Our Latin American history collections include letters documenting the slave trade in South America to a series of books capturing the French colonialist vision of Brazil.

Charlotte and Maximilian collection

This collection consists of letters from Charlotte of Belgium, chiefly as Carlota, Empress of Mexico.

Francisco Frejes' "Ensayo Sobre La Reduccion Y Colonizacion De Las Tribus Barbaras Del Continente"

This collection contains an account of the activities of the Catholic Church in 16th century Mexico relative to the indigenous population.

Letters concerning the slave trade and the USS John Adams

This collection contains letters written from Commander Levin M. Powell of the USS John Adams to Commodore George W. Storer.

Manuel and Carmen Paredes letters and scrapbooks

This collection consists of letters, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting Manuel Paredes's journey through the Peruvian Amazon.

Our Americas Archive Partnership

This collection consists of materials documenting multilingual “Americas” that includes Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America from the beginning of colonization to the present.

U.S.S. Adams logbook

This collection consists of the U.S.S. Adams cruise logbook.

Voyage au Brésil by Jean Baptiste Debret

This collection consists of the three volume facsimile of Jean Baptiste Debret’s work Voyage au Brésil.