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Memory of the World Register – Latin America and the Caribbean
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Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2023
✨ An African Song or Chant from Barbados
music manuscript with UNESCO Memory of the World status
United Kingdom Barbados 2017
Arthur Bernard Deacon (1903-27) collection MS 90-98
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Vananuatu and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, added in 2013
United Kingdom Vanuatu 2013
Registry of Slaves of the British Caribbean 1817-1834
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by seven countries, added in 2009
The West India Committee collection
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2016
Architectural Archive of Oscar Niemeyer
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Brazil, added in 2013
Brazil 2013
✨ Bertha Lutz Collection
Bertha Lutz Collection at the Centro de Memória UNICAMP
Brazil 2023
Carlos Chagas Archive
Memory of the World inscription, nominated by Brazil, added 2025
Brazil 2025
Collection Educator Paulo Freire
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2017
Brazil 2017
Documents regarding the Emperor D. Pedro II's journeys in Brazil and abroad
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Brazil, added in 2013
Brazil 2013
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Brazil, added in 2011
Brazil 2011
Nise da Silveira Personal Archive
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2017
Brazil 2017
The Emperor's collection: foreign and Brazilian photography in the XIX century
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Brazil, added in 2003
Brazil 2003
The Ethno-Historical Map by Curt Nimuendaju: a cartographic encyclopedia at the service of languages, cultures, and memories of indigenous peoples
Memory of the World inscription, nominated by Brazil, added 2025
Brazil 2025
Acts of the Havana City council (colonial period 1550-1898)
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2023
Cuba 2023
Cuban Movie Posters
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2023
Cuba 2023
José Martí Pérez Fonds
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Cuba, added in 2005
Cuba 2005
Original Negative of the Noticiero ICAIC Lationamericano
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Cuba, added in 2009
Cuba 2009
Documentary Collection “Life and Works of Ernesto Che Guevara: from the originals manuscripts of its adolescence and youth to the campaign Diary in Bolivia”
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Bolivia and Cuba, added in 2013
Cuba Bolivia 2013
Documentary Heritage of Enslaved Peoples of the Caribbean
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Barbados, added in 2003
Barbados 2003
Federal Archives Fonds
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Barbados, added in 2009
Barbados 2009
Nita Barrow Collection
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Barbados, added in 2009
Barbados 2009
The West Indian Commission Papers
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2015
Barbados 2015
✨ Catecismo corticu
first catechism written in Papiamentu, Memory of the World inscription, submitted by the Netherlands Antilles, added in 2009
Curaçao 2009
✨ Route/Root to Freedom
case study of how enslaved Africans gained their freedom on the dual national island of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin
Sint Maarten 2017
The work of Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590)
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2015
Collections of printed Chilean popular poetry: Lira popular
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Chile, added in 2013
Chile 2013
✨ Human Rights Archive of Chile
documentary archive of rights violations by the Pinochet regime
Chile 2003
Jesuits of America
fonds of archival documents in the National Archives of Chile
Chile 2003
✨ Dutch West India Company (Westindische Compagnie) Archives
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by the Netherlands, Brazil, Ghana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, United Kingdom and United States of America, added in 2011
Antonio Carlos Gomes: composer of two worlds
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2017
Italy Brazil 2017
Documentary heritage of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Argentina, added in 1997
Argentina 1997
Human Rights Documentary Heritage 1976 - 1983 - Archives for Truth, Justice and Memory in the struggle against State Terrorism
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Argentina, added in 2007
Argentina 2007
The Villa Ocampo Documentation Center
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2017
Argentina 2017
30.693 glass plate negatives (1864-1933) from the Courret Collection
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2023
Peru 2023
Peruvian and South American First Editions (1584-1619)
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Peru, added in 2013
Peru 2013
✨ Travelling Registry of the Conquistadors or “Becerro Book”
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Peru, added in 2013
Peru 2013
Documentary heritage of the enslaved people of the Dutch Caribbean and their descendants (1816-1969) - Aruba
Memory of the World inscription, nominated by the Netherlands for Aruba, added 2025
Netherlands 2025
Documentary heritage of the enslaved people of the Dutch Caribbean and their descendants (1816-1969) - Curaçao
Memory of the World inscription, nominated by the Netherlands for Curaçao, added 2025
Netherlands 2025
✨ Archive Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie (MCC)
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by the Netherlands, Curacao and Suriname, added in 2011
Documentary heritage of the enslaved people of the Dutch Caribbean and their descendants (1816-1969)
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2023
Collection of Latin American photographs of the 19th Century
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Venezuela, added in 1997
