USEFUL LINKS
Operation Pedro Pan Facebook page — CLICK HERE
Barry University’s Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh Papers – CLICK HERE
OFFICIAL POWER POINT PRESENTATION
History of Operation Pedro Pan – by OPPG Historic Committee
VIDEO RESOURCES
Florida Channel video, under the series Florida Crossroads. (Thirty minutes long video about Miami-Dade Region. Operation Pedro Pan starts after minute 15) – CLICK HERE
OPPG Historic Committee conference – CLICK HERE
FYI – The Flight of Pepito: Cuba’s Lost Generation – CLICK HERE
Televisión Martí presenta “50 años de la Operación Pedro Pan”, un programa especial sobre la ruta que llevó a tierras de libertad a miles de niños cubanos. Medio siglo después los protagonistas se reencuentran y rememoran uno de los capitulos más dramáticos de la historia del exilio cubano – CLICK HERE
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
Created by the Division of Social Sciences and Life Skills of Miami-Dade County Public Schools in cooperation with the Historical Committee of Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. October 2011
Operation Pedro Pan Instructional Resource Packet – click here
Bibliographic Primary Sources
Below you can find many articles spanning different periods.
Cuban Refugee Children. Msgr. Bryan O. Walsh. 1971. JIAS 13 – click here
The Evansville Press. Article by Gene Miller. March 10/1962 – click here
The Miami Herald. Article by Gene Miller. March 9/1962 – click here
Cuban Children Away From Home-Kathryn Close-1963 – click here
Services to Unaccompanied Cuban Refugee Children in the US -Katherine Oettinger - 1962 – click here
Cuba's Children in Exile- US Dept. of HEW - 1967 – click here
Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh Interview- Barry Univ. Oral History-December 3, 1998 – click here
50 Aniversario de Operacion Pedro Pan. Carmen Valdivia and Jose A. Amaro Reyes – click here
Hno. Maximiliano- Carta Navidad- 15 de diciembre 1962 – click here
Recollections of Shared Struggles at Camp St. John-Tom J. Aglio- 2012 – click here
Year of Education proves one of red indoctrination. The Palm Beach Post. June 16, 1961 – click here
Castro intensifies the campaign to capture Cuban youth. Toledo Blade. September 14, 1964 – click here
On the surface, there's liberty in Cuba. Times Daily, August 13, 1959 – click here
The youth was powerful under Fidel. Sarasota Journal, February 4, 1960 – click here
Cubans still idealizing Castro. Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 26, 1960 – click here
The game of playing soldier is a serious one. Star-Banner. February 7, 1960 – click here
Tidal Wave of Cuban Children flows out (pag.1) The Oregonian. March 8, 1962 – click here
Tidal Wave of Cuban Children flows out (pag.2) The Oregonian. March 8, 1962 – click here
Cuban Families arrive in Portland. The Sunday Oregonian. March 11, 1962 – click here
Cuban parents, children united after three years of separation. The Oregonian. February 12, 1965 – click here
Court’s ruling on the CIA’s role in Operation Pedro Pan / Fallo de la Corte con respecto al papel desempeñado por la CIA en OPP – click here
Court's ruling on the reactive process used by the CIA to search for documents related to Operation Pedro Pan in its vaults – click here
Cuban Refugees in the United States- John F. Thomas - 1966 – click here
Operation Pedro Pan: Thirty years later - Msgr. Bryan O. Walsh - 1990 - Barry University Special Collections/Msgr. B.O. Walsh Papers – click here
Bibliographic secondary Sources
Below you can find many articles spanning different periods.
Finlay, Guarch, O'Farrill, Del Toro – click here
Monsignor Walsh, James Baker, Penny Powers – click here
Polita Grau de Aguero – click here
Operation Pedro Pan: The Untold Story of a Cold War Conspiracy. Cathy Areu Jones. Oye Magazine – click here
When Cuba came to Marquette. Carrie Ann Peterson. Michigan History Magazine. Sept./Oct. 2010 – click here
Fly away... Home? Arlene Geller. Multicultural Review. Fall 2009 – click here
Lincoln, Nebraska. 1962 – click here
A Story of Love and Generosity: 50 years later. Carmencita Romanach. May 2013 – click here
Priest helped bring Cuban families to freedom. The Catholic Key. Dioc. Kansas City/St. Joseph – click here
A Wing and a Prayer. Univ.Illinois Alumni Magazine. Dec. 2009 – click here
No greater love. Maria L. Ruiz Scaperlanda. July 2011 – click here
Operation Pedro Pan. John Hubbell. Reader's Digest. February 1998 – click here
Operation Pedro Pan: The untold story of a Cold War Conspiracy. Cathy Areu Jones. Oye Magazine – click here
Cuban girls worry about snow. Spokane Daily Chronicle. July 28, 1962 – click here
Pedro Pans arrive in Duluth, Minnesota. News-Tribune. June 9, 1962 – click here
Missed by a hair! The Liberty School Explosion. Courtesy D. Burns, Dioc. Sioux, IA – click here
Pedro Pans arrive in Superior, WI. Courtesy Diocese of Superior – click here
Freedom Flights reunite Superior Pedro Pan with his family. Courtesy Diocese of Superior, WI – click here
First Christmas at Kendall Camp. Carmencita Romanach. Nov. 2013 – click here
Cuban Children Find Haven in Arizona. The Evening Courier. Sept. 19, 1963 – click here
History Remembered by Mirta Ojito. Miami Indulge Magazine, June/July 2015 – click here
PEDRO PAN TESTIMONIALS
Below are a few stories as related by former Pedro Pan children.
Carlos Eire. A brief and personal history of 100 years of Cuban History. July 26, 2013 – click here
My story by Guillermo R. Paz Vazquez. 1950-2012 – click here
Father Walsh by Juan Pujol- June 2013 – click here
My Cuban Story- Esther Levine – 1999 – click here
HISTORICAL NOTES
Below is a collection of information on the Pedro Pan Camps.
Cancion de Despedida – click here
Conga del Campamento – click here
Vamos a Contar Mentiras – click here
Poema de Matecumbe – click here
Camp Matecumbe Becomes a State Park – click here
Court Ruling
Below is a collection of information on the Court's ruling on CIA's role in Operation Pedro Pan.
Court’s ruling on the redactive process used by the CIA to search for documents related to Operation Pedro Pan in its vaults / Fallo de la Corte con respecto a los procedimientos de redacción de términos que fueron utilizados por la C.I.A. en la búsqueda de documentos relacionados a la Operación Pedro Pan en los archivos de dicha organización – click here
Court's ruling on CIA's role in Operation Pedro Pan – click here
