Havana Archive Project: Colección de Rafael Rojas Hurtado de Mendoza
Sponsoring Organizations: Master Plan for the Integral Revitalization of Old Havana, Office of the Historian, Havana, Cuba and the Study Abroad Program of Hampshire College in Havana, Cuba.
Director of the Master Plan for the Integral Revitalization of Old Havana: Dr. Arq. Patricia Rodríguez Alomá, Havana, Cuba.
Project Director: Jacqueline Hayden, Professor of Film and Photography, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (U.S.A.)
Photographic Archivist: Guillermo J.Ortiz-Palacios, Bachelor of Arts, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (U.S.A.) 2011.
Specialist in Territorial Information System: Alina González Viera, Master Plan, Havana, Cuba.
Meta Data Research and Digital Librarian Contributor: Inés Arrubla (U.S.A.)
Librarians, Archivists, and Library Staff: Rachel Beckwith, Jessica C. Neal, Jennifer King, Tatjana Mackin, Angelina Altobellis, Abigail Baines, and Emily Moran, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (U.S.A.)
Library Information & Technology Services: Rachel Leach and Shaun Trujillo, Mount Holyoke College, So. Hadley, MA (U.S.A.)
Photographers: anonymous from the Cuban Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, Havana, Cuba
Original Photographs location in Cuba:
The collection is named in memory of Rafael Rojas Hurtado de Mendoza, former Director of the Master Plan from 1998 – 2003, who was the promoter of this important project. The director of Plan Maestro is Dr. Arq. Patricia Rodríguez Alomá, who fully supported the development of the digital archive as a collaborative project with Hampshire College.
The original 8000 photographic items in Rafael Rojas Hurtado de Mendoza Collection are located in the Historical Photographic Library of the San Geromino College, belonging to the Heritage Subdirection of the Office of the Historian, located in the Santo Domingo Building, Calle Obispo 160 between Calles Mercaderes and San Ignacio, Old Havana, Havana, Cuba.
Funding Sponsorship: Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts; Center for Research Libraries Latin American Materials Project and Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (U.S.A.)