Scope and Contents
The papers consist of material from El Salvador, including guerrilla propaganda, internal guerrilla memoranda, and U.S. and Salvadoran government documents; material from Puerto Rico relating to the Cerro Maravilla case and the Culebra island controversy; and documents on the 1981-1982 national elections of Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.
Dates
- 1945-2004
Creator
Language of Materials
The papers are in English and Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Anne Nelson-Black, 1986 and 1991. Transferred from the Latin American Collection Curator, 2016.
Arrangement
Arranged by record type.
Extent
17.08 Linear Feet (20 containers)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers consist of material from El Salvador, including guerrilla propaganda, internal guerrilla memoranda, and U.S. and Salvadoran government documents; material from Puerto Rico relating to the Cerro Maravilla case and the Culebra island controversy; and documents on the 1981-1982 national elections of Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.
Biographical / Historical
Anne Nelson was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. She graduated from Yale University in 1976. As a journalist, Black covered wars in El Salvador and Guatemala, contributing articles and photographs to numerous publications. Nelson is married to author George Black.
- Authors
- Central America
- Costa Rica -- Politics and government -- 1948-1986
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic -- Politics and government
- El Salvador -- Politics and government -- 1979-1992
- Guatemala -- Politics and government -- 1945-1985
- Honduras -- Politics and government -- 1933-1982
- Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1970-1982
- Nelson, Anne, 1954-
- Puerto Rico -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Puerto Rico -- Politics and government -- 1952-1998
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Puerto Rico
- Title
- Guide to the Anne Nelson-Black papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- compiled by William E. Brown, Jr., and staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- June 1986
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
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New Haven, CT 06511