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Fidel Castro Photographs Collection
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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."
Purchased from Howard Karno Books, Inc. in 1999 (AM 2000-47). Later additions purchased in 2018 (AM 2018-109).
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This collection was processed by Heather A. Shannon in 1999. Finding aid written by Heather A. Shannon in 1999.
No materials were removed from the collection during processing beyond routine appraisal practices.
People
- Brezhnev, Leonid Ilʹich (1906-1982)
- Castro, Fidel (1926-2016)
- Gorbachev, Mikhail S.
- Guevara, Che (1928-1967)
- Kruschev, Nikita (1884-1971)
- Mikoyan, Anastas I.
- Shevardnadze, Eduard
Subject
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Heather A. Shannon
- Finding Aid Date
- 1999
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Collection is open for research use.
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