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American Cuban Estates Corporation Records


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 ACEST

Held at: University College London

Title: American Cuban Estates Corporation Records

Date(s): 1916-1920

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): American Cuban Estates Corporation

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Following the Spanish-American War a treaty (1898) established Cuba as an independent republic, although US military occupation continued until 1902, and subsequently US influence remained strong. US investment in Cuban enterprises increased, and many economic concerns passed to American ownership.

Details of the American Cuban Estates Corporation are not known.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Minutes of meetings of Directors and Stockholders (volume 2), covering the period Febraury 1916 to August 1920.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: for information on Cuban history, http://www.encyclopedia.com; for details of the documents, Access to Archives (A2A): http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Land tenure | Land economics | Agricultural economics
Private enterprises | Enterprises

Personal names

Corporate names
American Cuban Estates Corporation

Places
Cuba | Caribbean