Benson Latin American Collection of South American Serials on Microfilm

The majority of this collection was not represented in OCLC, as neither print masters nor service copies were made at the time of filming. The Benson librrary at the University of Texas is now having positive service copies mad of this material. LAMP support will complete the duplication of the 109 titles from across South America by creating 2nd- and 3rd-generation copies for Benson and a positive copy for LAMP.

Brasil Nunca Mais

LAMP is supporting the efforts of the Ministério Público Federal in Brazil to digitize nearly one million pages of the collection Brasil: Nunca Mais, which contains court documents (processos) from Brazil’s Military Supreme Court. These proceedings document the cases of over 7,000 persons arrested, convicted, and/or executed by the Court between 1964 and 1979. Copied in secrecy, the official records document human rights violations by the military government in Brazil during this period.
LAMP received the collection in 1987 from the Brasil: Nunca Mais project director Rev. Jaime Wright, who was seeking a location to deposit the microfilm copy of the records for safekeeping and use. CRL stored the 543-reel set, created a reel guide to accompany the 12-volume index to the case files, and made the collection accessible to member institutions.
Copies of the film are now being sent to Brazil for digitization, after which the collection will be openly accessible via a public database.

CESPI Documents on Brazilian/Latin American Children

The Center for Research on Childhood (CESPI) at the Universidade Santa Úrsula (Rio de Janeiro) possesses an archival collection about Brazilian children and youth, including such subjects as the history of child welfare, legislation on children, and guides to research on children throughout Latin America. LAMP has preserved the materials of Dr. Moncorvo Filho, whose work was dedicated primarily to the social aspects of the effects of poverty on Brazilian youth.
Update: Filming complete. 

El Mercurio (Santiago, Chile) and La Nacion (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

To fill gaps in the current collection, LAMP will purchase microfilm of volumes 1909–13 for El Mercurio and 1905 and 1907–08 for La Nacion.

La Protesta

LAMP intends to film this Argentine radical periodical, held in part by UCLA.  IDC Publishers has filmed a significant run of this title (1903–41) in its Latin American Anarchist and Labour Periodicals (c. 1880–1940) collection, which contains some gaps. LAMP will compare the IDC inventory with other collections to ascertain whether LAMP is able to fill in the gaps.

Puerto Rican Court Cases Collection (1844-1900)

LAMP is supporting the digitization of approximately 5,000 documents, mainly from civil court cases, from the Corte de Primera Instancia (Appellate Court) from the district of Arcibo, Puerto Rico.  The cases cover the full range of civil litigation that might have been brough to civil courts during the period 1844-1900.  Of special interest are cases about disputs over economic holdings such as land, slaves, livestock, but in addition the collection is a treasure trove for genealogists, historians, legal researchers and other social scientists.
The collection is currently held at the University of Connecticut and it will be digitized there.

Senator Abdias Nascimento Archive

Abdias Nascimento was the first Afro-Brazilian senator in Brazil and an activist for Afro-Brazilian rights since the early 1930s. Nascimento’s archive chronicles the evolution of 20th-century Afro-Brazilian consciousness. It includes personal papers, news clippings, manuscripts, correspondence, theses and dissertations, mimeographed materials from various African world events, and other ephemera (including drama works by such groups as the Convicts’ Theater, which Nascimento founded). LAMP is contributing funds to organize and preserve this archive. (See reel guide and the IPEAFRO Web site.)

Variedades

This illustrated weekly was the foremost chronicle of the cultural, political, and social development for Peru for the first third of the 20th century. Edited by Clementa Palma, the magazine is notable for its satirical character, literary and social content, and political commentary.  Palma conceived of the magazine as a critical voice in Peruvian affairs, independent of political postures and partisan polemics, using humor to address political controversies. LAMP is filming a virtually complete collection of this serial acquired by UCLA, from 1908 to 1932.

Developing Proposals

Latin American Labor Movement Newspapers

UCLA has digitized six early 19th-century labor newspapers. LAMP is keeping track of the process and costs for future consideration, and may consider microfilming select titles.

Tabled Projects

Afro-Cuban Newspapers

LAMP is investigating sources for Afro-Cuban serial titles in cooperation with the Biblioteca Nacional Jose Martí, Cuba.

Cuban Pamphlets at the National Library

The National Library of Cuba wants to film and digitize more than 3,000 pamphlets from the 19th century in its collection. LAMP will examine a sampling of holdings to determine whether these are already being filmed by institutions in the U.S. (Harvard, NYPL). 
Update: No forward motion. Table for now.

Instituto Nacional de Antropologia y Pensamiento

A preliminary proposal to film the “Coleccion de Folklore de la Encuesta Docente” at the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia y Pensamiento. The archive holds 3,222 dossiers containing songs, tales, testimonies, proverbs, and superstitions from different parts of the country, collected in 1921 by interviewees of elder citizens. A well-organized published index exists for the collection.
Update: The Instituto decided not to pursue at this time.