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Central American Historical Institute Records
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Central American Historical Institute (CAHI); established in 1982 as an independent educational and research center based at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.; affiliated with the Instituto Historica Centroamericano, a 25 year-old documentation center of the Jesuits of Central America; worked in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama; ceased operation around 1993.
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Organization
- Central American Historical Institute
- Jesuits -- : 20th century -- : Central America
- Catholic Church -- : 20th century -- : Central America
Subject
- Church and Social Problems -- Central America -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Social conflict -- Central America -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Counterrevolutionaries -- Central America -- History -- Sources
- Counterrevolutionaries -- Guatemala -- History -- Sources
- Counterrevolutionaries -- Nicaragua -- History -- Sources
- Human rights -- Central America -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- Central America -- History -- Sources
Place
- Central America -- History -- Sources
- El Salvador -- Politics and government -- 1979-1992 -- Sources
- Guatemala -- Politics and government -- 1985- -- Sources
- Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990 -- Sources
- Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979- -- Sources
- Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States -- 1979- -- Sources
- Central America -- Military relations -- United States
- United States -- Military relations -- Central America
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America
- Publisher
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use.
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All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.
- Copyright to the Central American Historical Institute records created by the organization has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Copyright to all other materials is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.