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Latin American, Caribbean, Iberian & Latino Studies Microform Serials & Collections
Compiled by Darlene Waller
Revised March 1999 with assistance from José Crespo
Revised February 2011 by Marisol Ramos
marisol.ramos@uconn.edu
(All microfilm serials located on Level 3 and are shelved
alphabetically by title).
For the whole listing of microfilms titles in the library with holding lists, check http://www.lib.uconn.edu/research/collections/microform/microformguide.pdf
Serials (microfilm)
Level 3
El Buscapié (San Juan, P.R. : 1877)
1877:abr.-1896:jun., 1917:oct.-1919:jun.
Cambio 16, (Spain), 1988-1990: Nov
Caribbean Review, 1-16; (1969-1990:07)
Cuba Socialista, 1-7; (1961-1967)
La Democracia (Ponce, P.R. : 1890)
1891:07-1950:07 [some years incomplete]
Guatemalteco. Diario de Centro America, (Guatemala) Jan. 1970-Oct. 1993
Imprensa Popular (Brazil), 1951:01-1958:08
El Imparcial (Puerto Rico), 1919:05-1949:12
Insula (Spain), 38:434-49:576 (1979-1994)
Minerva: Revista Quincenal dedicada a la Mujer de Color, (Cuba: 1888-1889)
El Mundo (Puerto Rico), 1919:02-1950:12 [some
years incomplete]
Mundo Peronista, (Argentina) July, 1951-Aug., 1955
Nueva Revista Cubana Vols.1-2 no.1 1959-1962
Obra Revolucionaria (Cuba), May, 1960-July, 1965
Puerto Rican Labor Press. (See entry below for
details) (Film Shelf #43F)
Revista Cubana (Havana, Cuba : 1885) Vols 1-21,
1885-1895
Revista Cubana (Havana, Cuba : 1935) Vols 1-31,
1935-1957
Revista de Cuba Vols 1-16, 1877-1884
Revista Hispánica-Americana (Puerto
Rico), Nov., 1864-Oct., 1865
Revista Portugueza Colonial e Marítima,
(Brazil?) 1897-1910
Trabajo (Cuba), May, 1960-1964
Collections (The following are all located on
Level 3)
American Culture Series.
Collection of early American books and pamphlets dating from 1493
to 1875 which provide the primary source materials
essential to the study of Americana.
Argentina. Dirección General de Estadística.
Anuario Estadístico, 1893-1912.
British Parliamentary Papers on Central and South
America, 1800-1899.
Chile. Colección de Documentos para la Historia de
la Oposición Política al Estado Autoritario en
Chile, 1973-1981
Microfiche cabinets, alphabetically by collection title
CIA Research Reports: Latin America: CIA reports, memos, and cables on situations and conditions in Latin America, 1946-1976.
Index: CIA Research Reports: Latin America 1946-1976. Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table.
Colonial Latin American manuscripts and transcripts in
the Obadiah Rich Collection. 1492-1843.
The Rich Collection, held in the New York Public Library,
contains documents from 1492-1843 pertaining to Latin America.
(33 reels) A guide to the collection can be found at: Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table. or
Online Index: http://microformguides.gale.com/BrowseGuide.asp?colldocid=3011000&Page=1
El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy,
1977-1984 (Guide available at Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table, Vol. 1-2)
Ethnic Groups Survey. Survey of ethnic groups in Connecticut, 1935-1944 (W.P.A.) Ethnic Groups Survey: a Reel Guide, (Guide available at Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table)
Extranjeros. (Foreigners in Puerto Rico),
1815-1845.
Reproduces Spanish royal decrees and papers of individuals. Each
reel begins with list of names of individuals for that
reel.
HRAF Microfiles Complete
set. Cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean are covered in this
collection.(Index available at Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table)
HRAF Source Bibliography. Ref. GN 345 H82, Level 1.
Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies: A collection of texts and concordances of selected medieval Spanish manuscripts as well as Spanish language studies of dialects and provincialisms. (microfiche)
Microfiche cabinets, alphabetically by collection title. Index located on Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table.
Immigrant in America. Organized by ethnic group.
Index: Immigrant in America, located in Microform Research Guides Table and in the stacks Z 7164 I3 I57 1983 units 1-7, Level A
Online Index: http://microformguides.gale.com/BrowseGuide.asp?colldocid=1008000&Page=1
The Iran – Contra Affair, The Making of a Scandal,
1983-1988. Microfiche cabinet, alphabetically by collection title. Guide and Index available at Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table, 2 vols.
Latin American Research Program.— Includes: Imprensa Popular (Jan. 3, 1951-Aug. 2,
1958); Acao Socialista (1958:12-1960:08); A luta
(1948:01-1948:08); O Popular (1948:08-1948:11); Orientation
Socialista; Brazilian Socialist and Communist Ephemera.
