Primary Source Spotlight: Hispanic Heritage

World Spotlight source sets

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Cuba
• Guantánamo Bay
• Guatemala
• Dominican Republic
• Guatemala
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Venezuela

Primary source sets

• Hispanic Heritage Month
• New Mexico
• Chicano art Movement
• Christopher Columbus
• Columbus Day
• The Gadsden Purchase
• José Manuel Gallegos
• El Grito de Dolores – Mexican Independence Day
• Gabriela Mistral
• Mexican American War
• Mexican Americans & United Farm Workers of America
• Juan Ponce de León
• Remembering the Alamo
• The Rough Riders
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Spanish-American War
• Straits of Magellan
• U.S. Declares War on Spain

Library Collections

• Collection Spotlight: Sonia Sotomayor
• Hans P. Kraus Collection: Spanish American Manuscripts
• Hispanics in Service
• Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande
• Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States and the American Frontier
• Pinelands Folklife Project Hispanic primary sources
• Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age
• The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures
• The WPA California Folk Music Project: Songs in Spanish

Image Sets

• Archive of Hispanic Culture
• Images of Christopher Columbus and His Voyages
• Images from Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain
• Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection
• War with Mexico
• Spanish Civil War poster collection

Veterans History Project

• Hispanics in Service

Chronicling America Research Guides

• Mexican-American War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Mexican Revolution
• Nina Otero-Warren
• Occupation of Vera Cruz
• Octaviano Larrazolo
• Pancho Villa

Teaching Resources

Online Exhibitions

• The Jay Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress
• Exploring the Early Americas
• 1492: An Ongoing Voyage

Spotlights, Features & Special Presentations

• La Familia (The Family) epic community poem led by Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera
• “The Technicolor Adventures of Catalina Neon”
• Special Event with Poet Juan Felipe Herrera event video recording | Session Materials
• Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the Library of Congress and the Palabra Archive event video recording | Session Materials
• Palabra Archive Hispanic Literature
• The 1562 Map of America by Diego Gutiérrez
• Columbus’ Coat of Arms
• The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps
• Cuaderno de Ortographia
• The Motion Picture Goes to War: The Spanish-American War and the Philippine Revolution
• The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War
• Immigration: Mexican
• Immigration: Puerto Rican/Cuban
• Spanish’s Gift to English
• Rudolfo Anaya: Fiction, Plays and Children’s Fiction
• Portinari Murals

Library blog posts

Hispanic Heritage

• Celebrate Hispanic American Culture with the Library of Congress Teaching with the Library of Congress
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage: Cultural Contributions Timeless Stories from the Library
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage: Feliz Cumpleaños, Hispanic Division Timeless Stories from the Library
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage with the Library of Congress Teaching with the Library of Congress
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Why Sept. 15? Timeless Stories from the Library
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage in Murals Picture This
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage: The Voice of Hispanic Literature Timeless Stories from the Library
• Corridos at the Library of Congress: Spurring Creativity while Studying Hispanic Heritage  Teaching with the Library of Congress
• Hispanic and Latin American Creators Who Redefine Success Copyright Creativity at Work
• Observing Hispanic Heritage Month Inside Adams
• On the Shelf: Hispanic Heritage Month at the Law Library In Custodia Legis
• Pasó por Aquí: The Hispanic Heritage in the United States 4 Corners of the World

