Cuba Subject Collection

Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo; latest revision A. Demeter.
Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010
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Guide to the Cuba Subject Collection, ca. 1898-1950s

Collection number: Bernath Mss 187

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
D. Tambo
Date Completed:
2006
Latest revision:
Sept. 13, 2012
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Title: Cuba Subject Collection
Date: ca. 1898-1950s
Collection number: Bernath Mss 187
Extent: .2 linear feet (1 half-sized document box)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Abstract: Collection contains guidebooks, travel brochures, picture viewbooks, maps, and other ephemera from the first half of the 20th century. Materials relate primarily to Havana, Cuba.
Physical location: Del Norte
Languages: English

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Cuba Subject Collection. Bernath Mss 187. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2006.

Scope and Content of Collection

Collection contains guidebooks, travel brochures, picture viewbooks, maps, and other ephemera from the first half of the 20th century. Materials relate primarily to Havana, Cuba.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Cuba -- Maps.
Cuba -- Guidebooks.
Cuba -- Pictorial works.
Havana (Cuba).


 

Maps

Box 1: 1

Pocket Map of Cuba, "The Pearl of the Antilles," New York: Cuban Land & Steamship Co., 1899/1900

Box 1: 1

Map of Cuba, 1914

Box 1: 1

Guide Map of Havana, Havana: Compañia Litográfica de la Habana, ca. 1925

 

Guidebooks & other tourist publications

Box 1: 2

Guidebook - United Railways of Havana, Cuba, Season of 1904-5, Buffalo & New York: Matthews-Northrup Works, ca. 1904

Box 1: 2

Tourist serial - The Times of Cuba: A Monthly Review, Havana: "La Prueba," Nov. 1916

Box 1: 2

Norton Solana, Solana's Guide Book: Havana, Havana: Julio Arroyo, 1925

Box 1: 2

Guide booklet - "Havana Shore Excursion," Panama Mail Steampship Co., ca. 1925

Box 1: 2

Brochure - "Seeing Havana with Plaza Sightseeing Tours," ca. 1930s

Box 1: 2

Brochure - "Cuba: Land of Fascination - Modern Havana," Havana: Cuban Tourist Commission, ca. 1940s-1950s

Box 1: 2

Brochure - "Cuban American Guides Tours," n.d.

Box 1: 2

Brochure - "Davis Havana Tours," Davis Tours, Inc., n.d.

 

Viewbooks

Box 1: 3

Neely's Panorama of Cuba, Neely's Historical Library, no. 1: May 16, 1898

Box 1: 3

Recuerdo de Cuba, ca. 1910

Box 1: 3

Souvenir of Havana, Cuba / Recuerdo de la Habana, Havana: C. Jordi, ca. 1912

Box 1: 3

National Capitol 1941 Havana Cuba, 1941

 

Misc. ephemera

Box 1: 4

Horse race guide - Havana-American Jockey Club, Oriental Park, Marianao, Cuba, Feb. 22, 1930

Box 1: 4

Pop-up advertisement for Havana cigars, n.d.