Inventory of the Nicaragua newspaper collection
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff, Simon Ertz, Sarah Cassone
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2019
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Stanford University
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Title: Nicaragua newspaper collection
Date (inclusive): 1979-1994
Collection Number: 2019C104
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
Physical Description:
60 oversize boxes
(98.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The newspapers in this collection were originally collected by the Hoover Institution Library and transferred to the Archives
in 2019. The Nicaragua newspaper collection (1979-1994) comprises five different titles of publication, in both Spanish and
English. All of the titles within this collection have been further analyzed in Stanford University Libraries catalog.
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
Due to the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across its scope. Copyright is assumed to be held
by the original newspaper publications, which should be contacted wherein public domain has not yet passed. The Hoover Institution
can neither grant nor deny permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2019 from the Hoover Institution Library.
Preferred Citation
The following information is suggested along with your citation: [Title/Date of Publication], Nicaragua newspaper collection
[Box no.], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Historical Note
The Hoover Institution's collecting history regarding newspapers spans over 80 years. Newspapers became an integral core component
of the "Hoover War Collection" soon after it was established in 1919 as a repository of materials on World War I and the states
and societies involved in it. The subsequent widening of focus to cover the themes of "War, Revolution, and Peace" caused
the collection to grow further in scope and volume into a variety of directions.
As a result, over the course of 80 years, thousands of newspaper titles from close to a hundred different countries were collected.
They document major political and historical events, such as military conflicts and wars, the collapse of political systems,
states, and empires, the establishment of radical and revolutionary regimes, and the corollaries of all these developments,
including economic crises, famines, and migration for political reasons.
In 2000-2001, the Hoover Library's newspaper collection activities came to an almost complete halt. Around that time, the
"realignment" of library activities and collections at Stanford saw the transfer of more than 2,000 newspaper titles from
specific (mostly non-European) countries from the Hoover Library to other libraries at Stanford. Moreover, prior to the realignment,
a significant but unknown volume of paper copies of newspapers (including many Russian/Soviet titles) were discarded after
being microfilmed.
In totality, the remaining paper copies of newspapers at Hoover - excluding microfilm holdings - comprise more than 5,000
unique titles, of which at least many hundreds can be considered rare or very rare. These remaining newspaper collections
at Hoover contain materials dating from all periods of the 20th century, with some titles reaching back into the 19th century.
While the variety and diversity of papers is considerable, most titles fall into one of three groups: 1) general daily and
weekly newspapers; 2) party and propaganda newspapers; 3) newspapers addressing national or ethnic minorities, émigré newspapers,
veterans' papers, professional and union papers.
The largest number of newspaper runs include copies from the first half of the 20th century. Newspapers from this period illuminate
in particular the two world wars and their consequences as well as political, social, and economic developments in Europe
and beyond, including the rise of Socialist, right-wing, and Fascist ideologies and movements. Among the late 20th century
holdings, a significant number of papers reflect political change in various regions, most prominently the end of Socialist
and Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, but also revolutionary or radical political movements in non-European states, e.g.
in Latin America.
Very few holdings of individual newspaper titles possess complete or near-complete runs. However, in cases of gaps, supplementation
can sometimes be found in the form of microfilm copies available at the Hoover Library or holdings at Stanford University
Libraries.
Scope and Contents
The Nicaragua newspaper collection (1914-1990) consists of five (5) Spanish and English-language unique titles. Further analyzed
title information can be found in Stanford University Libraries catalog.
Arrangement Statement
The Nicaragua newspaper collection has been organized into five (5) series, one for each title within the collection. The
titles, publication information, and Hoover-held date ranges are: 1. Barricada. (Managua : El Frente, 1979-1994); 2. Barricada
international . (Managua: Sandinista National Liberation Front, 1983-1992); 3. El nicaragüense. (Managua: C. Vivas Rojas,
1990-1992); 4. El nuevo diario. (Managua: Xavier Chamorro, 1980-1991); and 5. La prensa. (Managua, 1980-1992).
You will also notice a string of numbers within the series information. These numbers represent the library catalog ID for
that particular newspaper title. If input into Stanford's library catalog you will be directed to the full catalog record.
We have preserved this information within our finding aid for both the benefit and ease of the researcher, as well as our
intention to utilize it via automated linking in the future.
The materials in this collection are part of an Offsite Move Project spanning 2018-2019. The items were acquired from the
Hoover Institution Library as "news collections" and were originally housed, unboxed, on shelves via their call number (normally
a country) and ordered alphabetically by title. In some cases, newspapers were not assigned a particular country, but instead
a language designation.
