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Refugees -- Cuba

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alina Fernandez Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 870
Abstract

Interviews, lesson plans, reports, taped interviews, photographs, and other materials concerning the operations of the Cuban refugee camps at Ft. Chaffee, AR, Ft. McCoy, WI, and Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA.

Dates: 1980-1984

Alina Fernandez Papers Addendum

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1001
Abstract

Correspondence, questionnaires, interviews, clippings, and other information on Cuban refugees, particularly those from Mariel, Cuba, knowns as the "Marielitos."

Dates: 1967-1986

Charles Lee Hughes Fort Chaffee Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2250
Scope and Content Note The collection consists of black and white photographic prints and 35mm negatives, color slides, original artwork, and other records created or acquired by Charlie Hughes while working for the Cuban-Haitian Task Force at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. Other materials include a copy of the camp's newsletter, La Vida Nueva, Hughes' press passes, and a handbook for potential sponsors of refugees. Photographs capture daily life and recreation (particularly baseball and...
Dates: 1980-1982, undated