SOA Watch Records (DG 207), Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

SOA Watch Records, 1986-date

Collection: DG 207

Contact Information
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 U.S.A.
Telephone: (610) 328-8557 (Curator); Fax: (610) 328-8544
Email: wchmiel1@swarthmore.edu (Curator); URL: http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/

Descriptive Summary
Repository
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers/records. [
Creator
SOA Watch
Title
SOA Watch Records
Inclusive Dates
1986 - date
Call Number
DG 207
Language of Materials
Materials in English and Spanish
Extent
4.5 linear feet [papers only]
Abstract
The SOA Watch was founded in 1990 by Catholic peace activist, Father Roy Bourgeois. The organization tracks and monitors the work of the School of the Americas (SOA), renamed the "Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation," (WHISC), in 2001. The WHISC is a combat training school for Latin American military personnel, located at Fort Benning, Georgia. The SOA Watch is a direct action protest organization.

Administrative Information
Restrictions to Access
None
Usage Restrictions
None
Alternate Form of Material
None
Acquisitions Information
Gift of SOA Watch, 2009 [Acc. 09A-049]; 2010 [Acc 10A-044]; 2011 [Acc. 11A-051]; 2012 [Acc. 2012-044]
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the SOA Watch Records (DG 207), Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Copyright Notice
Copyright has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Rights to some items in this collection may have been retained by the creators/authors (or their descendents), in this collection, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Please contact the SCPC Curator for further information.

Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online library/archival catalogs.
See tripod record

Historical Background
The SOA Watch was founded in 1990 by Catholic peace activist, Father Roy Bourgeois. The organization tracks and monitors the work of the School of the Americas (SOA), renamed the "Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation," (WHISC), in 2001. The WHISC is a combat training school for Latin American military personnel, located at Fort Benning, Georgia. The SOA Watch is a direct action protest organization.

Items removed:

AV items-video recordings
Bumper stickers
Buttons
Periodicals
Photographs (paper and digital images)

Box 1 of 1 Acc. 09A-049
Solidarity in Action Guide for Grassroots Organizing
Resolution to Close the School of the Americas, signed by American Catholic Bishops, (by state) 1999-2000
-Alaska – Massaschusetts
-Michigan – Texas
-Utah – Wisconsin, Puerto Rico, resolutions signed by others, miscellaneous

Box 1 Acc. 10A-044
Trial for SOA protesters: Tom Mahedy, 2001-2002
SOA Watch and Mouvement pour le désarmement, la paix et la liberté
Newspaper Clippings, 1990-1995 and Miscellaneous Correspondence
Newspaper Clippings, 1995-1997
Newspaper Clippings, 1996-1999
Newspaper Clippings, 1986-2002
Newspaper Clippings, 2003-2006
SOA Watch, Materials Regarding Annual Vigil
SOA Watch, Materials for 2005 Vigil
“To Move a Mountain”

Box 2 Acc. 10A-044
Court Proceedings for Arrested SOA Watch Members, January 27, 2003
Court Proceedings for Arrested SOA Watch Members, January 28, 2003
Court Proceedings for Arrested SOA Watch Members, January 29, 2003
Documents Regarding Trials of SOA Watch Members, 2004-2005
Miscellaneous
Forms for item removal

Box 3 Acc. 10A-044
Guatemala
Guatemala, March 16-20, 1987
Newspaper Clippings and Articles
Direct Action Evaluations
“Adelante”: US Army History of SOA
SOA 43: Trial Preparation Materials, July 2002
Reflections on Eric LeCompte’s Presentations at Franciscan University, 2004
SOA Watch Materials, 2004
Strategy Meeting 2004 Evaluations
2004 Vigil Action Organizing Packet
“Voices of Courage,” November 2004
SOA Watch Organizing Packet (in Spanish), 2005
2005 Annual Report and 2006 Vigil
Strategy Meeting Materials, 2007
Vigil Organizing Packet, 2007
Legislative, 2007
SOA Watch Strategy Meeting and Lobby Day, 2008
The 2008 ¡La Lucha Sigue! Award
SOA Watch 2008 Elections Resources Packet and Support for Closing the SOA

