Finding Aid for the Collection of Cuban Railroad Documents LSC.2334
Finding aid was prepared by Jasmine Jones and Alex Adame, 2019.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid was last updated on 2020 August 7.
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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Collection of Cuban railroad documents
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2334
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1841-1867
Abstract: Cuban railway history began in 1834 with the Compañía de Caminos de Hierro de La Habana, which primarily transported sugar
from Güines to Havana. The Collection of Cuban railroad documents range from 1841-1867 and contains manuscript documents from
the Compañía de Caminos de Hierro de la Habana and other Cuban railway companies, covering over twenty years of history of
the Cuban railway system. Documents include concessions for the creation of new lines, agreements, records of meetings, shareholder
lists, and financial reports. Most documents contain letterhead seals and engravings of the railway companies and government
offices, with signatures of notable Cuban functionaries and politicians.
Source: "Cuban Railroadiana: A manuscript archive, 1841-1867." Libros Latinos.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Collection of Cuban railroad documents (Collection 2334). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Libros Latinos, 2016.
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a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive
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Processed by Jasmine Jones with assistance from Alex Adame in 2019. Additional collection and file level notes description
by Kelly Besser with assistance from Tess Livesley-O'Neill in 2020.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9351061
Cuban railway history began in 1834 with the Compañía de Caminos de Hierro de La Habana, which primarily transported sugar
from Güines to Havana.
Source: "Cuban Railroadiana: A manuscript archive, 1841-1867." Libros Latinos.
The Collection of Cuban railroad documents range from 1841-1867 and contain manuscript documents from the Compañía de Caminos
de Hierro de La Habana and other Cuban railway companies, covering over twenty years of history of the Cuban railway system.
Documents include concessions for the creation of new lines, agreements, records of meetings, shareholder lists and financial
reports. Most documents contain letterhead seals and engravings of the railway companies and government offices, with signatures
of notable Cuban functionaries and politicians.
Source: "Cuban Railroadiana: A manuscript archive, 1841-1867." Libros Latinos.
This collection is arranged according to its existing order.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroads -- Cuba
Compañía de Caminos de Hierro de La Habana