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Ivor L. Miller Papers, 1900-2005 (Bulk: 1990-2005)
2 records storage boxes, 12 tape storage boxes, 1 archives box, 1 oversize flat box, 1 wrapped package, 6 record album storage boxes (11.5 linear ft.)

Abstract:
Research materials documenting the scholarly work of Ivor L. Miller in cultural studies on graffiti writers for his 2002 book Aerosol Kingdom: Subway Painters of New York City, and the cultural relationships of West Africa and its Diaspora in the Americas, particularly Cuba. Especially significant is a collection of over 200 LP music recordings produced in Cuba and largely unavailable elsewhere.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

Portions of the Ivor Miller Papers are restricted for research use as indicated in the finding aid. Particularly fragile items may also be restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the Ivor Miller Papers should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Biographical Note

Dr. Ivor L. Miller is a cultural historian specializing in the African Diaspora in the Caribbean and the Americas. He is a graduate of Hampshire College (B.A., 1985), Yale University (M.A., African American Studies) and Northwestern University (Ph.D, 1995). He has been a Scholar in Residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, at the Institute for Research in the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC) at the City College of New York, and a Visiting Professor at the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul University. Dr. Miller was a Copeland Fellow at Amherst College in 2002. His 1995 doctoral dissertation was a study of the Santería religion in Cuban society and its influences in the U.S. He has traveled extensively in West Africa, South America and the Caribbean, particularly in Cuba, where he did research in 2001-2002, conducting interviews, recording video and taking photographs. In addition to numerous articles in scholarly journals, Dr. Miller's publications include Ifá Will Mend Our Broken World: Thoughts on Yorùbá Religion and Culture in Africa and the Diaspora with Dr. Wande Abimbola (AIM, 1997), and Aerosol Kingdom: Subway Painters of New York City (University Press of Mississippi, 2002).

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection consists of research notes, audio and video recordings (including some transcripts), photographs, articles and other materials documenting the scholarly work of Ivor L. Miller in cultural studies on graffiti "writers" (for his 2002 book Aerosol Kingdom: Subway Painters of New York City), and the cultural relationships of West Africa and its Diaspora in the Americas, particularly Cuba. Especially significant is a collection of over 200 LP music recordings produced in Cuba and largely unavailable elsewhere.


Information on Use
Terms of Access and Use
Restrictions on access:

Portions of the Ivor Miller Papers are restricted for research use as indicated in the finding aid. Particularly fragile items may also be restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the Ivor Miller Papers should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Ivor L. Miller Papers [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.

History of the Collection

The collection has developed incrementally through donations by Ivor Miller over the years 2002-2006.

Processing Information

Much of the information in this finding aid comes from notes written by Ivor Miller himself at the time of donation. Most of the digital copying of audio and video recordings to DVD or CD-R was done by Ivor Miller.


Additional Information
Contact Information
Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

Phone: (413) 542-2299
Fax: (413) 542-2692

Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/info/askus.html
URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives

Language
English and Spanish
History of the Papers and Their Organization

The collection has developed incrementally through donations by Ivor Miller over the years 2002-2006. Future additions are expected. Much of the information in this finding aid comes from notes written by Ivor Miller himself at the time of donation. Most of the digital copying of audio and video recordings to DVD or CD-R was done by Ivor Miller.

Contents List
Series 1: Aerosol Kingdom: Subway Painters of New York City
1974-2005 (bulk 1990-2003)


Includes correspondence, interview transcripts, notes, draft manuscripts, photographs, illustrations, promotional materials, reviews and other material related to Miller's 2002 book. (See also Series 3 for original audiotape interviews of many of the graffiti "writers" featured in the book.) This series is largely unsorted.

Transcripts from first interviews
1988-1990

Box 1: folder 1
Transcripts from latest interviews
1999-2001

Box 1: folder 2
Draft manuscript of Aerosol Kingdom
1992 Sep

Box 1: folder 3
Draft manuscript of Aerosol Kingdom
1996 November

Box 1: folder 4
Draft manuscript of Aerosol Kingdom
2001 June 6

Box 1: folder 5
Draft manuscript of Aerosol Kingdom, (early proof copy from the University Press of Mississippi).
2001 fall

Box 1: folder 6
2nd galley proof of Aerosol Kingdom
2002

Box OS-1: folder 1
Illustrations used in the book
n.d.

Box OS-1: folder 2
Correspondence relating to Aerosol Kingdom
2001

Box 1: folder 7
Offprints of articles
1990-1996

Box 1: folder 8
Catalogs of graffiti art exhibits at Sidney Januaryis (110 W 57th Street, New York)
1984

Box 1: folder 9
Promotional materials for Aerosol Kingdom: Voices of Original Subway Painters of New York City
1992-2003

Box 1: folder 10
Art show catalogs and article
ca. 1981-1987

Box 1: folder 11
Papers and photos from Iz the Wiz
ca. 1983-2000

Box 1: folder 12
Graffiti art by Carlos Rodriguez (digital images on 2 CD-ROMs plus contents of both disks on 1 backup CD-ROM; all images printed out on paper)
ca. 2002

Box 1: folder 13
Email correspondence with DASH, Phase 2, Mico, Ted Sammons, Schmidlapp, TATS Cru, and West, related to my essay "Notes from the Underground" and my Graffiti Entry in Ilan Stavan's Latino Encyclopedia.
2003

Box 1: folder 14
Miscellaneous oversize printed matter:
Issue of Vibe magazine with article by Phase 2 about his art form (1994 October);
"Daze & Crash: New Works" (poster, 1990);
"Presentation of New York Subway Graffiti with Slides and Commentary." Speakers: Joel S. Feiner, Stephan Marc Klein (poster, 1975);
"Yale Throw Down" lecture series (flyer, 1990):
"International Get Hip Times", solicitation for advertisements;
"Stoopid Fresh: Queens & Hip-Hop Culture," poster, 1989;
"A Forum on Aerosol Art," presentation of Aerosol Kingdom at DePaul University (flyer, 2003);
1989-2003

Box OS-1: folder 3
Book, The Faith of Graffiti, by Norman Mailer.
1974

Box OS-1: folder 4
Post-Aerosol Kingdom publications
2004

Box 1: folder 15
Postcards of exhibitions
n.d.