More themes

• 1680 – the Pueblo Revolt In Custodia Legis
• Batting 1000: The Influence of Latinos and Latin Americans in MLB 4 Corners of the World
• Before Brown v. Board of Education There Was Méndez v. Westminster In Custodia Legis
• Celebrating Hispanic and Latino Author Talks from the Library of Congress Bookmarked
• Celebration of Machu Picchu Inside Adams
• Exploring the Cuban-American Musical Heritage of Emilio and Gloria Estefan—Diversity and Identity in “The Great Melting Pot” Teaching with the Library of Congress
• Exploring the Cuban-American Musical Heritage of Emilio and Gloria Estefan Part 2—Cultural Memory and Musical Legacies Teaching with the Library of Congress
• Fandango: Convivial Sharing Folklife Today
• ¡Felicitaciones! Science.gov Inside Adams
• Finding a Madonna – A Rare Drawing by Martín Ramírez Picture This
• Happy 100th Birthday to Octavio Paz From the Catbird Seat
• ¡Happy Day of the Race! In Custodia Legis
• Hernández v. Texas: A Legacy of 60 Years In Custodia Legis
• The Huexotzinco Codex: Taxes and Turkeys from Sixteenth-Century Mexico Teaching with the Library of Congress
• “I Am Joaquin” Shall Endure Library of Congress blog
• Inquiring Minds: Sabor! Latin American and Hispanic Cookbooks Timeless Stories from the Library
• La Llorona blog posts from Folklife Today
• The Laws of Burgos: 500 Years of Human Rights In Custodia Legis,
• Pic of the Week: Itzamna Inside Adams
• The PLC Launches “Spotlight on U.S. Hispanic Writers” From the Catbird Seat
• Quetzalcoatl Inside Adams
• Spanish: Keeping it Pure or Tilting at Windmills? In Custodia Legis
• The Spanish Missions in Texas Teaching with the Library
• Uncovering a Treasure art of Martín Ramírez Timeless Stories from the Library

Resource Guides

• The Hispanic Reading Room
• Hispanic & Portuguese Collections: An Illustrated Guide
• Handbook of Latin American Studies
• Latinos in Math & Science: Resources for Kids, Young Adults and Teachers
• Latinx Civil Rights in the United States: A Resource Guide

Recorded Literature Webcasts

Writers

• Marie Arana
• Carmen Agra Deedy
• Isabel Allende
• Julia Alvarez
• Marie Arana
• Maria Celeste Arraras
• Judith Ortiz Cofer
• Elsa Cross
• Myrka Dellanos
• Junot Diaz
• Rhina Espaillat
• Francisco Hernandez
• Sonia Manzano
• Ana Menendez
• Pat Mora

Themes

• Hemingway in Pamplona
• A Dialogue on the 400th Anniversary of ‘Don Quixote’
• Cross Cultural Communications: U.S. Writers Translating Hispanic Writers
• 450 Years of Spanish Poetry in the United States
• The XVI Poetry Marathon of Teatro de la Luna
• The 2010 Maratón de Poesía
• Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada
• Octavio Paz Symposium
• Poetry Readings from Clayton Eshleman and Gonzalo Corzo
• Red Hot Salsa poetry reading

More Recorded Webcasts

• 21st Century Public Policy in the Americas
• Avoiding the Fate of the Mayans
• Engineering in the Andes Mountains
• Ethnography, Identity and Ethnohistory: Studying Narrative in Contemporary and Colonial Tlaxcala, Mexico
• Fernando Cardoso “Dependency and Development in Latin America”
• Francisco Pareja: Missionary and Linguist in Spanish Colonial Florida
• Kislak Ceramics
• The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
• Mexicans and Americans: Cracking the Cultural Code
• Mexico in World History
• Mosquito Empires
• The Need for Global Democratic Governance: The Perspective from Latin America
• Peasant Movement of Papay: Morning Session and Afternoon Session
• La Quinceanera: A Coming of Age Ritual in Latino Communities
• Re-thinking Conquest: Spanish and Native Experiences in the Americas
• The Royal Commentaries of the Inca
• Teresita Martinez-Vergne on Nation and Citizen in the Dominican Republic
• And Wheat Completed the Cycle: Flour Mills, Social Memory, and Industrial Culture in Sonora, Mexico

Congressional Activity

• Information and remarks on the celebration of Hispanic American Heritage Month
• Hispanic Americans in Congress
• Supreme Court Nominations: Sonia Sotomayor

Recommended Links to Resources Outside the Library of Congress

• Selected Links to Additional Hispanic Internet Resources
• Hispanic Exhibits & Collections
• Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources (Smithsonian)
• National Hispanic Heritage Month (National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Hispanic Heritage Flickr Photo Collection (National Archives)
• Latin American Links for Teachers
• Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico – 1949 to 1989
• Teaching with Historic Places: Hispanic History (National Park Service)
• When Worlds Collide: the Untold Story of the Americas After Columbus (PBS)