Finding aid for the Movimiento Anticomunista Catolico Unido (MACU) collection 0507

Comité La Verdad Sobre Cuba records

Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated

USC Libraries Special Collections

2022 December

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Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Title: Movimiento Anticomunista Catolico Unido (MACU)

Creator: Truth About Cuba Committee

Creator: Chilcote, Ronald H.

Identifier/Call Number: 0507

Physical Description: 0.208 Linear Feet 1 box

Date (inclusive): 1964-1970

Abstract: This collection consists of the materials from the non-profit educational organization Comité La Verdad Sobre Cuba, The Truth About Cuba Committee, operating under the name Movimiento Anticomunista Catolico Unido.

Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian, English.

Container: 1

Biographical / Historical

Comité La Verdad Sobre Cuba was a Florida based non-profit created by Cuban exiles and political refugees, most notably Luis V. Manrara. Many of the early exiles were educated upper class professionals from doctors to architects. The committee distributed materials to help educate the American public about the communist activities of their neighbors x miles off of the coast of Florida, warn of the pitfalls of communism, and to build strong relations between Americans and the new Cuban immigrant community.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the materials from the non-profit educational organization Comité La Verdad Sobre Cuba, The Truth About Cuba Committee, operating under the name Movimiento Anticomunista Catolico Unido. Materials include pamphlets, mailers, newsletters, business files, correspondence, and publications on communism in Latin American countries.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Collection donated by American political economist Ronald H. Chilcote in 1997.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Movimiento Anticomunista Catolico Unido (MACU), Collection no. 0507, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Anti-communist movements -- Cuba -- Archival resources

Cuba -- Politics and government -- Archival resources

Ephemera

Exiles -- Cuba -- Archival resources

Latin America -- Study and teaching

Manuscripts

Pamphlets

Political refugees -- Cuba -- Archival resources

Political science

Truth About Cuba Committee -- Archives