Cuban Poster Collection, 1960-2000

Summary

Creators:

Biblioteca Nacional José Martí (Cuban national repository library)

Abstract:

A collection of Cuban posters built through a cooperative agreement between the University of California, Berkeley and the José Martí National Library of Cuba. The predominant subjects are Cuban culture and international solidarity.

Extent:

485 prints (posters). 485 digital objects

Language:

Collection materials are in Spanish

Background

Scope and content:

The Cuban poster collection consists of posters given to the library of the University of California at Berkeley as part of a cooperative agreement with the José Martí National Library of Cuba. It consists chiefly of posters related to cultural events, social topics, or international solidarity.

The posters were produced by official government agencies, including Consejo Nacional de Cultura, Editorial Letras Cubanas, Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP), Organización de Solidaridad de los Pueblos de Africa, Asia y América Latina (OSPAAAL), and the Ministerio de Cultura. The great majority of dated posters were produced between 1961 and 1989, with several items from the 1990s and later. Over 100 items are undated.

The José Martí National Library of Cuba, in its national repository function, is statutorily designated to receive five copies of all posters published within Cuba. The basis of the Cuban Poster collection at the University of California, Berkeley was an initial gift of 344 of their duplicate posters, received in the year 2000. Future additions are expected as the cooperative arrangement between the libraries continues.

Acquisition information:

The Cuban Poster collection was part of a bibliographic exchange between the Doe Library of the University of California at Berkeley and the Biblioteca Nacional José Martí of Cuba. The Bancroft Library became custodians of the initial 346 items of the collection in 2001.

136 items (plus three duplicates) were added between approximately 2010 and 2016, via the ongoing exchange.

Physical location:

Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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