U. S. Ambassador Philip Bonsal addressing ASTA convention

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Title: U. S. Ambassador Philip Bonsal addressing ASTA convention
Creator: From the Collection: St. George, Andrew, 1924-2001
Published / Created: 1959 October 2
Description: The photographs document U.S. Ambassador Philip W. Bonsal addressing a convention of the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) delegates in Habana’s Blanquita Theatre on October 21, 1959. The convention was sponsored entirely by the revolutionary government that hoped to ignite Americans’ interest in traveling to Cuba. The revolutionary government also wanted to thwart U.S. press and governmental caricatured depictions of the Revolution as “Communist,” a charge consistently levied since January 1959 in an effort to discredit all changes in Cuba that would negatively impact U.S. business interests.
Provenance: Purchased from Jean Szentgyorgyi by the Latin American Curator, June 2009; transferred from the Latin American Curator to Manuscripts and Archives, 2012.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Manuscripts and Archives

Call Number

MS 1912

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Container / Volume

Box 42, folder 13

Access: Public
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Citation: Andrew St. George Papers (MS 1912). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.