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Karen Lee Wald Cuban research audio visual collection
BANC MSS 2010/241  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
  • Additional collection guides

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Karen Lee Wald Cuban research audio visual collection
    Dates: circa 1982-2010
    Collection Number: BANC MSS 2010/241
    Creator/Collector: Wald, Karen
    Extent: 131 videocassettes, 66 audio cassettes.
    Repository: UC Berkeley. Bancroft Library
    Berkeley, California 94720-6000
    Abstract: Video and sound recordings covering various topics related to Cuba.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library. COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.

    Publication Rights

    Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html

    Preferred Citation

    Karen Lee Wald Cuban research audio visual collection. UC Berkeley. Bancroft Library

    Acquisition Information

    Gift; of Karen Lee Wald; 2010.

    Biography/Administrative History

    Karen Lee Wald is a writer and freelance journalist from the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Area in California, where she also worked as a bilingual teacher and college instructor. Since 1969 she has been writing about Cuba, where she has maintained temporary residence since 1982 as a foreign correspondent. Ms. Wald's path to Cuba began in the 1960s Civil Rights, student and anti-Vietnam War movements, and she continues to travel back and forth between her homes in both countries and to be involved in the struggles in each. She has helped break the information blockade against Cuba. Her work has been essential to responding to the disinformation campaigns against Cuba with factual information.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Video and sound recordings covering various topics related to Cuba. Materials range in date from the 1980s into the 2000s.

    Indexing Terms

    Cuba--Politics and government
    Cuba
    Cuba--Description and travel
    Cuba--Social conditions
    Castro, Fidel, 1926-
    Alarcón, Ricardo, 1937-

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