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Size | 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1200 items) |
Abstract | The Catherine Murphy MAESTRA Collection consists of the original videotaped interviews and the audio, video, and transcript working files that Catherine Murphy and others created to produce the 2012 documentary film about young women who participated as teachers in the Cuban literacy campaign of 1961. There are also interviews with Murphy and documentation about the project's archives. Most of the collection is available in digital form. The Addition of February 2022 consists primarily of flyers, promotional materials, and event programs documenting various screenings of MAESTRA, appearances by Catherine Murphy, and related events at various locations including college campuses and film festivals, 2011-2014. The addition also contains printed material emanating from and related to Fidel Castro's Cuban literacy campaign that the MAESTRA film documents; a small number of program registration documents, 1961; newsletters and pamphlets that are not related to MAESTRA; scattered letters and photocopied information about the status of Cuban women; and a medal awarded to those who particpated in the literacy campaign. |
Creator | Murphy, Catherine (Filmmaker) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Collection. |
Language | Spanish English |
Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2018
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2018
Updated by: Dawne Howard Lucas and Nancy Kaiser, 2020; Jodi Berkowitz, March 2023
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Catherine Murphy is a San Francisco-based filmmaker who has spent much of the last ten years working in Latin America. She is founder and director of The Literacy Project, a multi-media documentary project on adult literacy in the Americas. While in Caracas in 2009, Murphy founded Tres Musas Producciones, a collaborative production house of independent women producers working in film, music and literature. MAESTRA is her directing debut.
Adapted from the MAESTRA website.
Back to TopThe Catherine Murphy MAESTRA Collection consists of the original videotaped interviews and the audio, video, and transcript working files that Catherine Murphy and others created to produce the 2012 documentary film about young women who participated as teachers in the Cuban literacy campaign of 1961. There are also interviews with Murphy and documentation about the project's archives. Most of the collection is available in digital form. The Addition of February 2022 consists primarily of flyers, promotional materials, and event programs documenting various screenings of MAESTRA, appearances by Catherine Murphy, and related events at various locations including college campuses and film festivals, 2011-2014. The addition also contains printed material emanating from and related to Fidel Castro's Cuban literacy campaign that the MAESTRA film documents; a small number of program registration documents, 1961; newsletters and pamphlets that are not related to MAESTRA; scattered letters and photocopied information about the status of Cuban women; and a medal awarded to those who particpated in the literacy campaign.
Back to TopSeries 1. Hard Drive consists of the audio, video, and transcription files associated with the source interviews conducted for MAESTRA. Of note is the "About the Catherine Murphy Cuban Literacy Archives" folder, which includes an index that provides contextual details about the interviews and biographical information about the interviewee. The series also includes interviews with Catherine Murphy.
Digital Folder DF-12021/1 |
About the Catherine Murphy Cuban Literacy ArchivesIncludes an index that provides contextual details about the interviews and biographical information about the interviewees. |
Digital Folder DF-12021/2 |
Audio files |
Digital Folder DF-12021/3 |
Video files |
Digital Folder DF-12021/4 |
Transcriptions |
Digital Folder DF-12021/5 |
Interviews with Catherine Murphy |
Digital Folder DF-12021/6 |
Additional informationThis file contains personally identifiable information and is CLOSED until 2048. |
Series 2. Source Interviews and Working Files consists of the original videotaped interviews and the audio, video, and transcript derivatives that Catherine Murphy and others used to produce MAESTRA. Some cds and dvds include notes about the content and transcripts are annotated with highlighted text.
Videotape VT-12021/1-75
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Videotape recordings |
Data Compact Disc DCD-12021/1-23
DCD-12021/1DCD-12021/2DCD-12021/3DCD-12021/4DCD-12021/5DCD-12021/6DCD-12021/7DCD-12021/8DCD-12021/9DCD-12021/10DCD-12021/11DCD-12021/12DCD-12021/13DCD-12021/14DCD-12021/15DCD-12021/16DCD-12021/17DCD-12021/18DCD-12021/19DCD-12021/20DCD-12021/21DCD-12021/22DCD-12021/23 |
Audio |
Digital Video Disc DVD-12021/1-38
DVD-12021/1DVD-12021/2DVD-12021/3DVD-12021/4DVD-12021/5DVD-12021/6DVD-12021/7DVD-12021/8DVD-12021/9DVD-12021/10DVD-12021/11DVD-12021/12DVD-12021/13DVD-12021/14DVD-12021/15DVD-12021/16DVD-12021/17DVD-12021/18DVD-12021/19DVD-12021/20DVD-12021/21DVD-12021/22DVD-12021/23DVD-12021/24DVD-12021/25DVD-12021/26DVD-12021/27DVD-12021/28DVD-12021/29DVD-12021/30DVD-12021/31DVD-12021/32DVD-12021/33DVD-12021/34DVD-12021/35DVD-12021/36DVD-12021/37DVD-12021/38 |
Video |
Folder 1 |
Griselda Aguilera |
Folder 2 |
Daniel Diez |
Folder 3 |
Alba Margarita Cortina |
Folder 4 |
Herminia Benítez López |
Folder 5 |
Diana Balboa |
Folder 6 |
José Luis Gómez Morales |
Folder 7 |
Ernestina Gomez |
Folder 8 |
Eloisa Hernández Caneiro |
Folder 9 |
Lincoln Kilian for Eduardo |
Folder 10 |
Octavio Cortazar |
Folder 11 |
Jaime Canfux Gutiérrez |
Folder 12 |
Comisión Nacional de Alfabetización |
Folder 13 |
Norma Guillard |
Folder 14 |
Maria Elena Liera |
Folder 15 |
Blanca Monett Yanes |
Folder 16 |
Liborio Noval (Nobal) |
Folder 17 |
Lino Borrato |
Folder 18 |
Jorge Odio Ducase (Ducasse) |
Folder 19 |
Edelys Padrón Barroso |
Folder 20 |
Patria Silva |
Folder 21 |
Olga Pérez Escalona |
Folder 22 |
Leonela Relys |
Folder 23 |
Silvio Rodríguez |
Folder 24 |
Berta Rosenvorzel |
Folder 25 |
Adria y Ivonne Santana |
Folder 26 |
Daysi Veitía |
Folder 27 |
Ana Margarita Vielsa |
Folder 28 |
Santos Roberto Vásquez Medina |
Data Compact Disc DCD-12021/24-25
DCD-12021/24DCD-12021/25 |
Daysi Veitia, Norma Guillard, Gina Rey, Griselda Aguilera |
Digital Video Disc DVD-12021/39 |
Archives from Rodobaldo |
Data Compact Disc DCD-12021/26 |
Audio archive of Cuban radio, 2011 |
Data Compact Disc DCD-12021/27 |
Article by Rebecca Herman, June 2010 |
The Addition of February 2022 consists primarily of flyers, promotional materials, and event programs documenting various screenings of MAESTRA, appearances by Catherine Murphy, and related events at various locations including college campuses and film festivals, 2011-2014. The addition also contains printed material emanating from and related to Fidel Castro's Cuban literacy campaign that the MAESTRA film documents; a small number of program registration documents, 1961; newsletters and pamphlets that are not related to MAESTRA; scattered letters and photocopied information about the status of Cuban women; and a medal awarded to those who particpated in the literacy campaign.