Latin American Studies: Early Latin American Books (16th-19th Century)

Primeros Libros de las Americas 

Collaborative project among international libraries which allows researchers to search for digitized versions of 16th c. Latin American books by owning institution (library), language, year, printer, author or keyword. There are also bibliographies available.

John Carter Brown [Brown University] Library Digital Book Collections 

Collections Include:
+ Indigenous Languages Collection
+ Portugal and Brazil Collection
+ Spanish American Collection

Catálogo Colectivo de Marcas de Fuego 

Collaborative Project of Mexican Libraries to help readers identify the Marcas de Fuego (brands) various institutions and printers used on early colonial Mexican books.

Texas A&M University Libraries Digital Book Reader 

Digitized copies of 16th century texts at Texas A&M University Libraries

Southern Methodist University's Bridwell Library Dios y Su Pueblo 

Guide to Bridwell Library's collection of nearly 400 Mexican religious imprints.

Ibero-American Electronic Text Series 

Project developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison devoted to Latin American and Iberian works in the Humanities. Digitizes Latin American and Iberian texts from the Middle Ages to the present.

Southern Methodist University's Bridwell Library: Faith and Devotion in Mexico 

Curated exhibit on Catholic devotional beliefs and practices in Mexico in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as documented in images, novenas, sacred poetry, historical accounts, and a variety of other sources.

Southern Methodist University's Bridwell Library: "Heresy and Error": The Ecclesiastical Censorship of Books, 1400-1800 

See especially the section on censorship in Mexico

This is a multi-volume project capturing imprints from major Latin American Collections in Latin America and Beyond on microfilm (much of which is now digitized).  Most (parts) of the collection are held at one of the UC Libraries, as indicated below.  In the few cases that they are not, the best way to locate them is by using WorldCat (OCLC)'s consortial global catalog.  Please note that the link provided here is different from (and has more functionality than) clicking the WorldCat radio button in UC Library Search.  Select "Accession Number" from the Search Index Drop-down options, and paste in the number indicated  below.

Latin American history and culture an archival record. Series I, The Yale University collection of Latin American manuscripts

Available online at UCSD

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 785645835

 

Latin American history and culture: an archival record.  Series I, Part 1, The Andean Collection

Available online at UCSD

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 1381483712

 

Series I, Part 2, The Mexico CollectionLatin American history and culture: an archival record.  Series I, Part 2, The Mexico Collection 

Available online at UCSD

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 1417638178

 

Latin American history and culture: an archival record.  Series I, Part 3, The Spain Collection

Available online at UCSD

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 1418815541

 

Latin American history and culture: an archival record.  Series I, Part 4, The Brazil and Portugal Collection

Available online at UCSD 

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 1418972399

 

Latin American history and culture: an archival record.  Series I, Part 5, The Caribbean Collection.

Available online at UCSD

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 1418873438

 

Latin American History and culture: an archival record.  Series I, Part 6, The Central American Collection

Available online at UCSD

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 1418974903  

 

Latin American history and culture: an archival record.  Series I, Part 7, The Southern Cone Collection

Available online at UCSD

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 1418817928 

 

Latin American history and culture an archival record. Series II, Serials and printed materials from Harvard University 

133 Reels Stored Offsite at the Southern UC storage facility (SRLF) F1760 .L38 2000

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 45811515

 

Latin American history and culture an archival record. Series III, The Mexican pamphlet collection, 1605-1888, Sutro Library, California State Library. 

No Local Holding OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 56099356

 

Latin American history and culture an archival record. Series 4, The Mexican rare monograph collection, 1548-1861 

No Local Holding OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 54108910

 

Latin American history and culture.  Series 5, Civil War, society and political transition in Guatemala

Stored Offsite at the Southern UC storage facility (SRLF) XF 2776 reel 1-112 (See also XF 2776 guide at SRLF)

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 61728183

 

Latin American history and culture. Series 6, Spanish and Latin American Imprints to 1800: selections from the bibliographies of Jose Toribio Medina.

246 Reels held at UC Berkeley

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 65215712

 

Latin American history and culture. The Braga brothers collection. Series 7, Cuba and the American sugar trade, 1897-1920 

100 microfilm rolls held at UC Berkeley

OCLC/WorldCat Accession Number: 639971648