Acknowledgments
This project would not have been possible without the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Vanderbilt University, York University, and the Universidade Federal Fluminense, as well as the enthusiastic and generous assistance of the Catholic Church.
In particular the project is indebted to:
The Reverend John H. Ricard, Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida;
His Eminence Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Archbishop of Havana, Cuba;
Monsenor Jose Felix Perez Riera, Director, Secretariat of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba;
Monsenor Ramon Suarez Polcari, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Havana;
Monsenor Cespedes Garcia de Menocal, Bishop of the Diocese of Matanzas;
Dom Alano Maria Pena, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Niteroi;
The Reverend Luciano Bergamin, Bishop of the Diocese of Nova Iguaçu, Brazil
Padre Tulio Aristizabal ; Sanctuario de San Pedro Claver;
Padre Marino Pineda, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cartagena;
and the many dedicated priests, archivists, sacristans, and secretaries of the churches who have patiently endured our interruptions and have been of critical assistance to our work.
Project Personnel
Director: Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University
Co-Directors: Mariza de Carvalho Soares, Universidade Federal Fluminense
Paul E. Lovejoy, York University
Team Members/Cuba:
Paula Covington, Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University
Oscar Grandio Moraguez, York University
Henry Lovejoy, York University
Andrew McMichael, Western Kentucky University
Antonio Lacerda Menezes, Arquidiocese de Nova Iguaçu
David Wheat, Vanderbilt University
David LaFevor, Vanderbilt University
Team Members/Brazil:
Camila Baptista Dias, Universidade Federal Fluminense
Denise Vieira Demetrio,Universidade Federal Fluminense
Gisele Martins Ribeiro, Universidade Federal Fluminense
Giselle Tavares Menezes, Universidade Federal Fluminense
Antonio Lacerda Menezes, Arquivo da Diocese de Nova Iguaçu
Francisco Javier Muller, Arquivo da Curia de Niteroi
Marcos Junior Teixeira de Oliveira, Arquivo da Curia de Petropolis
Team Members/Colombia:
Renee Soulodre La-France, Kings College, University of Western Ontario
Pablo F. Gomez, Vanderbilt University
Technical Advisors:
Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University
Jody Combs, Vanderbilt University
Eugene Onutan, York University
Graphic Designer:
Jim Landers
