Call Number:

C0870

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.3 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Fidel Castro Photographs Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1950s-1980s (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.

Form:

Photographs.

Abstract:

This collection contains approximately 200 black and white photographs of Cuban prime minister, lawyer, and revolutionist Fidel Castro and associates.

Born on August 13, 1926, Fidel Castro is a Cuban revolutionary leader who led his country from January 1959 until his resignation in February 2008.

The collection contains approximately 200 black and white photographs of Fidel Castro. Thirty of these were taken during a state visit to the Soviet Union and picture Castro with several high-ranking Soviet officials, including Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nikita Kruschev, Anastas Mikoyan, and Eduard Shevardnadze. In addition, there are photographs taken in Cuba of Castro and other notable figures, such as Baudilio Castellanos, Camilo Cienfuegos, Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado, Ernesto Che Guevara, and Celia Sanchez, and photographs of various political events are included as well. The collection also includes several photographs of "Balseros."