Archives: Michael T. Martin Collection

Housed in the Black Film Center/Archive of Indiana University, Bloomington, The Michael T. Martin Collection features papers, videocassettes, video reels, and other materials from Dr. Martin’s career. The collection contains research materials, drafts, notes, audiovisual material, and correspondences related to Dr. Martin’s 1988 documentary In the Absence of Peace, which examines post-revolutionary Nicaraguan society and the social ramifications of the nation’s forty-year dictatorship. The collection also contains many of the edited volumes, articles, and interviews from Dr. Martin’s career, as well as assorted items relevant to his research areas, such as student dissertations, documentary video reels, and various academic and popular articles. 

Extent:

Acquired 2018 & 2020

• 8 boxes

• 6 videocassettes

• 4 video reels

• 6 audiocassettes

• 2 DVDs

• 4 floppy disks

• 4 books

• 1 index card box