Collections: Manuscripts

Robert Claxton: Collection on Allende's Chile, 1971 - 1974
(Collection 97)

Collection Guide

Prepared by Ruth Olivera, February 1991; revised July 1998.

The collection contains material relating to the period in which Salvador Allende was in power in Chile, 1970 - 1973. Included are periodicals with articles on Allende, pamphlets, clippings, and LP records. Most are written from a strong socialist point of view and are supportive of Allende. The original collection included a number of newspapers and books which have been transferred elsewhere, as noted.

 

Periodicals

1. Chile Hoy

Año I

No. 51 June 8 - 14, 1973
No. 52 June 8 - 14, 1973

Año II

No. 53 June 15 - 21, 1973
No. 55 June 29 - July 5, 1973
No. 56 July 6 - 12, 1973
No. 57 July 13 - 19, 1973
No. 58 July 20 - 26, 1973
No. 59 July 27 - Aug 2, 1973
No. 60 Aug 3 - 9, 1973

2. Dissent

December, 1971

3. Monthly Review, an Independent Socialist Magazine

Vol. 22 no. 8 (Jan 1971)
Vol. 23 no. 5 (oct 1971)
no. 8 (Jan 1972)
Vol. 24 no. 9 (Feb 1973)
Vol. 25 no. 1 (May 1973)

4. New Politics, a Journal of Socialist Thought

Vol. VIII no. 4 (Fall 1970)
Vol. IX no. 3 (Fall 1971)
Vol. X no.4 (Fall 1973)
Vol. XI no. 1 (Winter 1974)

5. Ramparts

March, 1972

 

Pamphlets

1. "Abstracts" Latin American Studies Association. Fifth national meeting. San Fransisco, California, November 14 - 16, 1974.

2. Collection: Nosotros los Chilenos

a. "Niños de Chile," by Cecilia Urrutia. No. 19, June 1972.
b. "La emancipación de la mujer," by Virginia Vidal. No. 19, December 1972.

3. "El tancazo de ese 29 de junio," Patricio García F., editor.

 

Clippings

Clippings and feature articles on Allende from Brazilian newspapers and one U.S. newspaper. 1973. 5 pieces.

 

LP Records

1. "Primer Festival International de la Canción Popular, Chile - 73"
2. "El gran desafío"

These records are stored in the upper left black filing case with other Latin American albums, in the manuscript room.

 

Newspapers

El Mercurio. Edición Internacional, August 6, 1973 - February, 24, 1974, 30 issues. These newspapers have been added to the newspaper collection.

 

Books

The following book was cataloged into the regular LAL collection:

Domestic efforts and the needs for external financing for the development of Chile. Washington: CIAP Subcommittee on Chile, 1972.

The following books have been added to the regular LAL collection as second copies:

1. Chile: the Allende years. The coup under the junta. New York, IDOC/North America, Inc., 1973.
2. Chile: under military rule; a dossier of documents and analyzes compiled by the staff of IDOC/International Documentation with the special assistance of guest editor Gary MacEoin. New York, IDOC/North America [1974] (International documentation no. 62, 64.)
3. Evans, comp., editor. Disaster in Chile. Allende's strategy and why it failed. New York: Pathfinder Press, 1974.
4. Debray, Régis. The Chilean Revolution. Conversations with Allende: New York, Vintage Books, c. 1971.
5. Maria, Luis. Chile: dos años de unidad popular. Santiago de Chile, Empresa editora Nacional Quimanter Limitada, 1973.
6. White, Judy, ed. Chile's days of terror. Eyewitness accounts of the military coup. New York: Pathfinder Press, 1974.