Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Primary Sources

The General Archive of Puerto Rico's Digital Collections comprises over 3,500 documents and audiovisuals, as well as more than 190,000 pages of manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, graphics, scores, and magazines from various important collections housed at the Archivo General de Puerto Rico.

The Digital Archive of Latin American and Caribbean Ephemera continues to grow, offering access to a previously inaccessible subset of Princeton’s Latin American Ephemera Collection. Newly acquired materials are also being digitized and added regularly.

Discover a vast collection of over 8,000 documents showcasing 20th and 21st-century art from Latin America, the Caribbean, and US Latino communities at the International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

This digital library contains Latin American travel accounts from the 16th to 19th centuries, drawn from special collections at the John Hay Library at Brown University. Selected works are paired with critical essays by undergraduate students enrolled in Latin American history courses at the university.

We have a database of listings that contain links to open access digitized collections of primary sources related to Latin America and the Caribbean. These materials are freely available to the public and have been created or are hosted at academic institutions associated with SALALM (Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials). The listings can be searched by country, genre/format, hosting institution, and collection title.

Explore a comprehensive list of resources organized by country.