Personal Pocket Address & Telephone Agenda of Armando Lucas Correa (Havana)

Archive

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Personal Pocket Address & Telephone Agenda of Armando Lucas Correa (Havana)

Entry/Object ID

2026.10.1

Scope and Content

Small red leather-grain personal directory/agenda, filled in by hand in blue ballpoint. The printed "DATOS PERSONALES" page identifies the owner as Armando Correa, address Calle 30 #3508 e/ 35 y 37, Playa (Havana), telephone 223796, carnet de identidad 591018... The alphabetical tabbed address section contains handwritten personal and institutional contacts with Havana telephone numbers. Printed reference matter (Spanish provincial and European dialing prefixes) indicates the blank agenda was manufactured in Spain and imported/used in Cuba. A front endpaper bears the handwritten date "1986."

Context

A working personal object from the Havana cultural milieu of the 1980s. Armando Lucas Correa (b. 18 Oct 1959, Guantánamo; raised in Havana) studied Teatrología-Dramaturgia at the Instituto Superior de Arte, worked as a theater and dance critic, and edited the magazine Tablas; he emigrated to the US in 1991. The address book documents his personal and professional network in Cuba — including figures in theater, literature, and the arts — making it a primary-source artifact of late-1980s Havana cultural life. The Spanish-manufactured agenda used in Cuba also reflects the circulation of imported consumer goods on the island.

Collection

Armando Lucas Correa collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.10

Archive Details

Creator

Armando Lucas Correa

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1986 - circa 1991

Primary Language

Spanish

Archive Items Details

Creator

Armando Lucas Correa

Parts

1 bound agenda

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Armando Lucas Correa

Notes

owner, maker

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

creation, use

Place

Country

Spain

Continent

Europe

Notes

phone book print

Research Notes

Notes

The contact list is itself a research resource: it names identifiable Cuban cultural figures and institutions of the 1980s.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

July 1, 2026

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

July 1, 2026