Items available online have been grouped together into collections, which give the items meaning in a broader context. The following list and groupings are a sampling of the material related to Hispanic American history available from the Library of the Congress and other partner agencies.
Please note: This list represents only a selection of the digital and physical holdings of the participating agencies.
Art & Architecture
- The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain (National Gallery of Art)
- Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya (National Gallery of Art)
- The Cubist Paintings of Diego Rivera: Memory, Politics, Place (National Gallery of Art)
- David Alfaro Siqueiros: Self-Portraits in Art and Writing (National Gallery of Art)
- El Greco Online Tour (Spanish, 1541-1614) (National Gallery of Art)
- Folk Arts of the Spanish Southwest from the Index of American Design (National Gallery of Art)
- Francisco de Goya Online Tour (Spanish, 1746-1828) (National Gallery of Art)
- Heritage Documentation Programs Highlights Hispanic Architecture (National Park Service)
- Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life (National Gallery of Art)
- Luis Meléndez: Online Feature (National Gallery of Art)
- Mesilla, New Mexico: History and Architecture of a Border Town (National Park Service)
- National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service)
- Pablo Picasso’s The Tragedy: Metamorphosis of a Painting (National Gallery of Art)
- Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906 (National Gallery of Art)
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Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico 1949 to 1989 (external link) (Smithsonian Institution)
- Spanish Missions (Library of Congress, National Park Service and Historic American Buildings Survey)
- Spanish Painting in the Seventeenth Century Online Tour (National Gallery of Art)
The Era of Exploration
- 1492: An Ongoing Voyage (Library of Congress)
- 1562 Map of America by Diego Gutiérrez (Library of Congress)
- English Exploration of the Americas: Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake (Library of Congress)
- Exploring the Early Americas (Library of Congress)
- The Road to Santa Fe: A Virtual Excursion (National Endowment for the Humanities)
Culture and Ethnography
- The Cultures and History of the Americas: The Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Ethnography and Folklore: Alan Lomax Collection (Library of Congress)
- Hispanic Reflections on the American Landscape: Identifying and Interpreting Hispanic Heritage (National Park Service) (PDF, 10.3 Mb)
- Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier (Library of Congress)
- The Portuguese in the United States (Library of Congress)
Economics
- Citizens by Choice: Women in Business Leadership (National Archives)
- Records Relating to the Mexican Labor ("Bracero") Program, 1950 – 1964 (National Archives)
Government, Politics & Law
- Executive and Legislative Documents (Law Library of Congress)
- Hispanic Americans in Congress (Library of Congress)
- Mexican Border Crossing Records (National Archives)
- Platt Amendment 1903 (National Archives)
- Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor -- Legal opinions, writings and confirmation documents (Law Library of Congress)
Poetry & Literature
- Cuarderno de Ortographia, The first book published in New Mexico in 1834 (Library of Congress)
- Six Hispanic Literary Giants: Sonnet Masters of the Spanish Golden Age (National Endowment for the Humanities)
History
- Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba, 1962 (National Archives)
- Anthony Acevedo donates artifacts to the Holocaust Museum (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Facebook) (external link)
- De Lôme Letter, 1898 (National Archives)
- Digitized Spanish Mission Records from Tumacacori National Historical Park 1684 – 1848 (National Park Service)
- Hispanic American Records on Historypin (National Archives) (external link)
- Hispanic Heritage Virtual Tour (Smithsonian Institution)
- Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence (Smithsonian Institution)
- Mexican Border Crossing Records (National Archives)
- Military Resources: Mexican War, 1846-1848 (National Archives)
- Platt Amendment, 1903 (National Archives)
- Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age (Library of Congress)
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (National Park Service)
- School Desegregation and Civil Rights Stories: Orange County, California (National Archives)
- The Spanish Colonial Research Center (National Park Service)
- The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures (Library of Congress)
- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (National Archives)
- The United States Armed Forces and the Mexican Punitive Expedition (National Archives)
- The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War (Library of Congress)
Music
- California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties (Library of Congress)
- Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (Library of Congress)
Resource Guides and Collection Overviews from the Library of Congress
- About the Hispanic, Portuguese, and Caribbean Collections: Overview and Researcher’s Guide
- Collections Overviews - American Studies: Hispanic American Studies
- Hispanic and Portuguese Collections: An Illustrated Guide
- Latinos in Math & Science: Resources for kids, young adults and teachers
Guides from the National Archives
Guides from the National Gallery of Art
- Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya: Children’s Guide (PDF, 1069 Kb)
- Diego Rivera in “Inside Scoop—For kids and grown-ups together” (PDF, 335 Kb)
- Joan Miró’s The Farm: Art & Ecology
- New World Architecture DVD
- Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906: Teachers’ Guide
- Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico 1949 to 1989 (Smithsonian Institution)
- Visitor Guide in Spanish (PDF, 525 Kb)
- Visitor Guide in English (PDF, 528 Kb)