Gifted by Andrew Szentgyorgyi and his family, the Andrew St. George Collection contains over 8,000 photographs, negatives, slides, contact sheets as well as manuscripts and documents. The culmination of decades of family stewardship and years of archival and digitization work, the Andrew St. George Collection is an invaluable resource of materials. Seated on Fidel Castro’s lap is Dr. Andrew Szentgyorgyi, the eldest son of St. George. It was taken in January 1959 when St. George’s family lived steps away from Castro for several months at the Havana Hilton. This collection traces the life of Andrew St. George through his contributions to Hungarian liberation from Nazi occupation and control in the 1950s, revolutionary struggles in 1950s Cuba, diplomatic and political intrigue in Latin America through the 1960s, and much more. To view the informational pamphlet of this event, please click here: Andrew St. George Booklet.
The following video is the complete inauguration event at the University of Florida’s Smathers Library, which was presented by Dr. Lillian Guerra, along with by Andrew St. George’s sons Andrew and Tom. To visit the Andrew St. George Collection in the George A. Smathers Special & Area Studies Collections, please follow this link.
Photograph by Andrew St. George: Fidel Castro smoking a cigar and inspecting a homemade explosive.