Letters
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Dionisio, Humberto, 1950-1987
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content: Humberto Dionisio papers
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content: Humberto Dionisio papers / Series 1: Humberto Dionisio Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980-1987, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dionhumb, Subseries 1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: In addition to letters from Dionisio's mother, this subseries also contains letters from his grandmother, Nelia Dominguez Saavedra, and his cousin, dancer Zoraida Rodriguez, which were written between Dionisio's departure from Cuba in 1980 and his death in 1987. The letters frequently mention social and political events in Cuba and the envelopes are often decorated with colorful pictures of Cuban writers and political heroes, as well as fauna and flora of the island. Several letters include clippings from Cuban newspapers regarding art exhibitions and films. Letters from Zoraida Rodriguez include clippings and programs of the "Ballet de Camaguey" in which she was one of the principal dancers. Also found here are letters from Zaida Ortega Dominguez addressed to other family members living in Miami. Three letters from Dominguez to Dionisio, dated 1987, were received unopened.