Latin American Studies

Digital video library of performance practices in the Americas provides online access to almost 900 hours of video.

THE MEXICAN AMERICANS looks at the Mexican diaspora and its various waves.

Audio or video sampling of the available material related to Hispanic American history available from the Library of the Congress and other partner agencies. These include Webcasts (taped recordings of presentations, lectures, performances and speeches that have taken place at the Library) as well as musical recordings and unique sound artifacts from our collections, such as the stories of Hispanic Americans.

Filmed on both the United States mainland and the island of Puerto Rico, the program explores the customs and traditions that have bonded Puerto Rican families for generations.

Contains El Teatro Campesino plays, television specials, concerts, interviews, news footage, commercials, and workshops.

An extensive archive of documents from and about authors. Browse photographs, manuscripts, audio and video.

Free, public domain access to download and use more than 180,000 high resolution images in this collection of more than 700,000 digitized images. All are available for educational use.

The collection consists of approximately 344 sound recordings, 14,141 photographs, 269 folders of manuscript materials, 2 videorecordings, publications, ephemera, administrative files, and field notes produced and collected during the 1977 Chicago Ethnic Arts Project field survey from 1976-1981; but primarily during fieldwork conducted by fourteen folklorists directed by the American Folklife Center in 1977. Recordings and Photographs

Photo exhibitions trace the history of Hispanic Americans in California from the Mission system and Californios into the 20th century: Mexican immigration into California, the farmworkers' labor struggles, and the Chicano Civil Rights movement and La Raza and cultural art.

Thousands of digital cultural and visual arts images available for online viewing through the California Digital Library.

An online presentation of a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.

Performances of theatre and art including art exhibits, civil rights, film, music and poetry.

Collection of era photographs, documents, and oral history interviews.

The Onda Latina Collection consists of 226 digitally preserved audio programs including interviews, music, and informational programs related to the Mexican American community and their concerns from the radio series "The Mexican American Experience" and "A esta hora conversamos" the Longhorn Radio Network, 1976-1982.

Photos, maps, newspaper articles and reports

The Smithsonian Latino Center empowers a greater understanding and deeper appreciation for the enduring contributions of Latinos to our country.

Over 100,000 songs celebrating North America’s Spanish-language musical heritage. Some include photos

Documents, photographs, and promotional materials that explore the events of the Delano Grape Strike and the formation of the United Farm Workers. Time period: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s).