Audio

Bracero History Archive
From their website: The Bracero History Archive collects and makes available the oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero program, a guest worker initiative that spanned the years 1942-1964. Millions of Mexican agricultural workers crossed the border under the program to work in more than half of the states in America.
Hispanics in Service
A collection of oral history interviews from the Library of Congress's Veterans History Project Collection.
Human Rights Oral History Project (Cuban Heritage Collection)
From the University of Miami, this is a collection of videos and outlines of oral history interviews with Cuban dissidents
Los del Valle Oral History Project Archive
From their website: The Los del Valle Oral History Project was launched in 1992 by University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley History Professor Dr. Manuel F. Medrano with the goal of collecting and preserving historical memories in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. Interviewees include folklorist and scholar Dr. Américo Paredes, Tejano writers Rolando Hinojosa-Smith and Oscar Cásares, writer and poet Carmen Tafolla, and artist Carmen Lomas Garza as well as nationally acclaimed anthropologists, writers, ethnobotanists, musicians and others.
Multilingualism and Education in Wisconsin
Interviews with multilingual and aspiring multilingual Wisconsinites who currently are or have in the past been involved with education.
PALABRA Archive
This is a collection of 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.
Somos Latinas Project Oral Histories
From Recollection Wisconsin: The Somos Latinas (We Women) History Project (2012-2016) was created to document the many significant and largely hidden contributions of Latinas in Wisconsin engaged in their communities to positively impact society in K-12 and post-secondary education, civil rights, women’s rights, domestic abuse services, immigration reform, political representation, peace and justice, and other areas. The online collection currently includes 52 interviews from 37 Latinas from across Wisconsin.
Voces del Campo/ Rural Voices
From their website: Voces Del Campo/Rural Voices is an oral history project dedicated to documenting the stories and experiences of Latinx populations in communities across rural western Wisconsin. Interviews were conducted by Spanish and Latin American Studies students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, during rural health clinics held in fall and spring 2021.

Newspapers

El Nuevo Mexicano (Santa Fe, NM) (1900-1922)
A Spanish-language newspaper published in Santa Fe, NM.
Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press
From the University of Arizona: The Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press collection documents and showcases historic Mexican and Mexican American publications published in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sonora, Mexico from the mid-1800s to the 1970s.
Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers (Open Access)
From their website: The Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers collection traces the evolution of Mexico during this pivotal period. Comprising nearly 1,000 titles from Mexico’s pre-independence, independence, and revolutionary periods (1807-1929), the newspapers in this collection provide rare documentation of the dramatic events of this era and include coverage of Mexican partisan politics, yellow press, political and social satire, as well as local, regional, national, and international news.
La Guardia (1969-1985)
From the Wisconsin Historical Society Digital Collection: According to La Guardia it was the first Spanish-speaking newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a goal to "serve as the voice of the Latino Community." La Guardia intended to be the mode of communicating "important and interesting news," both nationally and locally, that affects the community, in combination with serving as a reference to local activities.
La Red (1989-2001)
This is the Spanish language newsletter of the Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
La Voz del Pueblo (1891-1919)
A Spanish-language newspaper published in Las Vega, NM.

Images & Documents

Cuban Rafter Phenomenon
From their website: In this digital archive you can explore the experiences of tens of thousands of citizens who left Cuba in small boats, homemade rafts and other unusual craft. Currently the site focuses on those who precipitated and participated in one specific sea exodus - the raft crisis of 1994. Through photos, videos, bibliography, primary documents and narratives the site examines the 1994 crisis and, by extension, begins to investigate the nature of the larger theme of post-1980 Cuban migration.
Freedom Flotilla Photograph Collection
From Recollection Wisconsin: The Freedom Flotilla, also known as the Mariel Boatlift, occurred in 1980 after President Carter opened the doors to the United States for hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees, of which nearly 15,000 would eventually arrive at the resettlement camp at Fort McCoy in western Wisconsin. This collection contains photographs taken by journalists reporting on the “Cuban Odyssey,” most of whom worked for the La Crosse Tribune, bringing together nearly 250 images of individuals and events directly involved with the Freedom Flotilla.
Hispanic / Latino Heritage (National Archives)
Documents and images from the National Archives. Topics include: arts/culture, diplomacy, education/civil rights, government/politics, immigration, labor, military/veterans, etc.
Hispanic Reading Room Digital Collections
Digital collections from the Library of Congress's Hispanic Reading Room.
Latina(o) Cultural Heritage Archives
From their website: A database featuring photographs and documents assembled from twelve collections of the Urban Archives of the CSUN University Library Special Collections and Archives. Funded as part of the Hispanics-Serving Institutions Grant of the State of California, these materials capture the history of Latino and Chicana/o people and culture in Southern California. These collections feature the arts, labor and immigration as important parts of the historical fabric of this community.
Latino Digital Archive Group
A collection of images and videos that preserves Latino history and culture.
The Luso-Hispanic New World in Early Prints and Photographs
A collection of documents and photographs from the New York Public Library's Digital Collections.
Recovering the US Hispanic Literacy Heritage
From their website: Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage (“Recovery”) is an international program to locate, preserve and disseminate Hispanic culture of the United States in its written form since colonial times until 1980. The program has compiled a comprehensive bibliography of books, pamphlets, manuscripts and ephemera produced by Latinos. The holdings available at the project include thousands of original books, manuscripts, archival items and ephemera, a microfilm collection of approximately 1,400 historical newspapers, hundreds of thousands of microfilmed and digitized items, a vast collection of photographs, an extensive authority list and personal papers.
UW-Milwaukee Latino Activism
From Recollection Wisconsin: This collection includes photographs, documents, newspaper articles and video documenting efforts during the 1970-71 academic year to improve conditions for the Latino community at UW-Milwaukee. In November 1970, UWM opened its Spanish Speaking Outreach Institute, a forerunner of today’s Roberto Hernandez Center.

A group of Cuban refugees play a game of dominoes to help pass the time, while they wait inside Safe Haven Camp 2, located at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. A group of Cuban migrant refugees play a game of dominoes to help pass the time, while they wait to fulfill their "American" dream inside Safe Haven Camp 2, located at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In the background a refugee holds an American flag [Photograph]. (May 1, 1995). National Archives. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6524411

Hispanic Heritage Month

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A group of Cuban refugees play a game of dominoes to help pass the time, while they wait inside Safe Haven Camp 2, located at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.