Latin America Special Studies Series: OSS/State Department intelligence and research reports on Latin America, 1941-1961 initiate this series. The Special Studies reports that followed (1962 – 1988) feature extensive research on significant topics. The reports were commissioned by the U. S. Government from private and public policy research facilities.
Latin America OSS/State Department, 1941-1961
Latin America: Special Studies, 1962-1982
Latin America: Special Studies, 1980-1982
Latin America: Special Studies, 1982-1985
Latin America: Special Studies, 1985-1988
Index: Latin America: Special Studies 1941-1988, Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table
Memoria. Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican politics and government from the Diputacion Provincial 1887-1898. (1 reel)
Mexican Boundary Commission Papers of John Russell Bartlett. Papers (correspondence, official dispatches, personal journal) of John Russell Bartlett as he traveled through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico, and California in drawing the boundary between Mexico and the U.S., 1850-1853.
Index: The Mexican Boundary Commission Papers of John Russell Bartlett, 1850-1853. Index located on Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table
Mexico. Biblioteca Nacional. MSS 1628 (Cantares), 1492 (Epistolas), 1477 (Miscelanea): A selection of 15th - 17th century Mexican religious chants and epistles from the Mexican National Library manuscripts and collections. (1 roll).
Index: Mexico. Biblioteca Nacional. MSS 1628 (Cantares), 1492 (Epistolas), 1477 (Miscelanea), Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table.
México. Dirección General de Estadística. Censo General de la República Mexicana, 1st - 5th, 1895-1930. Reels organized chronologically.
México. Dirección General de Estadística. Censo de Población, 6th census of population of Mexico, 1941-1948. Reels organized chronologically.
Mexico. Independent Mexico in Newspapers, the 19th-Century: The Homer Babbidge Library’s collection of Independent Mexico in Newspapers, the 19th-Century consists of newspapers that were published mainly in the Distrito Federal. Some titles published in Mexican cities from different states are also included. 1812-1900.
Arrangement:
- Reels 103-262 All titles from the Distrito Federal: Mexico City
- 270-275 (275 partial) Mexican States
- 275-284 Distrito Federal: Mexico City Within each Distrito Federal or Mexican State, newspapers are arranged alphabetically by title
Indexes: Independent Mexico in Newspapers, the 19th-Century Guide to the Microfilm Set Mexico. Independent Mexico in Newspapers, the 19th-Century. A Reel Guide to the Holdings, Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) archive
of Latin Americana a project.
(Filmed Set jointly owned by UConn, UMass, Brown, and Yale.
Film housed at UMass. Accessible through Interlibrary
loan.)
Guide available on Reference Microforms Guides
Table, Level 1.
Online Index: http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/findaids/nacla/nacla.pdf
Format: (339 micro reels) Notes: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala,
Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Latin America, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad &
Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, NACLA Report on the Americas.
Note:
Working papers archives available at the Thomas J. Dodd Rearch Center. Contact the curator for access to the archival collection.
Papers of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, 1959-1970 Index, Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table-
Online Index: http://microformguides.gale.com/Download.asp?CollDocid=8394000&page=1
Collections of the United Farm Workers of America. Series 2, Papers of the United Farm Workers of America Work Department, 1969-1975
Index: Electronic version at http://www.lib.uconn.edu/research/bysubject/UnitedFarmWorkersguide.pdf
Paraguay. Collection of newspapers from Asuncion in the 1890s preserved by the Latin American Microform Project (LAMP).
- La Opinión (Dec.7,1894-Dec.31,1895 [Lacks Oct.16,1895])
- La Patria (Apr.19-June 8,1894)
- El Pueblo (Feb.5,1894-Dec.31,1895.)
- La Unión (June 11-Nov 30,1894.)
Princeton University Latin American Pamphlet
Collection
(Check HOMER Catalog records for contents
of titles listed below.)
- Chronological within each topical reel.
- Rolls Nos. 1–3 Politics in Cuba
- (1) Broadcast Transcripts of Radio Rebelde, July 1957– December 1958
- (2-3) Documents of the Movimiento 26 de Julio, May 1957–December 1958
- Roll No. 8 Socioeconomic Conditions in Cuba
- Suplemento, Lista Oficial de Precios: Precios de empresa produccion nacional, 1981;
- Cuban Economic Conditions, 1938-1988.
- Roll No. 14 Government in Cuba
- Cuban Foreign Relations, 1950–1962
- Rolls Nos. 1–3 Politics in Cuba
Puerto Rican Labor Press: Includes: Ilustración Puertorriqueña,
Justicia, Revista Obrera, Unión Obrera, Puerto Rican
Workingmen Journal, Luz y Vida, and other titles, 1892-1934
Index: Puerto Rican Labor Press. Eric Perez Collection, Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table
Puerto Rico. Estadística General del Comercio Exterior de la
Provincia de Puerto Rico, 1862-72, 1874, 1883-1897: General statistics of the foreign trade of Puerto Rico, 1862-1897, compiled by Intendencia General de Hacienda.
