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HY 497: Latin America

This course guide for HY 430: Latin America provides you with a list of resources that can be used to complete your research paper.

What are Primary Sources?

Primary Sources are original sources: they were created by someone who participated in or observed an event.  They include diaries, letters, newspapers, government documents, photographs, and other manuscripts.

General Collections

British General Collections

American General Collections

Spanish Language General Collections

These general collections include images and photographs, but most of the manuscripts are in Spanish. 

 

Government Documents

Newspapers & Periodicals

Newspapers in Latin America

British Newspapers & Periodicals

Spanish Language Newspapers & Periodicals

Images

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library

Keyes Family Papers

Video Resources

Websites

An increasing number of primary sources are available for free on the web. Here are some search strategies for finding them:


Strategy 1: To focus on primary sources, go to a search engine like Google, and combine your topic with terms designating primary sources such as memoirs, diaries, accounts, narratives, documents, autobiographies, online archives, correspondence, speeches.  You can link synonyms together with a capitalized OR.  Here are some examples:

"Pancho Villa" "primary sources"

"Mexican Revolution" accounts

Mexico "online archives"

Strategy 2: Another great way to find sources on the web is to think of a library, archives, or university that specializes in your topic, and pay them a "virtual visit" (check their web site for online collections).