Student's notebook/agenda Futuros Pioneros, 1970 (Zafra de los Diez Millones)

Object/Artifact

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Student's notebook/agenda "Futuros Pioneros," 1970 (Zafra de los Diez Millones)

Entry/Object ID

2025.11.44

Description

A small oblong (landscape) saddle-stitched paper booklet with a buff card cover lettered "FUTUROS PIONEROS" in serif capitals, with a faint pink lithographed cartoon child figure (a "future pioneer"). The interior combines a student agenda with revolutionary campaign content: an owner-identification page headed "DATOS PERSONALES" (Nombre / Apellidos / Estudiante de / Dirección / En caso de accidente avisar a — blank); a 1970 calendar headed "1970 DIRECCION DE SUPERACION DE LA MUJER 1970" (twelve months, week beginning Sunday, D-L-M-M-J-V-S); a central "CALENDARIO DE LOS DIEZ MILLONES" box listing target dates for each cumulative million tons of the 1970 harvest (first million 23 December … tenth 15 July); an outline map of Cuba's then-six provinces with sugar-mill counts; a "PRODUCCION EN LA ZAFRA DE 1970" table and "NUESTRO COMPLEJO INDUSTRIAL" list; and a red banner slogan. Several leaves are blank note pages.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.11

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Dirección de Superación de la Mujer

Date made

1969

Time Period

1960s

Place

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

Maker: Issued by the Dirección de Superación de la Mujer (printed). No printer/publisher imprint located; the directorate's exact institutional placement is not independently confirmed. Date: 1970 (printed repeatedly — calendar header, "Zafra de 1970," "Calendario de los Diez Millones"). Within range.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Cover — "FUTUROS PIONEROS." Interior — "DATOS PERSONALES" form (blank); "1970 DIRECCION DE SUPERACION DE LA MUJER 1970" with full 1970 calendar; "CALENDARIO DE LOS DIEZ MILLONES" milestone list; map of Cuba (six provinces with mill counts); "PRODUCCION EN LA ZAFRA DE 1970" table; "NUESTRO COMPLEJO INDUSTRIAL" list (152 centrales, 16 refinerías, 19 destilerías, 8 fábricas de levaduras, 3 de cera, 1 de dextrana); red slogan "La Zafra de los 10 Millones: ¡Victoria de un pueblo en revolución!"

Materials

Material Notes

Materials: Printed paper booklet — buff card cover, wove-paper leaves; black and red (two-color) ink; metal staple binding. Technique: Offset/letterpress printing, saddle-stitched (stapled) booklet.

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Ten-Million-Ton Sugar Harvest

Research Notes

Notes

A 1970 Cuban student's agenda themed "Futuros Pioneros" (future members of the Unión de Pioneros de Cuba), issued by the Dirección de Superación de la Mujer and saturated with Zafra de los Diez Millones content — the 1970 mobilization to harvest ten million tons of sugar, which fell short (~8.5M). The "Calendario de los Diez Millones" tracked target dates for each cumulative million; the map shows Cuba's pre-1976 six provinces with mill counts; the Sunday-start calendar is consistent with domestic Cuban printing of the period.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

January 29, 2026

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 18, 2026