UM archivist responsible for one of the largest collections of Cuban history dead at 95

Obituaries

The Cuban Heritage Collection is one of the largest stores of Cuban culture in the world and the brainchild of Esperanza Bravo de Varona and other skilled archivist and librarians.

De Varona is regarded by her peers as a pivotal change-maker in the growth of the Cuban community in South Florida and its role in the expansion of Miami-Dade County through her dutiful archival work.

She died Thursday in her Miami home beside family at the age of 95.

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