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Description:Radio broadcast by Good News Radio on the arrival of Cuban refugees, resettled in Newark from Miami in 1962. Includes brief interviews with refugees deplaning. Concludes with remarks by Eugene Carson Blake.Creator:Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker)Topics:Cubans--United States., Refugees--Cuba.Geographic subjects:Newark (N.J.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116502
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Description:Kenneth Neigh address to the Standing Committee on Urbanization, at the 174th UPCUSA General Assembly (Denver, Colo.), May 21, 1962.Creator:Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (174th : 1962 : Denver, Colo.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.Topics:Urbanization.Geographic subjects:Denver (Colo.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116400
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Description:Kenneth Neigh address to the Standing Committee on Urbanization, at the 174th UPCUSA General Assembly (Denver, Colo.), May 21, 1962.Creator:Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (174th : 1962 : Denver, Colo.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.Topics:Urbanization.Geographic subjects:Denver (Colo.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116392
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Description:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Broadcasting and Film Commission motion picture on Cuban refugees resettled in Newark, N.J. after 1962.Creator:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Broadcasting and Film Commission. (creator)Topics:Cubans--New Jersey--Newark., Refugees--Cuba.Geographic subjects:Newark (N.J.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:111121
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Description:Five radio spots, approx. 1 minute each, concerning Cuban refugee relief in Miami. Produced with cooperation of the Division of Radio and Television, UPCUSA. Representative of Lutheran Emergency Center speaking in the name of Rev. E.F. Gruell about distribution of food to refugees -- Rev. Humberto Carrazana, Methodist Com. of Overseas Relief speaks about resettlement of refugees -- Carmen Ibanez, social worker, Latin Episcopal Center, concerning English lessons being given to refugees -- Rev. Sosa, 1st United Presbyterian Church, Miami, concerning resettlement of refugees -- Rev. Sosa's wife, describes kindergarten for refugees supported by the Church.Subject names:First Spanish Presbyterian Church (Miami, Fla.), Sosa, Ernesto., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.Topics:Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Cubans--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83075
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Description:United Presbyterian ministers Metz Rollins and John Marion travel throughout the Southern states. From "Troubleshooters of the Racial Crisis," Presbyterian Life, June 1, 1962, p. 21.Creator:Ikeler, Bernard. (photographer)Subject names:Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-Topics:Race relations--Religious aspects.Geographic subjects:Southern States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6198
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Title:Description:In welcoming remarks, Stated Clerk Blake speaks of half-century bond between New Jersey Synod and its Presbytery of Cuba. [Presbyterian Life, June 1, 1962].Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of New Jersey., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Cuba., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.Topics:Church work with refugees--United States., Refugees--Cuba., Cubans--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5648
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Title:Description:"It's like Christmas," Magda tells her family, gathered for a moment in their new Bloomfield home. Members are (clockwise from Magda): Rafael, Jr., Gaston, Rafael, Sr., Cira, and nephew Hernando. Presbyterians in Cuba, the Galis-Menendezes found waiting for them a completely furnished house (down to needle and thread), a Spanish meal on the table, and interview appointments for the father with nearby firms. Children, used to cramped Miami quarters, were impressed by roomy house and yard. [Presbyterian Life, June 1, 1962].Topics:Church work with refugees--United States., Refugees--Cuba., Cubans--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5586
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Title:Description:Cuban refugees on the interfaith-sponsored Kansas City flight were welcomed by church sponsors and by Mayor H. Roe Bartle. [Presbyterian Life, December 1, 1962].Topics:Church work with refugees--Missouri--Kansas City., Refugees--Cuba., Cubans--Missouri--Kansas City.Geographic subjects:Kansas City (Mo.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5517
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: First off the plane after Pastor Ernest Sosa of Miami's First Spanish Presbyterian Church were two cousins from Havana, Rafael and Hernando Galis-Menendez. [Presbyterian Life, June 1, 1962].Subject names:Sosa, Ernest., Galis-Menendez, Rafael., Galis-Menendez, Hernando., First Spanish United Presbyterian Church, (Miami, Fla.)Topics:Church work with refugees--United States., Refugees--Cuba., Cubans--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Florida--Miami.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5482
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Description:Text transcribed from caption in Presbyterian Life, October 15, 1962: In small boat, Carme de Gonzalez (rear, right), seven children fled Cuba. Husband returned for more refugees, landed in jail.Subject names:De Gonzalez, Carme.Topics:Church work with refugees--United States., Refugees--Cuba., Cubans--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5323
