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Georgie Anne Geyer Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4s2003h5 No online items Register of the Georgie Anne Geyer papers Finding aid prepared by Rebecca J. Mead Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 1997 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Georgie Anne 91037 1 Geyer papers Title: Georgie Anne Geyer papers Date (inclusive): 1944-1996 Collection Number: 91037 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: In English and Spanish Physical Description: 25 manuscript boxes, 9 card file boxes, 3 envelopes(13.9 Linear Feet) Abstract: Writings, notes, printed matter, and other research material, relating to President Fidel Castro of Cuba; Central America; and citizenship and immigration issues in the United States. Used in preparation of the books by G. A. Geyer, Guerrilla Prince: The Untold Story of Fidel Castro (Boston, 1991), and Americans No More: The Death of Citizenship (New York, 1996). Includes sound recordings and transcripts of interviews with a wide range of persons acquainted with Fidel Castro in a variety of capacities and at various periods of his life Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1991. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Georgie Anne Geyer papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. 1935, April Born, Chicago, Illinois 2 1959-1975 Reporter, Chicago Daily News 1970 Author, The New Latins 1972 Author, The New Hundred Years War 1975-1980 Columnist, Los Angeles Times Syndicate 1976 Author, The Young Russians 1980- Columnist, Universal Press Syndicate 1983 Author, Buying the Night Flight 1991 Author, Guerilla Prince Scope and Content of Collection Writings, notes, printed matter, and other research material, relating to President Fidel Castro of Cuba; Central America; and citizenship and immigration issues in the United States. Used in preparation of the books by G. A. Geyer, Guerrilla Prince: The Untold Story of Fidel Castro (Boston, 1991), and Americans No More: The Death of Citizenship (New York, 1996). Includes sound recordings and transcripts of interviews with a wide range of persons acquainted with Fidel Castro in a variety of capacities and at various periods of his life. Subjects and Indexing Terms Audiotapes Cuba -- History -- 1959-1990 United States -- Emigration and immigration Citizenship -- United States Central America Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016 box 1 Biographical File 1967-1968 Scope and Contents note Clipping and Memoranda. Arranged chronologically box 1, folder 1 Clipping and memoranda Register of the Georgie Anne 91037 2 Geyer papers Speeches and Writings 1966-1991 Speeches and Writings 1966-1991 Scope and Contents note Drafts and printed copies of writings by Georgie Anne Geyer, with related correspondence, clippings, and miscellany. Arranged chronologically box 1, folder 2 "Cubans Still Latin," Washington Post, 1966 September 5. Printed copy box 1, folder 3 "U.S. Role Grows in Guatemala Rebel Threat," Washington Post, 1966 December 13. Printed copy box 1, folder 4 "The Debray Case," Chicago Daily News, 1967 August. Printed copy (incomplete) and notes box 1, folder 5 "A U.S. Diplomatic Bumble?" Christian Science Monitor, 1967 January 19. Printed copy box 1, folder 6 "Why Guevara Failed," Saturday Review, 1968 August 24 box 1, folder 7 "The CIA's Hired Killers," True for Today's Man, 1970 February. Printed copy box 1, folder 8 "Tearing Up Chile," New Republic, 1970 August 29. Printed copy box 1, folder 9 "Cuba: School for U.S. Radicals," Chicago Daily News, 1970 October 12. Printed copy box 1, folder 10 "Cuba's Influence Seen in U.S. Bomb Wave," Los Angeles Times, 1970 October 13. Printed copy box 1, folder 11 "'We Threw Bombs . and the Whole Society Stopped,'" Los Angeles Times, 1970 October 14. Printed copy box 1, folder 12 "Cuba's U.N. Mission a Center for Radicals," Los Angeles Times, 1970 October 15. Printed copy box 1, folder 13 "Fidel 'Father' to Radicals," Chicago Daily News, 1970 October 15. Printed copy box 1, folder 14 "Cuba's Fields: Harvest of Violence," Chicago Daily News, 1970 October 17. Printed copy box 1, folder 15 "The Odyssey of a Black Militant," Chicago Daily News, 1970 October 20. Printed copy box 1, folder 16 "Havana is Russia's 'Window' to U.S. Militants," Chicago Daily News, 1970 October 22. Printed copy box 1, folder 17 "Unrest Cooling Off?" Chicago Daily News, 1970 October 24. Printed copy box 1, folder 18 Review of K. S. Karol, Guerrillas in Power: The Course of the Cuban Revolution, Saturday Review, 1971 March 6. Printed copy box 1, folder 19 "Hugger-Mugger in the Andes," Chicago Daily News (?), 1971 May 