Philadelphia Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador Records
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, administrative files, financial records, memorabilia, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, periodicals, reference files. Some national CISPES material is also included in this collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1985-1995
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials are in English and Spanish.
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
None.
Copyright and Rights Information
None.
Historical
Philadelphia CISPES was loosely affiliated with national and other local CISPES groups. It was concerned with issues of human rights and U.S. intervention in Central America in general and El Salvador in particular.
Extent
10 Linear Feet (10 linear ft.)
Overview
Philadelphia CISPES was loosely affiliated with national and other local CISPES groups. It was concerned with issues of human rights and U.S. intervention in Central America in general and El Salvador in particular.
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 Philadelphia CISPES, 1995 [acc. 95A-066].
Separated Materials
Items removed: periodicals, photographs, posters, oversized documents, audiocassettes, phonotapes, computer diskettes, slides, videocassettes, banners, buttons.
Legal Status
Copyright to the hiladelphia Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador 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. This finding aid was prepared by Wendy E. Chmielewski and Allegra Black, March 2011.
Subject
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2017: The file list was standardized in Summer 2017 by Min Cheng in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace. Elisabeth Miller added the notes in Fall 2017. Wendy E. Chmielewski updated this in October 2020.
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