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Actions Help FAQs Can't find what you're looking for? Browse Collections A-Z University of London	Central America Photographic Collection Remove from selection Add to selection Request this item TitleCentral America Photographic Collection Held atUniversity of London, Institute of Languages, Cultures and Society, Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies Reference codeCAPHOTOS Datec1976-c1997 Creator Central America Human Rights CommitteeMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator The Central American Human Rights Committee was based in Middlesex, England in the early 1980s. It campaigned against human rights abuses in Central America. The Committee was dissolved circa 2003. Latin American BureauMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator The Latin American Bureau is a charity, which originated in 1977. That year the Catholic Institute for International Relations, together with journalists, activists and academics, recognised the necessity of publicising and condemning the state violence then occurring in Latin America. El Salvador and Guatemala Committees for Human RightsMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator The El Salvador and Guatemala Committees for Human Rights (ESCHR) were active in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and 1990s. Scope and ContentThe collection includes approximately 195 photos and 3010 slides. It focuses on the civil wars and state violence in Central America, which involved Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras. The photographs were taken by professional photographers and collected by activists, including the El Salvador and Guatemala Committees for Human Rights (ESCHR), based in London. The collection includes photos, slides and negatives of views of rural life, mostly in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and in Honduras, portraits of adults and children; refugees’ camps; and elections. Photographers include: Jenny Matthews, Paul Smith, Steve Cagan, Mike Goldwater, Toni Lopez, Steve Smith, Peter Drury, Peter Chappell. Includes: Photographs and slides, 1982-1994, including Herbert Anaya’s funeral, of the Guatemala army, the President of Guatemala Vinicio Cerezo; troops and police patrolling the streets, in San José de Las Flores, and Guatemala City; photos of marches, celebration of the end of the civil war, and marking the anniversary of the death of the archbishop Oscar Romero, in El Quiche (Guatemala), Guatemala City, and El Salvador; photos of Nineth Montenegro de Garcia, leader of Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM), and Maria Morales one of the leaders of Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA). Photographs and slides of children and repression including photos of rural life in Nahuala (Sololá department of Guatemala), life in el basurero (garbage dump) in Guatemala City, and internal refugee camps. Photos of families, street children, shoe-shine kids. Also includes negatives of rural life, orphans and widows, and agricultural project in the town of Chimaltenango, labourers in countryside, health care check for refugee, life in model villages. Photographs and slides, c1986-1989. Includes slides of the Federation of Committee of Mothers and Relatives of Political Prisoners and Murdered and Missing people (FECMAFAM) office, in El Salvador; slides of the damage after the earthquake in El Carrizal, El Salvador (10.12.1986), resettlement of the refugee camp, Calle Real, and photos of José Napoleón Duarte. Also includes the daily routine at the Asociación Comité de Madres y Familiares de Presos, Desaparecidos y Asesinados (COMAFAC). Slides of textiles weaving in Guatemala, c1982-1990. Slides of El Salvador, 1989-1992: countryside views, rural life, politicians, marches in Ciudad Segundo Montes, Rufina Amaya - lone survivor of the El Mozote massacre, December 1981. Slides, 1981-1991, including coffee processing plants, scenes of El Mozote massacre, the guerrillas Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) in El Salvador, general views, and inhabitants of El Mezquital; portraits of adults and kids, daily life, women demonstration, peasants in Guatemala, and some slides of el basurero (rubbish dump) in El Salvador. Slides, 1977-1990, including craft and art in El Salvador, the earthquake in Guatemala (04.02.1976) and army and protesters in Guatemala City. Slides of CoMadres and CDHES, and slides of the funeral of the Archbishop of San Salvador, Óscar Romero. Some slides of Nicaragua taken by Joe Fish. Conditions governing accessOpen for research although at least 24 hours notice should be given before a research visit. Extent6 boxes Finding aidsCatalogued to file-level. A pdf is attached to this description. Related files File-level catalogue. See also the Political Pamphlet collections for Latin America, as well as related material in the Latin American Studies library's main classified sequence. Level of descriptionfonds

