THE EXILE PAPERS OF CUBAN PRESIDENT GERARDO MACHADO

From: Estorino, Maria (mestorino@MIAMI.EDU)
Date: Tue Apr 30 2002 - 17:44:39 CDT

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CUBAN HERITAGE DIGITAL COLLECTION MAKES AVAILABLE ONLINE THE EXILE = PAPERS OF CUBAN PRESIDENT GERARDO MACHADO=20 April 30, 2002=20 Coral Gables, FL -- The Gerardo Machado y Morales Collection of the = Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) can now be viewed online at http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chc0336_main.html
<http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chc0336_main.html> . Gerardo Machado was Cuba's fifth president from 1925 to 1933. A collection of = his personal materials was donated to the Cuban Heritage Collection in 1992 = by Machado's great-grandson, Francisco X. Santeiro. The Gerardo Machado y Morales Collection consists of correspondence, financial records, = speeches, and photographs pertaining primarily to Machado's exile from Cuba after = he was ousted in 1933 and includes the manuscript of Machado's memoirs, = Ocho A=F1os de Lucha, as well as business records for his various interests, including the Central Carmita. The Cuban Heritage Collection of the University of Miami has digitized this collection and provided online = access to it through the Cuban Heritage Digital Collection Web site with = funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Machado's second presidential term was strife with internal conflict = and economic turmoil. In 1932, Machado suspended the Constitution, and in = 1933, US president Franklin D. Roosevelt instructed Ambassador Sumner Welles = to mediate between Machado and opposition forces. Welles' efforts failed, = a general strike was called, and on 12 August 1933, Gerardo Machado was = forced into exile.=20

While his family took refuge in the United States, Machado was exiled = for several years in Nassau, the Bahamas, Montreal, and Bermuda while the = matter of the possibility of his extradition to Cuba was resolved. In 1936, Machado joined his family in New York, and the following year they = moved to Miami Beach. On 29 March 1939, Gerardo Machado passed away. He is = buried in Miami's Woodlawn Cemetery.

The Gerardo Machado y Morales Collection is one of several collections = being made available online as part of the Cuban Heritage Digital Collection. =
To learn more about this project and view other digitized collections, = visit http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/
<http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/> .=20

For more information, contact Project Director Maria R. Estorino at 305-284-5854 or mailto:mestorino@miami.edu <mailto:mestorino@miami.edu> .

Mar=EDa R. Estorino Cuban Heritage Digital Collection University of Miami 305-284-5854 mailto:mestorino@miami.edu

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CUBAN HERITAGE DIGITAL COLLECTION = MAKES AVAILABLE ONLINE THE EXILE PAPERS OF CUBAN PRESIDENT GERARDO = MACHADO 
 April 30, 2002 
 Coral Gables, FL -- The Gerardo = Machado y Morales Collection of the Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) can = now be viewed online at <A = HREF=3D"http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chc0336_main.html"><F= ONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Tahoma">http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chc0336_main.htm= l</A>.  Gerardo Machado = was Cuba's fifth president from 1925 to 1933.  A collection of his = personal materials was donated to the Cuban Heritage Collection in 1992 = by Machado's great-grandson, Francisco X. Santeiro.  The Gerardo = Machado y Morales Collection consists of correspondence, financial = records, speeches, and photographs pertaining primarily to Machado's = exile from Cuba after he was ousted in 1933 and includes the manuscript = of Machado's memoirs, Ocho A=F1os de Lucha, as well as business = records for his various interests, including the Central Carmita.  = The Cuban Heritage Collection of the University of Miami has digitized = this collection and provided online access to it through the Cuban = Heritage Digital Collection Web site with funding from the Institute of = Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Machado's second presidential term = was strife with internal conflict and economic turmoil.  In 1932, = Machado suspended the Constitution, and in 1933, US president Franklin = D. Roosevelt instructed Ambassador Sumner Welles to mediate between = Machado and opposition forces. Welles' efforts failed, a general strike = was called, and on 12 August 1933, Gerardo Machado was forced into = exile.

While his family took refuge in the = United States, Machado was exiled for several years in Nassau, the = Bahamas, Montreal, and Bermuda while the matter of the possibility of = his extradition to Cuba was resolved.  In 1936, Machado joined his = family in New York, and the following year they moved to Miami Beach. = On 29 March 1939, Gerardo Machado passed away. He is buried in Miami's = Woodlawn Cemetery.

The Gerardo Machado y Morales = Collection is one of several collections being made available online as = part of the Cuban Heritage Digital Collection.  To learn more = about this project and view other digitized collections, visit =
<A HREF=3D"http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/">http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/></A><= FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Tahoma">.

For more information, contact Project = Director Maria R. Estorino at 305-284-5854 or <A = HREF=3D"mailto:mailto:mestorino@miami.edu">mailto:mestorino@miami.edu</A>.

Mar=EDa R. Estorino
 Cuban Heritage Digital = Collection
 University of Miami
 305-284-5854
 mailto:mestorino@miami.edu

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