From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 360
Image Count:
1
Description:
Fidel Castro visits the New York Times where he publicly awarded a medal to 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. In frame 15, Herbert Matthews can be seen with his hand to cheek, leaning forward in the minutes before Fidel is set to speak. During his visit to the newspaper's headquarters, Fidel awarded Matthews with a special gold medal for his service to the Revolution. See also Prints 40 and 45.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 361
Image Count:
1
Description:
Images of the reception given by faculty and students for Fidel Castro at Princeton University, as well as his address to a large gathering, probably at the same institution. The visit to Princeton took place during the latter part of his trip to the United States that began April 14 and ended April 26, 1959, with Fidel Castro's departure for Argentina. Bottom rows of frames show students standing with arms raised to ask questions of Castro. See also Prints 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 43 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 362
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top rows of frames show cheering students as Fidel Castro rides in his car on the Princeton campus to a reception held in his honor. Third row of frames show members of Fidel's entourage, including Teresa Casuso, his special assistant (in white hat) on a train, although it is not clear on which part of the journey north these were taken. After a multi-day stay in Washington, D.C., Fidel went to Princeton, then New York City and finally Boston, eventually departing for Argentina on April 26th and returning to Cuba in mid-May. Frames 4-12 show Fidel lounging on a bed and speaking to several members of his staff on the trip, probably at the lodgings arranged for them in New Jersey. Bottom frames depict members of the New Jersey state police patrolling the reception while Fidel Castro talks to Princeton administrators. See also Prints 30, 31, 32, 33, 37 and 41.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 363
Image Count:
1
Description:
The top row of frames depicts members of the audience and a panel of speakers, including Fidel Castor, in a hotel salon, probably at the Statler Hilton in New York City. The second row of frames depict Fidel Castro standing in a hotel hallway, surrounded by a crowd and guarded by police, as he receives and examines a new fishing pole from an unidentified man to his side. The third row of frames shows Fidel posing with elegantly dressed Cuban women, probably from the exile community of New York City, who attended his talk. The last rows of frames show Fidel Castro with 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. 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 327
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 Cuban functionaries, bearded rebels and American reporters in the front vestibule and entrance of the Cuban Embassy, located at 2630 16th Street NW. See also Prints 1, 2, 4, 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 364
Image Count:
1
Description:
Surrounded by mass crowds and police escorts, Fidel Castro gets into a car in order to pay a 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. See also Prints 36 and 45.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 365
Image Count:
1
Description:
Images of Fidel Castro during his short visit to Princeton University in late April of 1959. Top frames show him speaking to reporters and making his way to the car that waits for him outside, surrounded by hundreds of excited students. The second-to-last frame shows the overflow crowd standing outside the building where Fidel Castro gave his address. See also Prints 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 43 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 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.
