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Title: Juan Domingo Perón Papers
Dates: 1931-2002
Collection number: 89011
Creator:
Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974.
Collection Size:
10 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes
(5.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Acquired at intervals between 1958 and 2004, the Juan Domingo Perón papers in the Hoover Institution Archives consist primarily
of correspondence between Perón and his followers, conducted largely during the period of his exile in Madrid, Spain. Among
the correspondents are many of the major figures of the Peronist movement, including trade union leaders in Argentina and
exiled Peronist activists. The letters themselves contain detailed information about rivalries and intrigues among different
Peronist factions, and they record the efforts of Perón's lieutenants as they sought both to curry favor in the eyes of their
leader and to sustain the Peronist movement within Argentina. They also document the roles played by Isabel Perón and José
Lopez Rega in the last years of Juan Perón's life.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
Spanish
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[Identification of item], Juan Domingo Perón Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in intervals between 1958 and 2004
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
| 1895 | Born, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1911-1937 | Enters military school, and after graduation serves in armed forces |
| 1938 | Sent to Europe as a military observer. Visits Italy and is favorably impressed by Benito Mussolini's fascist government |
| 1943 | Participates in military coup against civilian government of Ramón Castillo and becomes head of Department of Labor |
| 1945 February | Becomes Vice President and Secretary of War |
| 1945 October | Marries Eva Duarte, known as Evita Perón |
| 1946 | Elected President of Argentina |
| 1952 | Serves second term as president |
| 1955 September | Overthrown in military coup |
| 1955-1972 | Lives in exile, first in Panama and then in the Dominican Republic. Eventually settles in Madrid, Spain |
| 1961 | Marries María Estela Martínez, known as Isabel Perón |
| 1973 | Returns to Argentina and is elected president |
| 1974 | Died. Isabel Perón succeeds him as president |
Scope and Content of Collection
Acquired at intervals between 1958 and 2004, the Juan Domingo Perón Papers in the Hoover Institution Archives consist primarily
of correspondence between Perón and his followers, conducted largely during the period of his exile in Madrid, Spain. Among
the correspondents are many of the major figures of the Peronist movement, including trade union leaders in Argentina and
exiled Peronist activists. The letters themselves contain detailed information about rivalries and intrigues among different
Peronist factions, and they record the efforts of Perón's lieutenants as they sought both to curry favor in the eyes of their
leader and to sustain the Peronist movement within Argentina. They also document the roles played by Isabel Perón and José
Lopez Rega in the last years of Juan Perón's life.
A significant part of the Correspondence series consists of letters exchanged between Perón and Pablo Vicente, a former colonel
in the Argentinian army living in exile in Montevideo, Uruguay who acted as a conduit for mail being sent to Peron from his
followers in Argentina. These letters from supporters were left as they were originally arranged, among the correspondence
from Vicente to Perón. Vicente's letters to Perón also include detailed analyses of political developments in Argentina,
as well as Vicente's own assessments of internal tensions within the Peronist movement.
Other notable correspondents include John W. Cooke, who at one time seemed to be Perón's heir apparent. The major Peronist
labor organizations, including the 62 Organizaciones, figure in the correspondence, as does the Consejo Coordinador y Supervisor
de Peronismo. There are letters and reports sent to Perón by one of the earliest Peronist guerrilla movements, the Fuerzas
Armadas Peronistas (FAP), as well as one letter from the much larger armed Peronist organization, the Montoneros. The series
also has two drafts of a significant letter sent by Perón to President John F. Kennedy, then newly-elected, in 1961.
The papers contain a number of articles and speeches by Perón, and these are described in the Speeches and Writings series.
This series also includes the outlines of lectures given by Perón in the 1930s on the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. Less important
writings by Perón, such as communiqués and memoranda, are grouped in the Peronist Movement File, which also contains materials
relating to Isabel Perón and Jose Lopez Rega. This file has a short handwritten declaration by Evita Perón as well.
The collection is arranged into eight series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Speeches and Writings, Peronist movement
file, Subject file, Photographs, Printed matter, and Oversize materials
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Argentina--Politics and government--1943-
Statesmen--Argentina.
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