Box 1: folder 16
Misc. photographs
n.d.

Box 1: folder 17
James Top: photographs, bio, posters and pictures
n.d.

Box 1: folder 18
Duro: pictures
n.d.

Box 1: folder 19
Correspondence with Blade (letter + photo)
n.d.

Box 1: folder 20
Correspondence: A-1 (Alan Fleisher)
n.d.

Box 1: folder 21
Correspondence: [PHASE 2, identified by a heart-sign]
n.d.

Box 1: folder 22
Correspondence: Mare 139
n.d.

Box 1: folder 23
Card from Aerosol Kingdom book party at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in NYC, May 2003. Also, email from Rammellzee with his comments on his representation in Aerosol Kingdom.
2003

Box 1: folder 24
Cards, advertisements and correspondence from Aerosol Kingdom book party at New York University in NYC, November 2002.
2002

Box 1: folder 25
A series of posters, postcards, photographs of artists' shows, painted subway cars from NYC, and images used in the book Aerosol Kingdom [includes two photos of Doze paintings]
2002

Box 1: folder 26
Mentions and reviews of Aerosol Kingdom in the LA Times, and a Hip Hop zine.
2003

Box 1: folder 27
Copy of a 1975 cartoon by Vaughn Bode in National Lampoon
2001

Box 1: folder 28
Copies of handwritten letters from Norman Mailer, Harold Courlander, Archie Green, Sandra Barnes, Rowland Abiodun, Phase 2, Coco 144
1990-1996

Box 2: folder 1
Manuscript copy of Ezo's "Urban Expressionism Manifesto"
n.d.

Box 2: folder 2
E-mail correspondence with Afrika Bambaata, Lady Pink, and Cey Adams
2001

Box 2: folder 3
Miscellaneous newspaper articles related to graffiti culture
2004-

Box 2: folder 4
Negatives and Contact sheets of photographs from the book party at NYU. Photographer Gyasi Gillespie.
Roll: 15460: 1-3 David Schmidlapp; 4-5 Schmidlapp & Vulcan; 6-7 Vulcan; 8-12 audience; 13-15 James Topp; 16-18 audience; 19 J. Topp; 20 Daze; 21-22 audience; 23 Duro, Miller, Nic-1, 24-25 Vulcan, 26-30 audience; 31-32 Duro.
Roll 15209: 3 Futura, 4 Lee, 5 Nic & Daze, 6-15 audience; 16 Futura & Daze; 17-18 Futura, Daze, Lee, unknown, Lady Pink, Charlie Ahearn; 19 audience; 20 Futura; 21 Ahearn; 22-23 audience; 24-25 Mantia Diawara; 26-29 C. Daniel Dawson; 31-35 Miller.
Roll 15208: 3-4 Lee; 9 Lady Pink & Phase 2; 17 Futura; 19 Vulcan.
Roll 15462: 14 Tracy 168; 15-16 Futura; 23 Duro; 25 Duro; 27-28 Jill Cutler, Futura & Nic-1.
Roll 15210: 4 Lady Pink; 5 Phase 2 & Daze; 6 Lee, Ahearn & Schmidlapp; 7 Miller; 9-11 Futura.
Roll 15459: 2 Phase 2; 7 Lee; 8 Ahearn; 11 Phase 2; 22 Futura.
Roll 15461: 3-4 Miller & Duro; 5 Ahearn; 8-11 Dawson; 12-13 Miller; 14-19 Ahearn; 35-36 Vulcan.
2002

Box OS-1: folder 3
Aerosol Kingdom release, New York University (poster)
[2002] Nov 22

Box MC6: folder 14
"Creolizing for Survival in the City" by Ivor Miller. Cultural Critique 27, Spring 1994
1994

Box 2: folder 5
Crash / bringing it to the massesâ / 1978-2003 - a collection of installations, paintings, and drawings spanning three decades (booklet)
[2003]

Box 2: folder 6
Series 2: Research Materials on Cuba and Abakuá Society
1900-2006 (bulk 1975-2005)


This series consists of a variety of research materials related to Miller's study of the linguistic, musical, and religious influence of West African Ékpè society (predominantly in Nigeria and Cameroon) on the Cuban Abakuá Society, which was founded in 1830. (See also Series 3 for original audio and video interviews related to this research.) This series is largely unsorted.

Authorizations for Santería ceremonies during the Cuban RevolutionContains official permission slips from the PNR (Revolutionary National Police). These were applied for by leaders of Santería communities in Cuba in order to hold authorized Santería ceremonies during the Cuban Revolution. I collected these during the course of my dissertation research from people I interviewed.

Contents as described by Ivor Miller in 2003:

1) Permission for a Santería initiation on 17 October. 1987 in Parraga, on the outskirts of Havana, Francisca Lopez Zaldivar being the applicant. [I used her testimony in my article "Religious Symbolism in Cuban Politics", TDR.]

2) Permission for a "religious feast" in October 1989 in Jovallanos, Matanzas, Saturnina Angarica Solar being the applicant. The feast included rum playing, and the sacrifice of goats and rams. [I am writing a book about this family, very famous in Cuban Santería traditions].

3) Permission for a Santería ceremony called Lucumi food for the saint, meaning animal sacrifice, in 15 April 1975, Francisca Lopez Zaldivar being the applicant.

4) Permission for a "traditional feast" in October 1988 in Jovallanos, Matanzas, Saturnina Angarica Solar being the applicant. Note that for the second feast on 23 October, 500 people are expected. I have a video of one of these ceremonies in the collection.

5) Permission for a Santería initiation of two people in July 1987 in Carlos Rojas, Matanzas, Saturnina Angarica Solar being the applicant. The ceremony included the sacrifice of animals with four legs, birds, and drumming.

