Book IV Print 65: Fidel Castro on "Meet the Press,"

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Title: Book IV Print 65: Fidel Castro on "Meet the Press,"
Creator: From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Contributor: From the Collection: St. George, Andrew, 1924-2001
From the Collection: Stone, David C.
Published / Created: 1959 April
Description: This print documents Fidel Castro's televised appearance on the NBC news show "Meet the Press." Other men seated with Castro are host Mr. Brooks and Anthony Hervas, serving as Fidel Castro's interpreter. To the left of frames 28-32 is veteran female journalist May Craig and two other unidentified colleagues. Fidel Castro made the trip to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see also Prints 56-78 and Contact Book V; for other images of Fidel Castro appearing on "Meet the Press," see Prints 56, 63, 65 and 78.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew St. George in 1969 and from David C. Stone in 1970. Gift of Adolfas Mekas, 2010. Transferred from the Latin American Collection Curator, 2016.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Multiple languages

Repository

Manuscripts and Archives

Call Number

MS 650

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Container / Volume

Box 3, folder 311

Access: Public
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Citation: Cuban Revolution Collection (MS 650). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.