translator.
Both paper and translation were discovered in records of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs (Series 23a, University Archives Public Records). Original document is in Spanish, and the translation is in English.
Access or Use Restrictions
Access
Collection is open for research.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ramiro Guerra Speech, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Selected Subjects and Access Points |
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| The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog: | ||
| Subject Terms: | ||
| Plantation life -- West Indies. | ||
| Sugar trade -- West Indies. | ||
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