Object Details
- Collection Interviewer
- Velasquez, Steve
- See more items in
- Exiles in America: Cuban Pedro Pans and Balseros Collection
- Exiles in America: Cuban Pedro Pans and Balseros Collection / Series 1: Oral History Interviews
- Sponsor
- The project was funded by the Consortium for the American Experience. The digitization of the addendum materials (Series 3) was made possible through a grant from the Smithsonian Latino Center's Latino Initiatives Pool (2020).
- Date
- 2015 January 26
- Container
- Item AC1377-BDA0008
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Audio
- Collection Citation
- Exiles in America: Cuban Pedro Pans and Balseros, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- Mario Petrirena was born in Union de Reyes, Cuba on November 19, 1953. In 1962 Mario was sent to Florida along with his 2 sisters. After 8 months, the family got reunited and settled in Miami. They later moved to Belle Glade and then to West Palm. Mario became an artist and later moved to Atlanta, where he still resides with his wife.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research. Interviews and supporting documentation available only in the Smithsonian Institution Digital Asset Management System (DAMS). Correspondence is available for access (physically and digitally).
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512114707-1503512114711-1
