LibGuides: History: Latin and Hispanic America: Primary Sources

Newspapers and Media

Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980
A compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Latin American Newspapers, Series I
Full-text articles from Latin American newspapers covering the years 1805-1922, including titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Full text of historical newspapers, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Boston Globe. Also includes historical black newspapers including the Chicago Defender, the Los Angeles Sentinel, the New York Amsterdam News, and the Pittsburgh Courier. Coverage varies but generally starts in the 1800s. Issues include the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format.
Hispanic Life in America Series I and II
A digital archive of primary source documents related to Hispanic American life. This collection is sourced from more than 17,000 global news sources, including over 700 Spanish-language or bilingual publications, dating from 1704 to today.
America's Historical Newspapers (includes access to the Oregonian and Early American Newspapers) (1690 - 1975)
Includes articles from early American newspapers. Searchable by presidential eras, eras in American history, place of publications, and newspaper titles. Includes full text of the Oregonian 1861-1971.

Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press
Newspapers published in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sonora, Mexico from the mid-1800s to the 1970s.

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni features news, business, and legal sources from LexisNexis. A good source for current articles in major newspapers and for looking up information about companies, industries, and countries.

LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center
Latin America and the Caribbean: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Latin American Pamphlet Collection
Repository of digitized Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries. Chile, Cuba, Bolivia and Mexico are the countries most heavily represented in this collection.

A comprehensive list of Government Documents databases and resources can be found on the Government Information Research Guide.

National Archives Online Public Access
Searches multiple National Archives resources at once, including the Archival Research Catalog and web pages from Archives.gov and the Presidential Libraries.

ProQuest Congressional (1789 - Present)
Congressional documents, including bills, statues, hearings, reports, and legislative histories.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1819 - 1994)
An important series of American government publications, the U.S. Congressional Serial Set is a rich source of primary and secondary material on the people, issues and events of the United States. The Reports, Documents and Journals of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives covers myriad subjects.
DiscoverGov
Provides simple, one-stop searching across multiple U.S. Federal Government databases including GPO's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and GovInfo. It will retrieve reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources and publications available online.

Foreign Relations of the United States 1861-1960
The official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. The series is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian.

American State Papers (1789 - 1838)
Legislative and executive documents, many originating from the important period between 1789 and the beginning of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817. Does not include House and Senate journals.