Overview of the Avenol Franco papers

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Title: Avenol Franco papers
Date (inclusive): 1961-1992
Collection Number: 96031
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Spanish
Physical Description: 3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (1.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, pamphlets, leaflets, serial issues, other printed matter, printing plates, sound recordings, and photographs, relating to conditions in Cuba under Fidel Castro, anti-communist Cuban émigrés, publication in New York City of the anti-communist journal El Amigo del Pueblo for clandestine distribution in Cuba, and anti-communist radio broadcasting from Venezuela to Cuba.
Creator: Franco, Avenol
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1996.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Avenol Franco papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Cuban émigré in the United States; editor, El Amigo del Pueblo, utilizing the name Pablo Martin.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, writings, notes, pamphlets, leaflets, serial issues, other printed matter, printing plates, sound recordings, and photographs, relating to conditions in Cuba under Fidel Castro, anti-communist Cuban émigrés, publication in New York City of the anti-communist journal El Amigo del Pueblo for clandestine distribution in Cuba, and anti-communist radio broadcasting from Venezuela to Cuba.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Journalists
Anti-communist movements
Cubans -- United States
Cuba -- History -- 1959-1990
El Amigo del Pueblo (New York, N.Y.)
Radio broadcasting -- Cuba

 

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