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Guantanamo Public Memory Project Records 1960-2013, 1960-2013

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Call No.: HR#0018
Bib ID 10994385 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Guantanamo Public Memory Project
Title Guantanamo Public Memory Project Records 1960-2013, 1960-2013
Physical Description .5 linear feet (1 document box)
Language(s) English .
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Arrangement

Arrangement

Material is arranged into two series.

Description

Summary

The Guantanamo Public Memory Project records contain original mateiral (and copies of original material) related to life and work at the United States Naval Base and Detention Center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and material documnenting the Guantanamo Public Memory Project's creation of a travelling exhibition using this mateiral.

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Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Name of Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2012.2013.M179: Source of acquisition--Guantanamo Public Memory Project via Julia Thomas. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/12/2013.

2014.2015.M007: Source of acquisition--Guantanamo Public Memory Project via Michael Jordan. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/18/2014.

2014.2015.M057: Source of acquisition--Guantanamo Public Memory Project via Julia Thomas. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--10/21/2014.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers processed ceh 10/28/2014.

Revision Description

2014-11-14 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

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Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"		 "CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"		 "Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Detention of persons -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Prisoners of war -- Government policy -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

The Guantanamo Public Memory Project is a project that seeks to build public awareness of the long history of the US naval station at Guantanamo, Bay, Cuba, and foster dialogue on the future of this place and the policies it shapes. The project, steered by Columbia University's Institute for the Stude of Human Rights, created a travelling exhibition about Guantanamo, including primary sources, both original and copies, about different aspects of living and working at the base.

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Series I: Primary Source Material


Box 1 "Not in Their Best Interest" Report, 1995

Box 1 Frances Matlock Material

(Frances Matlock's father was member of the US Navy stationed at Guantanamo Bay during the 1960s when Frances was a teenager. The material she provided to the Guantanamo Public Memory Project documents daily life on the base for a military family, from the community newsletters and maps to TV schedules and chapel programs. Her mother, Janet Miller, wrote a memoir of her time at Guantanamo, which is included in this material)

Box 1 Sybil McClaugherty Photographs Memoir and Letters

Series II: Exhibition Material

Box 1 Promotional Material

Box 1 Exhibition Questionnaires and other Evaluative Tools