Regional Resources

• Asociación Latinoamericana de Archivos Rama Regional del Consejo Internacional de Archivos, ICA
• Caribbean Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives CARIBCA
• Censo-Guiá de Archivos de España e Iberoamérica
• Directorio Web de Archivos Iberoamericanos Fundación Mapfre

U.S. Holdings of Latin American and Caribbean Collections

• Benson Latin American Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts Division
• Brown University Library Special Collections: Iberia, Latin America, and Latino Collections
• California State Library-Collections: Sutro Library To search the collection visit the California State Library Catalog
• Calisphere Digital archives from the University of California with many collections including materials from Latin America
• Colonial Bank Correspondence, 1837-1885 The Colonial Bank, forerunner to Barclays Bank and Republic Bank Limited, was established in the West Indian colonies. Branches were established in Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, British Guiana, and St. Thomas.
• Digital Library of the Caribbean
• Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Latin American Materials
• Hesburgh Libraries Rare Books & Special Collections
• Latin American Pamphlets--Digital Collection at Harvard University
• Newberry Library Manuscripts and Archives' Spanish American Manuscripts
• Princeton University Library's Latin American & Iberian Primary Sources
• New York Public Libary Archival Collections and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• Tulane University Latin American Library's Collections
• University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library's Latin Americana Collection  Mexican and Central American Collections
• University of Connecticut, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center's Latin American and Caribbean Collections
• University of Texas Human Rights Documentation Initiative One sixth of the archived Websites focus specifically on Latin American countries
• Yale University Library--Latin American Collection Includes Caribbean materials

Diaspora Community Resources

• Calisphere Digital archives from the University of California with extensive material on Latinos/Chicanos
• Historical Society of Philadelphia: Latino Philadelphia/Filadelfia Latina Includes an oral history collection of Latino immigrants in Philadelphia
• New York State Archives' Historical Records on Latinos
• Northeastern University Libraries--Archives and Manuscripts Collections Documenting Diversity Project, and Boston History Collections See the heading "Social Justice" for archival collections on Latino individuals and organizations or visit this Research Guide with a list of Latino/a Collections
• University of Notre Dame: Julian Samora Library at the Institute for Latino Studies
• University of Houston - Hispanic Collections

Cuban Diaspora 

• Cuban Heritage Collection University of Miami Libraries
• Freedom Flight Database
• Operation Pedro Pan
• Special Collections Department at Florida International University Many collections related to the Cuban Diaspora

Dominican Republic Diaspora 

• Dominican Studies Archives at City College of New York CUNY

Mexican Diaspora 

• Benson Collection Mexican American\Latino Manuscripts
• California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives CEMA
  • Chicano/Latino Collections
• UCLA Library Charles E. Young Special Collections - Ethnic Studies Collections Some Chicano material
• UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library and Archives

Puerto Rican Diaspora 

• Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños/Center for Puerto Rican Studies Archives at CUNY-Hunter College
• Latino Philadelphia Oral Histories
• Long Island Studies Institute-Hispanic/Latino History and Culture Collection The Hispanic/Latino Collection was established in 2004, in part, as a result of a Documentary Heritage Program grant received from the New York State Archives. The collection, which is currently undergoing processing, focuses on documenting Hispanic/Latino history and culture on Long Island.

Country Resources

Anguilla 

• Edison L. Hughes Education & Library Complex De facto national library and archives for Anguilla
• Colonial Office and Predecessors: St. Christopher (St. Kitts), Nevis and Anguilla: Original Correspondence Colonial records at the National Archives (U.K.)

Argentina 

• Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo: Archivo Biográfico Familiar
• Archivo General de Entre Rios
• Archivo General de la Nación AGN
• Archivo Nacional de la Memoria
• Asociación de Ex-Detenidos Desaparecidos: Archivo del Genocidio
• Fondo Antiguo de la Compañía de Jesús en Argentina
• Museo Histórico Comunal y de la Colonización Judía "Rabino Aarón Goldman"

Bahamas 

• Bahamas-Department of Archives National Archives of The Bahamas

Barbados 

• Barbados Department of Archives

Belize 

• Belize Archives and Records Service

Bolivia 

• Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales
• Directorio de Archivos Históricos

Brazil 

• Arquivo Ana Lagôa Universidade Federal de São Carlos
• Arquivo Nacional
• Brazilian Government Documents
• Sérgio Buarque de Holanda Acervo Documental e Bibliográfico, Universidade de Campinas

Cayman Islands  

• Cayman Islands National Archive

Chile  

• Archivo Nacional de Chile
• Memoria Chilena Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
• Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos DIBAM
• Chile and the United States: Declassified Documents relating to the Military Coup, 1970-1976 National Security Archive
• Chile Documentation Project National Security Archive
• Memoria Viva Archivo Digital de las Violaciones de los Derechos Humanos de la Dictadura Militar en Chile, 1973-1990
• Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos: Biblioteca Digital