Venezuela 1997
Colombeia: Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda’s Archives
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Venezuela, added in 2007
Venezuela 2007
General Archive of the Nation - Writings of The Liberator Simón Bolívar
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Venezuela, added in 1997
Venezuela 1997
✨ Archives of Terror
documents referring to victims of torture and murder during Operation Condor
Paraguay 2009
The Gaze of the Other: Documentary heritage of the Salesian apostolic vicariate in the Ecuadorian Amazon 1890-1930
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2015
Ecuador 2015
Negros y Esclavos Archives
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Colombia, added in 2005
Colombia 2005
Cathedral of La Plata Church Music Manuscript Collection
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Bolivia, added in 2013
Bolivia 2013
Documentary Fonds of Royal Audiencia Court of La Plata (RALP)
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Bolivia, added in 2011
Bolivia 2011
Secular Town Council of Potosí (1585-1817)
Memory of the World inscription, nominated by Bolivia, added 2025
Bolivia 2025
Constantine Collection
documentation of public and private life of Learie Constantine
Trinidad and Tobago 2011
✨ Eric Williams Memorial Collection
documentary heritage on the Memory of the World international register, added 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 1999
The C.L.R. James Collection
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Trinidad and Tobago, added in 2005
Trinidad and Tobago 2005
The Derek Walcott Collection
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Trinidad and Tobago, added in 1997
Trinidad and Tobago 1997
Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Fiji, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, added in 2011
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2017
Sir William Arthur Lewis Papers
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Saint Lucia, added in 2009
Saint Lucia 2009
Original records of Carlos Gardel – Horacio Loriente Collection (1913-1935)
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Uruguay, added in 2003
Uruguay 2003
Photographic Archive of the newspaper El popular
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2023
Uruguay 2023
Fundo Comitê de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos para os Países do Cone Sul (CLAMOR)
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2015
Uruguay Brazil 2015
The War of the Triple Alliance Iconographic and cartographic presentations
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2015
Uruguay Brazil 2015
The Florid Recollection, a historical speech and natural, material, military and political account of the Reyno of Guatemala
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2017
Guatemala 2017
✨ Farquharson’s Journal
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Bahamas, added in 2009
The Bahamas 2009
Book for the Baptism of Slaves (1636-1670)
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Dominican Republic, added in 2009
Dominican Republic 2009
Documentary Heritage on the Resistance and Struggle for Human Rights in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1961
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Dominican Republic, added in 2009
Dominican Republic 2009
Odette Mennesson Rigaud holdings
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2017
Haiti 2017
Ignacio Ellacuría’s Documentary Fond: Historical Reality and Liberation
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2017
El Salvador 2017
Abolition of the Army in Costa Rica
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2017
Costa Rica 2017
✨ Corte de Justicia Centroamericana
former international court based in Cartago, Costa Rica
Costa Rica 2017
Silver Men: West Indian Labourers at the Panama Canal
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Barbados, Jamaica, Panama, Saint Lucia, United Kingdom and United States of America, added in 2011
National Literacy Crusade
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Nicaragua, added in 2007
Nicaragua 2007
Aerial Photography from the Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA) Foundation
Memory of the World inscription, nominated by Mexico, added 2025
Mexico 2025
Codex Techaloyan de Cuajimalpaz
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Mexico, added in 1997
Mexico 1997
Codices from the Oaxaca Valley
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Mexico, added in 1997
Mexico 1997
✨ Colección de Lenguas Indigenas
document archive in Jalisco, Mexico, recording indigenous languages
Mexico 2007
✨ Collection of Mexican Codices
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Mexico, added in 1997
Mexico 1997
Collection of the Center of Documentation and Investigation of the Ashkenazi Community in Mexico (16th to 20th Century)
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Mexico, added in 2009
Mexico 2009
Judicial files concerning the birth of a right: the effective remedy as a contribution of the Mexican writ of amparo to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948.
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2015
Mexico 2015
🌟 Los Olvidados
1950 film by Luis Buñuel
Mexico 2003
Old fonds of the historical archive at Colegio de Vizcaínas: women's education and support in the history of the world
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Mexico, added in 2013
Mexico 2013
Sixteenth to eighteenth century pictographs from the “Maps, drawings and illustrations” of the National Archives of Mexico
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Mexico, added in 2011
Mexico 2011
The Archives of negatives, publications and documents of Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2017
Mexico 2017
🌟 Biblioteca Palafoxiana
library
Mexico 2005
American Colonial Music: a sample of its documentary richness
Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, added in 2007
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