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06. Latin American and Caribbean Collections

 Classification
Identifier: 06
The list below includes the archival and manuscript collections that highlight Haitiana, Caribbean, and Latin America. Some finding aids are available in both English and Spanish. Refer to the Spanish Language links under the "Additional Material" section of the finding aid.

Found in 153 Collections and/or Records:

Dominican War of Independence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0372
Abstract

An archive of seven Spanish manuscripts and one printed pamphlet by a Dominican rebel concerning the independence of the Dominican Republic from the nation of Haiti.

Dates: 1844 February 28-August 3

José Antonio Saco Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0388
Abstract

Letters written by the Cuban intellectual José Antonio Saco documenting his abolitionist efforts during his residence in Europe.

Dates: 1837 December-1844 September

Harold and Geraldine Haskins Cuban Postcard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0410
Abstract

This collection includes 254 postcards and two postcard leaflets from Cuba depicting major sites in Havana and Santiago de Cuba, images of culture and everyday life, and views of the ocean and nature.

Dates: 1907-1958

Martha James Hardman Photograph Collection on the 1970 Chimbote Earthquake in Peru

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0413
Abstract

Thirty-five photographs depicting the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that occurred in Chimbote, Peru in 1970.

Dates: 1970

Lillian Guerra Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0392
Abstract

The Lillian Guerra Collection includes photographs, historical documents, ephemeral objects, and manuscripts from Cuba.

Dates: 1890-2013

Cuban Slave Death Certificates and Burial Letters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0397
Abstract

The collection, which spans the second half of the nineteenth century, includes 28 documents. Some are letters of slave owners to the priest of the church of Montserrat in Havana, Cuba; others are death certificates of slaves, runaway slaves, and free persons of color issued by the Real Hospital de Caridad de San Felipe y Santiago.

Dates: 1852-1898; Majority of material found within 1860s-1870s

Edmond Mangonès Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Microfilm Mangonès
Abstract

A selection of documents (on microfilm) from the private library of Edmond Mangonès, a Haitian collector and historian of the early 20th Century. Most of the documents date from before and after the Haitian revolution.

Dates: 1655-1843; Majority of material found within 1790-1843

West Indies Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 012
Abstract

Correspondence of the various colonial governors of the British West Indies together with financial accounts and pay warrants.

Dates: 1771-1829

Haitiana Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 023
Abstract

Correspondence and other records documenting politics in Haiti in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Dates: 1789-1954

Haitian Registries

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 044
Abstract

Notarial papers from offices in various regions of Haiti.

Dates: 1800-1885