This archive contains files and analysis from a doctoral research project originally entitled “Mediating Impasses in Civil War Peace Negotiations”. The project resulted in the following PhD thesis: Frazer, Owen David (2022). The theory and practice of mediation as framing: breaking impasses in the El Salvador peace negotiations. University of Birmingham. Ph.D. (https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fetheses.bham.ac.uk%2f&c=E,1,YNCIbchL2wJKccwcWaLKU5UbiIdxjwRqmrqD7OhnP1vSgFZG79Bs5fTkETmj0aiteq1B4YbkAfsHgTJqCgIDASOF17jk2NR5tGwPmez3txHuRRbGIe3FamYU_7KD&typo=1) A book based on the thesis with the working title Reframing Peace Mediation: Overcoming Impasses in El Salvador is due to be published in 2024 in the series Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution Files: 190726_record_oral_consent_en_final.pdf English language version of checklist of questions asked to interviewees to obtain their oral consent for use of data from the interview. 190726_record_oral_consent_es_final.pdf Spanish language version of checklist of questions asked to interviewees to obtain their oral consent for use of data from the interview. 190911_UNFilesElSalvador.pdf Table listing all folders in UN archives deemed of potential interest for the research project. The first column details the priority the researcher gave to consulting it and the last column details what treatment the researcher gave to the folder. Information from the intervening columns is taken from the finding aids available from the UN archives https://archives.un.org/ 190911_UNFilesElSalvador_Notes.pdf Lists the folders consulted in the UN archives and gives a short description of the folder contents and what treatment it was given by the researcher. 190916_HojaInformative_es_final.pdf Spanish language information sheet about the project provided to interviewees 191101_InformationSheet_en_final.pdf English language information sheet about the project provided to interviewees Chronology_PeaceNegotiations_ElSalvador.pdf A chronology of the El Salvador peace negotiations compiled by the researcher based on primary and secondary source. FramingAndActions_PeaceNegotiations_ElSalvador.pdf A chronological table which presents information about the statements (framing) of the main actors (FMLN, Government of El Salvador, US and UN) and their actions at specific moments in time, with a particular focus on four impasses that occurred during the negotiations. The basis of the table is the file Chronology_PeaceNegotiations_ElSalvador.pdf. However, for the period of the impasses, additional sources were analysed and included that were not included in the original chronology. GUÍA _ARCHIVO_MUPI.pdf General description of the historical archive of the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen (MUPI) in San Salvador, El Salvador https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fInterview_Transcripts.zip&c=E,1,Xmkqceelcxw__5jhI0cruh5Bz43buXNErHnQJnGiHzbH1Xocma5_jneolJI6NDCmIsUZiTmf3Rz1nWV-xlt6kSVkcPQADSC0E04ai1z1ktO4XAea2xDzeo9BNkXH&typo=1 Transcripts of interviews with 18 people directly involved with, or close to, the El Salvador peace negotiations of 1990-1992. The interviews were conducted in New York and Washington D.C. in December 2019 and in San Salvdor in February 2020. https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fMUPI_Documents.zip&c=E,1,FiwDzNQ_iybUZIbQ4zotEg3IVo-LxSuB51-br9hMlHTYQ2D8A2r9IW-ZW-txM7j79QxqGclZ2vvMReb-UlRVOFntY3UOdMXOK89bvjXsBD6g-bgDblY,&typo=1 Copies of 15 documents from the MUPI archive collections “Proceso de Paz” and “PRS Transición” related to the peace negotiations MUPI_Permission2Share.pdf Email correspondence (in Spanish) with archivist and director of MUPI granting permission for public archiving of scans of documents from MUPI historical archive. PhDThesis_References-Appendixes.pdf For a better overview of the data sources used in this research project the following parts of the PhD thesis are included in the file: - Title page - Abstract - References - Appendix II: Data collection activities - Appendix III: List of Interviews - Appendix IV: Interview schedule - Appendix V: List of archives consulted - Appendix VI: Main protagonists of 1990-1992 negotiations https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fUNArchives_Documents.zip&c=E,1,2WqUrVu8TXffTPBo5jVJgdODsPvPlQd6xODtH-D09wNj5YuYUOU9jlzcFSjw0n17Olccdq7I6GFtTqa5mu3X9EM9tTKGxRJv2iwe9F1bP5w4MLX9Bg,,&typo=1 Scans of documents held in the UN Archives related to the El Salvador peace negotiations of 1990-1992. Precise details of the folders consulted are contained in the files 190911_UNFilesElSalvador.pdf and 190911_UNFilesElSalvador_Notes.pdf UN_Archives_Permission2Share.pdf Email correspondence with UN archives granting permission for public archiving of scans of documents from UN archives. https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fCIDAI_AcuerdoesdePaz.zip&c=E,1,GrzQx87E7u1f1mfYaalk90biSYEeWV_tVcvuW-3l3uTq72URC7SW5nWOkAhRgZ7LZvJid_TZfQ3NSn5tqc3atIqhLRl8orn7mHu0qurvsLOfhCoSKh7XM_4,&typo=1 Scans of documents held in the Centro de Información, Documentación y Apoyo a la Investigación, Biblioteca "P. Florentino Idoate, S.J.", Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, San Salvador. The document concern the El Salvador peace negotiations of 1989-1992 and are from the collection “Acuerdos de paz” which is a large collection of FMLN (specifically FPL) papers related to the negotiations of the peace accords which were donated by Rafael Moreno, FMLN representative to the UN in New York CIDAI_Permission2Share.pdf Letter from Biblioteca "P. Florentino Idoate, S.J.", Universidad Centroamericana providing guidance on which documents from the collection “Acuerdos de Paz” can be shared publicly. https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fCatalogues_AcuerdosDePaz.zip&c=E,1,oF1LCG83epNk7O16cW5ATYQqwqWTt50CT8zkjk5JGjLeMM9gFamEvl3tNAw027aLCQNh8E8jWI9Xw1bK8LZ4EVX3Z29WMW1gNLu__VIkjl570bspEuk0oP_uWro,&typo=1 Catalogues compiled by the Centro de Información, Documentación y Apoyo a la Investigación, Biblioteca "P. Florentino Idoate, S.J.", Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, San Salvador listing the documents contained in the collection “Acuerdos de Paz” Researchers interested in receiving a copy of any of the above-mentioned files in a different format, or other data related to the research project are welcome to contact the author at ofrazer@gmail.com.