Register of the Latin American Subject Collection, 1932-2000

Processed by Rebecca J. Mead and David Jacobs; machine-readable finding aid created by Brooke Dykman Dockter

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Phone: (650) 723-3563

Fax: (650) 725-3445

Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Register of the Latin American Subject Collection, 1932-2000

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Processed by:: Rebecca J. Mead and David Jacobs
Date Revised:: 1995
Encoded by:: Brooke Dykman Dockter

Descriptive Summary

Title: Latin American Subject Collection,

Date (inclusive): 1932-2000

Collection number: XX744

Extent: 5 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 cubic foot box, 1 videotape cassette, 12 phonorecords. (4.5 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Reports, correspondence, position papers, bulletins, serial issues, newsletters, campaign material, speeches, minutes, resolutions, printed matter, and audiovisual materials, relating to political conditions in various Latin American countries, especially to guerrilla activities, election campaigns and civil rights; and to United States foreign policy in Latin America.

Language: Spanish and English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.

Publication Rights

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Latin American Subject Collection, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives.

Accruals

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 Socrates at http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Access Points

Latin America.

Latin America--History--20th century.

Central America--History--1951-

Elections--Central America.

Central America

Civil rights--Central America.

United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.

Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations.

Phonorecords.

Video tapes.

Series Description

Boxes 1-3, 5-6

SUBJECT FILE, 1914-1994

Scope and Content Note

Reports, correspondence, position papers, bulletins, serial issues, newsletters, flyers, campaign material, circulars, speeches, clippings, minutes, resolutions, charts, photographs, and miscellany. Arranged alphabetically by subject

Box 4

OVERSIZE FILE, 1936-1991

Scope and Content Note

Election material, serial issues, flyers, religious instructional material, prints, political poems, fables and stories by Roque Dalton, Jorge Luis Oviedo, and Roberto Sosa

Record cabinet, Tape cabinet

AUDIOVISUAL FILE, ca. 1963-1987

Scope and Content Note

12 phonorecords of songs and speeches from various Latin American and Central American countries, ca. 1963-1981, and 1 videotape cassette entitled Minefield,relating to Uruguay, Chile and Argentina, 1987

CONTAINER LIST

SUBJECT FILE, 1914-1994

General

Box 1, Folder 1-3

General

Newsletter, bulletin, speeches, pamphlets, serial issue, printed article, reports, and a flyer, 1969-1989. Primarily material published in the United States

Box 5, Folder 1-4

Reports, pamphlets, speeches and other printed matter in English, 1966-1993, concerning political and economic conditions in Latin America and United States foreign policy in Latin America. Includes material on United States military interventions in Latin America, business investments, narcotics traffic and Latin American immigration to the United States

Box 1, Folder 4

Carter Center. Pamphlets, statements by Jimmy Carter, press releases, clippings, reports, and newsletters, 1988-1990. Primarily relates to electoral observations in Haiti, Guyana, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic

Box 5, Folder 5

Sanchez, Nestor D.. Interview with and speeches by Nestor D. Sanchez, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Inter-American Affairs, 1981-1986, concerning security issues involving the United States and Latin America

Box 2, Folder 1-6

Central America. Newsletters, position papers, speech, leaflets, clippings, pamphlets, serial issue, and reports, 1983-1993. Includes material relating to human rights, regional leftist organizations, and peace plans

Box 3, Folder 1-2

Dominican Republic. Speech, pamphlets, program statement, serial issues, report and miscellany, 1965-1994. Includes material published by the Partido Comunista Dominicano

Folder 3-4

Ecuador. Report, printed excerpt, and program statement by the Partido Comunista del Ecuador, 1974-1987, and two pamphlets of the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Economia Politica, 1993

Folder 5

Grenada. Reports, speech transcript, and newsletters, 1983-1989. Includes material relating to the death of Maurice Bishop. SEE ALSO: OVERSIZE FILE

Folder 6

Guyana. Pamphlet issued by the People's Progressive Party, 1971

Folder 7

Haiti. Pamphlets, and reports on 1990 elections, 1980-1992

Folder 8

Jamaica. Report on 1989 election, 1989

Folder 9

Martinique. Serial issue (Parti Communiste Martiniquais), 1963

Folder 10-11

Paraguay. News bulletins, report on 1989 election, and pamphets, 1932-1989. Includes material relating to the Chaco War with Bolivia

Folder 12-13

Puerto Rico. Leaflet, pamphlet, and report, 1979-1988

OVERSIZE FILE, 1936-1991.

Box 4

Election material, serial issues, flyers, religious instructional material, prints, political poems, printed fables and stories by Roque Dalton, Jorge Luis Oviedo, and Roberto Sosa.

AUDIOVISUAL FILE, ca. 1963-1987

Phonorecords of songs and speeches from various Latin American and Central American countries, ca. 1963-1981

phonorecord-cabinet Phonorecord cabinet, Folder 1-6

"Alliance for Progress." Six records of speeches by Milton S. Eisenhower, Raul Prebisch, Jose Figueres, Teodoro Moscoso and Dean Rusk about the Alliance for Progress

Folder 7

"Cancion Protesta: Protest Song of Latin America." One record of songs by various artists, 1970

Folder 8

"Dominican Republic: La Hora Esta LLegando! The Time Is Coming!" One record of songs by Expresion Joven, 1974

Folder 9

"Ecuador: The Cry of Freedom! El Grito de Libertad!" One record of songs by Jatari, 1976

Folder 10

"Como El Filo del Machete, Like the Edge of the Machete." One record of Puerto Rican songs by Andre Jimenez, 1978

Folder 11

"Tengo Puerto Rico en Mi Corazon, I Have Puerto Rico in My Heart." One record of songs by Pepe y Flora, 1971

Folder 12

"Viva Puerto Rico Libre." One record of songs by various artists, 1978

tape-cabinet Tape cabinet

1 videotape cassette entitled Minefield, relating to Uruguay, Chile, and Argentina, 1987

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