Box 4 Acc. 10A-044
Pax Christi USA: Miscellaneous
Correspondence with Eric LeCompte
Charges against SOA Watch Members
SOA Iowa Nonviolence Training
Eric LeCompte and Canadian Visitation Rights
SOA Watch Flyers
Permits and Other Documents Concerning SOA Protest
Washington DC Permit
“Operation Dragon”: Plot to Assassinate Bernice Celeyta Alayon
Public Speaking Guide
Fasting Across the Country and Cosponsor Documents
Eric LeCompte to Leave SOA Watch
Support for Closing the SOA
Gandhian Wave
HR 1217: Suspend and Investigate SOA/WHINSEC
Materials Relating to Permit for Public Demonstration in Columbus, Georgia
Course Syllabi
Records Requested Under FOIA and Flyers Supporting HR 1707
“SOA Watch: Materials for Supporters of Prisoners and Probationers of Conscience”
Grassroots
Committee for Clemency/Pardon of the SOA Protesters

Box 5 Acc. 10A-044
Federal Trial Preparation Materials
Gerardi Case
Gramajo
SOA Watch Literature
Congressional Visit Report Form
Miscellaneous Correspondence
SOA Watch Documents: Correspondence with Eric LeCompte, Miscellaneous
SOA Watch Documents: Miscellaneous [3 folders]

Box 1 Acc. 11A-051
SOA Miscellaneous Files 2004-2007
SOA Miscellaneous Files 2002-2005
Prisoner/Probation Re-Entry Workshop, Washington, D.C., February 12-13, 2004
SOA 26 Bios
Heather SOA 26 – Media
2003 Spring Lobby Days to Close the SOA/ WHISC
SOA Miscellaneous Files 2001-2002
SOA Miscellaneous Files 2001-2003

Box 2 Acc. 11A-051
Pamphlets, flyers, literature
Newspaper clippings
Articles, information
Correspondance
Propaganda, advertisements, cards, photographs
Miscellaneousrelated materials
Letters to Judge Haywood Turner [2 folders]

Box 1 Acc. 2012-044
Petitions, 2005
Past organizing packets
Miscellaneous- correspondence, pamphlets, news clippings, etc.
Miscellaneous- fliers, pamphlets, etc.
Spring events, 2001
November Vigil feedback, 2001
Evaluation sheets/survey, 2003
Strategy meeting documents, 2003
Evaluating guidelines, 2002 (November)
Legislative documents
Strategy meeting, 2002

Box 2 Acc. 2012-044
Spring event, 1999
Fast, 2000
Packet, 1999 (May)
Lobby packet, 1999
SOA 26 Trial- miscellaneous
Five-year ban and bar letters, 2000
Miscellaneous SOA Watch organizing materials, 2002
Permit issues
High-risk 100 forms
High-risk packet
Sentencing
Columbus local youth
Organizing packet, 2000 (November)
Organizing information, 2000
November logistics
Bradly Theater sessions, 2000 (November)
Peacekeeping
2000 (April 2-3)
November Vigil, 2000
Spring Mobilization notes, 2000
Vigil, 1999
Organizing packet, 1999 (November)

Box 1 [4”x6” unless noted]
1994
1996
1997 (April)
1997 (May)
1997 (September)
1997 (November) [3.5”x5”]
1997 (December)
1998 (January)
1998 (April)
1998 (November)
1999 (January)
1999 (February)
1999 (May)
1999 (June)
1999 (November) [3.5”x5”]
2000 (January)
2000 (March)
2000 (April)
2000 (October)
2000 (November)
2001
Undated (November Vigil and March on Capitol Hill) [3.5”x5”; 4”x4”; and 4”x6”]

Box 2
Undated (November Vigil and March on Capitol Hill) [4”x6” and 5”x7”]
1999 [5”x7”]
2000 [4”x7”]
2003 [4”x7”]

Box 5 [8”x10”]
1998 (November 22) [continued]
2001 (November)
Undated (November Vigil)