Las Dos Antillas Political Club minutes

id
3649
origination
Dos Antillas Political Club (New York, N.Y.)
date statement
1892-1898
key date
1892
identifier (local_mss)
20784
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
call number
Sc Micro R-2251
b-number
b11883968
total components
2
total series
0
max depth
1
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component layout
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Extended MARC Fields
false
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created
2013-04-01 15:04:49 UTC
updated
2026-02-09 20:56:58 UTC
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unitid
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1892-1898", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1892/1898"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Las Dos Antillas Political Club minutes"}
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repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Las Dos Antillas was a political organization founded by Rafael Serra, Rosendo Rodríguez, Arthur A. Schomburg (Secretary), Silvestre Pivalo (Treasurer), and others to support Cuba and Puerto Rico in their fight for independence from Spain. It was founded in 1892 and dissolved in 1898, at the end of the Spanish-American War. The minutes document the donation of weapons, money, and medical supplies to aid the independence struggles of Cuba and Puerto Rico."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Dos Antillas Political Club (New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Las Dos Antillas was a political organization founded by Rafael Serra, Rosendo Rodríguez (President), Leopoldo Acosta (Vice President), Augusto Benech and Arthur A. Schomburg (Secretaries), Silvestre Pivalo (Treasurer), and others to support Cuba and Puerto Rico in their fight for independence from Spain. It was founded in 1892 and dissolved in 1898, at the end of the Spanish-American War.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of meeting minutes and the organization's constitution and bylaws. The minutes document the donation of weapons, money, and medical supplies to aid the independence struggles of Cuba and Puerto Rico.</p> <p>The English translation was done by Miriam Jiménez Román in May 1995.</p>"}
accessrestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy of the original minutes.</p>"}
sponsor
{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2021 February 9"}
date_start
1892
keydate
1892
date_end
1898
date_inclusive_start
1892
date_inclusive_end
1898
prefercite
{"value"=>"[Item], Las Dos Antillas Political Club minutes, Sc Micro R-2251, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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