Book V Print 40: Fidel Castro leaving to visit the New York Times

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Title: Book V Print 40: Fidel Castro leaving to visit the New York Times
Creator: From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Contributor: From the Collection: St. George, Andrew, 1924-2001
From the Collection: Stone, David C.
Published / Created: 1959 April
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.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew St. George in 1969 and from David C. Stone in 1970. Gift of Adolfas Mekas, 2010. Transferred from the Latin American Collection Curator, 2016.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Multiple languages

Repository

Manuscripts and Archives

Call Number

MS 650

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Container / Volume

Box 4, folder 364

Access: Public
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Citation: Cuban Revolution Collection (MS 650). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.