Collection: SC-0249
University Archives and Special Collections
University of Massachusetts Boston
Joseph P. Healey Library
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MANUEL R. GOMEZ CUBAN-AMERICAN COMMITTEE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FUND COLLECTION
1974-1993, bulk 1974-1988
Accession Number: 116-20
Repository: University of Massachusetts Boston. University Archives and Special Collections
Creator: Manuel R. Gomez
Title: Manuel R. Gomez Cuban-American Committee Research and Education Fund collection
Date [inclusive]: 1974-1993, bulk 1974-1988
Extent: .25 linear feet
Language: English and Spanish
Citation: Courtesy of the University Archives and Special Collections Department, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston: Manuel R. Gomez Cuban-American Committee Research and Education Fund collection
Processing Information: Processed by Meghan Bailey in September 2016.
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open for research.
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
The Manuel R. Gomez Cuban-American Committee Research and Education Fund collection was donated to University Archives and Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston on March 24, 2016 by Manuel R. Gomez.
ARRANGEMENT AND PROCESSING NOTES
The original arrangement of folders were retained. Publications are arranged chronologically. Folder titles are created by the archivist.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Manuel R. Gomez came to the United States in 1961. Gomez obtained his undergraduate degree from Harvard in 1969, and his Doctorate in Public Health from Johns Hopkins in 1995. He is a specialist in occupational and environmental health. Gomez served as founder and president of the Cuban-American Committee Research and Education Fund from 1977-1986.
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Cuban-American Committee Research and Education Fund, formally known as the Cuban-American Committee for the Normalization of Relations with Cuba, was a private non-profit organization founded in 1977 to serve Cuban-Americans in Washington D.C. and improve University of Massachusetts Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
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Cuban-American relations. The Cuban-American Committee Research and Education Fund folded in 1988.
The committee published a quarterly newsletter, the U.S.-Cuba Bulletin which was disseminated to Congress, government officials, civic and business leaders, committee sponsors and others. In addition, the committee published occasional in-depth studies of appropriate issues and maintained contact with developments in Washington that affect Cuban-American interests, U.S. Cuba relations, and related matters.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
These records document the work of Manuel R. Gomez as founder and president of the Cuban-American Committee Research and Education Fund from 1977-1986. Materials consist of documents such as meeting minutes, reports, position papers, proposals, speeches, correspondence, notes, pamphlets, flyers, newsletters and magazines. Some of the significant topics and subjects represented in this collection include Cuban politics and government, American politics and government, foreign relations, refugees, Latin America, Cuban Americans, and Hispanic Americans.
CONTAINER LIST
Box 1:
1. Cuban-American Committee documents, circa 1979-1993
Item level list:
1. Cuban-American Committee fold-out brochure, undated
2. Cuban-American Committee Research and Education Fund brochure, undated
3. Cuban-American Committee one-pager with partial list of sponsors, undated
4. Letter to President Carter, 1979 June 26
5. Letter to members recounting visit to Cuba with LULAC leadership, 1984 October 19
6. Movimiento Progresista Cubano-Estrategia y Táctica. Apuntes Preliminares, Manolo Gomez, undated
7. “Cuban-American Committee, A Summary Document,” October 1982
8. Letter to sponsors regarding the first year of committee office in Washington DC., 1984 October 19
9. Position Paper Draft: Cuba. Manuel R. Gomez, Cuban-American Committee, undated
10. Comite-Cubano Americana Pro-Normalización de Relaciones con Cuba. Minutes of Planning Meeting, 1979 February 18
11. “Time for a New Cuba Policy” prepared by Cuban-American Committee, 1982 University of Massachusetts Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
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12. “Cuban-American Committee-The Experience of the First Two Years. Summary of Activities and Brief Critical Review. September 1983 to June 1985,”circa 1985
13. “Statement Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee” by Manuel R. Gomez, President, CubanAmerican Committee for the Normalization of Relations with Cuba, 82 March 11
14. Correspondence with the Democratic National Committee and memorandum to the DNC entitled "Cuban-Americans, Hispanics, and the 1984 Elections, A Memorandum to the Democratic Party and its Presidential Candidate May 23, 1984,” 1984 June 18
15. Copy of 1/4-page notice in Miami Herald announcing delivery of letter with 10,000 Cuban- American signatures, favoring normalization of relations with Cuba, circa 1984
16. Press release regarding delivery of letter to high State Department official
17. Letter to potential sponsors regarding formation of Cuban-American Committee, 1977
18. “Cuban-American: Vote Democratic” by Manuel R. Gomez, President, Cuban-American Committee, 1984 August 22
19. Cuban-American Committee for the Normalization of Relations with Cuba, itinerary, 1979 June
20. Fund-raising letter, 1981 November 6
21. Memo to board of directors regarding formation of the board, 1986 February 28
22. Sample sponsor/contributor form, undated
23. Fund-raising letter, 1984 October 19
24. Fund-raising letter, 1985 August 25
25. Committee Statement about Dialogue of 1978, "Sí al Diálogo"
26. Draft of speech to LULAC general assembly by Manuel R. Gomez, undated
27. “Plan de Lobby/Asunto Radio Marti. Cuban-American Committee,” undated
28. Statement of Manuel R. Gomez, President, Cuban-American Committee on the Cuban-Haitian Adjustment Act of 1984, HR 4853, undated
29. “A Proposal for a Washington Public Education Office, Cuban-American Committee Research and Education Fund,” undated
30. Spanish version of ‘A Proposal for Washington Office of the Cuban-American Committee Research and Education Fund,” undated
31. Letter to members and sponsors announcing $125,000 grant from ARCA foundation, 1988 April 11
32. Sample of fund-raising letter signed by Wayne Smith, with accompanying enclosures, 1986 March 10
33. Press release summarizing results of exit poll among Hispanics in 1984 election, 1984 November 27 University of Massachusetts Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
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34. List of Board of Directors of Cuban-American Committee, circa 1984
35. Assorted committee correspondence, 1984-1993
Publications
2. Joven Cuba magazine, 1974-1976
Item level list
1. Joven Cuba, no. 1 1974 February
2. Joven Cuba, no. 2 1974 May
3. Joven Cuba, no. 3 1975 January
4. Joven Cuba, no. 4 1975 March
5. Joven Cuba, no. 5 1975 October
6. Joven Cuba, no. 6 1976 April
3. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, 1980-1985
Item level list
1. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, vol. 1 no. 1, 1980 November
2. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, no. 2, 1981 March
3. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, no. 3, 1981 October
4. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, no. 4, 1982 April
5. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, no. 5, 1982 August
6. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, vol. 2 no. 1, 1984 January
7. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, vol. 2 no. 2, 1984 May
8. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, vol. 2 no. 3, 1984 November
9. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, vol. 3 no. 1, 1985 February
10. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, vol. 3 no. 2, 1985 June
11. U.S.-Cuba Bulletin, vol. 3 no. 3, 1985 December
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