TitleCentral America Photographic Collection

Held atUniversity of London, Institute of Languages, Cultures and Society, Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Reference codeCAPHOTOS

Datec1976-c1997

Creator
- Central America Human Rights CommitteeMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  The Central American Human Rights Committee was based in Middlesex, England in the early 1980s. It campaigned against human rights abuses in Central America. The Committee was dissolved circa 2003.
- Latin American BureauMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  The Latin American Bureau is a charity, which originated in 1977. That year the Catholic Institute for International Relations, together with journalists, activists and academics, recognised the necessity of publicising and condemning the state violence then occurring in Latin America.
- El Salvador and Guatemala Committees for Human RightsMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  The El Salvador and Guatemala Committees for Human Rights (ESCHR) were active in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and 1990s.

Scope and ContentThe collection includes approximately 195 photos and 3010 slides. It focuses on the civil wars and state violence in Central America, which involved Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras.

The photographs were taken by professional photographers and collected by activists, including the El Salvador and Guatemala Committees for Human Rights (ESCHR), based in London. The collection includes photos, slides and negatives of views of rural life, mostly in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and in Honduras, portraits of adults and children; refugees’ camps; and elections.

Photographers include: Jenny Matthews, Paul Smith, Steve Cagan, Mike Goldwater, Toni Lopez, Steve Smith, Peter Drury, Peter Chappell.

Includes:

Photographs and slides, 1982-1994, including Herbert Anaya’s funeral, of the Guatemala army, the President of Guatemala Vinicio Cerezo; troops and police patrolling the streets, in San José de Las Flores, and Guatemala City; photos of marches, celebration of the end of the civil war, and marking the anniversary of the death of the archbishop Oscar Romero, in El Quiche (Guatemala), Guatemala City, and El Salvador; photos of Nineth Montenegro de Garcia, leader of Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM), and Maria Morales one of the leaders of Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA).

Photographs and slides of children and repression including photos of rural life in Nahuala (Sololá department of Guatemala), life in el basurero (garbage dump) in Guatemala City, and internal refugee camps. Photos of families, street children, shoe-shine kids. Also includes negatives of rural life, orphans and widows, and agricultural project in the town of Chimaltenango, labourers in countryside, health care check for refugee, life in model villages.

Photographs and slides, c1986-1989. Includes slides of the Federation of Committee of Mothers and Relatives of Political Prisoners and Murdered and Missing people (FECMAFAM) office, in El Salvador; slides of the damage after the earthquake in El Carrizal, El Salvador (10.12.1986), resettlement of the refugee camp, Calle Real, and photos of José Napoleón Duarte. Also includes the daily routine at the Asociación Comité de Madres y Familiares de Presos, Desaparecidos y Asesinados (COMAFAC).

Slides of textiles weaving in Guatemala, c1982-1990.

Slides of El Salvador, 1989-1992: countryside views, rural life, politicians, marches in Ciudad Segundo Montes, Rufina Amaya - lone survivor of the El Mozote massacre, December 1981.

Slides, 1981-1991, including coffee processing plants, scenes of El Mozote massacre, the guerrillas Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) in El Salvador, general views, and inhabitants of El Mezquital; portraits of adults and kids, daily life, women demonstration, peasants in Guatemala, and some slides of el basurero (rubbish dump) in El Salvador.

Slides, 1977-1990, including craft and art in El Salvador, the earthquake in Guatemala (04.02.1976) and army and protesters in Guatemala City. Slides of CoMadres and CDHES, and slides of the funeral of the Archbishop of San Salvador, Óscar Romero. Some slides of Nicaragua taken by Joe Fish.

Conditions governing accessOpen for research although at least 24 hours notice should be given before a research visit.

Extent6 boxes

Finding aidsCatalogued to file-level. A pdf is attached to this description.

Related files

File-level catalogue.

See also the Political Pamphlet collections for Latin America, as well as related material in the Latin American Studies library's main classified sequence.

Level of descriptionfonds

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