3. Printed copy box 1, folder 20 "Reporter Tricked, Held 3 Hours by Guerrillas," Los Angeles Times, 1973 April 14. Printed copy box 1, folder 21 "Castro Sinks His Knife into the Social Fabric of the U.S.," Chicago Sun Times, 1984 June 5. Printed copy box 1, folder 22 "Georgie Anne Geyer: 'Musolini fue el heroe de la juventud de Fidel,'" La Voz de Galicia, 1985 July 27. Printed copy box 1, folder 23 "Fidel's Fickle Way with Spain," Washington Times, 1985 August 5. Printed copy box 1, folder 24 "Tracing Castro's Roots in Brooding Galicia," Washington Times, 1985 August 12. Printed copy box 1, folder 25 "Fidel (Almost) Gets Religion," 1985 December 3. Printed copy box 1, folder 26 "Fidel, the Lion, and the Lamb," 1985 December 4. Printed copy box 1, folder 27 "From the Bay of Pigs Arcana," Washington Times, 1986 April 23. Printed copy box 1, folder 28 "Who is Fidel Castro?" Currents in Modern Thought, 1990 May. Proofs Guerrilla Prince, 1991 General box 1, folder 29 Miscellany. Lists, photograph reproduction requests, and letter by George Bush, 1986-1991 box 1, folder 30 Reviews, 1991 First drafts box 1, Prologue-Chapter 8 folder 31-39 box 2, folder 1-12 Chapters 9-20 box 3, folder 1-11 Chapters 21-31 box 4 Second draft box 4, folder 1-19 Preamble-Chapter 18 Register of the Georgie Anne 91037 3 Geyer papers Speeches and Writings 1966-1991 box 5, folder 1-12 Chapters 19-31 Final draft box 5, Prologue-Chapter 6 folder 13-19 box 6, folder 1-20 Chapters 7-26 box 6, folder 21 "Basking in the Reader's Limelight," 1991 Summer. Printed copy box 6, folder 22 "Fidel and Franco: The Ultimate Odd Couple," 1991 July 12. Printed copy Interviews and Sources for Guerrilla Prince 1984-1989 Scope and Contents note Typescript interview notes and transcripts, printed copies and related material including clippings, writings, and speeches. Arranged alphabetically by interviewee box 7 General box 7, folder 1 Lists, 1986-1988 box 7, folder 2 Notes, 1985-1988 box 7, folder 3 Anonymous and unidentified, 1985-1987 box 7, folder 4 Aall, Sally, 1987 box 7, folder 5 Abascal, Gerardo, 1985 box 7, folder 6 Abourezk, James, 1985 box 7, folder 7 Ache, Josefina, 1986 box 7, folder 8 Agramonte, Roberto, 1985 box 7, folder 9 Aguilar, Juan, 1984 box 7, folder 10 Aguilar, Luis E., 1985 box 7, folder 11 Aldrich, Frank, n.d. box 7, folder 12 Alexander, William V., Jr., 1985. Includes clipping box 7, folder 13 Alonzo, Jose, 1986 box 7, folder 14 Amador, Fausto, 1987 box 7, folder 15 Amador, Rolando, 1986-1987 box 7, folder 16 Andersen, William, 1987 box 7, folder 17 Anderson, Jack, 1989 box 7, folder 18 Arcocha, Juan, 1985 box 7, folder 19 Arias, Inocencio, 1986 box 7, folder 20 Armas, Hector de, 1985 box 7, folder 21 Arques, Manuel, 1986 box 7, folder 22 Arroyo, Nicolas and Rafael Miquel, 1985 box 7, folder 23 Asencio, Lazaro, 1987 box 7, folder 24 Aspillaga, Florentino, 1988. Includes clipping box 7, folder 25 Balart, Waldo, 1985 box 7, folder 26 Baldizon Aviles, Jose, 1985 box 7, folder 27 Balladares, Walter and Mario Torres, 1985 box 7, folder 28 Banks, Richard, 1986 box 7, folder 29 Barquin, Ramon, 1985 box 7, folder 30 Bastillo, Carlos, 1985 box 7, folder 31 Bayo, Alberto, Jr., 1986 box 7, folder 32 Belli, Humberto, 1987 box 7, folder 33 Belt, Guillermo and Mrs. Belt, 1987 box 7, folder 34 Benemelis, Juan, 1985 box 7, folder 35 Benes, Bernardo, 1985-1986 box 7, folder 36 Bernard, Hector, 1986 box 7, folder 37 Beruff, Jorge, 1984-1985 box 7, folder 38 Besom, Don, 1986 box 7, folder 39 Betancourt, Ernesto, 1984 box 7, folder 40 Betancourt, Raquel, 1985 box 7, folder 41 Blight, Jim, n.d. box 7, folder 42 Bonilla Sosa, Victor, 1985 box 7, folder 43 Borrell Navarro, Eduardo, 1986 box 7, folder 44 Bosch, Juan, 1986 box 7, folder 45 Bosch, Pepin, 1985 Register of the Georgie Anne 91037 4 Geyer papers Interviews and Sources for Guerrilla Prince 1984-1989 box 7, folder 46 Bourgin, Marieda, 1985 box 7, folder 47 Caballero, Danilo, 1985 box 7, folder 48 Caballero, Emilio C., 1986 box 7, folder 49 Cabrera, Lydia, n.d. box 7, folder 50 Camella, Maria, 1985 box 7, folder 51 Campuzano, Otilio, 1986 box 7, folder 52 Canet, Gerardo, 1985 box 7, folder 53 Cantell, Karl, 1988 box 7, folder 54 Cardenas, Orlando de, 1985-1986 box 7, folder 55 Carrillo, Justo, 1985-1986 box 7, folder 56 Carrillo, Santiago, 1985 box 8, folder 1 Casals, Hamlet, 1986 box 8, folder 2 Castaneda, Carlos, 1985 box 8, folder 3 Castro, Alberto de, 1986 box 8, folder 4 Castro, Fidel, 1984-1988 box 8, folder 5 Cerda, Jose de la, 1985 box 8, folder 6 Chamon, Arturo, 1986 box 8, folder 7 Chayet, Zack, 1984 box 8, folder 8 Chibas, Raul, 1985 box 8, folder 9 Church, Bethine (Mrs.
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