Latin American Policy Studies (SAIS)
Primary Sources
- LLILAS Benson Digital CollectionsBroad array of digital collections.
- Archives of Latin American and Caribbean History, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century This link opens in a new windowAn archive of digitized primary documents focus on the history of Latin America and the Caribbean back to the early 1800s through the contemporary period.
- Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969 This link opens in a new windowCollection of documents sourced from the National Archives, Kew - the UK government's official archive.
- Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961 This link opens in a new windowConsists of the Confidential Print series for the United States, Canada and the English-speaking Caribbean, with some coverage of Central and South America.
- Latin American Open Archives Portal (LAOAP)Providing access to Latin America's grey literature.
- dLOC: Digital Library of the CaribbeanProvides access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections.
- Latin America and the United States: a Documentary HistoryA collection of material covering nearly 200 years, with introductions that put each document in context.
- Links to Government Ministry WebsitesFrom Northwestern University, a guide with links to websites of national governments and their agencies.
- Organization of American States (OAS)Regional organization of American states.
- Oxford Constitutions of the World This link opens in a new windowContains fully-translated English-language versions of all the world's constitutions (both national and sub-national).
- Guide to Law OnlineThe Law Library of Congress maintains this network of links to web sites of primary and secondary legal information from U.S. and foreign jurisdictions.
- Guide to Official Publications of Foreign CountriesIs a good source for identifying government documents of individual countries (official gazettes, legislative proceedings, censuses, etc.).
- Archive Grid This link opens in a new windowA database for locating special collections worldwide. Search for family and corporate histories, personal papers, and historical records.
- Archive Finder This link opens in a new windowA current directory describing over 206,200 collections of primary source material housed in thousands of repositories across the US, UK, and Ireland. Part of the C19 database.
- Oral History Online This link opens in a new windowProvides in-depth indexing to more than 2,700 collections of Oral History in English from around the world, including many full-text transcripts, audio, and video.
- WorldCatEnter a subject term and limit your search to "Archival Materials". Or use subject keywords such as "sources" or “diaries” or “interviews” or “pamphlets” or "correspondence" or “personal narratives” or "archives".
- Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new windowSearches multiple primary document databases at one time, including Gale's historical newspaper collections.
- World Wide Diplomatic Archives IndexA guide to the accessibility of diplomatic archives around the world maintained by the Office of the Historian, Dept. of State.
For more digitized primary sources, see the Primary Source Research in International Relations guide.
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