Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Carlos Salinas Papers, 1990-2013, bulk 1990-2001

Creator:

Abstract:

The collection documents the work of Carlos Miguel Salinas's work with AIUSA on human rights issues in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Extent:

3.25 linear feet (1 record carton, 1 half-size document box (boxes 1-2), 4 manuscript boxes (boxes 3-6), one oversize folder (mapcase 15-L-7))

Language:

English

Scope and content:

The Carlos Salinas papers include notebooks, agendas/calendars, electronic records, and extensive notes detailing his day to day work on human rights in Latin America and US foreign policy. Salinas' papers include documentation of AIUSA actions related to a Haitian boatlift, and of AIUSA relations with the US government.

Materials related to lobbying and advocacy about AIUSA's leadership and organizational issues include notes on lobbying efforts to pass the Leahy Laws and then to defend their continued existence; the AIUSA mission to Guatemala in the early 1990s; advocacy related to Colombia and to Cuba and efforts to get prisoners released; and the 1998 International Executive Council meeting, pivotal to allowing AIUSA to begin focusing on human rights within the United States. The collection also includes one notebook with notes about the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Regional meeting and the 2013 member meeting.

Biographical / historical:

Carlos Salinas held a variety of positions on the staff of Amnesty International USA between 1990-2001: Mid-Atlantic Student Coordinator and Ralph J Bunche Fellow, 1990-1991; Government Program Officer and Advocacy Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1991-2000; and Acting Director of Government Relations, 2000-2001.

Catalog record:

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Local call number:

HR#0001.60

Processing information:

Papers Accessioned ptl 4/17/2017.

This collection was processed by Carolyn Smith in November 2016. Finding aid written by Carolyn Smith in June 2018, and updated by Kevin Schlottmann in March 2025.

Acquisition information:

Source of acquisition--Carlos Miguel Salinas. Method of acquisition--Deposit; Date of acquisition--10/2016; 01/2025.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Related material:

See Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR) page for more information about all AIUSA collections: https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/chrdr/archive_collections/aiusa.html

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); AIUSA Carlos Salinas Papers; Box and Folder; Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no access restrictions.

All original copies of audio / moving image media / born digital materials are closed until reformatting. Please email rbml@columbia.edu.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from Amnesty International of the USA, Inc.

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