Tarin Benson na Latin Amurka

Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection wani bangare ne na tsarin Laburaren Jami'ar Texas tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da Cibiyar Nazarin Latin Amurka ta Teresa Lozano Long (LLILAS), wanda ke Austin, Texas, kuma mai suna ga masanin tarihi da marubuci, Nettie Lee Benson (1905-1993) . Josefina Zoraida Vázquez, "Nettie Lee Benson (1905-1993)." Hispanic American Historical Review Vol. 76, No. 2 (May 1996), pp. 313316. Yana daya daga cikin tarin kayan Latin Amurka mafi girma a duniya.

An ajiye tarin kayan a cikin Sid Richardson Hall, wanda kuma ke ɗauke da Cibiyar Tarihin Amurka ta Dolph Briscoe  da Cibiyar Tarin Tarihi ta Barker Texas.  Wannan ɗakin karatu yana hidima ga LLILAS a matsayin cibiyar nazarin da ya shafi tarihin Latin Amurka da karatu.  Ɗakin karatu ya ƙunshi littattafai sama da 970,000, taswira 19,000, hotuna 93,500, ƙafa 4,000 na rubuce-rubuce, faɗin 11,500, da abubuwa 50,000 a cikin wasu nau'ikan multimedia. Yawancin tushen suna game da Texas da Mexico, amma kuma sun haɗa da abubuwan kuma sun fito ne daga sauran ƙasashen Latin Amurka, musamman: Tsakiyar Amurka, Chile, Peru, da Brazil . 

Tarin shine gidan tambayoyin da Cibiyar Tarihin Magana ta tattara.Josefina Zoraida Vázquez, "Nettie Lee Benson (1905-1993)." Hispanic American Historical Review Vol. 76, No. 2 (May 1996), pp. 313316.

 Tarihin Tarin 
Abubuwan da ke cikin Latin Amurka a Jami'ar Texas sun karu tun farkon karni na ashirin.Josefina Zoraida Vázquez, "Nettie Lee Benson (1905-1993)." Hispanic American Historical Review Vol. 76, No. 2 (May 1996), pp. 313316. Masanin tarihi Carlos E. Castañeda ya rubuta tarihin tarin zuwa 1940, yana ba da cikakken bayani game da wasu abubuwan da ya samu. Masanin tarihin Latin Amurka Charles W. Hackett, tare da wasu furofesoshi uku na Jami'ar Texas sun tafi bikin rantsar da Janar Álvaro Obregón a matsayin shugaban Mexico a shekarar 1920. Hackett ya koyi cewa ɗakin karatu na masanin tarihi da masanin littattafai Genaro García ana sayar da shi bayan mutuwarsa. Hackett ya shirya don kimantawa daga Jami'ar Texas kuma an tattauna yarjejeniyar. Tarin ya kasance mai wadata sosai, abubuwa 25,000 da aka buga, jaridu, takardun sirri na Vicente Guerrero, Antonio López na Santa Anna, Valentín Gómez Farías, Lucas Alamán, Vicente Riva Palacio da sauransu sun kasance wani ɓangare na tarin da aka kai zuwa Austin ta jirgin ƙasa na musamman. Faɗakar da rawar da Jami'ar Texas ke takawa a cikin karatun Latin Amurka ya kasance a wannan saye.

Tarin Latin Amurka na jami'ar ya kara wadata ta hanyar nasarori da yawa, gami da gudummawar kundin da Hispanic Society of America ta bayar da takardu na masanin tarihin Amurka Justin H. Smith, tarin masanin tarihin Chile Diego Muñoz, wanda ya haɗa da ayyuka da yawa daga ko game da José Toribio Medina. Bugu da kari, ɗakin karatu ya sami tarin masu zama kansu na masanin tarihin Paraguay Manuel Gondra . Babban ƙari ga ɗakin karatu shine sayen kusan dukkanin tarin masanin tarihin Mexico Joaquín García Icazbalceta wanda ke hulɗa da Mexico na ƙarni na sha shida. Tarin García Icazbalceta ya haɗa da ayyukan da ba a saba gani ba kuma masu mahimmanci na ƙarni na sha shida, gami da Dokokin Bishop Juan de Zumárraga na 1544, Dokokin Fray Pedro de Gante, rubuce-rubucen Francisco Cervantes na Salazar. Rubutun sun haɗa da wasika ta Hernán Cortés, abin tunawa da Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, gidan mataimakin sarki na farko na Mexico, Antonio de Mendoza, da kuma rubutun tarihin Fray Gerónimo de Mendieta na Franciscans a Mexico.

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