Records of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, including correspondence,
meeting minutes, planning documents, and publications of the Center. Most of the collection
consists of discussion papers written by UWM professors and several scholars from outside
the university and published by the center from 1969 to 1985. The discussion papers mainly
address economic issues and theories and their pertinence within Latin America, although
several papers focus on political and cultural issues. The center also published several
newsletters and distributed the research findings of its members in essays, reprints, and
pamphlets which are also included in the collection.
The correspondence files (1958-1976) mostly consist of letters from the directors
concerning staff, budget, course and curriculum development, and other center activities.
The advisory committee and faculty meeting minutes also document courses, staff, budget,
research, and other activities from 1958 to 1975. The planning documents (1969-1983) discuss
grants, courses, migrant workers, and a suggestion for a Midwest Language and Area Study
Program.
Of interest in the most recent addition to the collection (boxes 5-7) are files created to
assist teachers at UWM and elsewhere incorporate materials on Latin American studies in
their curriculum, as well as grant proposal documents describing the activities of the
Center over three-year grant periods. The proposals also include information about budget
proposals for the center and its collaboration with similar centers at UW-Madison.
