Massive microfilm collections. Use the online guide to identify relevant content. Reels that Penn State does not own, can be requested from the Center for Research Libraries.
Official Spanish documents on the political, military, economic, and social life of the Spanish province of Texas and the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas. See also the Penn State database "History Vault: Bexar Archives"
Digital resources from one of the largest Latin American focused collections in the United States.
Primary sources from European and Latin American institutions. Collections include "Geography and Travel", "Botany" and "Tales and Legends"
An excellent source for environmental/ecological/history of science & medicine themed historical research
Digitized maps from the 16th through the 18th centuries from the University of Chicago's collection.
Early Nahuatl Library
Nahuatl-language resources (ca.1540-1825), combining those found in Mesoamerica with those the United States and Europe. Primarily textual. The complementary Mapas Projects includes digitized pictorial manuscripts.
Digitized archives from a variety of topics and countries, such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru.
Latin American travel accounts written in the 16th-19th centuries
Selected content from the Library of Congress with an emphasis on Spanish and Portuguese exploration.
Field notes and other unpublished materials in cultural anthropology. Started in the 1940s, the collection initially focused on Mesoamerican languages, but broadened the subject scope over the years. Not all the manuscripts have been digitized. Penn State has some manuscripts on microfilm, with additional collection materials available from the Center for Research Libraries.
Primeros Libros de las Américas
Seeks to bring together digitally the first books printed in the Americas before 1601
Massive collection of digital texts including the Florentine Codex. Select "explore" to browse texts by time period, language, and topic.