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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
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
Description:
2 flights daily from Cuba.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Refugees--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83450
Description:
Short stay at Freedom House.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Refugees--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83441
Description:
The Cuban Story. Cuban family arrives in Miami.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Refugees--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83440
Description:
Church helps finding housing and employment.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Refugees--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83422
Description:
Short stay at Freedom House.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Refugees--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83420
Description:
Church helps finding housing and employment.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Refugees--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83404
Description:
Church helps finding housing and employment.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Refugees--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83392
Description:
Church helps finding housing and employment.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Cuba., Refugees--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83382
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
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
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
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
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
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

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