WAUPortlandCentralAmericaSolidarityCommittee5632.xml Guide to the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee Records 1979-2002 Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2013 (Last modified: 5/30/2024)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-15. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records Portland Central America Solidarity Committee 5632 10 cubic feet 10 boxes 1979-2002 1986-1996 Records of the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee, and of Ben Linder, a UW engineering graduate Collection materials are in English.

The Portland Central America Solidarity Committee was founded in 1979 to educate and mobilize community members, workers, and student around struggles for human rights and social justic throughout the Americas. In addition to working to improve conditions in Central America, PCASC also advidcated for rights locally in the Pacific Northwest. PCASC is also affiliated with the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) and the Committee in Solidiarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES).

Arranged as received.

Correspondence, clippings, newsletters, subject files, resource materials, financial reports, audio/visual materials, minutes, membership lists, publications by other organizations, and other materials.

The records also include materials relating to Ben Linder, a University of Washington graduate in engineering who went to Nicaragua to build dams. He was assassinated by the Contras in 1987.

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Material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

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The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Donor: Kari Koch, PCASC History Project Coordinator, 2002. Transferred from Glenda Pearson, UW Libraries Microforms and Newspapers, in May, 2011.

Nine boxes of serials were separated and returned to the Gift Processing Section.

 Linder, Benjamin Ernest, 1959-1987 Portland Central America Solidarity Committee--Archives Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) International Relations Oregon Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records 5632-001 Box 1 Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records 5632-001 Box 2 Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records 5632-001 Box 3 Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records 5632-001 Box 4 Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records 5632-001 Box 5 Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records 5632-001 Box 6 Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records 5632-001 Box 7 Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records 5632-001 Box 8 Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records 5632-001 Box 9 Portland Central America Solidarity Committee records 5632-001 Box 10