Throughout the 2016-2017 academic year the Cuban Heritage Collection is welcoming ten emerging scholars into the Goizueta Foundation Graduate Fellowships Program. We are proud to introduce each of our 2016-2017 Goizueta Fellows throughout the course of the program.
Our sixth fellow of the series, Samuel Finesurrey, will discuss his work in a CHC Research Colloquium on Wednesday, November 2, 3 p.m., at CHC’s Roberto C. Goizueta Pavilion. All are welcome to attend this presentation.
About Samuel Finesurrey
New Jersey native Samuel Finesurrey has always loved history. He attended University of Wisconsin as an undergrad and previously worked as a high school teaching Intern in New York City.
What university/program are you from?
I’m a Ph.D. student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
What are you working on?
My dissertation is on Cuba’s Anglo-American Colony during the 1950s.
What do you expect to find at CHC?
The CHC is home to wonderful collections of Anglo-American-run cultural institutions, Anglo-American-managed corporations, and donations from members of the Anglo-American community.
How can we learn more about your research?
I will be talking about my project in a CHC Research Colloquium* on November 2, 3 p.m., at the Roberto C. Goizueta Pavilion. You can contact me at finesurrey@gmail.com.
*Colloquia are free and open to the public. Contact us at chc@miami.edu for more information.
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I hope he talks about the “Rovers Club” otherwise known as “El Club de los Ingleses”. The club had a very nice nine-hole golf course, tennis courts, pool… and a charming club-house where bar tenders concocted the biggest, most tasty lemonade in La Habana. The Club was located on a single lane paved road off the Carretera de Rancho Poyeros, about half way between the airport and the outskirts of Havana. In the 1950’s, as a kid, I played many a round of golf with my father at the Rover’s. Great memories.
Please make a live video of the presentation.