6) Permission for a "Güiro playing ceremony" on 28 December 1988 in Parraga, on the outskirts of Havana, Francisca Lopez Zaldivar being the applicant. Güiro is a calabash gourd, dried and hollowed, with beads around it for sound. It is a sacred santería instrument mythically associated with Ochún, Yoruba goddess of sweet water, love, beauty.
1975-1989

Box 2: folder 7
DePaul University conference organized by I. Miller: "Recreating Africa in the Americas": review
2003

Box 2: folder 8
DePaul University conference: "Recreating Africa in the Americas": poster for conference
2003 Apr

Box OS-1: folder 5
"No More Carnivals: Cuba's Struggle to survive its economic crisis." Article by Ivor Miller in International Forum at Yale (vol. 12, no. 1).
1992 Spring

Box 2: folder 9
"Obras de fundación: la Sociedad Abakuá en los años 90." Article by Ivor Miller in Caminos (nos. 13-14, 1999).
1998 Jun

Box 2: folder 10
"Celina González: Queen of the Punta Cubano." Article by Ivor Miller in The Beat (vol. 13, no. 2).
1994

Box 2: folder 11
Two publications featuring interviews by Ivor Miller: (1) "Celina González: Queen of the Punta Cubano," in Lucero, vol. 5, 1994. (2) The Singer as Priestess: Interviews with Celina González and Merceditas Vald©s," in Sounding Off! Music as Subversion/Resistance/Revolution, 1995.
1994-1995

Box 2: folder 12
Materials related to Ivor Miller's 2004-2005 trip to Nigeria, accompanied by two Cuban Abakuá:

One copy of MOFINews, published by the Minister of Finance, Cross River State, Nigeria, with a photo of the two Cubans during the Christmas Celebrations, p. 36.

One copy of Insider News, published in Lagos, with an essay citing Ivor Miller, regarding British art historian Keith Nicklin, whose memorial statue was erected at the Oron Museum.

One copy of the Saturday Sun, vol. 2, no. 92, October 16, 2004, with a photo of Ivor Miller as an Ekpe chief. The article is an interview with Etubom Bassey Ekpo Bassey, journalist, and head of a Calabar lodge that initiated Miller.

One copy of the Weekend Chronicle of Calabar, Saturday, February 26, 2005, announcing the proposed visit of a Cuban Abakua, claiming to be Obong (paramount ruler) of Cuba, p. 1-2.

Four letters from Ivor Miller regarding the trip: to the Governor of Cross River State (March 1 and March 10); the Minister of Culture, Nigeria (March 14); the Head of UNESCO, Nigeria (March 14).

Letter to the Governor of Cross River State reviewing Miller's activities in Nigeria with the two Cubans (January 29, 2005).

Program from the Governor's office, Cross River State, about the Cuban participation on December 20, 2004.

"How I went to Calabar and became an Ekpe Ambassador to the Cuban Abakuá Brotherhood." Article by Ivor Miller in WARA Newsletter (Newsletter of the West African Research Association), Spring 2005.
2003-2005

Box 2: folder 13
"Los Ñáñigos, cómo nacieron, su objeto, sus ceremonias" by Domingo Blanco. In: Alrededor del Mundo (Reproduced as two frames on a microfilm strip). Rare article on Abakua, found in the archives of the Auyntamiento de Madrid, Spain.
1900

Box 2: folder 14
Typescript (incomplete) of "Histories of Abakuá Society: As Narrated by Cuban Carabali©s to Ivor Miller" by Ivor Miller. ACCESS RESTRICTED
1994

Box 2: folder 15
"Jesús P©rez and the Transformation of the Cuban Batá Drum" by Ivor Miller. Dialogo
2003 Spring

Box 2: folder 16
Photograph of musicians at the Cabaret San Souci, Havana (Jesús P©rez)
ca. 1955-1956

Box 2: folder 17
"The Formation of African Identities in the Americas: Spiritual 'Ethnicity'" by Ivor Miller. Contours 2:2.
2004 Fall

Box 2: folder 18
REGI Radio interview: Ivor Miller speaks with host Eugene Godfried on the truth of this African and Cuban movement and its revolutionary role in the process of declining slavery, slave trade, and colonialist domination. MP3 recording on CD; also available through www.regiradio.org.
2006 Dec 14

Box 2: folder 19
Series 3: Audio and Video Recordings
1991-2003


More than 400 recordings of interviews and music by Ivor Miller in Africa, Cuba and the United States. The majority are on audiocassette, but there are also several videotapes, most of which have also been copied as DVDs. NOTE: videotapes and DVDs may be viewed but not reproduced.) The recordings are interviews with Afro-Cuban research subjects, Cuban music, as well as interviews with graffiti artists for his book Aerosol Kingdom. The tapes are not arranged in any consistent order.

Pedro Ibañez, administrator of Septeto Habanero
1996 Mar 1

Box T1: folder 01
Pedro Ibañez #2. Angelito Puey. "El chino" Puey. Ifa Abakuá.
1996 Mar 1

Box T1: folder 02
Vitier, Sergio and Rogelio M - Fure. Live, Vedado, Cuba. Nov 95 master.
1995 Nov 15

Box T1: folder 03
"Chacho", leading Santería priest.
1993 Jun 27

Box T1: folder 04
Chacho, 'Ochún Funk©' (Santería name). Tape 2
1993 Jun 27

Box T1: folder 05
Ortiz, Tereza 'Awo Sede' (Santería name). Dissertation Research. Includes a diloggun (cowrie shell) divination session with Omí Laibo, son of Yemayá.
1993 Jun 14

Box T1: folder 06
Tereza, María
1995 Nov 18

Box T1: folder 07
Rodriguez, Santiago, interview at his house.
1995 Oct 30

Box T1: folder 08
Rodriguez, Santiago, at his house with Michael.
1995 May 14

Box T1: folder 09
Pedrito Ibañez and Juanillo Febles.
1996 Apr 28

Box T1: folder 10
Sanchez, Luis (Palo).
1995 Dec 7

Box T1: folder 11
Pedroso, Amelia; Cardinas, Ricardo Caraballo
1995 Nov 10

Box T1: folder 12
Sanchez, Luis Iglesia (Tape 2)
1994 Jul 19

Box T1: folder 13
Gonzalez, Noel and BeJunecal.
1994 Dec 24

Box T1: folder 14
Luisa (Jesus Perez); Panchita
1995 Jul 17-18

Box T1: folder 15
Chocolate
1995 May 30

Box T1: folder 16
Bolivar, Natalia. Cuban folklorist, specialist in African-derived religion.
1993 Jun 15

