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Guardia newsletters, 1931-32
the guardia nacional de nicaragua
 

     This page providES access TO THE GUARDIA NACIONAL'S "NEWS LETTERS" —  right now, 74 newsletters comprising 1,419 pages of text, covering most of the 20 months from April 30, 1931 to December 23, 1932.  

     These are interesting documents, very limited in some ways and very rich in others.  Filled mainly with the comings & goings of regiments, batallions & squads — who's coming & going where & when — they also contain what apparently were considered exemplary or especially important patrol & combat & intelligence reports, along with other odds & ends.  Their intended purpose, it seems, was to help nurture a sense of collective identity amongst the Guardia troops by providing a common textual reference for soldiers to turn to & find out what their buddies were up to, what a model patrol report looked like, what the latest "dope" showed about the "bandits" — and more broadly, to provide a common vocabulary & conceptual framework for the institution as a whole.  Oddly, these Guardia Newsletters appear only in English.  It is likely that a Spanish-language version was produced, especially in 1931-32, but was simply not archived by the State Dept.

     These newsletters offer a goldmine of some types of data.  They would make it possible, for instance, to track the movements of most every Guardia unit in space and time.  A content analysis would reveal significant regional variations and offer a good proxy for where the Sandino rebellion found its strongest bases of social support, among other things.  The many combat, intelligence & other reports convey much valuable information.  Unless otherwise indicated, all the following PDF files were digitally copied from Microfilm 1273 (M1273), Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Nicaragua, 1930-1944, reels 21-23.

     I thank Arnold Grant-funded Lebanon Valley College student Melissa A. Zellner for her excellent work preparing these digital images for publication here; the Arnold family of Lebanon, PA, for their generous grant to LVC that helped to make this work possible; and the Arnold Grant Selection Committee for deeming this project worthy of Arnold Grant funding. 


GUARDIA NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA NEWSLETTERS:  1931

Guardia Newsletter No. 46  •  April 30 - May 9

(12.2 MB, 21 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 47  •  may 6-16

(6.6 MB, 12 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 48  •  May 14-23

(8.7 MB, 17 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 49  •  May 17-30

(14 MB, 25 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 50  •  May 28 - June 5

(12.1 MB, 21 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 51  •  june 4-12

(11.2 MB, 20 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 52  •  june 11-20

(14.8 MB, 26 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 53  •  missing

 

Guardia Newsletter No. 54  •  june 25 - july 2

(14.4 MB, 27 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 55  •  july 2-8

(10.6 MB, 19 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 56  •  july 8-17

(11.6 MB, 20 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 57  •  july 16-24

(12.9 MB, 22 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 58  •  july 23-31

(13 MB, 22 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 59  •  july 29 - august 6

(11.7 MB, 23 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 60  •  august 3-13

(17.3 MB, 29 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 61  •  august 13-20

(11.5 MB, 20 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 62  •  august 20-28

(7.9 MB, 14 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 63  •  august 27 - september 4

(21.5 MB, 29 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 64  •  september 3-11

(11.1 MB, 18 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 65  •  september 9-18

(19.9 MB, 16 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 66  •  september 13-25

(40.4 MB, 31 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 67  •  september 23 - october 2

(32.8 MB, 29 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 68  •  october 1-8

(34.6 MB, 28 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 69  •  october 7-16

(28.4 MB, 24 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 70  •  october 14-23

(26.3 MB, 22 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 71  •  october 22-29

(11.2 MB, 13 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 72  •  october 22 - november 6

(11.2 MB, 25 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 73  •  november 5-13

(20.9 MB, 24 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 74  •  november 11-27

(18.4 MB, 21 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 75  •  november 19-27

(26.8 MB, 21 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 76  •  november 25 - december 4

(25.1 MB, 22 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 77  •  december 1-11

(26.4 MB, 27 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 78  •  december 10-19

(19.6 MB, 19 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 79  •  december 16-25

(19 MB, 20 PGS.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 80  •  december 19-31

(16.4 MB, 20 PGS.)

GUARDIA NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA NEWSLETTERS:  1932

Guardia Newsletter No. 81  •  december 28, 1931 - january 8, 1932

(22.5 mb, 23 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 82  •  january 7-15

(8.8 mb, 14 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 83  •  january 12-23

(11.3 mb, 15 pgs)

Guardia Newsletter No. 84  •  january 19-28

(10.5 mb, 16 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 85  •  january 25 - february 5

(9 mb, 11 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 86  •  february 1-12

(8.1 mb, 11 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 87  •  february 9-19

(15.6 mb, 19 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 88  •  missing

Guardia Newsletter No. 89  •  missing

Guardia Newsletter No. 90  •  missing

Guardia Newsletter No. 91  •  missing

Guardia Newsletter No. 92  •  missing

Guardia Newsletter No. 93  •  missing

Guardia Newsletter No. 94  •  missing

Guardia Newsletter No. 95  •  missing

Guardia Newsletter No. 96  •  missing

Guardia Newsletter No. 97  •  missing

Guardia Newsletter No. 98  •  april 27 - may 7

(12.1 mb, 17 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 99  •  may 3-13

(11.4 mb, 14 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 100  •  may 10-20

(14.1 mb, 19 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 101  •  may 18-26

(8.9 mb, 13 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 102  •  may 26 - june 2

(13.3 mb, 15 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 103  •  june 2-9

(8.4 mb, 14 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 104  •  june 8-17

(13.3 mb, 20 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 105  •  missing

Guardia Newsletter No. 106  •  june 23-30

(11.9 mb, 17 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 107  •  june 23 - july 8

(11.6 mb, 17 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 108  •  july 7-15

(12.3 mb, 18 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 109  •  july 14-22

(16.3 mb, 22 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 110  •  july 19-29

(17.1 mb, 24 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 111  •  july 27 - august 5

(9.4 mb, 10 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 112  •  august 1-12

(19.6 mb, 25 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 113  •  august 9-19

(15 mb, 23 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 114  •  august 17-26

(12.1 mb, 20 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 115  •  august 24 - september 2

(12.1 mb, 18 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 116  •  august 31 - september 9

(11.2 mb, 19 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 117  •  september 6-16

(10.9 mb, 18 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 118  •  september 10-23

(19.6 mb, 26 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 119  •  september 21-30

(12 mb, 18 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 120  •  september 28 - october 7

(12.2 mb, 17 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 121  •  october 5-14

(8.7 mb, 12 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 122  •  october 9-21

(10.9 mb, 14 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 123  •  october 15-28

(12.7 mb, 17 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 124  •  october 25 - november 4

(14.2 mb, 21 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 125  •  november 1-11

(17.2 mb, 22 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 126  •  november 7-18

(14.9 mb, 21 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 127  •  november 14-25

(10.2 mb, 13 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 128  •  november 23 - december 2

(11.9 mb, 16 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 129  •  november 29 - december 9

(9 mb, 14 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 130  •  december 3-16

(7.6 mb, 11 pgs.)

Guardia Newsletter No. 131  •  december 15-23, 1932

(9.3 mb, 10 pgs.)

GUARDIA NEWSLETTER NOS. 132 & LATER  •  MISSING