Register of the Roberto Cardenal Ch. Papers, 1957-1989
Processed by Rebecca J. Mead; machine-readable finding aid created
by Xiuzhi Zhou
Hoover Institution Archives
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Register of the Roberto Cardenal Ch. Papers, 1957-1989
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Hoover Institution Archives
- Stanford University
- Stanford, California 94305-6010
- Phone: (650) 723-3563
- Fax: (650) 725-3445
- Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
- Processed by:
- Rebecca J. Mead
- Date Completed:
- 1990 (revised)
- Encoded by:
- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1998 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Roberto Cardenal Ch. Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1957-1989
Collection number: 88027
Creator:
Cardenal Ch., Roberto (Cardenal Chamorro)
Collection Size: 58 manuscript boxes (24.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Photocopies of articles from La Prensa censored by the Nicaraguan Ministerio del
Interior, photocopies of censorship orders by the Ministerio del Interior, the typescript
of the book by Roberto Cardenal Ch. relating to the censorship, Lo que se quiso ocultar:
ocho anos de censura sandinista (San Jose, Costa Rica, 1989), and correspondence,
writings, notes, memoranda, and printed matter relating to Nicaraguan politics,
censorship, and human rights conditions.
Language: Mainly in
Spanish.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Roberto Cardenal Ch. Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1988.
Accruals
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the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
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of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Access Points
Censorship--Nicaragua
Nicaragua--History--1979-1990
Journalism--Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Freedom of the press--Nicaragua
Civil rights--Nicaragua
Prensa (Managua, Nicaragua)
Nicaragua. Ministerio del Interior
Series Description
Boxes 1-6
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1957-1988.
Scope and Content Note
Typescripts and printed articles, reports, pamphlets, clippings, serial issues, notes,
agenda, and miscellany. Includes some background material relating to trips and
conferences, a chronological series of
La Prensa clippings (articles by
Cardenal?), and drafts of his book entitled,
El Verdadero Rostro del
Sandinismo
. Includes material relating to the Nicaraguan government, politics,
foreign relations, the church,
La
Prensa, and civil rights,
especially government censorship, and other subjects.
Boxes 6-24
LA PRENSA FILE, c. 1982-1986.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings and correspondence with the Nicaraguan government relating to censorship of La
Prensa. Includes material relating to economics, education, foreign relations, human
rights, labor, the military, politics, religion, social conditions in Nicaragua, and
other subjects.
Boxes 25-50
NEWSPAPER SUBJECT FILE, 1971-1988.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, primarily from the major pro-government Nicaraguan periodicals,
Barricada and
El Nuevo Diario. Includes material relating
to most of the same topics described above.
Boxes 51-56
SUBJECT FILE, 1962-1988.
Scope and Content Note
Position statements and plans, reports, speeches and statements, clippings, outlines,
membership lists, declarations, printed articles, serial issues, memoranda,
correspondence, press releases, petitions, notes, and miscellany. Includes material
relating to the Nicaraguan government, politics, opposition movements (both anti-Somoza
and anti-Sandinista), and elections (Box 51), the censorship of
La Prensa,
freedom of the press, and human rights (Box 52), the church and religion (Box 53),
economics, indigenous populations, peace negotiations, foreign relations, education,
management training, and other subjects.
Container List
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1957-1988
Box 1-4.
General. Includes material relating to the Nicaraguan government, politics, foreign relations, the church,
La Prensa, and civil rights, especially government censorship, and other subjects
El Verdadero Rostro del Sandinismo, c. 1984-1988. Manuscript relating to government censorship of the Nicaraguan periodical,
La Prensa
LA PRENSA FILE, c. 1982-1986
Correspondence with the Nicaraguan Interior Ministry relating to censored articles
Box 7., Folder 1-8
1982 August-1984 Feb. (most of 1983 is missing)
Articles censored by the Nicaraguan government. Arranged by topic
Folder 5-7
General. Primarily relates to miscellaneous domestic events and problems; includes indices, advertisements and announcements,
humorous articles, and reports from other Latin American periodicals
Folder 8
General. Includes material relating to freedom of the press and the censorship of
La Prensa
NEWSPAPER SUBJECT FILE, 1971-1988.
Box 25-50.
Clippings, primarily from the major pro-government Nicaraguan periodicals,
Barricada and
El Nuevo Diario. Includes material relating to most of the same topics described above.
Box 51-56.
Position statements and plans, reports, speeches and statements, clippings, outlines, membership lists, declarations, printed
articles, serial issues, memoranda, correspondence, press releases, petitions, notes, and miscellany. Includes material relating
to the Nicaraguan government, politics, elections, and opposition movements (Box 51), the censorship of
La Prensa, freedom of the press, and human rights (Box 52), the church and religion (Box 53), economics, indigenous populations, peace
negotiations, foreign relations, education, management training, and other subjects.