Colombia  

• Archivo Central e Histórico Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Archivo General de la Nación
• Colombia Documentation Project National Security Archive

Costa Rica  

• Archivo Nacional de Costa Rica

Cuba  

• Archivo Nacional
• BBC Audio Archives: Cuba and the Cold War
• Cuba Documentation Project National Security Archive
• Cuban Heritage Collection CHC, University of Miami

Curaçao  

• Vrij Van Slavernij From the Netherlands Archives, in Dutch, slave records from Curaçao

Dominican Republic  

• Archivo General de la Nacion
• Archivo Histórico de Santiago

Ecuador  

• Archivo Nacional

El Salvador  

• Archivo General de la Nación

French Guyana  

• Search the Archives Nationales d'Outre Mer for French Guyana records

Guadeloupe  

• Search theArchives Nationales d'Outre Mer for Guadeloupe records

Guatemala  

• Archivo General de Centro América The National Archives of Guatemala
• Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesomérica CIRMA

Guyana  

• National Archives of Guyana

Haiti  

• Archives Nationales d'Haiti ANH

Jamaica  

• Jamaica Archives and Records Department

Martinique  

• Les Archives Départamentales de la Martinique

Mexico 

• Acervo Histórico Diplomático Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores
• Archivo General de la Nación
• Archivo Histórico de la Basílica de Guadalupe
• Archivo Histórico del Agua AHA
• Archivo Histórico de la UNAM
• Archivo Histórico y Memoria Legislativa Senado de la República
• Arizona-Sonora Documents Online Digital images of archival collections relating to Sonora, Mexico, located in three Arizona repositories
• Aztec Codices at the University of Utah
• Early Nahuatl Virtual Library Project to digitize early Nahuatl-language resources (ca. 1540-1825), combining those found in Mesoamerica with those in the United States and Europe into a single repository
• Mapas Project Digitization and study of colonial Mesoamerican pictorial manuscripts
• Mexican Archives at the Benson Latin American Collection

Nicaragua  

• Archivo General de la Nación

Panama  

• Archivo Nacional de Panamá

Paraguay  

• Archivo Nacional de Asuncion
• Centro de Documentación y Archivo para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos

Peru  

• Archivo Digital de la Legislación en el Perú Congreso de la República del Perú
• Archivo General de la Nación

Puerto Rico  

• Archivo Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
• Archivo General de Puerto Rico
• Archivo Histórico Arquidiocesano de San Juan ARQSJ
• FBI Files on Puerto Ricans This website is an educational project of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies. It contains formerly secret files produced by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from the 1930s to the 1990s. The files document FBI surveillance activities and counter-intelligence operations that targeted Puerto Rican organizations and individuals.
• Guide to Puerto Rican Records in the National Archives, New York City

Suriname  

• Nationaal Archief Suriname
• Vrij in Suriname From the Netherlands Archives, in Dutch, the site has slave records from the colonial period
• Suriname collections at the Netherlands National Archives Search results
• Colonial Suriname From the Netherlands Archives, in Dutch

Trinidad & Tobago  

• National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago

Turks & Caicos Islands  

• Turks and Caicos National Museum Includes a photography archive

Uruguay  

• Archivo General de la Nación
• Archivo Histórico Diplomático
• Universidad de la República Archivo General

Venezuela  

• Academia Nacional de la Historia
• Archivo General de la Nación
• Dirección General de Archivos y Bibliotecas
• Simón Bolívar, El Archivo del Libertador

Virgin Islands  

• The Division of Libraries, Archives and Museum
• Territorial Archives

International Resources  

• Archives Nationales d'Outre Mer Oversea territories of France in the Caribbean and South American are considered Departments of France and most of the records are found in the French National Archives.
• Archivos de España Also see Archivo General de las Indias which has records directly related to Latin America & the Caribbean
• Danish National Archives The Danish National Archives in Copenhagen has well over 1,500 metres of archival material relating to the Danish West Indies, 1671-1917
• Ibero-American Migratory Movements Project co-ordinated by the Subdirección General de los Archivos Estatales del Ministerio de Cultura to promote and facilitate access to documents on Spanish emigration to Ibero-america during the Modern Age. It offers all users free access to the digitized documents and images comprising this collection.
• International Council on Archives - ICA Regional Branches An excellent place to find contact information for ICA members from Latin America
• Internet Sites with Primary Sources for History Research Guide created by Carol Singer at Bowling Green State University Libraries
• National Archives and Records Administration NARA
• The National Archives (UK) catalog An excellent place to start searching for records of some of the Caribbean and South American British former colonies
• National Security Archive: Latin America Independent, non-governmental research institute, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act
• Netherlands National Archives Includes records from some of the overseas territories in the Caribbean and South America
• Online Archives of California Excellent site for all types of archival collections in the State of California including materials on Latin America, the Caribbean and Latinos/Chicanos