Central American Sanctuary Alliance Collected Records
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence, financial records, leaflets and flyers, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1990-1994
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research without restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Central American Sanctuary Alliance of Delaware County; CASA of Delaware County; organized in 1987 in response to needs of Salvadorans and Guatemalans trying to escape repression in their homeland; organized by nine churches, synagogues and Quaker meetings in Delaware County, Pennsylvania; cooperated in giving assistance to the Luis Ramos family which found refuge in Media, Pa.; CASA also became attached to the Nuevo Gualcho community, formed in El Salvador by war refugee families, and provided financial assistance to provide a water supply and education for the children; CASA ceased operation in 2007.
Extent
0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear in.)
Local Note
S FHL note: Delaware County Quaker Meetings involved were: Concord, Lansdowne, Media, Providence, and Swarthmore Friends Meetings.
Subject
- Central American Sanctuary Alliance of Delaware County (Delaware County, Pa.) (Organization)
- Central American Sanctuary Alliance of Delaware County (Delaware County, Pa.) (Organization)
- Central American Sanctuary Alliance of Delaware County (Delaware County, Pa.) (Organization)
- Concord Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Lansdowne Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Media Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Providence Monthly Meeting of Friends (Media, Pa.) (Organization)
- Swarthmore Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Church work with refugees -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources
- Political refugees -- Central America -- History -- Sources
- Sanctuary movement -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction -- Central America
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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