LibGuides UFV: Latin American Studies: Primary Sources

About Primary Sources

Primary sources are original sources that first report on research or an idea. In other words, they are documents or records that contain firsthand reports or original data on a topic. Examples of primary sources include:

newspapers
interviews
research reports
scholarly journal articles
conference proceedings
diaries
letters
memoirs
original manuscripts
photographs
drawings
film footage
sheet music

Latin American Primary Sources

Here is a small selection of the primary sources that are made digitally available:

Latin American Pamphlet Digital Collection
From Harvard University.
Digital Library of the Caribbean
From the University of Florida
Digital Collections: Cuban Heritage Collection
From the University of Miami
Brazilian Goverment Documents: 1821 - 1993
From the Center for Research Libraries
Mexico and Central America: National Security Archive
US declassified documents detailing US/Latin American conflicts and issues. From George Washington University.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: 19th Century Latin America
Transcriptions of primary documents
Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press
This site located at the University of Arizona documents and showcases historic Mexican and Mexican American publications published in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sonora, Mexico from the mid-1800s to the 1970s.

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