Box T1: folder 17
Cosme/museo de Regla. Sr. Cosme spoke of the history of Regla. Informative, but consider that his main interest is business, not ideas.
1995 Jul 22

Box T1: folder 18
Diss. Research. Authoritative Santería leader, claims to have known babalawo who gave Fidel Castro initiation.
1995 Jul 13

Box T1: folder 19
Saez, Rejino Jiminez
1994 Dec 27

Box T1: folder 20
Yerbero en Havana vieja, Rosa "la yerbera" and then her son in law. During the crisis of the Special Period, many Cubans went to "green medicine" for cures. These are commonly based upon use of herbs derived from African inheritance in Santeria and Palo Monte.
1993 Jun 28

Box T1: folder 21
Pedro, Alberto; Fine, Rogelio Martinez
1995 Nov 10

Box T1: folder 22
Villamil, Oswaldo (Matanzas, Cuba)
1993 Jun 20

Box T1: folder 23
Panchita - Francisca Lopez Zaldivar "Ewilli Mi" (Santeria name), recorded in her home (Parraga, Habana). Tape 1.
1993 Aug 11

Box T1: folder 24
Gordillo
1994 Oct 29

Box T1: folder 25
Vitier, Sergio
1995 Mar 14

Box T1: folder 26
Frometa, Hilda (5 minutes). Romeros, Kuky (Chicago). Knew former President F. Batista and his madrina. Romero was part of a Chicago Santeria community with a strong trans-sexual presence. Dissertation research.
1994 Jul 26

Box T1: folder 27
Benítez-Rojo, Antonio (Amherst, Mass.). Recollections of Revolutionary leaders and their participation in African-derived spiritual practices. Dissertation research.
1994 Nov 25

Box T1: folder 28
Herrera, Evaristo Falcon. Rebel with Fidel. Fought with Casto in the Sierra Maestra.
1994 Apr 3

Box T1: folder 29
Pedro, Alberto. Side a: Teatro de Nada. Side b: The creation of the ConJuneto Folklorico Nacional.
1993 Jun 18

Box T1: folder 30
Pedro, Alberto. Cuban dramaturge, a descendant of Africans, speaks of religion and theater.
1993 Jun 18

Box T1: folder 31
Febles, Juanito
1995 Mar 14

Box T1: folder 32
Avila, Pedro Delfin Hernández. History of religious violin. Brindis de Salas, NY mambo.
1995 Mar 19

Box T1: folder 33
Sanchez, Maria, and Lazaro Zulueta.
1994 Jun 25

Box T1: folder 34
Zaldivar, Francisca Lopez (1993 Aug 11). Tape 2. Maria de los Angeles (La China). Claims to be a descendant of a "Toruba prince" who had Chango made in Cienfuegos. This is a real historical figure.
1993 Aug 11

Box T1: folder 35
Febles, Euseria (Juan).
1994 Jun 23

Box T1: folder 36
Febles, Ramoncito.
1995 Mar 19

Box T2: folder 37
Ortiz, Manuel. Oni Chango. Ahijado de Tata Gaitan; Father of Tere Ortiz; 76 years old. This is a famous character in Havana Santeria ceremonies, known as "Changó platano", because each time he was 'mounted' by Changó, he would dance for hours with a huge branch of green plantains on his head. Ortiz's family is central to Santeria practice in Havana.
1993 Aug 24

Box T2: folder 38
Jimenez, Regino.
1995 Nov 10

Box T2: folder 39
Sanchez, Luis and Gustavo Díaz Físs.
1996 Jan 11

Box T2: folder 40
Jimenez, Marina Mesa. Widow of Blayo, an important babalawo who greeted the Ooni of Ife in 1987 during his to Havana, and who documented an unpublished history of Ifa in Cuba.
1995 Nov 16

Box T2: folder 41
Mariá Teresa Lináres, musicologist
1995 Nov 18

Box T2: folder 41
Jimenez, Regino; Jesus Perez, revision of earlier interview.
1996 May 3

Box T2: folder 42
Roberto Yeyo de Bejucal.
1994 Dec 24

Box T2: folder 43
Merrera, Zeida.
1995 Jul 19

Box T2: folder 44
Hernandez, Pedro
1995 Jul 17

Box T2: folder 45
Robaina, Tomas Fernandez. 'Ogun Foyu' is his Santeria name. Son of Ogun. Author and Bibliographer at the National Library.
1993 Mar 25

Box T2: folder 46
Fernandez, Tomas. Gays in Santeria.
1993 Dec 12

Box T2: folder 47
Daubar, Edmundo. My neighbor in barrio de Colon, director of the Casa de Tango. Carlos Gardel was his 'patron saint.' He had a gift for word play.
1993 Dec 27

Box T2: folder 48
Flores, Andres Casanova.
1994 Jun 17

Box T2: folder 49
Flores, Andres Casanova. (Tape 3)
1994 Jun 17

Box T2: folder 50
Flores, Andres Casanova (June 17). (Tape 4). Flores, Andres Casanova (June 20).
1994 Jun 17-20

Box T2: folder 51
Flores, Andres Casanova. (Tape 5)
1994 Jul 27

Box T2: folder 52
Flores, Andres Casanova. (Tape 6)
1994 Jun 27

Box T2: folder 53
Flores, Andres Casanova. (Tape 7).
1994 Jun 27, 30

Box T2: folder 54
Flores, Andres Casanova. (Tape 8)
1994 Jun 30

Box T2: folder 55
Flores, Andres Casanova (in Abakuá).
1993 Jul 31

Box T2: folder 56
Flores, Andres Casanova. Prison with Fidel. (August 2). La Muñeca Fabiana (Aug 19). (Tape 2)
1993 Aug 2

Box T2: folder 57
Flores, Andres Casanova. Tape in conjunction with 8mm video.
1993 Aug 31

Box T2: folder 58
Flores, Andres Casanova (Tape 4). In Abakuá.
1994 Oct 20

Box T2: folder 59
Flores, Andres Casanova. (Tape 4)
1994 Dec 27

Box T2: folder 60
Flores, Andres Casanova. La China (family of Andres).
1994 Oct 26

