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Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) Archive DirectoryDirectory U.S. Latin America and Caribbean collections and Latin American archives.
Primary source collections
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Arizona-Sonora Documents OnlineDigital images of archival collections relating to Sonora, Mexico dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries that are located at three Arizona repositories: the University of Arizona Library Special Collections; the Arizona Historical Society-Tucson; and the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records. The collections date from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Archive of Early American ImagesA database of pictures and maps of the colonial Americas, from Hudson Bay to Tierra del Fuego, based on primary sources printed or created between 1492 and ca. 1825.
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Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources for Slave SocietiesImages of more than 750,000 ecclesiastical records of African and African descended individuals from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, and Spanish Florida
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Latin American Microform CollectionsList of microform collections at the UA Libraries.
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Mexican History Microform CollectionsList of the UA Libraries' Mexican history on microfilm and microfiche.
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Archives UnboundFind digitized primary source documents, including these collections: Colección Revolución, 1910-1921; Cuartel General del Sur, 1910-1925; Emiliano Zapata, 1901-1919; Foreign Relations Between the U.S. and Latin America and the Caribbean States, 1930-1944; Revolution in Mexico, the 1917 Constitution, and Its Aftermath: Records of the U.S. State Department.
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Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969Find digitized documents of the British Foreign and Colonial Offices, including letters, telegrams, reports, and more.
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Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1974-1996Find translations of broadcast news, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from over 100 nations around the world between 1974 and 1996.
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Latin American Women Writers (LAWW)Find fiction, poetry, essays about the feminist movement, and other works by women writers from Latin America, from Colonial period to the present day.
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Digital Archive of Latin American and Caribbean EphemeraFind digitized primary sources from the Princeton Latin American Ephemera Collection, including pamphlets, flyers, posters, and more.
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Latin American & Caribbean Digital Primary SourcesFind digitized collections of primary sources related to Latin America and the Caribbean on this list compiled by the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM).
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Underground Press CollectionFind hundreds of alternative / underground newspapers of the period 1963-1985 on microfilm. Collection consists mostly of U.S. papers, but also includes some Latin American publications.