Latin America
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See also U.S. State Department Files--Latin America
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there are machines on the fourth floor (#5 on map - PDF)
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- Benjamin Lee Whorf PapersCall Number: Microfilm 776 and guideSer. 1. Correspondence -- Ser. 2. Writings on linguistics -- Ser. 3 Writings on science and religion.
Finding aid to the original manuscript collection. - Bexar Archives at the University of Texas ArchivesCall Number: Microfilm 864 and guide172 reels. A collection of manuscript documents and printed materials dealing with the colonial archives of Texas produced during the Spanish and Mexican periods.
Some documents are available online. - Bexar Archives TranslationsCall Number: Microfilm 863 and guide26 reels.
Some documents are available online. - Central American Archives (CAA) Collection, 1544-1821 (Yucatan/Chiapas)Call Number: Microfilm 975Library owns Part B - Yucatan/Chiapas.
- Colonial Latin American Manuscripts and Transcripts in the Obadiah Rich CollectionCall Number: Microfilm 616 and guideThe Rich Collection, held in the New York Public Library, contains 102 sets of 149 bound volumes from 1492-1843 pertaining to the discovery and conquest of Latin America.
- Conference Journals, New Mexico Mission, 1876-1939Call Number: Microfilm 947Roll 1. Minutes of the New Mexico Mission, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1876-1884. Minutes of the New Mexico Spanish Mission, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1885-1891. Minutes of the New Mexico Spanish Mission Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1892-1914. Minutes of the New Mexico English Mission, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1885-1914 -- Roll 2. Minutes of the New Mexico Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1915-1927. Minutes of the New Mexico Conference, Church of the United Brethren in Christ, 1914-1928 -- Roll 3. Minutes of the New Mexico Methodist Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1890-1939.
- Conquistadors: The Struggle for Colonial Power in Latin America, 1492-1825, from the British Library, LondonCall Number: Microfilm 1165 and guide105 reels. This collection features expedition records, original letters and maps of exploration and colonization, and "diaries of discoveries" from South America, from narratives of Columbus' first voyage to the end of Colonial Spanish rule.
- Crises in Panama and the Dominican Republic: National Security Files and NSC HistoriesCall Number: Microfilm 192
- El Archivo de Hidalgo del Parral, 1631-1821 (Parral Papers)Call Number: Microfilm 957 and guideSection 1. Causas administrativas y de guerra -- Section 2. Minas solares y terrenos -- Section 3. Protocolos -- Section 4. Causas civiles -- Section 5. Causas criminales.
- FBI File on the American Churchwomen Killed in El Salvador, December 2, 1980Call Number: Microfilm 683 and guide
- Guide to the Microfilm of the Spanish Archives of New Mexico, 1621-1821, in the Archives Division of the State of New Mexico Records CenterCall Number: Microfilm 1062 and calendarreel 1-20. 1621-1821 -- reel 21. Orders and decrees -- reel 22. Misc. collections and papers -- reel 23. Misc. additional 1712-1813.
- Henry A. Monday Collection, 1522-1933Call Number: Microfilm 680Consists of ca. 2,300 items collected by the physician Henry A. Monday relating chiefly to various aspects of Mexican political, legal, and ecclesiastical history. All the material is in Spanish. reel 1-4. Viceregal administration, 1522-1875 -- reel 4-8. Audiencia, 1547-1805 -- reel 9-33. Catholic Church, 1530-1929 -- reel 33-35. Colonial non-instutitional, 1525-19th century -- reel 36-39. Independence and National period, 1805-1935 -- reel 39. Central America, 1535-1823.
- Latin America Special Studies, 1962-2002Call Number: varies, click on title for call numbers
- Latin American and Iberian Pamphlets. II, 1802-1992Call Number: Microfilm 782Library owns: group 1. Argentina (reel 1-22) -- group 4A. Caribbean (reel 88-134) -- group 5. Central America (reel 135-175) -- group 11. Mexico (reel 227-246).
- Latin American History and Culture An Archival Record. Series 1, The Yale University Collection of Latin American ManuscriptsCall Number: Microfilm 617Original and copied manuscripts from Mexico, Peru and other areas of Latin America.
- Latin American History and Culture An Archival Record. Series 3, The Mexican Pamphlet Collection, 1605-1888, Sutro Library, California State LibraryCall Number: Microfilm 1181 and guidePamphlets cover all aspects of Mexican life: political, religious, literary, economic, scientific, and others.
Guide online - Latin American History and Culture Series 4, The Mexican Rare Monograph Collection, 1548-1861Call Number: Microfilm 797 and guideOver 3,000 pre-1900 imprints covering a vast range of topics.
pt. 1 (reel 1-38). General Periodicals and Almanacs -- pt. 2 (reel 39-76). Philosophy and Theology -- pt. 3 (reel 77-125). Theology and the Catholic Church: Liturgy and Ritual -- pt. 4 (reel 126-165). Theology and the Church: Various Subjects -- pt. 5 (reel 166-191). History and Social Sciences -- pt. 6 (reel 192-238). Political Science and the Law -- pt. 7 (reel 239-269). Education, Arts and Sciences.
Guide online - Latin American History and Culture Series 9, Collection from Latin American Library, Tulane University (Parts 1, Viceregal and Ecclesiastical Mexican Collection & 2, Central American Printed Ephemera Collection)Call Number: Microfilm 1336pt. 1 (reel 1-87). Viceregal & ecclesiastical Mexican collection -- pt. 2 (reel 1-17). Central American printed, ephemera collection -- pt. 3 (reel 1-3). The William Gates collection of Yucatecan letters, 1778-1863.