Box T2: folder 61
Flores, Andres Casanova (Tape 1).
1994 Oct 19, 20

Box T2: folder 62
Flores, Andres Casanova (Tape 2).
1994 Oct 29

Box T2: folder 63
Flores, Andres Casanova (Tape 1).
1995 Mar 9

Box T2: folder 64
Flores, Andres Casanova (Tape 2).
1995 Mar 9

Box T2: folder 65
Soto, Andres (Dec 23) (Tape 2). Flores, Andres Casanova (Dec 26) (Tape 3)
1994 Dec 23, 26

Box T2: folder 66
Flores, Andres Casanova (Dec 20). Soto, Andres (Dec 21). (Tape 2)
1994 Dec 20, 21

Box T2: folder 67
Flores, Andres Casanova.
1994 Jul 12

Box T2: folder 68
Soto, Andres Casanova (Tape 1).
1994 Dec 15

Box T2: folder 69
Perez, Eduardo Sanchez; Elsa and Kimani Perez Garcia.
1994 Dec 23

Box T2: folder 70
Luisa (Tape 1). Oni Yemaya (wife of Jesus Perez) founder of Conjunto Folklórico.
1995 Mar 20

Box T2: folder 71
García, Daniel Escudero, on Jesus Perez in Africa.
1995 Mar 14

Box T2: folder 72
Rodriguez, Nancy, on Jesus Perez. Corona, Esperanza O.
1994 Dec 21

Box T3: folder 73
Luisa (Mar 20) (Tape 2). Rogelio and Isabel (Tape 2), on Jesus Perez. (Mar 21)
1995 Mar 20-21

Box T3: folder 74
Ros, Lazaro.
1995 Nov 17

Box T3: folder 75
Fur©, Rogelio (Mar 18) (Tape 2). Rogelio and Isabel (Mar 21) (Tape 1).
1995 Mar 18-21

Box T3: folder 76
Gonzalez, Noel. (Mar 17). Fuke, Rogelio (Mar 18).
1998 Mar 17-18

Box T3: folder 77
Jímenez, Rejino (Tape 2). History of batá.
1995 Jul 15

Box T3: folder 78
Jímenez, Rejino (Tape 3).
1995 Jul 16

Box T3: folder 79
Villamil, Oswaldo (Tape 1). Chacha.
1993 Jun 20

Box T3: folder 80
Valdez, Merceditas.
1993 Jul 30, Aug 4

Box T3: folder 81
Barona, Juan. History of Charangas (Bejucal, Cuba).
1993 Dec 10

Box T3: folder 82
Gladys and Gordillo. Yeyo de Bejucal. On their art.
1994 Jun 29

Box T3: folder 83
Cordouí, Angel Roberto Puey.
1996 Mar 3

Box T3: folder 84
Diaz, Tito. In Abakuá. Equis, Carlos "Quinto" (Chicago).
1994 Jul 6

Box T3: folder 85
Villamil, Oswaldo (Tape 1). Cha-Cha. (Mantanza, Cuba).
1993 Jun 20

Box T3: folder 86
Vasecouselo, Aristides.
1995 Jul 23

Box T3: folder 87
Sede, Awo. Interview with Teresa Ortiz, and her friend Sol. Dissertation research. (Havana)
1993 Jun 9

Box T3: folder 88
Iglesia, Luis Sanchez (n.d.) (Tape 1). Mayombero (1994 Jun 19)
1994 Jun 19, n.d.

Box T3: folder 89
Santero, NYC. Recorded in the home of Felipe Villamil in Bronx. Miguel Piaz del Nodal, a santero in NYC, b. 1926, remembers white Cubans who secretly believed in the African-derived traditions of Cuba. Appears not to have been transcribed.
1993 Jul 8

Box T3: folder 90
Alsar, Juan Carlos. Día de Elegua. Sr. Alsar is a painter focused on Cuban spiritual themes. He migrated to Miami in the 1990s (Havana).
1993 Jun 13

Box T3: folder 91
Gonzalez, Eladio "El Chino." Recorded in his Chicago apartment. An artist, known for his bronze sculptures, originally from Matanzas.
1994 Jul 13

Box T3: folder 92
Namer, Janet. "Obba ylory" (Santeria name). A "daughter" of Changó, Janet grew up in Havana, and always wanted a sex change, which is not done in Cuba. Only after migration to the USA, and after receiving Permission through divination with Changó, was Janet allowed to have the operation.
1994 Jul 22

Box T3: folder 93
Namer, Janet (Chicago).
1994 Jul 9

Box T3: folder 94
Hans, Pedro "Obeyona" (Havana).
1993 Jul 28

Box T3: folder 95
Díaz, Pedro. Father of my former wife. Died in 2002, Tampa Fla. Of Puerto Rican heritage, lived in Guantanamo, Cuba all his life until migrating to the USA in the 1990s. Speaks about the rebel tradition in Oriente, Cuba.
1993 Aug 20

Box T3: folder 96
Febles, Juan (Tape 2).
1995 Jul 19

Box T3: folder 97
Febles, Juan.
1995 Jul 20

Box T3: folder 98
Peñalber, Luis and Alfredo. (Miami)
1994 Sep 23

Box T3: folder 99
Leon, Rosa Diaz. Rosa "la yerbera" of old Havana, speaks of herbal practices and African spirituality (1993 Aug 1). Zoila Lapique Becali. Musicologist with important publications (1993 Aug 6).
1993 Aug 1, 6

Box T3: folder 100
Jimenez, Olga Susana Moret - la Tamalera. Olga is a legendary figure in Havana, because of a song about her called "olga la tamalera" (1993 Aug 18). She is a priestess of Oya, and speaks of her ancestry. (Years later, I learned that another woman, claiming to be the "real" Olga la tamalera, lives in barrio de Atares.) Diaz, Pedro (1993 Aug 20).
1993 Aug 18, 20

Box T3: folder 101
Argudín, Reinaldo Blayó. (Havana)
1993 August 5

Box T3: folder 102
Ofarri, Filiberto and Fran "Obeche" Cabrera (Tape 1).
1993 June 16

Box T3: folder 103
Robelio "Yeyo" (Bejucal).
1994 October 17

Box T3: folder 104
Alfredo "Chocolate" (NYC).
1995 Feb 26

Box T3: folder 105
Rivarta, Teresa Aredondo 91996 May 2). Mora, Francisco Hernandez "Panchu Quinto" (1996 May 9).
1996 May 2, 9

