Register of the Latin American 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: Latin American subject collection

Date (inclusive): 1932-2000

Collection Number: XX744

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In Spanish and English

Physical Description: 6 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 cu. ft. box, 1 videotape cassette, 12 phonorecords (4.5 Linear Feet)

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.

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.

Preferred Citation

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

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Video tapes

Sound recordings

Elections -- Central America

Civil rights -- Central America

Latin America -- History -- 20th century

Central America -- History -- 1951-1979

Central America -- History -- 1979-

United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America

Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States

SUBJECT FILE 1914-1994

Scope and Contents 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

General

box 1, folder 1-3

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

box 5, folder 1-4

Reports, pamphlets, speeches and other printed matter in English, 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 1966-1993,

box 1, folder 4

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

box 5, folder 5

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

box 2, folder 1-6

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

box 3, folder 1-2

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

box 3, folder 3-4

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

box 3, folder 5

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

box 3, folder 6

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

box 3, folder 7

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

box 3, folder 8

Jamaica. Report on election, 1989 1989

box 3, folder 9

Martinique. Serial issue (Parti Communiste Martiniquais) 1963

box 3, folder 10-11

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

box 3, folder 12-13

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

box 6

Material not yet described

OVERSIZE FILE 1936-1991

Scope and Contents note

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

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

Scope and Contents 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

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

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

phonorecord_cabinet Folder 7

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

phonorecord_cabinet Folder 8

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

phonorecord_cabinet Folder 9

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

phonorecord_cabinet Folder 10

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

phonorecord_cabinet Folder 11

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

phonorecord_cabinet Folder 12

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

tape Cabinet

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

box 8

Material not yet described