Arrangement: Chronological:
- Reel 1 ..... 1862-1872, 1874
- Reel 2 ..... 1883-1890
- Reel 3 ..... 1891-1893
- Reel 4 ..... 1894-1897
Puerto Rico. Gaceta de Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico’s first newspaper was the official organ of the government featuring decrees, edicts, and governmental records. First published in 1807, the paper continued for the paper continued for 91 years. 1810-1818, 1820-1823, 1826-1829.
Arrangement: Chronological:
- Reel 1 1810-1814 Gaceta de Puerto Rico
- Reel 2 1815-1818 Gaceta de Puerto Rico
- Reel 3 1891-1893 Gaceta del Gobierno Constitucional de Puerto Rico
- Reel 4 1894-1897 Gaceta del Gobierno Constitucional de Puerto Rico
- Reel 4 1826-1829 Gaceta del Gobierno Constitucional de Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico. Lorenzo Homar Scrapbooks: A History of Puerto Rican Graphic Arts: Two scrapbooks include drawings, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, and Christmas cards designed by Homar, 1926-1970. (1 Reel)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Series II: Section 7 & 8, The South
Atlantic and the Caribbean: Materials on the British and former Spanish and French colonies lying to the east and southeast of North America including bloody revolts and great men (Section 7) 1658-1925. Rare documents on topics such as slavery and French law are covered in Miscellany, Section 8, 1666-1852.
(10 reels)
Index:
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Series II, Section 7. The South Atlantic and the Caribbean, 1658-1925; Series II, Section 8. A Miscellany, 1666-1852. Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Series V: West Indian (Haiti) Collection: Primarily governmental and military documents relating to Toussaint L'Overture, Henri Christophe, and Napoleon Bonaparte. Documents are mostly written in French and span the years 1716 to 1817. (1 Reel)
Index: Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture West Indian (Haiti) Collection. Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table
Spanish Drama of the Golden Age: 3,200 plays of the Spanish Golden Age, in editions of the seventeenth through the early nineteenth centuries.
Index: Spanish Drama of the Golden Age. Index located on Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table.
Online Index: http://microformguides.gale.com/BrowseGuide.asp?colldocid=2052000&Page=1
The United States and Castro's Cuba, 1950s-1970s: the
Paterson Collection: Declassified documents provide yearly, monthly, sometimes daily accounts of the diplomatic, economic, military, and cultural relationship of the US and Castro's Cuba. Also includes political, news, and corporate reports.
Index: United States and Castro's Cuba 1950s-1970s, the Paterson Collection: Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition. Index located on Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table
U.S. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population. Puerto Rico. Arrangement: Alphabetical by state and then chronological
- 1910, 13th Census
- 1920, 14th Census
U.S. Bureau of the Census: Schedules of the 1935 special
censuses of Puerto Rico. Agriculture Schedules,136
reels:
Agriculture Schedules provide information about the operator or manager of each farm; farm ownership, acreage, value, and debt; number of farm buildings and inhabitants; production of crops for sale; number and kind of domesticated animals; and farm machinery.
Arrangement: Schedules area arranged alphabetically by municipality, then by enumeration district number.
Index: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Special Censuses of Puerto Rico, 1935, Agriculture Schedules: A Reel Guide. Index located on Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table.
U.S. Bureau of the Census: Special Censuses of Puerto Rico, The Social and Population Schedules, 1935-1936, 82 reels: For each inhabitant, provides the name, place of residence, family relationship, sex, color, age, marital status, place of birth and occupation. Also covers school attendance, literacy and employment.
Arrangement: Schedules area arranged alphabetically by municipality, then by enumeration district number.
Index: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Special Censuses of Puerto Rico, 1935-1936, Social and Population Schedules: A Reel Guide. Index located on Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table.
U.S. Bureau of Insular Affairs. Index to Official Documents Relating to Cuba and the Insular Possessions of the U.S., 1876-1906: This microfilm collection from the National Archives (M-24) reproduces a three volume index to official documents covering the entire period of the American Military Governments in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands. Also covers the early years of Civil Government in Puerto Rico and the Philippines, 1876-1904.
Arrangement: Chronological:
- Reel 1: A-Z 1876-1904
- Reel 2: J-Z & Appendix 1876-1904
- Reel 3: A-Z & Appendix 1904-1906
United States Consular Despatches: U.S. Consulate despatches of Argentina, Azores, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Italy, Puerto Rico and Trinidad.