Box T3: folder 106
Johnson, Enrique Sosa. "Ago Sede" Santería name. Padrino of Natalia Bolivar. (Havana)
1993 Jul 30

Box T3: folder 107
Johnson, Enrique Sosa (Tape 2). Mosquera, Gerardo (n.d.). Leading Cuban art critic, speaks of African influence in Cuban art.
1993 Jul 30

Box T3: folder 108
Villamil, Oswaldo (Tape 1). Matanzas Family Lineage.
1993 Aug 22

Box T4: folder 109
Villamil, Oswaldo (Tape 2).
1993 Aug 22

Box T4: folder 110
Angarica, Eulalia T. From Carlos Rojas, Matanzas Province, from the known Angarica family. 82 years old. Lives in Havana.
1993 Aug 9

Box T4: folder 111
Maria de Los Angeles.
1993 Aug 25

Box T4: folder 112
Iglesia, Luis Sanchez (Tape 3).
1994 Jun 27

Box T4: folder 113
Rodriguez, Santiago
1996 Jan 11

Box T4: folder 114
Sanchez, Eduardo and Paloma, spoke of Celia Sanchez, revolutionary leader, of whom both were adopted children. Dissertation research.
1993 Dec 18

Box T4: folder 115
Sanchez, Eduardo and Paloma. Paloma Vissot Cuevas, santera. Eduardo Sanchez Perez. Dissertation research.
1993 Dec 18

Box T4: folder 116
Granados, Dr. Alvaro H. Castellanos and Dr. Julio V. Casa Viqueira. Two doctors who spoke about current use of green medicine in response to economic crisis. Alvaro was from Colombia and in Cuba from training.
1993 Dec 14

Box T4: folder 117
Gabey, Sergio. Family doctor of my wife's barrio.
1993 Dec 18

Box T4: folder 118
Gonzalez, Celina (Tape 1). Interview at her house, La Lisa, Habana, Cuba.
1993 Dec 14

Box T4: folder 119
Maria de Los Angeles Sierra (La China) (Tape 2). The Yoruba King, ancestor of Omikaubo.
1993 Aug 8

Box T4: folder 120
López, Robelio Per©z. Bejucal Charranga [?] drummer at Bejucal Omo Ogun.
1993 Dec 17

Box T4: folder 121
Per©z, Robelio "Yeyo" and Cabildo (Tape 2). Cabildo de Bejucal.
1993 Dec 23

Box T4: folder 122
Angarica, Mallito.
1993 Aug 29

Box T4: folder 123
Riaño, Caridad "Omo Elegua" (1993 Jan 18). Martinez, Michel Angel (1993 Mar 17). 60 years old. First interviews, conducted with members of my Lukumi Il© in Havana.
1993 Jan-Mar

Box T4: folder 124
Irakere Gala (Rap group). Karl Marx Theater. Orchestra Aragon. Carnival Rhythm. Ochun, Guiro (Havana, 1991 Aug 8).Aldama, Richardo. Batalero, with the sons of Jesus Perez. (n.d.) Sintesis en vivo. Karl Marx theater (1991 Aug 8).
1991 Aug 1, 8, n.d.

Box T4: folder 125
Music for Ochún. Cumpleaños of seating of Ochun for Caridad, a santera in Luyano, Havana. Two violins, conga, guitar, voice. Elegba, instrumental, ochun, Yemaya, bolero, shango. (Havana).
1991 Mar 15

Box T4: folder 126
Las Aguilas Yorubas. Ceremonial group with Juan Febles.
n.d.

Box T4: folder 127
Las Aguilas Yorubas. Barrio Puentes Grandes, Havana. Violin for Obatala, birthday of Nena. Pablo Aguila (violin, Director), Felipe Oliva (violin), Pedro Ibañez (guitar), Jorge Eliezer Perdomo (tumbadora), Jorge Febles (guiro), Alfredo Saint-Ives Morgan (soloist).
1994 Jun 18

Box T4: folder 128
Creole songs, to Ochun and Chango.
n.d.

Box T4: folder 129
The children of Jesus Perez. Tambor Havana presentation to the Tambors. Original.
1991 Jun 22

Box T4: folder 130
Yoruba and Palo, songs for a santera. Marcimina Fresneda and Serapido Collado, songs of Lucumi and Palo. Elegua, Ochun, Aganyu. (Parraga, Havana, 1991 Mar 6). Lazaro Ros in concert with Natalia Bolivar. Birthday of Leandro Alvarey Boza. (Regla, Havana, 1991 Mar 8).
1991 Mar 6, 8

Box T4: folder 131
Fantoma, Julio Suarez (singer). Toque santo for Elegba. Chacha - batalero (Matanzas, Cuba, 1991 Mar 10). Muñequitos (little dolls) de Matanzas. In concert for tourists. Abakua; my friend Julian. Played for Elegba. Samba/Rumba. (Varadero, Cuba, 1991 Mar 11)
1991 Mar 10-11

Box T4: folder 132
Chacha, Yoruba songs in Matanzas (1991 Mar 11). Chacha speaks and sings in Yoruba to Rowland Abiodun and sings to Ochun, Ogun, Egun in the memory of painter Juan Boza. Muñequitos (little dolls) of Matanzas. (Guaguancó, Colombia, 1991 Mar 12)
1991 Mar 11-12

Box T4: folder 133
Wemilere, Lucumí (Tape 2). Ochun, Yemaya, Chango, Ogun, Oya, Yemaya. (Vedado, Havana)
1991 Mar 3

Box T4: folder 134
Wemilere, Lucumi (Tape 1). Toque para Ochun. Presenting Yabos (iyawos) to the bata drums. Ceremony by the prima de los Jimaguas, the Ortiz family (Teresa Ortiz).
1991 Mar 3

Box T4: folder 135
Orchestra Aragon. Muñequitos de Matanzas. In concert, side B has better sound.
1991 Mar 9

Box T4: folder 136
Hijos de Jesus Perez original. Havana vieja original. Toque, Para Elegua
1991 Jun 26

Box T4: folder 137
Valdes, Chucho. Visit to the Bronx. Chocolate on trumpet.
1995 Oct 16

Box T4: folder 138
Charranga Habanera (master tapes #2). A popular music group that was banned for many months in the 1990s due to lyrics related to drugs and other illicit activities.
n.d.

