Newsletter of the Cuban Heritage Collection
of the
University of Miami Libraries, March 2013
FOOD AND MEMORY: A SEMESTER OF CUBAN COOKING-INSPIRED
FEATURES
As a complement to our spring exhibit, "Food and
Memory: An exploration of Cuban cooking, 1857-today," we've rolled out
several new blog series related to Cuban cuisine. Our weekly series titled
"What's cookin'", will take you take you on a culinary journey that
explores the delicacies of Cuban cooking. From classic cocktails and cafecitos
to traditional arroz con pollo and much stranger fare (read: blood), you'll be
sure to find something that'll whet your appetite. In our first two posts, we
focus on three different preparations of a classic Cuban ingredient, the
plátano, as well as a brief look at the history and uses for Havana Club rum.
With the current prevalence of food photography thanks to
mobile apps like Instagram, we want to know: where do you get your Cuban food
fix? We're especially interested in hearing about the unexpected places you've
found Cuban food, from a Parisian alley to a street corner in Pasadena. Send us
an email tochc@miami.edu with a photo and description of where you've
found your fix. We'll be posting submissions over the next few months.
Cuban Heritage Collection Research Colloquia on March 22nd
Join us this semester for CHC Research Colloquia
highlighting research undertaken at the Cuban Heritage Collection at the
University of Miami Libraries. The spring 2013 series focuses on research by
University faculty.
Elena Díaz-Versón Amos Conference Room
Roberto C. Goizueta Pavilion
Otto G. Richter Library, 2nd Floor
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Friday, March 22, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
Sites that Speak: Miami through its Spanish-Speaking Performing Spaces, by Lillian
Manzor, Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages
and Literatures at the University of Miami.
Friday, April 12, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
Translator of the Afro-Cuban Religious World: Lydia Cabrera, byMichelle
Maldonado, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami.
Light lunch will be served.
RSVP required: 305-284-4900 or chc@miami.edu.
Visit our Events
& Lectures web page for more information
Love, archived: new collection showcases Cuba's National
Poet, Agustín Acosta
Agustín Acosta (1886-1979) was a Cuban post-modernist poet
and statesman active in the 20thcentury. Named Cuba’s National Poet in 1955,
Acosta’s early literary work exemplifies the characteristic pessimism of Cuba’s
turn-of-the-century lyrical poetry, melding the postmodern with modernist and
Romantic sensibilities in an expression of love for his country.
His greatest love, however, was Consuelo Acosta, his wife
of over thirty years. Acosta wrote extensively to Consuelo from the 1930s to
the 1950s during periods of physical separation due to work and illness during
their courtship and early marriage.
The finding aid for the Agustín Acosta Papers
will soon be available online.
Newly Digitized: completed digital projects in fall 2012
The
Libraries’ Digital Projects team worked diligently during the fall 2012
semester to make steady progress on digitization goals. The team digitized and
created metadata for several new collections and additions to existing collections.
Their efforts are now available to the public and viewable at any time on
the UM Digital Collectionswebsite.
In January, we announced the digitization of a new digital
collection containing 19th century papers of the Junta Revolucionaria
Cubanafrom the Ramiro
Casañas Collection, which included a total of 664 pages of correspondence
documenting the activities of the Junta’s chapters in New Orleans,
Philadelphia, and New York. In addition to this new collection, the team was
able to add material to existing collections. Continue
reading »
To view other digital collections, visit the CHC
Digital Collectionswebsite.
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