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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.
Items available online from the National Gallery of Art and the Library of Congress are grouped together in collections, which give the items meaning in a broader context. The following list and groupings are not a comprehensive listing of either institution's holdings - digital or physical - on this subject. Rather, they are a representative sampling of the best of each collection.
Please note: This list represents only selected digital assets available through the Library of Congress Web site. The Library's physical holdings in Washington, D.C., include more than 134 million items, including books, photos, sound recordings, films, maps and manuscripts, many of which are not available online.
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Art and Architecture
- Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya (National Gallery of Art)
- The Cubist Paintings of Diego Rivera: Memory, Politics, Place (National Gallery of Art)
- Folk Arts of the Spanish Southwest from the Index of American Design (National Gallery of Art)
- National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service)
- Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906 (National Gallery of Art)
- Spanish Missions (Library of Congress, National Park Service and Historic American Buildings Survey)
Culture and History
- The Cultures and History of the Americas: The Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Ethnography and Folklore: Alan Lomax Collection (Library of Congress)
- Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence (Smithsonian Institution)
- Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier (Library of Congress)
- Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age (Library of Congress)
European Exploration
- 1492: An Ongoing Voyage (Library of Congress)
- English Exploration of the Americas: Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake (Library of Congress)
- Exploring the Early Americas (Library of Congress)
- Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier (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)
Politics and War
- Hispanic Americans in Congress (Library of Congress)
- The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures (Library of Congress)
- The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War (Library of Congress)
Resource Guides and Collection Overviews from the Library of Congress
- Hispanic and Portuguese Collections: An Illustrated Guide
- Collections Overviews - American Studies: Hispanic American Studies
- About the Hispanic, Portuguese, and Caribbean Collections: Overview and Researcher's Guide
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)
- Gallery Guides in Spanish (PDF, various sizes)
- Visitor Guide In Spanish (PDF, 525 Kb)
- Visitor Guide In English (PDF, 528 Kb)