Latin American history and culture, an archival record
Subtitle: Series 1 : The Yale University collection of Latin American manuscripts
Contributors: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Publisher: Primary Source Microfilm
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Woodbridge, CT
Language: spa; por; eng
Format: [microform]
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: History; Sources; Civilization; Colonies; Spain
Other titles: Yale University collection of Latin American manuscripts; Andean collection.; Mexico collection.; Spain collection.; Brazil and Portugal collection.; Carribean collection.; Caribbean collection.; Central America collection.; Southern Cone collection.
Description: The collection contains some 184 manuscript volumes and unbound documents relating to the Spanish colonization of Latin America, dating from the 16th to early 20th centuries. Materials include correspondence, government documents (including reports, commissions, decrees, and awards), church documents, poetry and other writings on civil, military, economic, religious, and social topics. Materials originate from Spain; Mexico and Central America; the Caribbean; and South America, from Colombia south through the Andean region to Argentina and Paraguay. There is also 1 reel of material concerning Brazil, mostly thank you notes from the Emperor and Empress of Brazil to various Brazilian cardinals.
Notes: Reels are numbered seperately for each part.

Guides are available on the website of Primary Source Microfilm.

In Spanish, Portuguese and English.

Electronic finding aid available: http://microformguides.gale.com/download.asp?colldocid=9005000&Item=&Page=1
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The Andean collection; title: pt. 2. The Mexico collection; title: pt. 3. The Spain collection pt. 4. The Brazil and Portugal collection; title: pt. 5. The Carribean collection; title: pt. 6. Central America collection; title: pt. 7. Southern Cone collection.