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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 160 Collections and/or Records:

Jane Malinoff-Kamide Collection on Afro-Brazil

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0554
Abstract An extensive and comprehensive collection on Afro-Brazilian literary history and general issues pertinent to the theme. The collection contains original issues and copies of Afro-Brazil newspapers; publications from Afro-Brazilian organizations such as the Sao Paulo State Federation of Afro-Brazilian Organizations; original booklets with historical content about the history of Afro-Brazil, artists, poets, and scholars. Original and copies of documents, magazine articles, journals, speeches,...
Dates: 1924 - 2023

Lawrence Carpenter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0534
Abstract

Field notebooks, index cards, general files and publications, slides, and AV material related to linguist and anthropologist Lawrence Carpenter's research on the Quechua language in South America.

Dates: 1973 - 1989

SS Statendam West Indies Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0538
Abstract

Holland-America Line 1937 promotional album of photographs of the West Indies taken by photographer Robert Smith Mathews with text written by his brother, Richard B. Mathews.

Dates: 1937

Russell Ramsey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0545
Abstract

The collection contains documents, publications, correspondence, and research materials related to the academic and military career of Russell Ramsey.

Dates: 1960 - 2020

Francis Daniel Althoff, Jr. Collection on Afromexican Spanish

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0589
Abstract

Field interviews, transcripts, and other materials related to Francis Daniel Althoff’s doctoral dissertation “The Afro-Hispanic Speech of the Municipio of Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero.”

Dates: 1985 - 1993

Latinos in the U.S. Zine Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0488
Abstract

Zine collection featuring Latin American artists expressing cultural, personal, political, and identity ideals and experiences of the Latin American community in the United States.

Dates: 1999 - 2023

Helen Safa Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0454
Abstract

The collection contains documents, publications, and correspondence pertaining to Dr. Helen Safa's academic career.

Dates: 1934 - 2011

Latin American and Caribbean Comics Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0622
Abstract

Comic books from Latin America and the Caribbean that cover a wide range of topics and styles, for children and adults.

Dates: 1952 - 2007

Eduardo Hernández “Guayo” Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0625
Abstract

Photographs, publications, articles, documents, films, oral histories, artifacts, stamps, Cuban currency, and other items related to Cuban photojournalist and cinematographer Eduardo Hernández "Guayo", who was one of Cuba's most celebrated cameramen and reporters of the twentieth century.

Dates: 1916 - 2023

Farmworkers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0627
Abstract

The Farmworkers collection contains photographs and publications about farmworkers in the United States, including migrant workers, and their struggle to fight for equitable and fair working conditions, including the unionization of farmworkers under labor and civil rights leaders such as César Chávez and Dolores Huerta.

Dates: 1970 - 1999