GB 3032 E 320 PAM - Central America and Caribbean : Political Pamphlets

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The majority of the materials held in the political archives of the Library Institute of Latin American Studies originate from the Contemporary Archive on Latin America (CALA), a documentation and research centre on Latin America which donated its holdings upon its closure in 1981. This core collection has continued to be supplemented by further donations and by materials acquired through the visits of Institute staff and their contacts to the relevant countries.
GB 3032 E 320 PAM 1976-1985 Collection (Fonds) 1 box Institute for the Study of the Americas

The civil wars, guerilla movements, human rights abuses and economic problems afflicting Central America in the 1970s and 1980s are the chief topics discussed in these documents, primarily authored by non-governmental organisations.

The majority of the materials held in the political archives of the Library Institute of Latin American Studies originate from the Contemporary Archive on Latin America (CALA), a documentation and research centre on Latin America which donated its holdings upon its closure in 1981. This core collection has continued to be supplemented by further donations and by materials acquired through the visits of Institute staff and their contacts to the relevant countries.

Institute for the Study of the Americas

Pamphlets, reports, statements and bulletins, 1976-1985, issued by Agencia de Noticias del Istmo S.A. (ANI), Comisión para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Centroamérica, Congreso Centroamericano de Sociología, Socialist International, Taller Continental de Trabajo, and War on Want Parliamentary and Trade Union delegation to Central America.

Further accruals are expected, some in electronic form.

Randomly within boxes (at present)

Open for reference purposes to all researchers and postgraduate students.

Copies can usually be obtained - apply to library staff.
Spanish and English

Records at item level on library catalogue (SASCAT)

See also Political Pamphlet material for the rest of Latin America, as well as related material in the library's main classified sequence, all held in the ILAS library.

Description compiled by Daniel Millum, Political Archives Project Officer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Institute for the Study of the Americas.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Created 01/02/2005 AIM25 Caribbean Central America Civil and political rights Comisión para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Centroamérica Congreso Centroamericano de Sociología Economic and social development Guerilla activities Human rights Political movements Political science Politics Socialist International Taller Continental de Trabajo War on Want

Institute for the Study of the Americas

Pamphlets, reports, statements and bulletins, 1976-1985, issued by Agencia de Noticias del Istmo S.A. (ANI), Comisión para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Centroamérica, Congreso Centroamericano de Sociología, Socialist International, Taller Continental de Trabajo, and War on Want Parliamentary and Trade Union delegation to Central America.

Further accruals are expected, some in electronic form.

Randomly within boxes (at present)

Open for reference purposes to all researchers and postgraduate students.

Copies can usually be obtained - apply to library staff.

• English

• Latin

Spanish and English

See also Political Pamphlet material for the rest of Latin America, as well as related material in the library's main classified sequence, all held in the ILAS library.

Records at item level on library catalogue (SASCAT)

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English