From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 366
Image Count:
1
Description:
The top row of frames features Fidel Castro sitting amongst the elegantly dressed female members of his entourage; the woman wearing the strapless satin gown with train is his special assistant Teresa Casuso and the woman sitting directly to Fidel's left wearing a mink cloak is Celia Sánchez. The remaining frames were taken at a speaking event in which Fidel and other panelists, possibly members of the Cuban exile community in New York City, addressed an audience gathered in a hotel salon, probably located at the Statler Hilton. See also Print 42.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 367
Image Count:
1
Description:
Fidel Castro addressing a large gathering of students at Princeton Univeristy in late April 1959. Frames 12-13 show the large crowds gathered outside the hall. Frame 5 shows Teresa Casuso, Fidel's special assistant in charge of public relations and translator until her defection from the government in October of 1960. Here Casuso stands in the hallway of a train. See also Prints 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 41 and 44.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 368
Image Count:
1
Description:
This sheet documents Fidel Castro's short visit to Princeton University during the latter half of his trip to the United States from April 14 to April 26, 1959. The top row of frames depict Fidel Castro chatting with high-level university administrators at the reception that followed his address that night and the bottom rows of frames show the backs of students seated in the hall as Fidel gave his speech and later answered questions. See also Prints 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,37, 38, 41, and 43.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 369
Image Count:
1
Description:
Images of Fidel Castro's visit to the New York Times where he publicly lauded Herbert Matthews, the first reporter to visit his then tiny band of guerrillas in the Sierra Maestra in late February of 1957 and to whose subsequent reports he owed much of his initial positive press and notoriety in the United States. During his visit to the newspaper's headquarters, Fidel awarded Matthews with a special gold medal for his service to the Revolution. These images were taken during the last days of Fidel Castro's April 1959 visit to the United States. Frames 23 and 24 show Matthews standing up to speak about his relationship with Castro and the Revolution. See also Prints 36 and 40.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 328
Image Count:
1
Description:
Documenting Fidel Castro's trip to the United States that began with a visit to Washington, D.C. in mid-April, the second, fourth, fifth and seventh rows of frames on this print show Castro surrounded by Cuban functionaries, bearded rebels and American reporters in the front vestibule of the Cuban Embassy, located at 2630 16th Street NW. The top, third and sixth rows of frames depict U.S. citizens carrying picket signs and protesting on the sidewalk in front of the Statler Hilton Hotel where Fidel Castro was speaking at a luncheon held by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. In a subsequent speech given in Central Park, New York City, Fidel claimed that the picketers were college students being paid $17 an hour for their time by pro-Batista groups seeking to discredit the Revolution as "communist." See also Prints 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 329
Image Count:
1
Description:
Scenes of Cuban diplomatic staff and other government functionaries inside the Cuban Embassy located at 2630 Washington, D.C. during Fidel Castro's first visit to the United States after the triumph of revolutionary forces against Batista.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 330
Image Count:
2
Description:
Documenting Fidel Castro's trip to the United States that began with a visit to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, this print shows Castro surrounded by a large crowd of curious Americans as he walks in the area around the Cuban Embassy at 2630 16th Street NW, where he was lodging, as well as impromptu meetings with reporters at the entrance to the embassy (frames 8-10, 11-15). Celia Sánchez appears in frames 6-7, standing inside the embassy before the interior balcony overlooking the central staircase. Frame 23 shows the Cuban flag flying over the roof of the embassy in the background as Fidel walks along with the accompanying crowd. See also Prints 1, 2, 4, 7 and 9.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 331
Image Count:
1
Description:
Documenting Fidel Castro's trip to the United States that began with a visit to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, this print shows Castro surrounded by a large crowd of curious Americans as he walks in the area around the Cuban Embassy at 2630 16th Street NW, where he was lodging. See also Prints 1, 2, 4, 6 and 9.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 332
Image Count:
1
Description:
Taken during Fidel Castro's trip to the United States that began with a visit to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, this print shows U.S. citizens carrying picket signs and protesting on the sidewalk in front of the Statler Hilton Hotel where Fidel Castro was speaking at a luncheon held by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. In a subsequent speech given in Central Park, New York City, Fidel claimed that the picketers were American college students who were paid $17 an hour for their time by pro-Batista groups seeking to discredit the Revolution as "communist." Picket signs include the phrases "The commies are coming! They are with Fidel!"; "Fidel's beard hides a red face!"; "Castro says that anything that is wrong with Cuba is caused by the U.S."; "Fidelism. Revolutionism. Communism"; "Fidel-Newest dictator in western hemisphere"; "Castro says imperialistic U.S. a bad neighbor"; and "with friends like Fidel, the U.S. needs no enemies!" Frames 26 and 27 depict three police officers guarding the entrance to the ballroom in which Fidel is speaking. See also Prints 4 and 12.