- Latin American History and Culture. Series 5, Civil War, Society and Political Transition in Guatemala the Guatemala News and Information Bureau Archive, 1963-2000Call Number: Online and Microfilm 1326 and guide
- Latin American Independence: Nineteenth Century Political and Official Pamphlets, from the British Library, LondonCall Number: Microfilm 1166 and guide
- Mexican and Central American Political and Social Ephemera, 1980-1991Call Number: Microfilm 614A collection of 3112 pamphlets, broadsides, and posters documenting the political and social climate in Mexico and Central America during the period 1980-1991
- Mexican Archives of New Mexico, 1821-1846Call Number: Microfilm 974 and guide and calendarOfficial administrative records of the Mexican government in New Mexico. Separate calendar of documents. Rolls 1–41 list in chronological order the documents of the Mexican Archives of New Mexico from 1821 to 1846. Roll 42 consists of the journals of various legislative bodies in New Mexico from 1822 to 1837 and from 1845 to 1846.
Calendar online - The Mexican-American War: Unit Histories and Personal NarrativesCall Number: Microfiche 295 and guide
- Microfilm Edition of the Records of the Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas, 1576-1803Call Number: Microfilm 1025 and guide
- Missionary Files MECS, 1897-1940, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Board of MissionsCall Number: Microfilm 712 and guideContains letters sent by staff of the Board of Missions to various missionaries, lawyers, banks and other involved in the administration of the agency's task. These letterbooks are organized chronologically. Each volume has an index which shows where a particular person's letters are located. Includes China, Korea, Africa, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Europe
- Missionary Files, Methodist Episcopal Church CorrespondenceCall Number: Microfilm 624Library owns Mexico reels only. Collection is primarily incoming correspondence from missionaries in the field.
Guide online - Nacogdoches Archives: A Significant Body of Records of Hispanic TexasCall Number: Microfilm 841
- North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Archive of Latin Americana. GrenadaCall Number: Microfilm 1372
- North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Archive of Latin Americana. HaitiCall Number: Microfilm 1367
- North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Archive of Latin Americana. JamaicaCall Number: Microfilm 1368
- North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA), Archive of Latin AmericanaCall Number: varies, click on title for call numbersIncludes Argentina, Caribbean, Central America, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico.
- Orders of General Zachary Taylor to the Army of Occupation in the Mexican War, 1845-1847Call Number: Microfilm 903roll 1 General Orders; Aug. 6, 1845, to Dec. 22, 1846; roll 2 Special Orders; Aug. 7, 1845, to Dec. 31, 1846; roll 3 General and Special Orders; Jan. 5 to Dec. 30, 1847. National Archives microfilm publications. M ; microcopy no. 29.
- Papers of Agustin de IturbideCall Number: Microfilm 976In Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. Mexican soldier and emperor. Personal and official correspondence, military diary, official documents, orders, proclamations, and accounts, chiefly 1812-24, and concerned primarily with Iturbide's activities in the military and government. Also papers concerning his family and estate.
- Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 1833-1911Call Number: Microfilm 623Reel 162: Guatemala, Mexico; reel 163-172: Mexico; reel 173: Mexico, Venezuela; reel 227: Guatemala, Mexico; reel 228: Mexico; reel 229: Mexico, Peru, Thailand; reel 285: Korea, Mexico; reel 286: Mexico; reel 287-288: Mexico, Philippine; reel 300: Korea, Latin America, Philippines.
- Spanish Archives of New Mexico. ICall Number: Microfilm 1132 and guideMicrofilm of ms. collection in the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives and of related papers loaned to it.
Guide online - Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), Papers, 1841-88Call Number: Microfilm 681Archaeologist, diplomat, and businessman. Correspondence, business records, MSS., a bibliography of Squier's writings (1876), and other papers relating to his diplomatic career, particularly in Honduras, and his interest in archeology and ethnology. Includes material concerning the Honduras Legation at Washington, D. C.; Squier's service as Honduran consul general; the Honduras Interoceanic Railway, ltd.; his diplomatic posts as charge d'affairs to Central America and U. S. Commissioner to Peru; the American Ethnological Society; the New York Anthropological Society; together with MSS. and drafts of articles, chapters from a abook on Nicaragua, and his book, Ancient monuments of the Mississippi Valley (1848).
- Texas as Province and Republic, 1795-1845: As Based on the Bibliography by Thomas W. StreeterCall Number: Microfilm 1033 and guide[pt.1]. Texas imprints.--[pt.2]. Mexican imprints relating to Texas.--[pt.3]. United States and European imprints relating to Texas.
- Texas Mexican Mission, 1841-1947 Conference JournalsCall Number: Microfilm 1164reel 1. Southern Conferences, 1927-Mexican mission 1920 -- reel 2. Mexican mission 1920 to SW Mexican journal 1941 -- reel 3. SW Mexican journal 1941 to conference journals.
- United States and Castro's Cuba, 1950-1970 the Paterson CollectionCall Number: Microfilm 778 and guideReproduces photocopies of declassified documents, such as memoranda, letters, telegrams, diary entries, intelligence and military reports, transcripts and minutes of meetings, and speeches from presidential librares and government archives, collected by Thomas G. Paterson during his 25 years of research and writing on U.S.-Cuba relations during the Cold War period.
- West Indies Records of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, c. 1710-1908Call Number: Microfilm 959
- Women and Gender Issues in...Call Number: varies, click on title for call numbersPrinceton University Latin American Pamphlet Collection. Library has Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Latin America, Nicaragua, Peru, and Uruguay.