In cooperation with the Library’s digitization initiative and other custodial divisions across the Library, the Hispanic Reading Room recommends select items for digitization. Among the items in the digital collections are original audio recordings from the PALABRA Archive (including digitized materials from analog and born-digital recording), as well as rare and contemporary materials in the public domain that cover all manner of topics and offer insights into the study of multiple facets of countries and peoples from Latin America, the Caribbean, the Iberian peninsula, and those regions historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage.
Digital Collections
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CollectionEast Florida Papers This collection consists primarily of the records (65,000 items; 190,918 images) of the Spanish colonial government of East Florida from 1784, when Spain regained the colony from Great Britain according to the terms of the Treaty of Paris External, which settled the Revolutionary War, until 1821, when Spain ceded Florida to the United States after the Adams-Onís Treaty External of 1819. Some records dating…Collection Items: View 480 Items
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CollectionThe PALABRA Archive Listen to audio recordings of prominent writers from Latin America, the Iberian Peninsula, the Caribbean, and other regions with Luso-Hispanic heritage populations reading from their works at the Library of Congress.Collection Items: View 731 Items
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CollectionParallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier This online collection contains books, maps, prints and photographs, manuscripts, and other documents from the Library of Congress collection that was originally made available as Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier/Historias Paralelas: España, Estados Unidos, y la Frontera Americana, as part of the Global Gateways initiative.Collection Items: View 389 Items
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CollectionPuerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives The digital collection Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives is one component of a collaborative project undertaken by the Library of Congress Hispanic Division and the National Digital Library Program to recognize the centennial of the Spanish-American War (1898). The first product of this collaboration, The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War, came online in 1998. Puerto…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2000
Collection Items: View 72 Items
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CollectionThe United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures This online collection contains digitized items from the Library of Congress collection that was originally made available as The United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures/Brasil e Estados Unidos: Expandindo Fronteiras, Comparando Culturas, as part of the Global Gateways initiative.Collection Items: View 81 Items
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CollectionWorld Digital Library This collection contains cultural heritage materials gathered during the World Digital Library (WDL) project, including thousands of items contributed by partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections. The original World Digital Library site (preserved in LC’s Web Archives here) and all descriptive metadata were translated from English and made available in six additional languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Russian,…Collection Items: View 19,407 Items