Overview of the Latin American Strategic Studies Institute collection

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Latin American Strategic Studies Institute collection

Date (inclusive): 1981-1991

Collection Number: 92054

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 12 manuscript boxes (4.8 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Reports, studies, booklets, pamphlets, press summaries, press releases, bulletins, newsletters, serial issues, journal articles, and clippings, relating to political and human rights conditions in Nicaragua, the contra guerrilla war in Nicaragua, relations between the United States and Nicaragua, and American relations with other countries of Latin America, especially Central America. Includes United States Department of State dispatches and public issuances, and Congressional Research Service briefing packets. Collected by the Latin American Strategic Studies Institute.

Creator: United States. Department of State

Creator: Latin American Strategic Studies Institute

Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1992.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Latin American Strategic Studies Institute collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

Reports, studies, booklets, pamphlets, press summaries, press releases, bulletins, newsletters, serial issues, journal articles, and clippings, relating to political and human rights conditions in Nicaragua, the contra guerrilla war in Nicaragua, relations between the United States and Nicaragua, and American relations with other countries of Latin America, especially Central America. Includes United States Department of State dispatches and public issuances, and Congressional Research Service briefing packets. Collected by the Latin American Strategic Studies Institute.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America

Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States

Nicaragua -- History -- 1979-1990

Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- United States

United States -- Foreign relations -- Nicaragua

United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America

Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States

Civil rights -- Nicaragua

Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990