Central America Working Group Records
Scope and Contents
Contains material generated by the Central America Working Group and various materials about the civil wars and covert wars in Central America during the 1980s.
Dates
- Creation: 1979-1984
Creator
- Central America Working Group (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Conditions Governing Use
None.
Historical note
The Central America Working Group, founded in 1979 was a lobbying organization tying peace organizations opposing U.S. support for repressive regimes in Central America.
Extent
6 linear ft. (6 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
The Central America Working Group, founded in 1979 was a lobbying organization tying peace organizations opposing U.S. support for repressive regimes in Central America.
Arrangement
This collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers/records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Phillip and Angela Berryman, 1985 [Acc. 85A-149].
Legal Status
Copyright to the Central America Working Group records created by the organization has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Copyright to all other materials is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law..
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed. A finding aid was created by Wendy E. Chmielewski, August 2009; updated by Chloe Lucchesi-Malone August 2011; and updated by SCPC staff 2017-2018; updated by Wendy E. Chmielewski, September 2018.
Subject
- Central America Working Group (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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