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Sanctuary Media Office,, 1981-1987., bulk: 1985 - 1986

 File
Identifier: Subseries 1.3.

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

This subseries consists of materials created and collected by the Arizona Sanctuary Defense Fund, and organization set up to provide financial and media support for Darlene Nicgorski and the other defendants in the Arizona Sanctuary Trial. The documents include a letter from the Internal Revenue Service denying the Fund tax-exempt status; several incomplete media packets, one of which includes Spanish-language materials; press releases; and records of an October 1985 benefit art auction held in Tucson. The majority of the documents in the subseries derive from the Fund's Sanctuary Media Office. The bulk of these materials consists of photocopies of newspaper accounts of the trial, the individual defendants, the Sanctuary movement, and United States foreign policy in Central America. Additional materials include a an information binder, Spanish-language materials, and two issues of a newsletter.

Dates

  • Creation: 1981-1987.
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1985 - 1986

Creator

Language of materials

From the Collection:

English and Spanish.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Note

The Arizona Sanctuary Defense Fund Sanctuary Media Office was opened in 1985 and closed in 1987.

Extent

19 folders

Repository Details

Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository

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Claremont CA 91711 United States