Box T4: folder 139
Irakere con invitados, en vivo! Teatro America (Havana). Irakere, Paulito y su elite. The girls of Chucho. Adalberto and his son. Maria Caridad Valdes with Irakere (Chuchu's sister). Charranga Habanera.
1994 Dec 14

Box T4: folder 140
Villamil, Felipe (Tape 1). Toque Palo. Day after a Palo Monte initiation ceremony. (Bronx, NY)
1993 Jul 9

Box T4: folder 141
Villiamil, Felipe (Tape 2). Toque Palo.
n.d.

Box T4: folder 142
Cuban Radio Programs. Radio Reloj. Radio Rebelde. Dia de Sta. Barbara. Radio Marti. A sampling of radio programs.
1993 Dec

Box T4: folder 143
Chachao and chocolate. At S.O.B.'s in Manhattan. Last set.
1995 Mar 28

Box T4: folder 144
Chocolate, with los Majaderos. With Daniel Ponce and Felix.
1995 Oct 4

Box T5: folder 145
Angarica, Bembe (Tape 2). Lucumí Bemb©, day of Saint Rafael/Osain. Carlos Rojas, Matanzas.
1994 Oct 24

Box T5: folder 146
Tambor, Angarica. Carlos Rojas, Matanzas.
1994 Oct 24

Box T5: folder 147
Los Pleneros de la 21. Los rumberos of New Cork. With Francisco 'Minini' Zamorra of AfroCuba of Matanzas. (New York City)
1995 Jun

Box T5: folder 148
Andr©s Flores (10 min.) (1994 Oct 23). Bemb© Angarica (1994 Oct 24) (tape 3)
1994 Oct 23-24

Box T5: folder 149
Conga de Bejucal
1993 Dec 25

Box T5: folder 150
Abimbola, Wande. Ifa in Cuba.
1996 Oct 1, 29

Box T5: folder 151
Abimbola, Wande Aña.
1996 Oct 22, 29

Box T5: folder 152
Abimbola, Wande. (2 tapes)
1996 Nov 20, 25

Box T5: folder 153
Abimbola, Wande.
1996 Dec 3

Box T5: folder 154
Abimbola, Wande.
1996 Nov 20

Box T5: folder 155
Abimbola, Wande (Vassar College).
1997 Apr 16

Box T5: folder 156
Abimbola, Wande.
1996 Dec 27

Box T5: folder 157
Abimbola, Wande.
1996 Nov 25

Box T5: folder 158
Abimbola, Wande.
1997 Marh 9

Box T5: folder 159
Peñalver. A journalist with Fidel Castro in Harlem and with Fidel and the Ooni of Ife in Cuba, 1987.
1993 Dec 22

Box T5: folder 160
Covarrubias, Grisel Arandia. A radio journalist. Later organized a conference on the Race war of 1912.
1993 Aug 7

Box T5: folder 161
Cosme. Director of the Museo de Regla
1995 Nov 7

Box T5: folder 162
Felix Gomez Suarez. Oluo (babalawo), friend of Panchita. Mario de la Caridad Fernandez. Palero, friend and godchild of Felix.
1993 Aug 21

Box T5: folder 163
Cuevas, Carlos. Oni Yemaya. Spoke of gays, trans-sexuals and babalawos. (Miami)
1994 Sep 31

Box T5: folder 164
Padre Varela. Regla. Spoke of Celia Sanchez.
1995 Nov 7

Box T5: folder 165
Aristides. A babalawo in Havana.
1995 Nov 10

Box T5: folder 166
Arozarena, Elsa. A priestess of Chango who lived in Australia and brought Santeria practice there.
1995 Oct 29

Box T5: folder 167
Arozarena, Elsa. "Oba Yomi" La Corona Viene a Mi. Her name in Santo.
1995 Oct 11

Box T5: folder 168
Gonzalez, Teresita. A friend of Ch© Guevarra, Fidel, Ceila Sanchez, and a Major in FAR. I was the first American citizen she had ever met. (Havana)
1996 Feb 27

Box T5: folder 169
Gonzalez, Teresita. Juan Almeida was in love with her; an account of his attempts to court her.
1996 Feb 27

Box T5: folder 170
Andres Flores tratados Abakuá
1996 Sep 5

Box T5: folder 171
Chino Mokongo (2001 Oct 2). Irene Embema era el espiritua de un [Nasako?] viejo de tiema Efo que decaparació (2001 Sep 27).
2001 Oct 2

Box T5: folder 172
Jesus Cruz
2001 Oct 3

Box T5: folder 173
Chino Mokongo
2001 Oct 5

Box T5: folder 174
A. Jorge Delgado B. "Jaba" Orú Appa
2000 Jul 4

Box T5: folder 175
Salinas el Abakuá. Luis Salinas Martines, Habana vieja
1994 Oct 25

Box T5: folder 176
Andres y Raul (Tape 1). Raul Perez, uncle of Luis. Plaza de Nasako. Jueja ikan efi oro[?]
1995 Jul 25

Box T5: folder 177
A. Andres y Raul (Tape 2). Abakuá conversation. B. Andres, Raul, Luis y Aristedez. Andres Flores, Luis el Palero, Nuñez
1995 Jul 25

Box T5: folder 178
Andres, Abakuá language, chapters 1&2 from book. 1. Andres. 2. Africa. 3. Cuba. 4. Plaza. 5. Juramento.
1996 Jun

Box T5: folder 179
Andres, lengua del libro (Tape 2). *my translation: language from the book, tape 2
1996 Jun

Box T5: folder 180
Andres Flores (Tape 1).
1996 Jun 11

Box T6: folder 181
Andres (Tape 1).
1996 Apr 23

Box T6: folder 182
Pedrito and Juanillo
1996 Jun

Box T6: folder 183
A. Choco (1995 Oct 3). B. Choco (New Haven, 1995 Jun 10).
1995 Jun-Oct

