Interview with Antonio Leon

Date Issued:: 2015
Summary:: Antonio Leon was one of 14,008 Cuban children who were part of ( Operation Pedro Pan (1961-1965). These children immigrated to the United States unaccompanied by their parents under the sponsorship of the Catholic Welfare Bureau in conjunction with the United States government. Antonio immigrated to the United States age fourteen in October of 1961. Antonio's experiences within the Pedro Pan program where unique, in that after arriving and temporarily settling in Miami, Florida, he was relocated on three occasions to different regions within the United States- in the West in Reno, Nevada, the Southwest in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and in the Mid-West in Superior, Wisconsin.

Title:	Interview with Antonio Leon.	48 views
Name(s):	Leon, Antonio Garreaud, Michael
Type of Resource:	mixed material
Genre:	Interviews
Date Created:	2015
Date Issued:	2015
Publisher:	Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication:	Boca Raton, FL
Physical Form:	mp3
Extent:	00:53:35
Language(s):	English
Summary:	Antonio Leon was one of 14,008 Cuban children who were part of ( Operation Pedro Pan (1961-1965). These children immigrated to the United States unaccompanied by their parents under the sponsorship of the Catholic Welfare Bureau in conjunction with the United States government. Antonio immigrated to the United States age fourteen in October of 1961. Antonio's experiences within the Pedro Pan program where unique, in that after arriving and temporarily settling in Miami, Florida, he was relocated on three occasions to different regions within the United States- in the West in Reno, Nevada, the Southwest in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and in the Mid-West in Superior, Wisconsin.
Identifier:	FA00007882_a (IID)
Subject(s):	Oral histories --Florida
Persistent Link to This Record:	http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007882_a
Use and Reproduction:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution:	FAU

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Title:	Interview with Antonio Leon.
Name(s):	Leon, Antonio Garreaud, Michael
Type of Resource:	mixed material
Genre:	Interviews
Date Created:	2015
Date Issued:	2015
Publisher:	Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication:	Boca Raton, FL
Physical Form:	pdf/mp3
Extent:	73 p. : 00:53:35
Language(s):	English
Summary:	Antonio Leon was one of 14,008 Cuban children who were part of ( Operation Pedro Pan (1961-1965). These children immigrated to the United States unaccompanied by their parents under the sponsorship of the Catholic Welfare Bureau in conjunction with the United States government. Antonio immigrated to the United States age fourteen in October of 1961. Antonio's experiences within the Pedro Pan program where unique, in that after arriving and temporarily settling in Miami, Florida, he was relocated on three occasions to different regions within the United States- in the West in Reno, Nevada, the Southwest in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and in the Mid-West in Superior, Wisconsin.
Identifier:	FA00007882_p (IID)
Subject(s):	Oral histories --Florida
Persistent Link to This Record:	http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007882_p
Use and Reproduction:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution:	FAU