From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 January-March
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 5, folder 447
Image Count:
1
Description:
The top four rows of frames show foreign tourists arriving at Havana's international airport where they are greeted by a singing threesome and an official greeter who is giving away woven hats made from yarey, considered a traditional item of clothing worn by Cuban peasants, or guajiros. The greeters formed part of a revolutionary government program to encourage foreign tourism to the island and market symbols of Cuba's newfound sense of national pride as part of the package. Bottom two rows of images show the Minoffs, a honeymooning couple whom St. George accompanied to Cuba for aTime magazine story on the decline of foreign tourism to Cuba during the early period of the Revolution's radicalization (January to March 1960). For images of the Minoffs, see also Prints 1, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 37, 39, 41, 42 and 94. For images of tourists arriving at the airport, see also Prints 26 and 31.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 February
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 5, folder 496
Image Count:
2
Description:
Contains two sheets. The initial press conference held on the occasion of the first visit of Soviet emissary and Vice Premier Anastas Mikoyan, as well as a reception held at the Presidential Palace by President Osvaldo Dorticós and the First Lady (frames 23-32 of the first sheet). Present at the meeting with Cuban officials is guerrilla commander and longtime member of the Cuban Communist Party (known as the Partido Socialista Popular before 1959), Aníbal Escalante. The young blond man standing next to Mikoyan is his official Russian translator. See also Prints 29, 41, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61-67, 69, 70, 71,72, 74, 80, 83, 92, 93, 101, 102, 106, and Contact Book VIII.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 February
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 5, folder 497
Image Count:
1
Description:
Official state reception for Soviet Vice Premier Mikoyan at the Presidential Palace. First and second rows show Minister of Foreign Relations Raúl Roa (bald, standing to left, wearing horn-rimmed glasses), President Osvaldo Dorticós, and the First Lady, María Cristina. The third row of frames shows Cuba's Director of the Institute for Agrarian Reform, Antonio Nuñez Jiménez, bowing deeply as he greets Mikoyan, apparently for the first time. See also Prints 29, 41, 55, 56, 57, 58,61-67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 80, 83, 92, 93, 101, 102, 106, and Contact Book VIII.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 5, folder 498
Image Count:
1
Description:
Overviews of the reception for Soviet Vice Premier Mikoyan at the Presidential Palace in February 1960. Last frames correspond with footage of the first conference of Latin American literature, sponsored by the government later that spring. For images of the conference, see also Prints 5, 15, 23, 24, 28, 43-52. For images of Mikoyan's visit, see Prints 29, 41, 56, 57, 58, 61-67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 80, 83, 92, 93, 101, 102, 106, and Contact Book VIII.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 February
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 5, folder 499
Image Count:
2
Description:
Contains two sheets. Arrival of Mikoyan and Soviet delegation at the official state reception held in his honor at the Presidential Palace. Top frames show President Osvaldo Dorticós and his First Lady greeting Mikoyan. See also Prints 29, 41, 55, 57, 58, 61-67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 80, 83, 92, 93, 101, 102, 106, and Contact Book VIII.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 February
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 5, folder 500
Image Count:
2
Description:
Contains two sheets. Dorticós and Mikoyan sitting together before guests arrive and Mikoyan's body guards carrying out a security check of surroundings, removing a painting and several boxes. See also Prints 29, 41, 55, 56, 58, 61-67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 80, 83, 92, 93, 101, 102, 106, and Contact Book VIII.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 February
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 5, folder 501
Image Count:
2
Description:
Contains two sheets. Fidel Castro alongside Soviet Premier Anastas Mikoyan as he enjoys some appetizers with the First Lady. His official Russian translator stands at his side. Next to Fidel in frames 8-22 of the second sheet is Armando Hart, Minister of Education. See also Prints 29, 41, 55, 56, 57, 61-67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 80, 83, 92, 93, 101, 102, 106, and Contact Book VIII.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 5, folder 502
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top three rows feature images of security guards and a large crowd gathered outside the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., during Fidel Castro's visit there. Bottom two rows show a large crowd and police gathered outside the entrance to a hotel restaurant at night, probably awaiting the arrival of Fidel. See also Contact Book V.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 5, folder 448
Image Count:
1
Description:
The opening session of the first literary conference organized by the revolutionary government. Present are Vilma Espín, Raúl Castro's wife and president of the soon-to-be founded Federación de Mujeres Cubanas. Seated in the audience is Nicolás Guillén, Cuba's future poet laureate and a longtime member of the Communist Party (known as the Partido Socialista Popular from the 1930s through the early 1960s). Speakers include Miguel Angel Asturias, the Guatemalan writer who would win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, as well as Pablo Neruda, the great Chilean poet, also a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1971. The conference was organized, in part, by Carlos Franqui and other contributing editors of Lunes, a literary and cultural supplement to the official state newspaper, Revolución. Lunes was later eliminated in 1961 for taking positions on the role and nature of cultural freedoms contrary to those espoused by government leaders, especially Fidel Castro. See also Prints 15, 23, 24, 28, 43-52 and 55.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 5, folder 503
Image Count:
1
Description:
Images of reporters and Cuban officials grouped together in the entrance of an unidentified modern building, possibly in the United States. They appear to be waiting for the arrival of an important person, possibly Fidel Castro.