Box T6: folder 184
Chocolate WPKN. Bridgeport, CT.
1995 Oct 3

Box T6: folder 185
Ned Sublettle. Cuban musical influence. NYC.
1999 Sep 24

Box T6: folder 186
Raul Planas
2000 Jul-Aug

Box T6: folder 187
Ñico Rojas
2000 Sep 29

Box T6: folder 188
Ibrahim C. Diaz, Espina de Oro.
1993 Dec 23

Box T6: folder 189
"Puntilla." The Bronx, NY
2000 Mar 28

Box T6: folder 190
Rogelio Martinez Fur©. Grupo Antillano.
2000 Aug 23

Box T6: folder 191
Bolaño
1996 Feb 3

Box T6: folder 192
Rogelio and Isabel. Original. Dub in Havana '96.
1995 Mar 21

Box T6: folder 193
Isabel Frezneda. Daughter of Nieves; friend of Jesus Perez. Original. Dub in Havana, Dec '96.
1994 Mar 11

Box T6: folder 194
Margarita Ugarte
1999 May 14, 17

Box T6: folder 195
Lucrecia Angarica.
2000 Aug 24

Box T6: folder 196
A. Saturina Angarica. B. Margarita Angarica. Festival of Osain Carlos Rojas. Matanzas.
1994 Oct 24

Box T6: folder 197
Cesario Cuesta. Guanajaí. ACCESS RESTRICTED
2000 Aug 26

Box T6: folder 198
A. Fran "Obeche" (1994 Jun 16). B. Andres Flores (La Habana, 1994 Jun 17) ACCESS RESTRICTED
1994 Jun16-17

Box T6: folder 199
Ricardo Hernandez White (Tape 2). Abakuá. Palero - Tafa. Omo ochuh olvo. 9 años de Ifá. ACCESS RESTRICTED
1994 Dec 20

Box T6: folder 200
A. Ricardo Hernandez. B. Ricardo [Olvo?]. Ricardo Hernandez White is of Jamaican descent. ACCESS RESTRICTED
1994 Dec 20

Box T6: folder 201
A. Frank Cabrera "Obeche" [1999 Jan 27?]. B. Margarita Ugarte (1999 Apr 11).
1999 Jan-Apr

Box T6: folder 202
Ivor Miller/ Cuba Project. In Builder Center (UNY grad center NYC). Lecture with Roman Diaz and Pedrito Martinez.
2002 Mar 15

Box T6: folder 203
Ivor Miller and Román Díaz (accents). "Rethinking Concepts of 'Tribe' and 'Ethnicity' through an examination of Abakuá Chants." Schomburg Center Conference, "The State of Black Studies: Methodology, Pedagogy, and Research." Princeton University.
2003 Feb 8

Box T6: folder 204
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Box T6: folder 205
Andres
1996 Aug 19

Box T6: folder 206
Clara Moreno. About her father, Mokongo of Ibonda, Efó.
1997 Dec 10

Box T6: folder 207
Clara Moreno.
1997 Dec 22

Box T6: folder 208
Andres and Wilmaracio (1)
1996 Sep

Box T6: folder 209
Andres and Wilmaracio (2)
1996 Sep

Box T6: folder 210
Andres and Wilmaracio (3)
1996 Sep

Box T6: folder 211
Andres and Wilmaracio (4)
1996 Sep

Box T6: folder 212
Wilmaracio Orbeal (Tape 2).
1996 Jun

Box T6: folder 213
Andres Flores. Homosexuales and the Abakuá.
1998 June

Box T6: folder 214
J©sus Cruz. Ekueñón Ordán Efí
2000 Jul 24

Box T6: folder 215
A. Gerardo Pazos del Cristo. B. Mokongo de Kamaroró.
n.d.

Box T6: folder 216
A. Manuel Ortiz (1999 Mar 20. B. "El Chino" Mokongo (1999 Apr 22).
1999 Mar-Apr

Box T6: folder 217
El Chino Mokongo (quotation marks)
2000 Jun 15, 20

Box T6: folder 218
Andres (Tape 2).
1996 Aug

Box T7: folder 219
Ordeal. Abakuá (1996 Jun 10). B. Pancho Quinto (1996 Jun 11).
1996 Jun 10-11

Box T7: folder 220
Andres Flores. Bib Nacional, Jos© Martí.
2000 Aug 18

Box T7: folder 221
A. Oscar Valdez (2002 Jun 27). B. Teodoro Alva Cuevas "[El Jabao?]" (2002 Jun 29)
2002 Jun 27, 29

Box T7: folder 222
Chino Mokongo (4)
2001 Dec 23, 25

Box T7: folder 223
Los Marqueses de Atar©s. Dr. Mercedes Hemera Mendez. "Chabalonga" Mario Drake Alfonso. Antonio Ramos. Like the black Haitians who imitated the French aristocracy after the Rev, the Marqueses imitate the Spanish royalty.
2000 Jan 22

Box T7: folder 224
El Chino Mokongo (1). Capitulo de Africa. Revisando Andres.
2001 Dec 5

Box T7: folder 225
Abelardo Mpegó Muñanga
2001 Dec 18

Box T7: folder 226
Chino Mokongo (3)
2001 Dec 17-21

Box T7: folder 227
El Chino (5)
n.d.

Box T7: folder 228
Oswaldo Villamil. Cabildo sta Teresa. Abakuá in Mantanzas.
1999 Mar 8

Box T7: folder 229
"El Chino" Pazos. Mokongo of Kamaroró.
1999 Apr 6

Box T7: folder 230
Abelardo Empegó.
2002 Jan 8, 10

Box T7: folder 231
Abelardo Empegó.
2002 Jan 2, 5

Box T7: folder 232
Empegó.
2002 Jun 4, 8

Box T7: folder 233
A. Abelardo Empegó; Adriana Rodriguez. B. Abelardo Empegó.
2002 Jun 14, 15

Box T7: folder 234
Abelardo Rodriguez, Munanga Efó. Empegó de Muñanga Efó.
2001 Dec 6-8

Box T7: folder 235
Chino Mokongo (2).
2001 Dec 8, 11

Box T7: folder 236
Roberto Villa. Los Componedores.
1998 Mar 27

Box T7: folder 237
A. "Matancita" Jose, lyamba (1998 Jun 26). B. "Matancita" (1998 Jul 2). Jose Laza Brito "Mantancita." *1988 lyamba de Munandibá Efó.
1998 Jun-Jul