- Library
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- Library Guides
- Latin American and Latinx History
- Latin American primary sources
Latin American and Latinx History: Latin American primary sources
Sourcebooks and documentary histories
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Letters and People of the Spanish Indies (print book - 980.008 C178 no.22) 980.008 C178 no.22
The Latin America Reader series (Duke University Press)
General Digital Collections
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Biblioteca Digital del Patroimonio Iberoamericano Portal to digital collections of many Latin American national libraries
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Foreign Relations of the United States (1861-1960) The official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication
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Digital Archive of Latin American and Caribbean Ephemera Pamphlets, flyers, leaflets, brochures, posters, stickers, and postcards. These items originally created by a wide array of social activists, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, political parties, public policy think tanks, and other types of organizations in order to publicize their views, positions, agendas, policies, events, and activities
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Latin American Pamphlet Digital Collection Scarce and unique pamphlets, primarily from Chile, Cuba, Bolivia and Mexico, published during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Latin American Travelogues A digital collection of Latin American travel accounts written in the 16th-19th centuries
Colonial Resources (pre-1867)
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Biblioteca Digital Hispánica (Spanish) Digital collections from the National Library of Spain includes hundreds of early books on Latin America as well as other material
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UNM Spanish Colonial Research Center A selection of colonial documents and maps from Spanish and Mexican archives
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Hans Peter Kraus Collection of Spanish American Documents, 1433 to 1877 The Hans Peter Kraus Collection of Spanish American Documents, 1433-1877, consists of 162 multipage items (5,950 images) dating mainly from 1500 to 1800, which were digitized from 4 reels of previously produced microfilm. The collection documents the history of the Spanish colonies in the Americas, chiefly Mexico, but also Peru, Guatemala, and New Granada (the present-day countries of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela), and territories that became part of the United States, including California, Florida, and New Mexico. Topics covered include Spanish exploration of the Americas, laws and governance of New Spain, economic conditions, the Catholic Church, the Inquisition in Mexico, and relations with Native American peoples, France, the American colonies, and the United States.
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SALALM Latin American & Caribbean Digital Primary ResourcesThis site hosts a database of listings that provide links to open access digitized collections of primary sources that relate to Latin America and the Caribbean. Currently, the listings may be searched by country, genre/format, hosting institution, and collection title.
Post-Colonial Resources (post-1867)
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Latin American Political Campaign Ephemera Collection (1990-2009) Pamphlets, posters, and other campaign literature issued primarily by political parties in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and El Salvador.
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National Security Archive Declassified Archive of declassified U.S. documents
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Human Rights in Latin America (CIA) (1964-1995) Human rights in Latin America, with some documents dating from 1964 to 1995. Most of the documents concern El Salvador and Guatemala, but the collection also contains records on Brazil, Nicaragua, Honduras, Chile, and Peru.
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Digital Archive of Latin American and Caribbean Ephemera The Digital Archive of Latin American and Caribbean Ephemera is a steadily growing repository mostly containing materials originally produced around the turn of the 20th century and after, including materials created and obtained in recent years being added on an ongoing basis.
Newspapers
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Latin American Newspapers A collection of more than 55 fully searchable Latin America newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Historical Worldwide Newspapers Online: Latin America A guide to free Internet sources of historical newspapers across Latin America.
