Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. Collection
Date(s)
- 1971-2013 (Creation)
- 1986-2013 (Creation)
Extent
3 Boxes
Name of creator
Administrative history
Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. is the charitable organization founded in 1991 by the unaccompanied minors who came to the United States from Cuba from 1960-1962. Operation Pedro Pan was the largest migration of unaccompanied minors in history, totaling more than 14,000 children who immigrated to the United States under the auspices of the Catholic Welfare Bureau. Masterminded by Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh, James Baker with Cuban notables Ramon and Polita Grau among many others, they worked to secure visa waivers for the children to leave Cuba. Once in the United States, Monsignor Walsh organized the housing of those children with no family or friends to stay with, resulting in various notable Camps around the Miami Area, most notably Camp Matecumbe. Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc.’s mission to repay the kindness shown to them motivates their continuing events and charities.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. Collection comprises materials in relation to Operation Pedro Pan gathered by its members from 1971 to 2013.
The collection consists of the Historical Structure Form Florida Master Site Plan for the Florida City Camp which includes site plans, an extensive Pedro Pan bibliography and addendums. Also in the collection are memorabilia of Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. events, including its 50th anniversary events; multimedia such as interviews, documentaries and musical recordings; newspaper clippings of the Pedro Pan experience and people; and academic materials.
System of arrangement
This collection is arranged in one series and is organized by year.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please contact chc@miami.edu for more information.
Preferred citation: Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- Spanish
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Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
This collection was separated based on provenance from the Pedro Pan Collection CHC0350 in October, 2013.
Immediate source of acquisition
Materials continue to be added to the collection as the are acquired.
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Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Pedro Pan Collection, 1961-2010
Alberto Cuartas Papers, 1960s-1970s
Antolin García Carbonell Papers, 1962-2003
Sara Yaballí Papers, 1961-1963
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Archivist's note
Processed by Alexandra Diaz, 2013. Collection name changed from Operation Pedro Pan Alumni Collection to Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. Collection, 2017. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Operation Pedro Pan (Subject)