Luis Alberto Sánchez Papers

Luis Alberto Sánchez was a prominent Peruvian author and political leader of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance Party (APRA). He joined APRA in 1931 and, he was jailed and exiled for his activism. Ultimately, he became a Peruvian senator, Rector of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, President of the Senate, and Vice President of Perú. He was also an educator and taught throughout Latin America and the United States. This collection of correspondence, manuscripts, and other materials documents his leadership in the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance Party (APRA), relationship with Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian political history, mid-20th century Latin American political movements, and relationships with prominent Latin American authors. These papers also include his collection of Alfredo González Prada correspondence, another prominent Peruvian diplomat and writer.