Register of the Roberto Cardenal Ch. papers
Finding aid prepared by Rebecca J. Mead
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Roberto Cardenal Ch. papers
Date (inclusive): 1957-1989
Collection Number: 88027
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Spanish
Physical Description:
58 manuscript boxes
(24.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photocopies of articles from La Prensa censored by the Nicaraguan Ministerio del Interior, photocopies of censorship orders
by the Ministerio del Interior, the typescript of the book by Roberto Cardenal Ch. relating to the censorship, Lo que se quiso
ocultar: ocho anos de censura sandinista (San Jose, Costa Rica, 1989), and correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, and
printed matter relating to Nicaraguan politics, censorship, and human rights conditions.
Creator:
Cardenal Ch, Roberto (Cardenal Chamorro)
Creator:
Nicaragua. Ministerio del Interior
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 1988.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Roberto Cardenal Ch. Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nicaragua -- History -- 1979-1990
Censorship -- Nicaragua
Journalism -- Nicaragua
Freedom of the press -- Nicaragua
Civil rights -- Nicaragua
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS
1957-1988
Scope and Contents
Typescripts and printed articles, reports, pamphlets, clippings, serial issues, notes, agenda, and miscellany. Includes some
background material relating to trips and conferences, a chronological series of
La Prensa clippings (articles by Cardenal?), and drafts of his book entitled,
El Verdadero Rostro del Sandinismo. Includes material relating to the Nicaraguan government, politics, foreign relations, the church,
La
Prensa, and civil rights, especially government censorship, and other subjects.
box 1
General
Scope and Contents note
Includes material relating to the Nicaraguan government, politics, foreign relations, the church,
La Prensa, and civil rights, especially government censorship, and other subjects
box 2
General
Scope and Contents note
Includes material relating to the Nicaraguan government, politics, foreign relations, the church,
La Prensa, and civil rights, especially government censorship, and other subjects
box 3
General
Scope and Contents note
Includes material relating to the Nicaraguan government, politics, foreign relations, the church,
La Prensa, and civil rights, especially government censorship, and other subjects
box 4
General
Scope and Contents note
Includes material relating to the Nicaraguan government, politics, foreign relations, the church,
La Prensa, and civil rights, especially government censorship, and other subjects
El Verdadero Rostro del Sandinismo, c. 1984-1988. Manuscript relating to government censorship of the Nicaraguan periodical,
La Prensa
LA PRENSA FILE
c. 1982-1986
Scope and Contents
Clippings and correspondence with the Nicaraguan government relating to censorship of La Prensa. Includes material relating
to economics, education, foreign relations, human rights, labor, the military, politics, religion, social conditions in Nicaragua,
and other subjects.
Correspondence with the Nicaraguan Interior Ministry relating to censored articles
box 7, folder 1-8
(most of 1983 is missing)
1982 August-1984 Feb.
Articles censored by the Nicaraguan government. Arranged by topic
box 10, folder 5-7
General. Primarily relates to miscellaneous domestic events and problems; includes indices, advertisements and announcements,
humorous articles, and reports from other Latin American periodicals
box 20, folder 8
General. Includes material relating to freedom of the press and the censorship of
La Prensa
NEWSPAPER SUBJECT FILE
1971-1988
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, primarily from the major pro-government Nicaraguan periodicals,
Barricada and
El Nuevo Diario. Includes material relating to most of the same topics described above.
SUBJECT FILE
1962-1988
Scope and Contents note
Position statements and plans, reports, speeches and statements, clippings, outlines, membership lists, declarations, printed
articles, serial issues, memoranda, correspondence, press releases, petitions, notes, and miscellany. Includes material relating
to the Nicaraguan government, politics, opposition movements (both anti-Somoza and anti-Sandinista), and elections (Box 51),
the censorship of
La Prensa, freedom of the press, and human rights (Box 52), the church and religion (Box 53), economics, indigenous populations, peace
negotiations, foreign relations, education, management training, and other subjects.
box 57
Material not yet described
box 58
Material not yet described