The Americas collection strives to represent the full range and complexity of the Americas history by bringing together key documents that examines political and cultural relationships from a hemispheric perspective. Its goal is to represent the full range and complexity of a multilingual “Americas” that includes Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America from the beginning of colonization to the present.

 

The Americas Digital Archive project was overseen by Geneva Henry, Executive Director of Rice's Center for Digital Scholarship and Dr. Caroline Levander, Director of the Humanities Research Center at Rice University. Rice University's physical archival materials are housed at the Woodson Research Center, located in the Fondren Library.

 

Because of issues with the original scans, some of the digitized items presented here are of poor quality. We are working toward rescanning these items. Thank you for your patience.

Images

This collection includes portraits, landscapes, street views, statues, events, interiors, and more from North, Central, and South America, primarily in the 19th century.

Instituto Mora Texts

This collection consists of a selection of printed works of 19th and early 20th-century Mexican history from the Instituto Mora, part of the Fondo Antiguo Biblioteca Ernesto de la Torre Villar, San Juan, Mexico. 

Research and Educational Materials

This collection includes papers, presentations, and educational essays featuring documents from the OAAP and suggesting ways to incorporate them into lower level college courses and AP high school courses in literature, history, and Spanish language and literature. 

Texts and Translated Documents

This collection consists of a wide variety of handwritten and printed texts representing history and culture of North, Central, and South America, primarily in the 19th century. Topics include politics, war, medicine, social life, and more.