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Title: Center for Democracy records
Date (inclusive): 1981-2003
Collection Number: 2004C30
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
779 manuscript boxes, 24 oversize boxes
(342.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, studies, conference proceedings, minutes, correspondence, briefing books, press releases, financial records, printed
matter, photographs, videotape, sound recordings, and memorabilia, relating to legislative, judicial and electoral processes
in newly democratic countries.
Creator:
Center for Democracy (Washington, D.C.)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Boxes 223 and 757-779 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2004.
[Identification of item], Center for Democracy records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Although the collection has not been arranged, most of the materials fall into the following groups.
| Box Numbers | Groups |
|---|---|
| 34-38, 65, 115-116, 155-159, 177-182, 191, 220-227, 263-265, 359, 672, 691-695 | Administrative files
|
| 67-74, 310-312, 360-363, 460, 478-480, 606-607 | Africa
|
| 191, 194-195, 198-199 | Agency for International Development
|
| 334-337 | Allen Weinstein File
|
| 360-363 | Angola
|
| 182-184, 569, 583-592, 642-651 | Asia
|
| 152-155, 170, 691-695 | Board of Directors briefing books
|
| 616-620 | Caribbean
|
| 90-96, 135-136, 235-236, 328-330, 370-376, 393-396, 445-446, 460-463, 608-632 | Central America
|
| 109-114, 452-453 | Central American Legislative Project
|
| 276-279, 283-285 | Chemonics International and the Rule of Law Project
|
| 380-382, 543-547 | Chile
|
| 307-309, 346, 450-451, 457-459, 686-690 | China
|
| 238-260 | Civic Initiatives Program (Russia)
|
| 227-228, 464-466 | Commission on National Political Conventions
|
| 109, 235-236, 524-531, 580-582, 602-605, 696-698, 733-734, 753, 756 | Conferences and events
|
| 551-560, 691-695 | Correspondence
|
| 214-219, 343-344, 380-382 | Costa Rica
|
| 55-57, 120-127, 205-207 | Costa Rica Leadership Development Project
|
| 47-49, 74-75, 324-327, 359, 445-446, 548-550, 566-568 | Council of Europe
|
| 107-108, 176, 207-210 | El Salvador
|
| 270-272, 286-288 | Environment
|
| 276-279, 338-340 | Estonia
|
| 357-358, 560-568, 642-651, 683-685, 754 | Europe
|
| 170-172, 528-531 | Florida Election Observation
|
| 88-90, 191-192,234, 370-373, 389-392, 699-705 | Guatemala
|
| 62-64, 136-146, 176, 621-627 | Haiti
|
| 33, 46, 76-85, 147-152, 168-169, 186-190, 228-232, 316-321, 331-333, 350-353, 364-366, 442-444, 640-641, 683-685 | International Judicial Conference (Courts of Ultimate Appeal)
|
| 107-108, 127-130, 307-309, 400-401, 481-485, 505-523, 539-543, 570-576, 593-599, 723-727 | Latin America
|
| 18-30, 38-43, 486-504 | Latin American Consortium
|
| 107-108, 686-690 | Mexico
|
| 569 | Middle East
|
| 169, 652-671, 683-685 | New Democracies Forum
|
| 49-54, 57-62, 86-88, 117-119 135-136, 195-198, 233-235, 296-301, 313-315, 383-385, 402-403, 434-437, 628-632, 714-721 | Nicaragua
|
| 132-134, 193-194 | Nicaragua 1996 election observation
|
| 219 | Nigeria
|
| 135-136, 176-177, 706-713, 722 | Panama
|
| 294-295, 310-312, 367-369 | Philippines
|
| 8-14, 43, 168 | Philippines presidential election (1986)
|
| 135-136 | Poland
|
| 31-33, 65-67, 160-168, 184-186, 233, 260-262, 267, 273-275, 280-282, 290-293, 447-449, 461-463, 600-601, 633-634, 673-682, 800-801 | Russia
|
| 202-204, 268-270 | Save the Children (Russia)
|
| 54, 460, 478-480, 635-639 | South Africa
|
| 234, 473-480, 755 | Space programs and Governance in Space Conference
|
| 354-356, 473-477 | United States
|
| 90-96, 460 | Western Hemisphere Legislative Leaders Forum
|
| 1-4, 97-107, 199-201, 558-560 | Women in Development conferences
|
American private nonprofit foundation for the promotion of institutions of democratic government abroad.
American private nonprofit foundation for the promotion of institutions of democratic government abroad.
| 1985 | Western Hemisphere Leaders Forum |
| Election monitoring in El Salvador and the Philippines | |
| 1986 | Developed a plan to encourage the release of Govan Mbeki, Nelson Mandela's associate |
| 1987 September | Brought Central American legislative leaders to Washington to meet with U.S. congressional leaders |
| 1988-1990 | Organized the Commission on National Political Conventions |
| 1989 | Election monitoring in Honduras |
| 1989-1990 | Election monitoring in Panama and Nicaragua |
| 1990 | Election monitoring in Costa Rica and Poland |
| 1990 December | Launched the Library of Democracy |
| 1990-1991 | Election monitoring in Guatemala |
| 1990-1993 | Organized and sponsored East-West Dialogues |
| 1991 | First U.S. organization invited by President Boris Yeltsin to establish an office in Moscow and assist in reform process |
| Election monitoring in El Salvador | |
| 1991-1993 | Working with the Russian Journalists' Charity Foundation, assisted with distributions of food and medicine in Moscow |
| 1992 | Meeting of the Russian-American Intellectual Property Task Force |
| 1993- | International Judicial Conference |
| 1993 | Election monitoring in Russia |
| 1993-1995 | In cooperation with U.S. and U.N. officials, assisted transition to President Aristide's return in Haiti |
| 1994 | Organized training seminars for legal professionals in Kyrgyzstan |
| 1994-1997 | Responsible for a legal reform component in a USAID-sponsored consortium which supported NGO development in Russia |
| 1996 | New Democracies Forum |
| Monitored nine-month election process in Nicaragua | |
| Conference of Slovak judicial leaders in Kosice | |
| 1987 | Election monitoring in the Bahamas |
| 1997-1998 | Project to develop an Administrative Procedures Code for Nicaragua's judicial system |
| 1998 | Co-sponsored U.S. China Seminars |
| circa 1999 | U.S.-Indonesia Dialogue |
| 2000 | Election monitoring in Russia |
| 2003 | Merged with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) |
Scope and Content of Collection
The Center for Democracy records include reports, studies, conference proceedings, minutes, correspondence, briefing books,
press releases, financial records, printed matter, photographs, videotapes, and sound recordings related to legislative, judicial,
and electoral processes in newly democratic countries.
Founded in 1985 by Allen Weinstein, the Center for Democracy was an American private nonprofit foundation for the promotion
of institutions of democratic government. As part of its mission, the Center monitored local and national elections in countries
such as El Salvador, the Philippines, the Bahamas, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Poland, Guatemala, Russia, and
the United States. In addition to election observation, the Center organized and sponsored conferences and training programs
related to democratic and legislative issues.
The collection documents a range of the Center's activities, including the organization's role in the annual International
Judicial Conference and election monitoring in Nicaragua in 1996. Materials tend to be organized into groups by country, conference,
or project title. Of note are the briefing books created for board meetings, which include agendas, correspondence, memoranda,
program descriptions, fact sheets, financial documents, and schedules.
Allen Weinstein papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Video tapes
Democracy
Elections
Justice, Administration of
Legislative bodies