Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1960-1986 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
3 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The collection currently consists of materials dating from the three decades that followed the 1959 revolution. Many of the items are official publications originating from either the Communist Party of Cuba or from various government ministries, though in practice the distinction between party and state became increasing blurred. There are also a large number of pamphlets featuring speeches by Fidel Castro. Given Cuba's situation during this period as it faced the antagonism of the United States, sought to maintain a degree of independence within the Soviet orbit and championed the non-aligned movement it is unsurpising that many of these speeches are concerned with foreign policy and foreign affairs (including the wars in Vietnam and Angola and the problems of debt that increasingly faced the whole of Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s). Other materials deal with the transistion of Cuba to a state-controlled planned economy and the problems of reconciling this with civil and human rights, though it must be noted that the majority of the items held here (whether produced internally or externally) are broadly in sympathy with the Castro regime.
Archival history
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 EC 320 PAM 1960-1986 Collection (Fonds) 3 boxes Institute for the Study of the Americas
The collection currently consists of materials dating from the three decades that followed the 1959 revolution. Many of the items are official publications originating from either the Communist Party of Cuba or from various government ministries, though in practice the distinction between party and state became increasing blurred. There are also a large number of pamphlets featuring speeches by Fidel Castro. Given Cuba's situation during this period as it faced the antagonism of the United States, sought to maintain a degree of independence within the Soviet orbit and championed the non-aligned movement it is unsurpising that many of these speeches are concerned with foreign policy and foreign affairs (including the wars in Vietnam and Angola and the problems of debt that increasingly faced the whole of Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s). Other materials deal with the transistion of Cuba to a state-controlled planned economy and the problems of reconciling this with civil and human rights, though it must be noted that the majority of the items held here (whether produced internally or externally) are broadly in sympathy with the Castro regime.
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, journals, speeches and bulletins issued by American Foundation for Resistance International, Asóciación Cubana de las Naciones Unidas, Caribbean Labour Solidarity, Fidel Castro, Coalition of Committees for the Rights of Man in Cuba, Comisión de Orientación Revolucionaria de la Dirección Nacional del PURSC, Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba, Cuba Resource Center, Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, Ernesto Guevara, Instituto Cubano del Libro, Latin American Federation of Journalists, Ministerio de Industrias (Cuba), Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Cuba), Organización Continental Latinoamericana de Estudiantes, Partido Comunista de Cuba, Reunión del Comité Internacional Preparatorio.
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 American Foundation for Resistance International Asóciación Cubana de las Naciones Unidas Bilateral relations Caribbean Caribbean Labour Solidarity Coalition of Committees for the Rights of Man in Cuba Comisión de Orientación evolucionaria de la Dirección Nacional del PURSC Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba Cuba Cuba Resource Center Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil Economic and social development Human rights Instituto Cubano del Libro International relations Latin American Federation of Journalists Ministerio de Industrias (Cuba) Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Cuba) Organización Continental Latinoamericana de Estudiantes Partido Comunista de Cuba Political movements Political science Politics Reunión del Comité Internacional Preparatorio
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Institute for the Study of the Americas
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Pamphlets, reports, statements, journals, speeches and bulletins issued by American Foundation for Resistance International, Asóciación Cubana de las Naciones Unidas, Caribbean Labour Solidarity, Fidel Castro, Coalition of Committees for the Rights of Man in Cuba, Comisión de Orientación Revolucionaria de la Dirección Nacional del PURSC, Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba, Cuba Resource Center, Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, Ernesto Guevara, Instituto Cubano del Libro, Latin American Federation of Journalists, Ministerio de Industrias (Cuba), Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Cuba), Organización Continental Latinoamericana de Estudiantes, Partido Comunista de Cuba, Reunión del Comité Internacional Preparatorio.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Further accruals are expected, some in electronic form.
System of arrangement
Randomly within boxes (at present)
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open for reference purposes to all researchers and postgraduate students.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies can usually be obtained - apply to library staff.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Spanish and English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
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.
Finding aids
Records at item level on library catalogue (SASCAT)
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Rules and/or conventions used
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.
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Language(s)
- English