Archival Research Directory
A directory of university and library archives holding special collections, manuscripts, and digitized materials related to Cuba and Cuban heritage — useful starting points for genealogical and historical research.
University of Miami
One of the most extensive archives of Cuban and Cuban-exile materials outside of Cuba, spanning manuscripts, photographs, and personal papers.
University of Florida
A research guide pointing to UF's holdings on Cuban history, culture, and society across print, archival, and digital formats.
Florida International University
Special collections documenting Cuban and Cuban-American communities in South Florida, including personal papers and organizational records.
University of South Florida
Records of Tampa's Centro Asturiano mutual aid society, reflecting the immigrant communities tied to the city's cigar industry.
Barry University
A research guide to materials documenting the exodus of unaccompanied Cuban children to the United States in the early 1960s.
Yale University
A guide to Yale's archival holdings on Cuban history and culture, drawing together manuscripts and collections across the university's libraries.
University of Notre Dame
Materials documenting religious life and practice in 19th-century Cuba, of interest for church-record and parish-history research.
University of Texas at Austin
A collection of historical and contemporary maps of Cuba, useful for locating towns, provinces, and boundary changes over time.
Arizona State University
A digital collection documenting the history of Chinese immigration to Cuba and the communities that resulted from it.
University of South Carolina
A digitized copy of the 1899 U.S. census of Cuba, a valuable population-level source for early genealogical research.
Brown University
Digitized documents relating to slavery in Cuba, relevant to research into the island's colonial-era economic and social history.
University of Florida
A collaborative digital archive bringing together Cuban cultural and historical materials from multiple partnering institutions.