Special Collections Guide: Environmental History in Latin America & the Caribbean

"Early Images of Latin America" currently contains 640 digital images from the Latin American Library’s Image Archive documenting people, places, landscapes, urban and rural scenes in various countries of the region from the mid-19th century to c. 1910. Images come from an array of sources, such as promotional albums compiled as travel souvenirs for tourists, studio portraits, personal photographic albums, glass lantern slides and stereoscopic images, as well as images captured by professional and amateur photographers. The current geographic scope of the collection includes Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, and Uruguay, with particular focus on the cities of Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro.

Prepared by U.S. military government, on public works in the Dominican Republic from 1908-1921 consisting of 3 maps and 74 photographs of the works accomplished, with descriptions on facing pages, and reports on the roads in 1921 and public works expenditures by year. 165 pages.

1909. 26 leaves. Leather album of a Briton, (initials C.H.M), of photographs taken on an ocean voyage to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, including Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro with views of harbors, railroads, dams, power plants, water works, and shipboard activities. All photos are identified. See contents record.

The Latin American Library holds rare printed newspapers from 22 countries. The inventory below includes printed newspaper holdings from each country housed ine the Libray's Rare and Closed Stacks locations. This inventory will be updated periodically when new titles are added. This list does not include print newspapers stored in the Offsite location, holdings on microfilm, or in digital collections

v. 1- mayo/jun. 1964-v.2 (1965)-v.3 (1966)

Call Number: 970 (330) D441

1962-1988. Books and articles, mostly in photocopy form, used in the Gorin dissertation, Control of the Effects of Wind, Sand, and Dust by the Citadel Walls, in Chan Chan, Peru. 34 pieces.

1 volume, 17 leaves (34 pages), 4 appendices. Copy of the proceedings which created a joint stock company to develop and promote navigation on the Motagua River from the Honduran port of Omoa. The manuscript includes a report by the Secretary of Guatemala's Consulado concerning the venture, the list of the company's stockholders and officials, the company's thirty-five articles of incorporation and a series of reflections about the project by those commissioned to head it.

May 4, 1939-April 22, 1945. Letters of this freelance writer to her parents during her six-year residence in Lima, Peru, with her husband who worked for Panagra airline. Describes the daily life of Americans in Peru during World War II, trips within Peru and to Bolivia and Chile, earthquakes, highway construction, and archaeological sites. 88 letters; 9 enclosures.

The collection consists of documents in English relating to the efforts of Commander Bedford Pim of the British Navy to advance the interests of Great Britain in Central America through the construction of a proposed railroad across Nicaragua from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific. 6 pieces.

1830-1842. Personal, political, and business papers of Francisco Morazan, the President of the Republic of Central America. 58 pieces.

Mohagany cutting