Primary Sources
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CIA - Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading RoomFormerly classified CIA documents released under FOIA requests.
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Digital Library of the CaribbeanCooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean; provides access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections.
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HathiTrust This link opens in a new windowHathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
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Latin American and Caribbean Digital Primary Sources (SALALM)The Latin American and Caribbean Digital Primary Sources portal lists open access digital portals to primary sources for the use of historical research.
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Latin American TraveloguesFrom Brown - A digital collection of Latin American travel accounts written in the 16th-19th centuries.
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ManiocA digital library specializing in content on the Caribbean, Amazon and the Guyana Plateau. It contains videos, ebooks, photos and other primary documents.
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Confidential Print Latin America This link opens in a new window
Primary source collection of papers originally issued by the British Government from 1820-1970 covering mainland South & Central America, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Cuba. Topics covered include slavery and slave trade, immigration, relations with indigenous peoples, wars, British business and financial interests, and the building of the Panama canal
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Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Full text declassified government documents. The collection covers critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century. Glossaries, chronologies, bibliographies, overviews, and photographs are included.
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Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports This link opens in a new window
FBIS Daily Reports offer foreign views and perspectives on historical events from thousands of monitored broadcasts and publications. Global media reports include news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary.
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ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Congressional publications and legislative histories. Publications include bills, public laws, and statutes, Daily record, hearings, reports, and executive documents.
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Slavery and Anti-Slavery Archive This link opens in a new window
Collections on the transatlantic slave trade, the global movement for the abolition of slavery, the legal, personal, and economic aspects of the slavery system, and the dynamics of emancipation in the U.S. as well as in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions.
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Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law This link opens in a new window
Legal materials related to slavery and free Blacks in the U.S. published before 1920. There are also hundreds of pamphlets and books written about slavery defending it, attacking it, or simply analyzing it.
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Indigenous Histories and Culture in North America This link opens in a new window
Primary source material relating to Indigenous American history in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The collection contains documents, maps, photographs and artwork from the 16th to the mid-20th century.
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Castro Speech Database"This database includes speeches, interviews, etc., by Fidel Castro from 1959 to 1996. All texts are in English."
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Opening the Archives: Documenting U.S.-Brazil Relations, 1960s-1980s"A joint effort by Brown University and the Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Paraná, Brazil to digitize and index 10,000 U.S. State Department documents on Brazil."
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Foreign Relations of the United StatesOfficial government memos, plans, records, dispatches, treaties, studies, and other materials about U.S. foreign policy. 1945 - 1988
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National Security ArchiveA collection of declassified reports about American foreign relations and diplomatic history.