Cuban Film Poster collection, 1962/2018

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Cuban Film Poster collection, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraies.

Background

Scope and content:

Posters, from 1962 to 2018, of feature films, documentaries, animated films, film events, and others that were produced in Cuba by Cuban artists. Posters were primarily created by using a silk screen process and were made for both Cuban and non-Cuban films.

Acquisition information:
Acc. 2011.691 are posters of two films by director Alfredo Ureta. Acc. 2012.227 also contains postcards with images of Cuban film posters. Acc. 2016.144 is a poster of the film, Café Amargo, directed by Rigoberto Jiménez.
Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in March 2011. Additional information and translations provided by students from Anne Marie Stock's class in April 2011. Acc. 2011.691 accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in December 2011. Acc. 2012.227 accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in June 2012.

Physical / technical requirements:

Posters are generally in excellent to good condition with only minor folds and one tear. "Now!, 1965" is fragile and may not be serviced due to flaking paint.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard