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Files include WAV recordings and selected transcripts of interviews with Jose Ayuso, Ramon Aviles Gongora, Raul Armando Maglioni Montanez, Ciro Bianchi, Emiliano Nelson Guerra, Manuel Echevarria Gomez, Marta Veronica Vega,Tomas Canul and others. These interviews were recorded in Merida, Mexico and Cuba during research trips in 2012.

HistoryMiami’s South Florida Folklife Center (SFFC) carried out the Guayabera Preservation Initiative to collect, preserve and increase public knowledge of the guayabera, a traditional piece of menswear that is popular in Latin America and the Caribbean. The initiative resulted in the exhibition "Guayabera: A Shirt's Story" at HistoryMiami Museum from July 29, 2012 to January 13, 2013 and an online exhibition found at www.historymiami.org/guayabera.

This collection of electronic files includes research reference images; grant proprosals; audio-recorded interviews and their transcripts; images and videos taken during research trips to Merida, Mexico and Havana and Sancti Spiritus, Cuba; and exhibition files.