mums060 Timothy Allman Central America Collection, 1976-1983 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Ken Fones-Wolf. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
2003

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 Collection Overview Allman, Timothy Timothy Allman Central America Collection 1976-1983 MS 60 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.) Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Journalist, news editor, and author of Unmanifest Destiny: Mayhem and Illusion in American Foreign Policy- from the Monroe Doctrine to Reagan's War in El Salvador (1984). Includes notes on observations and interviews, background material including press releases, reports, transcripts of speeches and congressional committee hearings testimony, and articles and pamphlets that concern El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Belize, and Panama, and focus on the Church, guerillas, dissent, terrorism, and foreign policies of presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. English and Spanish Scope and Contents of the Collection

Notes on observations and interviews, background material including press releases, reports, transcripts of speeches and congressional committee hearings testimony, articles and pamphlets, gathered by Timothy Allman, journalist, news editor, and author of Unmanifest Destiny: Mayhem and Illusion in American Foreign Policy- from the Monroe Doctrine to Reagan's War in El Salvador (1984). Materials concern El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Belize and Panama, and focus on the Church, guerillas, dissent, terrorism, and foreign policies of presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

The collection is open for research.

 Preferred Citation

Cite as: Timothy Allman Central America Collection (MS 60). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Acquired from Timothy Allman via Joel Halpern.

Processed by Ken Fones-Wolf.

 Search Terms Reagan, Ronald. Allman, Timothy. Terrorism. Central America--Foreign relations--United States. El Salvador--History--1979-1992. Guatemala--History--Civil War--1960-1996. Nicaragua--History--1979-1990. United States--Foreign relations--Central America. United States--Politics and government--1977-1981. United States--Politics and government--1981-1989. 1 1 Carib/C.A. general policy 1 2 Romero/Church 1 3 White Paper 1 4 Carter Policy 1 5 Dissent/Bob White Dissent Paper 1 6 Terrorism 1 7 Guerrillas 1 8 Reagan 1981 2 1 El Salvador 2 2 El Salvador 2 3 El Salvador 3 1 Junta 3 2 El Salvador 1983 4 1 Guatemala 4 2 Nicaragua 5 1 Costa Rica 5 2 Honduras 5 3 Belize 5 4 Panama