Alphabetical by country, then area, then chronological
U.S. Consulate, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Despatches,
1811-1906
U.S. Consulate, Argentina, Córdoba, Despatches,
1850-1898
U.S. Consulate, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Port Stanley,
Despatches, 1875-1906
U.S. Consulate, Argentina, Rosario, Despatches, 1858-1906
U.S. Consulate, Chile, Antofagasta, Despatches, 1893-1906
U.S. Consulate, Chile, Arica, Despatches, 1849-1906
U.S. Consulate, Chile, Coquimbo, Despatches, 1850-1898
U.S. Consulate, Chile, Iquique, Despatches, 1877-1906
U.S. Consulate, Chile, Talcahuano, Despatches, 1836-1895
U.S. Consulate, Chile, Valparaíso, Despatches,
1812-1906
U.S. Consulate, Colombia, Barranquilla, Despatches,
1883-1906
U.S. Consulate, Colombia, Bogotá, Despatches,
1851-1906
U.S. Consulate, Colombia, Cartagena, Despatches, 1822-1906
U.S. Consulate, Colombia, Medellín, Despatches,
1859-1902
U.S. Consulate, Colombia, Santa María, Despatches,
1823-1883
U.S. Consulate, Cuba, Havana, Despatches, 1892-1902
U.S. Consulate, Cuba, Matanzas, Despatches, 1820-1899
U.S. Consulate, Cuba, Porto Principe and Xibara, Despatches,
1828-1843
U.S. Consulate, Cuba, San Juan de los Remedios, Despatches,
1844-1846, 1879-1898
U.S. Consulate, Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata, Despatches,
1875-1906
U.S. Consulate, Dominican Republic, Samaná, Despatches,
1873-1905
U.S. Consulate, Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Despatches,
1837-1906
U.S. Consulate, Jamaica, Kingston, Despatches, 1796-1906
U.S. Consulate, Puerto Rico, Despatches, 1821-1899
U.S. Consulate, Trinidad, West Indies Federation Despatches,
1824-1906
U.S. State Dept. Internal Affairs of Mexico,
1910-1929.Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of Mexico.
Index: Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Mexico, 1910 -29, Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table.
United States State Department: Decimal File
- Records relating to the Internal Affairs of Cuba, 1910-1929.
- Records relating to the Internal Affairs of the Dominican Republic, 1910-1929.
- Records relating to the Internal Affairs of the Dominican Republic, 1930-1939.
Arrangement: Decimal system; largely chronological.
Indexes: Located at Babbidge Microform Research Guides Table.
- U.S. State Dept. Decimal File. Cuba-Internal Affairs 1910-29.
- U.S. State Dept. Decimal File. Dominican Republic-Internal Affairs 1910-29.
- U.S. State Dept. Decimal File. Dominican Republic-Internal Affairs 1930-39.
United States State Department: Diplomatic Dispatches: Spain,
1792-1906. Includes dispatches
relating to “revolutions and disturbances in the South
American colonies” and the Spanish American War. Order is
chronological by date of dispatch.
United States State Department. Records of the Department of State Relating to the Paris Peace Commission 1898: Records of the negotiations between the United States and Spain at the Paris Peace Commission that produced the Treaty of Paris of 1898 following the Spanish-American War.
Arrangement:
- Reel 1: Protocols
- Reel 2: Instructions to the U.S. Commissioners at Paris
- Reel 3: Telegrams received and sent
U.S. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. (FBIS) Daily
Report: Latin America. Provides
English translations of news from thousands of non-US media
sources gathered from international political speeches,
television programs, radio broadcasts, newspapers articles,
periodicals, and books. 1942-1949, 1947- 1974. Shelved as: Foreign Broadcast Information Service daily report
Location and Arrangement:
- Microfilm: Microfilm shelves, alphabetically by collection title
- Microfiche: Level B / Federal Microfiche Collection / U.S. SuDocs PREX 7.10
U.S. Military Intelligence Reports.
- Argentina, 1918-1941.
- Mexico, 1919-1941.
Indexes:
- U.S. Military Intelligence Reports, Argentina 1918-1941.
- U.S. Military Intelligence Reports, Argentina 1918-1941.
West Indies History: The three titles reproduced in this microfilm collection cover the early history of the French Antilles, Guadeloupe, and Antigua. (3 reels)
- Histoire de la Guadeloupe, 1685-1830, Auguste Lacour. Vols. 1-4.
- The History of the Island of Antigua, One of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the First Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time, Vere Langford Oliver. Vols. 1-3.
- Les Antilles Françaises: Particulièrement la Guadeloupe, Depuis Leur Découvert, Jusqu´au 1st November, 1825, Eugène-Édouard Boyer-Peyreleau. Vols. 1-3, Second Edition.