UNEAC membership card (carnet de miembro) — Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba — John Du Moulin, 1999

Name/Title

UNEAC membership card (carnet de miembro) — Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba — John Du Moulin, 1999

Entry/Object ID

2025.21.4

Description

A worn UNEAC membership card, landscape format. Front: the UNEAC emblem (circular UNEAC monogram) on a red ground with an offset black square at upper left; to the right, "UNION DE ESCRITORES Y ARTISTAS DE CUBA / Carnet de miembro," a red dividing rule, then typed entries: "Nombre: John / Apellidos: Du Moulin / Asociación: de Escritores." Back: a color portrait photo of the member at upper left; "Carnet no. 01813"; "Fecha en que se expide: febrero/99"; a "Firma" (member's signature) and "Presidente" (president's signature) over a circular UNEAC "Presidencia" ink stamp.

Use

Belonged to Juan Dumoulin

Collection

Juan Dumoulin collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.21

Source or Donor

Sebastián Elizondo

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

UNEAC

Date made

1999

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

Maker / Issuer: Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC), Havana. President's signature and "Presidencia" stamp present (signature appears to read "Carlos Martí," UNEAC's president at the time — tentative). Date: Issued February 1999 ("febrero/99"). Out of range — post-dates the 1959–1990 manufacture window. Holder: John Du Moulin (the anthropologist/historian John Dumoulin), member of UNEAC's Asociación de Escritores; carnet no. 01813.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Front: UNEAC emblem; "UNION DE ESCRITORES Y ARTISTAS DE CUBA / Carnet de miembro"; "Nombre: John"; "Apellidos: Du Moulin"; "Asociación: de Escritores" Back: "Carnet no. 01813"; "Fecha en que se expide febrero/99"; member's signature; president's signature; circular UNEAC "Presidencia" stamp; faint pencil number at upper right

Materials

Material

Cardboard

Material Notes

Materials: Printed card stock with affixed color photograph; typed and manuscript ink; worn surface coating. Technique: Printed/typed identity card; affixed photo; rubber-stamp impression; manuscript signatures.

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Juan Dumoulin

Notes

owner

Person or Organization

UNEAC

Notes

issuer

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Research Notes

Notes

The holder, John Du Moulin (John Dumoulin, b. 1936), American-born, moved to Cuba in 1960 and worked in the social-science institute associated with the Academia de Ciencias de Cuba.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

February 13, 2026

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 18, 2026