The Latin American and Caribbean Collection holds a number of non-newspaper microfilm collections including but not limited to the US State Department Records, NACLA Archives of Latin Americana, Records of the Cuban-Haitian Taskforce and census data. There are a number of finding aids online and in print for these microfilm collections. In addition to the collections and finding aids on this page, our microfilm sets include some of the Yale University Pamphlets Series and the part of the French Revolution Research Collection dealing with the French colonies in the Americas.
Researchers wishing to use materials on microfilm should ask for help at the LACC service desk.
The NACLA Archive of Latin Americana is composed of ephemera and serials relating to socioeconomic and political conditions in Latin America from the 1960s through the 1980s.
The collection consists of 339 rolls of microfilm and is arranged by country and by subject, then chronologically internally. Not all countries will have materials for each topic. Researchers will find a complete list of the country's content at the beginning of the first roll pertaining to each country. Thereafter, each box will carry a listing of contents and in all cases each file has an introductory frame indicating the contents.
To view NACLA Archives, ask for assistance at the LACC service desk on the 3rd floor of Smathers East.
1) By country:
Argentina, 10 rolls
Bolivia, 5 rolls
Brazil, 6 rolls
Caribbean, 5 rolls
Central America, 16 rolls
Chile, 50 rolls
Colombia, 11 rolls
Costa Rica, 5 rolls
Cuba, 24 rolls
Dominican Republic, 18 rolls
Ecuador, 5 rolls
El Salvador, 30 rolls
Grenada, 2 rolls
Guatemala, 21 rolls
Guyana, 2 rolls
Haiti, 2 rolls
Honduras, 4 rolls
Jamaica, 2 rolls
Latin America, 47 rolls
Mexico, 16 rolls
Nicaragua, 20 rolls
Panama, 4 rolls
Paraguay, 2 rolls
Peru, 7 rolls
Puerto Rico, 8 rolls
Trinidad & Tobago, 2 rolls
Uruguay, 6 rolls
Venezuela, 3 rolls
2) Within each country, by subject:
Politics
Government
Socioeconomic conditions
Agriculture
Solidarity groups
Human & civil rights
Church & religion
3) Within each subject, chronologically:
From the 1960's to the 1980's.
Search our catalog for microform material here. Searching "census" and a country name will show census holdings in microfilm, print, and CDRom formats.
The U.S. State Department Records document U.S.-Latin American relations, mainly during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Most records fall into one of four categories: Consular Despatches, Decimal Files, Diplomatic Despatches, and Notes from Foreign Legations. Within each of these categories, organization is by country (or by city in the case of Consular Despatches).
To get more detailed information about each reel (summary of holdings, indexed items, subject headings, etc.):
1. Go to https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/
2. Input the microfilm number (accessible from our document here).
3. You will then be taken to a summary page where you will find a PDF option with the title "View Important Publication Details" in the top-right portion of the page under the heading "Publication Details."
Pamphlets from the Panama Canal Zone Library, microfilmed by the Library of Congress – a finding aid in PDF format available.
For students interested in immigration, crisis management, public policy, political science, Latin America and the Caribbean, and U.S. political history, Immigration during the Carter Administration: Records of the Cuban-Haitian Task Force provides documentation on an overlooked but interesting episode in American immigration and political history. Finding aid available in PDF format.
Bahamas Government Records on microfilm cover the period between 1700-1850 and include records of deeds, marriage registrations, wills, bills of sale, and other legal documents.
Chadwyck-Healy National Security Archive Collections including the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1984; and Nicaragua: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1978-1990. Online information available at: http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com.
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