Regional Resources
- Benson Archival Collections Includes Mexican American/Latino Manuscripts, Mexican Manuscripts, and Other Latin American Manuscripts
- 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
- Directorio Web de Archivos Iberoamericanos Fundación Mapfre
- 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
- Latin American Literature and Culture Collections Manuscripts from many Latin American writers
- Graphic Arts Collection The collection includes the following Latin American & Caribbean collections--Juan Pascoe and Taller Martín Pescador collection, the Lorenzo Homar collection, Taller de Gráfica Popular prints and posters, and the Tourism in Mexico collection
- Mesoamerican Manuscripts
- Repositories of Primary Sources: Latin America and the Caribbean Terry Abraham
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Includes collections documenting eighteenth and nineteenth century Haitian history
- Stanford University Library Special Collection: Manuscripts Division's Latin American and Iberian Studies Collections
- 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's 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
- 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
- University of Notre Dame: Julian Samora Library at the Institute for Latino Studies
- U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project
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
Mexican Diaspora
- Benson Collection Mexican American\Latino Manuscripts
- California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives CEMA
- UCLA Library Charles E. Young Special Collections's 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
- 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.
- Historical Society of Philadelphia: Latino Philadelphia/Filadelfia Latina Includes an oral history collection of Latino immigrants in Philadelphia.
Country Resources
Anguilla
- Edison L. Hughes Education & Library Complex De facto national library and archives for Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Argentina
- Archivo General de Entre Rios
- Archivo General de la Nación AGN
- Fondo Antiguo de la Compañía de Jesús en Argentina
- Museo Histórico Comunal y de la Colonización Judía "Rabino Aarón Goldman"
- Universidad Torcuato di Tella Biblioteca | Archivos
Bahamas
- Bahamas-Department of Archives National Archives of The Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
- Biblioteca y Archivo Histórico HCN - Biblioteca del Congreso
Brazil
- Arquivo Ana Lagôa Universidade Federal de São Carlos
- Arquivo Nacional AN
- Sérgio Buarque de Holanda Acervo Documental e Bibliográfico, Universidade de Campinas
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
- Archivo Central e Histórico Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Archivo General de la Nación
Costa Rica
Cuba
- Archivo Nacional
- Cuban Heritage Collection CHC, University of Miami
Curaçao
- Vrij Van Slavernij From the Netherlands Archives, in Dutch, slave records from Curaçao
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
French Guyana
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
- Archivo General de Centro América The National Archives of Guatemala
- Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesomérica CIRMA
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
- Acervo Histórico Diplomático Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores
- Archivo General de la Nación AGN, and Portal de la Independencia Mexicana Includes archival documents related to Mexican Independence
- 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
- Investigaciones Históricas Universidad Iberoamericana Torreón
- Mexican Archives at the Benson Latin American Collection
Nicaragua
Panama
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.
Suriname
- Vrij in Suriname From the Netherlands Archives, in Dutch, the site has slave records from the colonial period
- Historische Database Suriname--Arbeid op Contract From the Netherlands Archives, in Dutch, Database of Contract (Indentured) Labor workers from India, Java and China who worked in Suriname
- Colonial Suriname From the Netherlands Archives, in Dutch, the site comprises two separate databases, one deals with vital records of the free inhabitants of Surinames and the other is about the "Burus," 500 immigrants from Netherlands that came to Suriname in 1845 to create self-supporting farms
Trinidad & 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 Biblioteca | Archivo General
Venezuela
- Academia Nacional de la Historia
- Archivo General de la Nación
- Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela
- Dirección General de Archivos y Bibliotecas
- Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas IVIC, Biblioteca Marcel Roche
- Simón Bolívar, El Archivo del Libertador
- Universidad de los Andes Servicios Bibliotecarios, SERBIULA
Virgin Islands
- The Division of Libraries, Archives and Museum
- Territorial Archives The Territorial Archives are housed at the Enid M. Baa Library on St. Thomas and the Florence Williams Library on St. Croix under the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Division of Libraries, Archives & Museums
International Resources
- Archives de France 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. See also Le Guide des sources de la traite négrière, de l’esclavage et de leurs abolitions which includes records from France's oversea territories
- Archivos de Iberoamérica Directory of archives and archival resources for Latin America, Spain and Portugal
- Archivos de España Also see Archivo General de las Indias which has records directly related to Latin America & the Caribbean
- 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--Regional Branches An excellent place to find contact information for ICA members from Latin America, including CARBICA, the Caribbean Regional Branch, and the Asociación Latinoamericana de Archivos ALA
- 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
- 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
- Ready, 'Net, Go! Archival Internet Resources
- UNESCO Archives Portal
