GB 3032 J 320 PAM - Ecuador: Political Pamphlets

Identity area

Reference code

GB 3032 J 320 PAM

Title

Ecuador: Political Pamphlets

Date(s)

  • 1972- (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The majority of the materials held in this collection date from the country's last period of military dictatorship (1972-1979) and its subsequent return to democracy following the introduction of a new constitution in 1979. The dictatorship had overseen the growth of the country's external debt to record levels, which exacerbated the effects of the economic crisis of the 1980s, when global recession coupled with a fall in petroleum prices forced Ecuador to adopt stringent austerity measures in order to meet debt-rescheduling requirements. It is these economic conditions and the continuing inequality of Equadorian society which dominate the materials held here, which originate mainly from univerisities and institutes, trade unions (notably the Central Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas(CEDOC)) and peasant and indigenous organisations rather than from the established political parties. Their concerns range from rural conditions and the need for agricultural reform, across the struggles of the trade union movement, to the situation of the Indian population of Ecuador.

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 J 320 PAM 1972- Collection (Fonds) 1 box Institute for the Study of the Americas

The majority of the materials held in this collection date from the country's last period of military dictatorship (1972-1979) and its subsequent return to democracy following the introduction of a new constitution in 1979. The dictatorship had overseen the growth of the country's external debt to record levels, which exacerbated the effects of the economic crisis of the 1980s, when global recession coupled with a fall in petroleum prices forced Ecuador to adopt stringent austerity measures in order to meet debt-rescheduling requirements. It is these economic conditions and the continuing inequality of Equadorian society which dominate the materials held here, which originate mainly from univerisities and institutes, trade unions (notably the Central Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas(CEDOC)) and peasant and indigenous organisations rather than from the established political parties. Their concerns range from rural conditions and the need for agricultural reform, across the struggles of the trade union movement, to the situation of the Indian population of Ecuador.

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, manifestos, programmes, seminar papers and conference reports, 1972 onwards issued by Central Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas(CEDOC), Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Sindicales Libres, Confederation of British Industry, Cotacachi (Ecuador), Frente de Defensa de Comerciantes Minoristas de Guayaquil (FREDECOMI), Fundación Ecuatoriana de Desarrollo Social, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Políticas (Universidad de Guayaquil (ILEP)), Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales (ILDIS), Ministerio de Recursos Naturales y Energéticos (Ecuador), Movimiento Revolucionario de los Trabajadores(MRT), Unión Regional de Organizaciones Campesinas del Litoral (Ecuador), Universidad Central del Ecuador Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas.

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, French, English, Quechua.

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 Agriculture CBI , Confederation of British Industry x Confederation of British Industry CEDOC , Central Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas x Central Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Sindicales Libres Ecuador Ethnic groups FREDECOMI , Frente de Defensa de Comerciantes Minoristas de Guayaquil x Frente de Defensa de Comerciantes Minoristas de Guayaquil Fundación Ecuatoriana de Desarrollo Social ILDIS , Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales x Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales ILEP , Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Políticas (Universidad de Guayaquil) x Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Políticas (Universidad de Guayaquil) Indigenous populations Industry Internal politics Labour relations Ministerio de Recursos Naturales y Energéticos (Ecuador) MRT , Movimiento Revolucionario de los Trabajadores x Movimiento Revolucionario de los Trabajadores Petroleum industry Political parties Political science Politics Power industry Rural development South America Trade unions Unión Regional de Organizaciones Campesinas del Litoral (Ecuador) Universidad Central del Ecuador Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Institute for the Study of the Americas

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Pamphlets, reports, manifestos, programmes, seminar papers and conference reports, 1972 onwards issued by Central Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas(CEDOC), Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Sindicales Libres, Confederation of British Industry, Cotacachi (Ecuador), Frente de Defensa de Comerciantes Minoristas de Guayaquil (FREDECOMI), Fundación Ecuatoriana de Desarrollo Social, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Políticas (Universidad de Guayaquil (ILEP)), Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales (ILDIS), Ministerio de Recursos Naturales y Energéticos (Ecuador), Movimiento Revolucionario de los Trabajadores(MRT), Unión Regional de Organizaciones Campesinas del Litoral (Ecuador), Universidad Central del Ecuador Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas.

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, French, English, Quechua.

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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Institute for the Study of the Americas

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

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