Braga Brothers Collection 1860-1984 1895-1970

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Braga Brothers Collection 1860-1984 1895-1970

http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/braga/

Records related to trade, manufacture, and cultivation of Cuban sugar. The records begin in the second half of the nineteenth century and end shortly after the nationalization of the Cuban sugar industry by the government of Fidel Castro. As a business archives, the Collection provides information on the manufacture and trade of Cuban sugar and the means by which Cuba's annual sugar harvest was financed and brokered. The collection provides descriptions of the social, political, and economic environment in which Cuban sugar was manufactured. The collection is an important source of data on the international sugar trade and the commercial and financial ties that once bound Cuba and the United States together.

375 Linear feet; 527 boxes, 507 volumes

eng,

Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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SNAC Resource ID: 6636845

Related Entities

There are 16 Entities related to this resource.

Czarnikow-Rionda Company.

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Compañía Industrial Primadera, S.A.

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The Compania Cubana Primadera, incorporated in 1956 in the Republic of Liberia, was a development project to produce wall board from cane bagasse. The company was formed with the assistance of the Export-Import Bank and several Peruvian investors. In return for furnishing the raw material (i.e. bagasse), the Francisco Sugar Company received 30% of the company's stock. From the description of Records, 1956-1960. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 23949254 ...

Bagasse Products.

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Compañía Maritima Guayabal.

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In 1955, The Francisco Sugar Company received a fifty year concession from the Cuban government to operate the port of Guayabal. The Compania Maritima Guayabal was formed to manage the port facilities and deepen the harbor. From the description of Records, 1903-1932; 1955-1962. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 23949301 ...

Manati Sugar Company.

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Tuinucu Sugar Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk11fb (corporateBody)

Ferrocarril de Tunas.

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Compañía Ganadera Becerra.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr8cpp (corporateBody)

Celulosa Cubana.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s315h5 (corporateBody)

Compañía Industrial Sevilla.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx109t (corporateBody)

The Compania Industrial Sevilla, S.A. was organized on April 27, 1943 to produce ethyl alcohol from either blackstrap molasses or invert molasses. Originally conceived as a wartime effort to relieve fuel shortages, the distillery continued to operate in the postswar period. In 1952, the company was dissolved and the distillery became the Sevilla Division of the Francisco Sugar Company. From the description of Minutes, 1943-1952. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 23230129 ...

Cuba. Sugar Finance Committee.

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Francisco Sugar Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kd8qx2 (corporateBody)

Cuba Sugar Finance and Export Corporation.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64n7p5s (corporateBody)

In 1921, the Cuban government organized the Sugar Finance Committee to expedite the sale of that year's sugar harvest after the collapse of the international sugar market. The Cuba Sugar Finance and Export Corporation was created by the Committee as a business company to handle market transactions. Of the 10,000 shares originally issued for the company exactly one half were owned by the Czarnikow-Rionda Company or allied interests. The corporation was based in Cuba, but the records contained in ...

Rionda y Polledo, Manuel 1854-1943

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Compañía Azucarera Elia.

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The Compañía Azucarera Elia operated the Central Elia, a sugar mill in Camaguey province in Cuba. The mill began production in 1916 and was purchased by the Francisco Sugar Company in 1920. In 1940, the mill was shut down but was reopened in 1952 as the Elia Division of the Francisco Sugar Company. From the description of Libro de actas, (Minutes), 1915-1952. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 23182726 ...

Compañía Cubana Primadera.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wt5m2d (corporateBody)

The Compania Cubana Primadera, incorporated in 1956 in the Republic of Liberia, was a development project to produce wall board from cane bagasse. The company was formed with the assistance of the Export-Import Bank and several Peruvian investors. In return for furnishing the raw material (i.e. bagasse), the Francisco Sugar Company received 30% of the company's stock. From the description of Minutes, 1956-1960. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 23949234 ...