Latin American History: Primary Sources
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Oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero program, a guest worker initiative that spanned the years 1942-1964, are available from the Bracero Oral History.
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This postcard and other materials are available from the Cuban History Cultural Collection
Latin America
- Empire OnlineDocuments and materials relating to Empire Studies, with an emphasis on the British Empire but coverage of the Spanish Empire as well.
- Expeditions and DiscoveriesMaps, photographs, and published materials, as well as field notes, letters, and a unique range of manuscript materials on selected expeditions between 1626 and 1953.
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History and development of 15 major commodities through manuscripts, printed and visual primary source materials. - Latin American Newspapers, Series 1 This link opens in a new window
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Digitized copies of 35 Latin American newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Latin American Pamphlet Digital CollectionA collection of over 5,000 rare and unique pamphlets published in 19th and 20th centuries. Subjects include boundary disputes, territorial expansion, the description of unexplored territories, and the relationship between Church and State.
- Luso-Hispanic New World in Early Prints and PhotographsScanned photos and prints from NYPL's extensive collection on Mesoamerican civilization.
- National Security Archive: Sources on Latin AmericaA collection of declassified documents from the CIA and other U.S. government agencies related to events in Latin America.
- Precolumbian PortfolioPhotos of buildings and sites, as well as scanned copies of manuscripts from Mesoamerican prehistory.
Mexico
- Aztec CodicesA digital collection of facsimiles of Aztec codices.
- Bracero History ArchiveOral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero program, a guest worker initiative that spanned the years 1942-1964.
- Mapas ProjectA digital collection of Mesoamerican pictorial manuscripts from 16th to the 18th centuries.
- Mexican-American War and the MediaA collection of images, newspapers articles, and other materials created during the Mexican-American War.
Central America
- El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1984U.S. government documents focusing on United States policy toward El Salvador and events in El Salvador from t January 1977 through May 1984.
- El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980-1994Over a thousand declassified U.S. intelligence, defense and diplomatic records concerning El Salvador during its civil war.
- Nicaragua: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1978-1990A collection of 3,248 cataloged primary source documents, many of them diplomatic cables.
Caribbean
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962Some 3,400 records present an integrated, comprehensive record of U.S. decision-making during the most dangerous U.S.-Soviet confrontation in the nuclear era.
- Cuban Heritage CollectionA large collection of digitized manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, letters, maps and other resources held in the University of Miami Libraries Cuban Heritage Collection.
- Deena Stryker PhotographsA large collection contains photographs and related materials generated by the journalist, then known as Deena Boyer, during two trips to Cuba between July 1963 and July 1964.
- Digital Library of the CaribbeanA Large digital library of newspapers, photos, and other historic documents of Caribbean.
- The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures68 motion pictures produced between 1898 and 1901 of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Revolution.
- Caribbean ViewsOver 1,200 images, maps and texts from the 18th and 19th centuries reveal contrasting experiences of life in the former British colonies.
South America
- Archive of TerrorRecords and some digitized materials dealing with General Stroessner's 35-year dictatorship in Paraguay.
- Peru: Human Rights, Drugs and Democracy, 1980-2000Records documenting U.S. foreign policy at work in Latin America, as well as internal domestic politics in Peru.
- Protesta HumanaDigitized copies of anarchist, socialist, and communist newspapers published in Buenos Aires during the late nineteenth century.