Cuban letters, Collection, 1961-1963.

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Cuban letters, Collection, 1961-1963.

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The collection contains approximately 100 letters by Cuban residents to United States relatives and friends descsribing conditions in Cuba. The letters, all anti-Castro, were solicited by Norman Jacobs of the "New Leader" for a special suplement on Cuba under Castro that was never published. The letters describe every-day life, the fates of acquaintances, objections to the regime and provide contemporary anti-Castro jokes and rumors. The collection includes the original letters as well as English translations.

5 linear in. (1 box)

spa,

eng,

Churchill County Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7586233

Churchill County Museum

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Jacobs, Norman, 1914-

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Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016

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Fidel Castro (b. August 13, 1926, Birán, Cuba–d. November 25, 2016, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state, while industry and business were nationalized and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society. The son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist anti-imper...