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Blackness in Latinx and Latin America: Primary Sources

Library research guide on race in Latin America and Latinx Studies

Primary Source Material

Archives at Yale

This database consists of finding aids for archival and manuscript materials at Yale University.

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Primary Sources

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Sources
Archives
Diaries
Personal narratives
Correspondence
Interviews
Speeches
Quotations
Collections
Pictorial Works
Statistics
Caricatures and cartoons
Early works to 1800
Facsimiles
Pamphlets
Newspapers
Photographs
Songs and music
Treaties

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