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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Juan Lechín Oquendo Papers
Dates:
1952-2002
Collection number:
2004C14
Creator:
Lechín Oquendo, Juan.
Collection Size:
21 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
8.8 linear feet
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract:
The papers provide an overview of the life and career of a prominent Bolivian trade unionist and politician, Juan Lechín Oquendo who served as head of the powerful Central Obrera Boliviana for 35 years (1952-1987), and was vice president of Bolivia from 1960-1964. Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, studies, copies of government documents and trade union records, printed matter, sound recordings of interviews, photographs, and memorabilia in the papers relate to miners' unions in Bolivia and the Central Obrera Boliviana, the Bolivian revolution of 1952, as well as subsequent political and economic developments in Bolivia.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
Spanish
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