Cuban passport (República de Cuba — Pasaporte / Passport / Passeport), hard-cover booklet

Object/Artifact

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Cuban passport (República de Cuba — Pasaporte / Passport / Passeport), hard-cover booklet

Entry/Object ID

2025.18.1

Description

Buff, pebble-grained hard-cover passport booklet for the Republic of Cuba. Front cover printed in dark ink with, from top: the arched legend "República de Cuba," the Cuban national coat of arms (shield bearing the royal palm, the key over the gulf and the rising sun, flanked by oak and laurel and topped by a Phrygian-cap crest), and a ruled rectangular panel enclosing the trilingual title in Spanish, English, and French. Interior leaves and the personal data page are not imaged.

Use

Belonged to Maura J. Figueras Moreno, mother of the musician Paquito D'Rivera.

Collection

Paquito D' Rivera collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.18

Source or Donor

Paquito D'Rivera

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Government of the Republic of Cuba

Date made

10/31/1977

Time Period

1970s

Place

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

Maker: Issuing authority: Government of the Republic of Cuba. Specific issuing office and state printer not identifiable from the cover.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

"República de Cuba" (arched, upper field) National coat of arms of Cuba "Pasaporte / Passport / Passeport" within a ruled panel Minor incidental surface marks at the right margin (non-textual) Holder's personal data (name, number, date/place of birth, photograph, signature, physical description) resides on the interior data page

Materials

Material Notes

Materials: Pebble-grained paper/cardstock cover (buff); interior paper leaves (not imaged); staple (saddle-stitch) binding inferred. Technique: Relief/offset printing in dark ink on textured cardstock; booklet binding.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Maura J. Figueras Moreno

Notes

owner

Person or Organization

Paquito D'Rivera

Notes

keeper

Related Places

Place

City

Guttenberg

State/Province

New Jersey

Country

U.S.A.

Continent

North America

Notes

used, preserved

Research Notes

Notes

Passport of Maura J. Figueras Moreno, mother of Cuban-American jazz saxophonist/clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera; issued Oct 31, 1977. Published biographies state D'Rivera's mother emigrated from Cuba in 1968, so a 1977-dated passport may represent a renewal or a subsequent travel document rather than the original emigration paper.

Notes

The collection holds an identical passport issued Sept 26, 1977 to Francisco Lorenzo Rivera Sánchez ("Tito"), D'Rivera's father, and (from a different donor) two issued Sept 5–6, 1969 to Pilar Felicita Quirós y Álvarez and José Ramón García y Cotarelo.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

August 25, 2025

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 18, 2026