Research Guides: History: Latin America

Latin America Primary Source Collections

Brazilian and Portuguese History and Culture
Most of the pamphlets in the collection are on Brazilian subjects or their authors are Brazilian; the majority were published in Brazil or Portugal.
Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876
Newspapers from Bermuda and the Caribbean Islands. Topics include colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce, New World slavery.
Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969
British Government documents, on topics including slavery and the slave trade, immigration, relations with indigenous peoples, wars and territorial disputes, industrial development, and the rise to power of populist rulers such as Perón in Argentina and Vargas in Brazil.
Note: This collection is owned in perpetuity by Davidson College.
Latin American Newspapers Series 1 and 2, 1805-1922
Coverage of the people, issues and events that shaped this vital region during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The library was able to acquire the content in this database thanks to a generous gift from Mrs. Laura Landoe, a Davidson parent; we thank her for her support.
Latin American Women Writers
A collection of full-text literary works, memoirs, essays, and feminist works written by women in Mexico, Central America, and South America. Most of the texts are in Spanish and Portuguese.
Sabin Americana, 1500-1926
A digital collection of books, pamphlets, political tracts, maps, and other works about North, South, and Central America and the West Indies, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Part of Gale Primary Sources
Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996
Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents and books providing global insight on immigration in the mid-to-late 20th century.
Church Missionary Society Periodicals
Documenting missionary work from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, the periodicals include news, journals and reports on global missions and cultural encounters.
Note: This collection is owned in perpetuity by Davidson College.
World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean
Contains digital facsimiles of original manuscripts, letters, expedition records, reports, maps, diaries, descriptions of voyages, and ephemera related to the history of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Latin America Primary Source Collections