Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Central American Solidarity L.A. Network Collection
MS.2017.005
No online items
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives
Title: Central American Solidarity L.A. Network Collection
Creator:
Latin American Studies Center; California State University, Los Angeles
Identifier/Call Number: MS.2017.005
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/2/resources/17
Physical Description:
13.75 (come back) Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1975-1994
Abstract: This collection was created during the semester of spring 2017, through the Cal State LA Special Collections & Archives internship
of Gladys Garcia. The collection was created based on publications and materials related to Central American Solidarity Networks
in Los Angeles from the late-1970s to mid-1990s. The collection is based on material housed in the Latin American Studies
Center of Cal State LA. The materials were acquired by a number of different faculty members and students in the Latin American
Studies program over the course of three decades. The historical significance of this collection is that it documents a specific
part of Los Angeles history, relating to Central Americans and how their experiences shaped Los Angeles as we see it now.
The collection also highlights the role the city of Los Angeles played amongst nationwide activism at the height of all the
Central American conflicts.
Language of Material: English .
The Central American Solidarity L.A. Network Collection is the
physical property of California State University, Los Angeles, Latin American
Studies Program and Center.
Folder title, Series, Box number, Collection title, followed by
Latin American Studies Program and Center
The collection is organized into two series: I. Publications; series
II. Posters.
This collection was created during the semester of spring 2017, through the Cal
State LA Special Collections and Archives internship of Gladys Garcia. The
collection was created based on publications and materials related to Central
American Solidarity Networks in Los Angeles from the late-1970s to mid-1990s.
The collection is based on material housed in the Latin American Studies Center
of Cal State LA. The materials were acquired by a number of different faculty
members and students in the Latin American Studies program over the course of
three decades. The historical significance of this collection is that it documents a
specific part of Los Angeles history, relating to Central Americans and how their
experiences shaped Los Angeles as we see it now. The collection also highlights
the role the city of Los Angeles played amongst nationwide activism at the height
of all the Central American conflicts.
This collection is part of a larger collection belonging to the Latin American
Studies center at Cal State LA. This collection was created by Gladys Garcia
during her Cal State LA Special Collections and Archives internship in the spring of
2017. The Latin American Studies center acquired both publications and political
posters in the collection by a number of different students and faculty active in
organizing and raising awareness about U.S. intervention in Central America and
the Central American diaspora coming to the U.S.
Series I: Publications
Inclusive Dates: 1975-1996
Arrangement: Alphabetical and there under chronological
This large series consists of six subseries: a. Bulletins, 1980-1992, b.
Newsletters, 1975-1993, c. Oversized publications,1980-1992, d.
Magazines/Zines, 1980-1985, e. Journals,1981-1992 and f. other publications,
1975-1994. The first series of bulletins are predominantly monolingual
documents in Spanish that are directly from Central American countries. The
second and third subseries of newsletters and oversized publications contain
publications of organizations in solidarity with countries experiencing turmoil due
to the conflict. Alert! Published by CISPES is an organization still active in the
Los Angeles area. The rest of the subseries contain publications produced by
militant organizations such as FMLN (El Salvador), FSLN (Nicaragua), and
URNG (Guatemala) and liberation theology-based publications such as Diálogo
and LUCHA.
Series II: Political Graphics
Inclusive Dates: 1976-1989
Arrangement: Alphabetical and there under chronological
This series consists of two subseries; a. Posters, 1976-1989 and b. Oversized
Posters, 1988. The graphics in this collection contain images relating to
advocacy for militant-revolutionary organizations in the country, liberation
theology, human rights abuses, U.S. intervention in the Central America, and
literacy projects in Nicaragua. The subseries is a mixture of English and Spanish
language posters, with a couple in French and Miskito language of the Miskito
peoples in Nicaragua.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional--History--Sources.
Posters
Publications
Los Angeles (Calif.)