Upon transfer to the Archives, the collection's materials were housed in archival boxes according to size, and afforded item
level descriptive information. Intellectual arrangement was then imposed to each collection both alphabetically by title and
chronologically by date. When searching for a title alphabetically it is important to remember that all initial articles,
particularly ones used in varying languages, are excluded in alphabetical arrangement, and the title is organized based on
the first word (despite the initial article still remaining at the beginning of the title). The formatting of the dates preserves
the packet title holdings information, which was the format used by Hoover Library Staff for decades. As a result, some dates
may appear out of order by month. In the 1980s, Hoover grew less detailed in their capturing of holdings information, resulting
in generalized statements of "many issues missing" or sometimes not recording a missing issue at all.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nicaraguan newspapers
Barricada. (Managua : El Frente, 1979-1994) 13243553
box 7
Barricada (Managua)
1979:Jul 25-Oct 23
Scope and Contents
Some issues missing
box 7
Barricada (Managua)
1979:Nov 1-Dec 30
Scope and Contents
Some issues missing
box 9
Barricada (Managua)
1980:Jan-Mar
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jan 1-7
box 11
Barricada (Managua)
1980:Jul 16-Aug 31
box 10
Barricada (Managua)
1980:Nov-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Nov 28, Dec 2, 8, 27
box 10
Barricada (Managua)
1980:Sep-Oct
box 11
Barricada (Managua)
1981:Apr 1-14, 20-23, 25-30, May 1-18, Jul 28-31, Aug 1-3, 20
box 12
Barricada (Managua)
1981:Jan 2-Apr 30
box 12
Barricada (Managua)
1981:Jan 2-Mar 30
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jan 6-31, Feb 1-9
box 13
Barricada (Managua)
1981:May 1-Dec 15
box 15
Barricada (Managua)
1982:Jan-Jun
box 14
Barricada (Managua)
1982:Jul-Dec
box 16
Barricada (Managua)
1983:Jan-Jun
box 20
Barricada (Managua)
1983:Jul-Dec
box 21
Barricada (Managua)
1987-1988
box 29
Barricada (Managua)
1989:Dec
box 19
Barricada (Managua)
1989:Jan-Feb
box 26
Barricada (Managua)
1989:Jun-Aug
box 25
Barricada (Managua)
1989:Mar-May
box 28
Barricada (Managua)
1989:Sep-Nov
box 22
Barricada (Managua)
1990:Jan-Aug
box 23
Barricada (Managua)
1990:Nov-Dec
box 24
Barricada (Managua)
1990:Sep-Oct
Barricada international . (Managua: Sandinista National Liberation Front, 1983-1992) 13243561
box 3
Barricada international (Managua)
1983:Jan 10-Dec 26
box 3
Barricada international (Managua)
1984:Jan-Oct
box 4
Barricada international (Managua)
1985:May-Dec
box 4
Barricada international (Managua)
1986:Jan-May
box 4
Barricada international (Managua)
1987:Aug-Dec
box 5
Barricada international (Managua)
1988
box 6
Barricada international (Managua)
1989
box 4
Barricada international (Managua)
1990:Jan-Jun
box 5
Barricada international (Managua)
1990:Jul-Dec
box 6
Barricada international (Managua)
1991
box 6
Barricada international (Managua)
1992:Jan-Dec, 1993:Jan-May
El nicaragüense. (Managua: C. Vivas Rojas, 1990-1992) 13243567
box 1
El nicaragüense (Managua)
1990:Nov-1991:Aug
Processing Information
Bound
box 2
El nicaragüense (Managua)
1990-1992
El nuevo diario. (Managua: Xavier Chamorro, 1980-1991) 13243633
box 30
El nuevo diario (Managua)
1980
box 31
El nuevo diario (Managua)
1981
box 32
El nuevo diario (Managua)
1982
box 30
El nuevo diario (Managua)
1983
box 29
El nuevo diario (Managua)
1984
box 33
El nuevo diario (Managua)
1985
box 33
El nuevo diario (Managua)
1986
box 34
El nuevo diario (Managua)
1987
box 34
El nuevo diario (Managua)
1988-1989
box 34
El nuevo diario (Managua)
1990-1991
La prensa. (Managua, 1980-1992) 13243637
box 35
La prensa (Managua)
1980-1983
box 36
La prensa (Managua)
1985-1991
box 37
La prensa (Managua)
1988:Apr-Jun
box 36
La prensa (Managua)
1987:Oct-Dec
box 37
La prensa (Managua)
1988:Jan-Mar
box 41
La prensa (Managua)
1988:Jul-Sep
box 38
La prensa (Managua)
1988:Oct-Dec
box 39
La prensa (Managua)
1989:Jan-Mar
box 40
La prensa (Managua)
1989:Apr-Jun
box 43
La prensa (Managua)
1989:Jul-Sep
box 46
La prensa (Managua)
1989:Oct-Dec
box 42
La prensa (Managua)
1990:Jan-Feb
Scope and Contents
Missing:Feb 14
box 38
La prensa (Managua)
1990:Jun
box 45
La prensa (Managua)
1990:Jul-Sep
box 44
La prensa (Managua)
1990:Oct-Dec
box 47
La prensa (Managua)
1991:Jan-Mar
box 48
La prensa (Managua)
1991:Apr-May
box 39
La prensa (Managua)
1991:Jun
box 51
La prensa (Managua)
1991:Jul-Aug
box 49
La prensa (Managua)
1991:Sep
box 49
La prensa (Managua)
1991:Oct
box 53
La prensa (Managua)
1991:Nov-Dec
box 52
La prensa (Managua)
1992:Jan-Feb
box 54
La prensa (Managua)
1992:Mar-Apr
box 50
La prensa (Managua)
1992:May-Jun
box 55
La prensa (Managua)
1992:Jul
box 56
La prensa (Managua)
1992:Aug
box 57
La prensa (Managua)
1992:Sep
box 58
La prensa (Managua)
1992:Oct
box 59
La prensa (Managua)
1992:Nov
box 60
La prensa (Managua)
1992:Dec
