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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78017384
Collection material in English and Spanish
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The records of the Cuban Educational Association of the United States of America, an organization founded to promote educational exchanges between Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States, were transferred to the Manuscript Division from the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1956.
The records of the Cuban Educational Association of the United States of America were described in the
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings in the records of the Cuban Educational Association is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The records of the Cuban Educational Association of the United States of America are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Cuban Educational Association of the United States of America Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The records of the Cuban Educational Association of the United States of America span the years 1897-1954 with the bulk of the material dated 1898-1901. The association, founded in 1898 to aid Cuban and Puerto Rican students in securing an education in the United States, was dissolved in 1903. The records include correspondence, application forms, rosters, scrapbooks, financial records, and photographs of students.
The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence of the association’s secretary-treasurer, Gilbert K. Harroun. Harroun corresponded with representatives of schools, colleges, and universities throughout the country. Among his correspondents were John Jacob Astor, Nicholas Murray Butler, Seth Low, Theodore Roosevelt, Albert Shaw, Joseph Wheeler, and Leonard Wood, as well as numerous Cubans and Puerto Ricans seeking the aid of the association. Following Harroun’s death in 1901, the association went into decline, and the remaining correspondence is primarily addressed to his assistant, Laura D. Conger.
The collection also contains lists and photographs of students, financial records, applications, and scrapbooks documenting the establishment and accomplishments of the association.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.