LAC>>Microfilm
The Latin
American Collection holds over 50,000 items in microform, most of which are in
microfilm format. Researchers may use a reader/copier for microfilm and
microfiche located in our reading room. Our holdings include:
Newspapers
from Latin
America, with special emphasis on the Caribbean area. The University of
Florida has extensive and unique holdings in this area.
U.S.
State Department Records documenting U.S.-Latin American relations, mainly during the 19th
and early 20th centuries.
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."
Census Data, a partial finding aid for which is available here. Searching the UF Catalog using "census" and
a country name as a keyword will show more complete holdings, in microfilm,
print and CD-ROM formats.
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.
Cuban History and Literature: Printed Materials from Harvard
University is
a collection of monographs from the 19th and early 20th
centuries. Contents of reels 1-96 listed here. Note: UF
holds Part A (Reels 1-65).
Brazil's
Popular Groups, a collection of pamphlets, serials and posters microfilmed by
the Library of Congress which traces the development of social movements in
Brazil, from 1966 to the present. Searchable index online here.
Records of the
Cuban/Haitian Task Force – a finding aid in PDF format available here.
Pamphlets from the Panama Canal Zone Library, microfilmed by the Library of Congress – a finding aid in PDF format available here.
Institute of Commonwealth Studies - Political Party, Trade Union and Pressure Group Materials - PDF finding aid here
Other large
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.
Most monographs
on microfilm, including dissertations, are cataloged individually and can be
found in the UF Catalog. Many
have now been made available online through Proquest Dissertations and Theses.
Of special
interest are the Bahamas
Government Records, which cover the period from about 1700 to 1850.
Researchers may
wish to check the LASER
Union List for microfilm sets not held at the University of Florida.
Please consult LAC staff
with any questions regarding microfilm holdings or access.
