Call Number:

LAE104

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Latin American Ephemera

Extent:

• 4 boxes
• 1.7 linear feet

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Children and Youth in Mexico and Central America; Princeton University Library.

Date:

1984-2008 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University

Abstract:

This collection contains pamphlets, flyers, working papers, institutional reports, and periodicals that address the conditions of children and youth in Mexico and Central America between 1984 and 2008.

The College of New Jersey was initially chartered in 1746. The first classes were held in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in the parsonage of the president, the Reverend Jonathan Dickinson. Upon his death, the College moved to Newark, New Jersey, and was headed by the Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr. Since 1756, the College has been located in Princeton, New Jersey. For the first fifty years, nearly all College operations took place within Nassau Hall. Fires, fundraising difficulties, low student enrollment, and the Civil War challenged the vitality of the College in the early and middle nineteenth century, but the College grew vigorously under the leadership of President James McCosh, and it was renamed Princeton University in 1896. The Graduate School was established in 1900, although a limited graduate program had existed since the 1870s. Princeton enthusiastically supported the country (living up to its informal motto, "Princeton in the Nation's Service") during the First and Second World Wars, offering the expertise of faculty and campus space for training, as well as facilitating the early graduation of students so they could enlist. The post-World War II years brought dramatic changes to Princeton. The size and strength of the University's facilities and academic programs—especially for the applied sciences and public policy—were increased dramatically. Under President Robert Goheen, Princeton began to admit minority students in greater numbers in the 1960s and admitted women undergraduates in 1969. Today, Princeton is widely regarded as one of the top universities in the world.

This collection contains pamphlets, flyers, working papers, institutional reports, and periodicals that address the conditions of children and youth in Mexico and Central America between 1984 and 2008. The pertinent issues in the region are child abuse, the commercial and sexual exploitation of young females, drug abuse and children's health, child labor and youth employment, children's rights, family action, as well as legislation and policy. The materials are published by a variety of sources, including government agencies, national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and youth and children's advocacy movements. The collection is arranged by geographical area: first Mexico, then Central America and its respective countries. Within each country, items are alphabetically organized by title.