Book V Print 36: Fidel Castro visit to the New York TimesYale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives1959 AprilengspaFidel 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.