A Guide to Collections on Paraguay in the United States (Reference Guides to Archival and Manuscript Sources in World History)

This volume provides the researcher with an excellent tool for investigating the history, politics, and culture of Paraguay. Although various libraries, museums, and archives in the U.S. contain documentary collections of interest to Paraguayanists, they are little known and thus underutilized. Whigham and Cooney help correct this problem. Not only do they describe the most famous collections in such libraries as the University of Texas at Austin, the Library of Congress, and the Oliveira Lima Library at Catholic University, they have also uncovered some obscure materials. From the Museum of Norwegian-American Historical Association Archives in Minnesota to the Mennonite Archives at Bethel College in Kansas, they have run the gamut of available resources.

This volume provides the researcher with an excellent tool for investigating the history, politics, and culture of Paraguay. Although various libraries, museums, and archives in the U.S. contain documentary collections of interest to Paraguayanists, they are little known and thus underutilized. Whigham and Cooney help correct this problem. Not only do they describe the most famous collections in such libraries as the University of Texas at Austin, the Library of Congress, and the Oliveira Lima Library at Catholic University, they have also uncovered some obscure materials. From the Museum of Russian Culture in San Francisco to the Mennonite Archives at Bethel College in Kansas, they have run the gamut of available resources.

This guide discusses diplomatic correspondence, genealogical materials, missionary records, political reports, and unpublished personal reminiscences. The authors also offer hints and advice on working in the various repositories and suggest research themes that might be developed using particular collections. An attractive format and a thorough subject index make this volume easy to use as well as informative.

Contents......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 Archives and Manuscripts......Page 14 Arkansas......Page 16 California......Page 17 Connecticut......Page 32 Georgia......Page 33 Illinois......Page 35 Indiana......Page 37 Iowa......Page 41 Kansas......Page 43 Kentucky......Page 50 Maine......Page 52 Maryland......Page 53 Massachusetts......Page 56 Michigan......Page 58 Minnesota......Page 59 Mississippi......Page 60 Missouri......Page 61 New Jersey......Page 65 New York......Page 66 North Carolina......Page 72 Ohio......Page 74 Oregon......Page 77 Rhode Island......Page 78 Tennessee......Page 79 Texas......Page 80 Utah......Page 85 Virginia......Page 87 Washington, D. C.......Page 88 West Virginia......Page 115 C......Page 116 G......Page 117 M......Page 118 R......Page 119 U......Page 120 W......Page 121 B......Page 122 D......Page 123 G......Page 124 L......Page 125 P......Page 126 T......Page 127 W......Page 128 Y......Page 129