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Resources on Latin America
- The Church in Latin America and Mexican Independence
- Colonial Latin America
- The Inquisition
- Religion In Central America
The Church in Latin America and Mexican Independence
- More than 1400 books, pamphlets, and broadsides
in the Sydney Keil Collection document Spanish American Church history,
parish administration, and devotional literature. Mexico's struggle
for independence from Spain is another focus of the Keil Collection,
whose contents range in date from roughly 1650 to 1850.
Contact: University of Pennsylvania,
Van Pelt Library, Special Collections, 3420 Walnut St., Philadelphia.
(215) 898-7088.
Colonial Latin America
- The Rosenbach has two large collections of Latin American manuscript
materials that date from the colonial period. One is manuscripts from
the Viceroyalty of New Spain which includes material related to Hernan
Cortes and his family. The other collection has manuscripts from Peru
and other South American countries. Printed guides to both collections
are on order:
Calendar of the Peruvian and Other South American Manuscripts.
1977
H Magill Ref Rm Z1866 .P45 1977
Viceroyalty of New Spain and Early Independent Mexico: A Guide to
Original Manuscripts in the Collection of the Rosenbach Museum &
Library. 1980
H Magill Ref Rm Z1426 .R67 1980
Contact: Rosenbach Museum and Library.
2010 Delancey Place, Philadelphia. Tel. 215-732-1600. Open to the public
for reference by appointment.
The Inquisition
- The Henry Charles Lea Library collects materials for the study of
the Inquisition in Europe generally, Spain particularly, and Spanish
America. The majority of documents date from the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries and consist of records concerning specific cases, transcripts
of trials, and official documents discussing organization and procedure.
Contact: University of Pennsylvania, Van
Pelt Library, Special Collections, 3420 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 215-898-7088
Religion in Central America
- Collection of over 150 religious broadsides from Guatemala and Mexico,
particularly Chiapas. Most date from the nineteenth century and deal
with political issues as well as ecclesiastical concerns.
Contact: American Philosophical Society,
151 S. Independence Mall E. Philadelphia. 215-440-3400
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