Regino Pedroso Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0106
Scope and Contents
This collection includes drafts of speeches and poetry and letters written by Cuban vanguard poet, Regino Pedroso. Also included are photographs, materials about Pedroso, and a postcard to Pedroso from Langston Hughes.
Dates
- 1931 - 1982
Creator
- Pedroso, Regino, 1898- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
Regino Pedroso was a Cuban poet of African, Asian, and caucasian ancestry who won the country’s national poetry prize in 1939. Pedroso was born in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1896. He was self-educated and worked in sugar mills and as a blacksmith, carpenter, and mechanic before gaining recognition for his literary talents. He moved into journalistic work with Cuban newspapers including La Palabra, Ahora, La Prensa, and Masa, after 1918. He was briefly imprisoned along with other contributors to La Masa, in 1935. After the Cuban Revolution, he filled diplomatic posts in both Mexico and China. His poetry is known for its social content.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet (1 half document case)
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
- Cuban poetry -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuban poetry -- Black authors Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pedroso, Regino, 1898- -- Poems -- Selections
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Poetry Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Political poetry, Cuban Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postcards Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Speeches (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Typescripts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Creator
- Pedroso, Regino, 1898- (Person)
- Author
- Erika Hosselkus
- Date
- March 31, 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository