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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-25-B
AR07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MWW-01
Williams discusses his role as the United States Ambassador to El Salvador, his apprehension about American military involvement in El Salvador and Latin America, and other aspects of the Alliance for Progress program that was carried out in El Salvador, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-009-011
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate the protection of refugees from El Salvador and Nicaragua from deportation and persecution in their homelands. The episode aired on Monday, July 27, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-016-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate ending United States military and economic aid to the government of El Salvador. The episode aired on Friday, March 23, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0005-001-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate U.S. foreign policy in Central America, focusing on the cases of El Salvador and Nicaragua. The episode aired on Wednesday, November 19, 1986, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-022-011
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President Bush's compliance with a previously established limit to the number of U.S. military advisers to El Salvador. The episode aired on Tuesday, August 14, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-014-012
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the United States should stop providing military aid to the government of El Salvador. The episode aired on Monday, February 19, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-010-017
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate U.S. policy on military aid to the government of El Salvador, and a recent atrocity by a death squad in El Salvador. The episode aired on Thursday, November 23, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-004-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate U.S. involvement in Central America, the death of an American adviser in El Salvador, and the conflict between Communists and Contras in Nicaragua. The episode aired on Wednesday, April 8, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-034-006
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the escalating violence by rebels in El Salvador. The episode aired on Thursday, January 26, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2005-046-003
A. Michael (Mike) Marzolla served as a Peace Corps volunteer in three different countries. He began his service in Guatemala from 1973 to 1974, where he coordinated a school and community garden project. He also was a team member on a nutrition education research project with INCAP (Institute of Nutrition for Central America and Panama). In early 1975, Marzolla transferred to a reconstruction project in Honduras. From 1976 to 1977, he worked on a nutrition education project in El Salvador. Interviewed and recorded by Lou Spaventa, March 5, 2005. 3 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-100
Louise Liller served as a Peace Corps volunteer in El Salvador from 2006 to 2008 on an agroforestry and environmental education project. She also served with Peace Corps Response in Panama in 2009. In San Lucas de Gualococti, El Salvador, there were initial challenges with work partnerships and housing. However, Liller was able to adapt to the situation and work with her neighborhood to identify projects. Her focuses were on projects such as reforestation, gender and youth development, and workshops for youth environmental business ideas. She felt she made an impact by working with the local school vegetable garden. She is proudest of the reforestation project that allowed the community recapture land and use it for community events, and enjoyed the friends she made in her community. In Cuesta de Piedra, Panama, Liller felt that her improved language skills and strong local partner helped her utilize her strengths to make a major impact in agroforestry. She enjoyed her experience teaching youth environmental education classes throughout the region and working with local organic farmers. She enjoyed Panama's beautiful scenery, her close host family, and well-defined work project. Liller says the Peace Corps taught her about community building and the importance of relationships within the community. Interviewed and recorded by Jeff Liu, June 19, 2019. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file)
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-019
Asiha Grigsby served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador from 2013 to 2015 in the Community Organization and Economic Development (COED) program. She also served as a Peace Corps Response volunteer in Chiriqui, Panama, from 2016 to 2017, training members of an organic farming cooperative in small business development strategies in the community of Volcan. Grigsby initially discusses her participation in the Peace Corps Masters International Program at Rutgers University and the unexpectedly long road to becoming a volunteer and completing her degree due to a previously undiagnosed kidney disease. After three years of treatment while her application was on "medical hold," she was eventually accepted into the Peace Corps and earned her Masters degree. In retrospect, she considers her diagnosis during the application process to be a blessing because early discovery of the illness has allowed her to maintain a healthy, happy lifestyle. Once stationed in Estanzuelas, El Salvador, Grigsby shares how the community members reacted to her as a very tall, unmarried African-American woman without children. She describes the work she did empowering the local women and girls to come together to address domestic violence issues. She also talks about restrictions on volunteers in El Salvador because of safety concerns, which eventually led to the closure of Peace Corps in the country only three months after she completed her service. Finally, Grisgby discusses reentry issues after each of her tours of service. Interviewed and recorded by Evelyn Ganzglass, September 23, 2018. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-006-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the new evidence that senior officials in the army of El Salvador were involved in the killing of six Jesuit priests in 1989. The episode aired on Friday, December 6, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-032-009
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the United States needs to more forcefully call for the Soviet Union to stop sending military arms to Central America, citing the smuggling of Soviet arms from Nicaragua into El Salvador. The episode aired on Monday, April 1, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-021-008
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming discuss El Salvador's peace accord, which brought an end to the country's civil war. The episode aired on Monday, December 7, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-019-011
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether Congress should grant Extended Voluntary Departure (EVD) status to illegal immigrants from El Salvador to permit the immigrants to remain in the United States. The episode aired on Monday, March 14, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-08-20-A
AR39, ST28
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-17-C
KN27
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-15-B
AR16, KN12
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning El Salvador. Materials pertain to El Salvadorian Ambassadors to the United States Hector David Castro and Francisco Roberto Lima, and trade between El Salvador and the United States. Also included is correspondence between President Kennedy and President of El Salvador Julio A. Rivera. This folder contains some foreign language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-238-005
This folder contains a conference handbook for President John F. Kennedy's trip to San José, Costa Rica to attend the Conference of Presidents of Central American Republics and Panama. The folder includes maps and background information on Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-238-004
This folder contains a conference handbook for President John F. Kennedy's trip to San José, Costa Rica to attend the Conference of Presidents of Central American Republics and Panama. The folder includes maps and reports by the Central Intelligence Agency on Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-002-006
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-020-013