Register of the Chilean subject collection

Finding aid prepared by Rebecca J. Mead and David Jacobs

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Chilean subject collection

Date (inclusive): 1933-1999

Collection Number: XX777

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Mainly in Spanish

Physical Description: 12 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 phonorecord, 110 slides, 2 phonotape cassettes (9.1 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Reports, pamphlets, correspondence, bulletins, press releases, minutes, resolutions, campaign material, and printed matter, relating to the presidency of Salvador Allende and the military coup of 1973 in Chile; subsequent political, economic and human rights conditions in Chile; the Chilean plebiscite of 1988 and elections of 1989 and 1992; and communist political movements in Chile.

Access

Box 14 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.

Use

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

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Chilean Subject Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes

Sound recordings

Slides (Photography)

Elections -- Chile

Civil rights -- Chile

Communism -- Chile

Chile -- Politics and government -- 1970-1973

Chile -- History -- Coup d'état, 1973

Chile -- Politics and government -- 1973-

Chile -- Economic conditions

Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973

SUBJECT FILE 1933-1993

Scope and Contents

Reports, pamphlets, correspondence, position papers, bulletins, press releases, charts, serial issues, newsletters, flyers, campaign material, circulars, speeches, opinion polls, biographical sketches, clippings, minutes, resolutions, charts, and miscellany. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

box 1, folder 1-3

General 1969-1992

Scope and Contents note

Contains reports, pamphlets, serial issues, bulletins, circular, and clippings. SEE ALSO: AUDIOVISUAL FILE.

box 2, folder 1-4

General (continued)

box 3, folder 1-2

Allende administration 1972-1973

Scope and Contents

Contains letter, pamphlets, reports, newsletters, correspondence, charts, and flyers. Also includes material relating to agricultural development.

box 3, folder 3

Armed Forces reprints 1988

box 3, folder 4

Direccion de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) 1993

Scope and Contents

Serial issue giving details of secret archives of the Chilean intelligence service. Includes information on the assassination of General Carlos Prats.

box 3, folder 5

"Drugs," speech by Javier Illanes (?) 1988

box 3, folder 6

Economics 1979-1993

Scope and Contents

Reports and newsletters. Includes statistical data and macroeconomic analyses.

Human rights

box 3, folder 7

General 1977-1990

Scope and Contents

Contains clippings, speech, leaflet, pamphlet, report, and instructional material.

box 4, folder 1-3

United Nations Commission on Human Rights 1970-1971

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and reports.

box 4, folder 4-5

Leftist organizations 1943-1987

Scope and Contents

Program statements, pamphlets, bulletins, and serial issues. Includes press releases and bulletins issued by Russia, China, and the National Liberation Front (Vietnam).

box 4, folder 6

Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR) 1969-1975

Scope and Contents

Contains speeches, program statements, flyers, serial issues, and newsletters.

box 5, folder 1-2

Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (continued)

box 5, folder 3-5

Partido Comunista de Chile 1976-1987

Scope and Contents

Contains reports, pamphlets, flyers, circulars, and newsletters.

box 6, folder 1

Partido Comunista de Chile (continued)

box 6, folder 2

Partido Socialista de Chile 1981-1988

Scope and Contents

Contains program statements, flyers, serial issues, pamphlets, and newsletters.

Politics

box 6, folder 3-4

General 1933-1989

Scope and Contents

Contains statutes, pamphlets, program statements, and serial issues. Includes material relating to fascist organizations in Chile.

box 6, folder 5

Plebiscite 1988

Scope and Contents

Contains reports and newsletter.

Elections

1989

box 6, folder 6

General 1989

Scope and Contents

Contains pamphlets, statutes, serial issues, electoral guide, opinion polls, clippings, program statements, newsletter, and miscellany.

box 7, folder 1-3

General (continued)

box 7, folder 4

Concertacion por la Democracia 1989

Scope and Contents

Contains program statements, clippings, and miscellany, primarily relating to the presidential candidacy of Patricio Aylwin Azocar.

box 7, folder 5

Conservative parties 1989

Scope and Contents

Contains program statements, clippings, biographical sketches, and miscellany, primarily relating to the candidacies of Hernan Buchi Buc and Francisco Errazuriz Talavera.

box 7, folder 6

Flyers, leaflets, and miscellany 1992

box 8, folder 1-9

Youth organizations (primarily leftist) 1968-1973

Scope and Contents

Contains reports, position papers, clippings, correspondence (including communist youth organizations in other countries), meeting materials, flyers, resolutions, pamphlets, newsletters, poems, and miscellany. Also includes material relating to the Juventudes Comunistas de Chile, Juventud Democrata Cristiana, Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria, and Pablo Neruda.

OVERSIZE FILE 1972-1989

Scope and Contents

Clippings, serial issues, handbills, and miscellaneous election material.

box 9

Clippings, serial issues, handbills, and miscellaneous election material

box 10

Clippings, serial issues, handbills, and miscellaneous election material (continued)

box 14

Memorabilia

Access

Box 14 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.

Scope and Contents

Contains an election banner, 2 t-shirts, a flag, 2 matchbooks, and 10 pins.

AUDIOVISUAL FILE 1970 and undated

record cabinet

One phonorecord, "The Siege of Santa Maria de Iquique: A People's Cantata of the Chilean Nitrate Miners," performed by Quilapayun 1970

slide cabinet

110 slides used in a literacy campaign

box 11

Material not yet described

box 12

Material not yet described

box 13

Material not yet described

box 15

Material not yet described 1986 November-1987 August