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Memory of the World Register – Latin America and the Caribbean

UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register lists documentary heritage – texts, audio-visual materials, library and archive holdings – that have been judged to be of global importance. The register brings that heritage to the attention of experts and the wider public, promoting the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of those materials. The first inscriptions were added to the register in 1997. As of 2025, 570 pieces of documentary heritage had been included in the register. Of these, 83 were nominated or co-nominated by countries from the region of Latin America and the Caribbean. These include recordings of folk music, ancient languages and phonetics, aged remnants of religious and secular manuscripts, collective lifetime works of renowned giants of literature, science and music, copies of landmark motion pictures and short films, and accounts documenting changes in the world's political, economic and social stage. File:Cartão_de_pedido_de_apoio_político,Centro_de_Memória-Unicamp(AG_3.2.14.74).pdf|Letter by Bertha Lutz, University of Campinas Memory Center, Brazil File:An African Song or Chant from Barbados.jpg|An African Song or Chant from Barbados File:Edición_de_Don_Quijote_en_idish.jpg|Don Quixote in Yiddish, from the Collection of the Center of Documentation and Investigation of the Ashkenazi Community in Mexico File:Fondos Colegiales en el Archivo Histórico “José María Basagoiti Noriega”.png|Photograph from the Historical Archive, Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas, Mexico City

List by country/territory

Documentary heritageCountry/TerritoryCustodian(s), Location(s)Year
inscribedReference
The West India Committee collectionAnguilla,
Antigua and Barbuda,
Jamaica,
United Kingdom,
MontserratSidney Martin Library, University of the West Indies at Cave Hill2015
Documentary heritage of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la PlataArgentinaNational Archives, Buenos Aires1997
Human Rights Documentary Heritage 1976–1983 - Archives for Truth, Justice and Memory in the struggle against State TerrorismArgentina2007
The Villa Ocampo Documentation CenterArgentina,
United States2017
Documentary heritage of the enslaved people of the Dutch Caribbean and their descendants (1816-1969) - ArubaAruba2025
Farquharson's JournalThe BahamasBahamas Archives, Nassau2009
Registry of Slaves of the British Caribbean 1817-1834The Bahamas,
Belize,
Dominica,
Jamaica,
Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Trinidad and Tobago,
United Kingdom2009
Documentary Heritage of Enslaved Peoples of the CaribbeanBarbadosBarbados Museum and Historical Society, St. Michael2003
Federal Archives FondsBarbadosUniversity of West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown2009
The Nita Barrow CollectionBarbadosUniversity of West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown2009
Silver Men: West Indian Labourers at the Panama CanalBarbados,
Jamaica,
Panama,
Saint Lucia,
United Kingdom,
United States2011
The West Indian Commission PapersBarbadosSidney Martin Library, University of the West Indies2015
An African Song or Chant from BarbadosBarbados,
United KingdomGloucestershire Archives2017
American Colonial Music: a sample of its documentary richnessBolivia,
Colombia,
Mexico,
Peru2007
Documentary Fonds of Royal Audiencia Court of La Plata (RALP)BoliviaArchivo Nacional de Bolivia2011
Cathedral of La Plata Church Music Manuscript CollectionBoliviaArchivo Nacional de Bolivia2013
Life and Works of Ernesto Che Guevara: from the originals manuscripts of its adolescence and youth to the campaign Diary in BoliviaBolivia,
CubaChe Guevara Studies Center, Havana2013
Secular Town Council of Potosí (1585-1817)BoliviaNational Archive and Library of Bolivia, Sucre2025
The Emperor's collection: foreign and Brazilian photography in the 19th centuryBrazilFundação Biblioteca Nacional2003
Network of information and counter information on the military regime in Brazil (1964-1985)BrazilNational Archives of Brazil2011
Dutch West India Company (Westindische Compagnie) archivesBrazil,
Ghana,
Netherlands,
Guyana,
Netherlands Antilles,
Suriname,
United Kingdom,
United States2011
Architectural Archive of Oscar NiemeyerBrazilFundação Oscar Niemeyer para Fins Culturais, Rio de Janeiro2013
Documents regarding the Emperor D. Pedro II's journeys in Brazil and abroadBrazilMuseu Imperial2013
Antonio Carlos Gomes: composer of two worldsBrazil,
Italy2017
Fundo Comitê de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos para os Países do Cone Sul (CLAMOR)Brazil,
UruguayCentro de Documentação e Informação Científica “Prof. Casemiro dos Reis Filho”, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo2015
The War of the Triple Alliance Iconographic and cartographic presentationsBrazil,
Uruguay2015
Collection Educator Paulo FreireBrazilInstituto Paulo Freire, São Paulo2017
Nise da Silveira Personal ArchiveBrazil2017
Feminism, science and politics - Bertha Lutz’s legacyBrazil2023
The Ethno-Historical Map by Curt Nimuendaju: a cartographic encyclopedia at the service of languages, cultures, and memories of indigenous peoplesBrazilEmilio Goeldi Museum, Belém2025
Carlos Chagas ArchiveBrazilInstitution of Carlos Chagas Archive, Rio de Janeiro2025
Human Rights Archive of ChileChileChilean National Archive, Santiago2003
Jesuits of AmericaChileChilean National Archive, Santiago2003
Collections of printed Chilean popular poetry: Lira popularChile2013
Negros y Esclavos ArchivesColombiaArchivo General de la Nación de Colombia, Bogotá2005
Abolition of the Army in Costa RicaCosta RicaDirección General del Archivo Nacional, San José2017
Central American Court of JusticeCosta RicaDirección General del Archivo Nacional, San José2017
"José Martí Pérez" FondsCubaMarti Study Centre, Havana2005
Original Negative of the Noticiero ICAIC LationamericanoCubaInstituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC), Havana2009
Acts of the Havana City council (colonial period 1550-1898)CubaOffice of the Historian of Havana, City Museum, Old Havana2023
Cuban Movie PostersCubaInstituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC), La Habana Province2023
Archive Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie (MCC)Curaçao,
Suriname,
NetherlandsZeeuws Archief2011
Documentary heritage of the enslaved people of the Dutch Caribbean and their descendants (1816-1969) - CuraçaoCuraçao, Willemstad2025
Book for the Baptism of Slaves (1636–1670)Dominican RepublicHistorical Archives of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo2009
Documentary Heritage on the Resistance and struggle for Human Rights in the Dominican Republic, 1930–1961Dominican Republic2009
The Gaze of the Other: Documentary heritage of the Salesian apostolic vicariate in the Ecuadorian Amazon 1890-1930EcuadorComunidad salesiana, Quito2015
Ignacio Ellacuría’s Documentary Fond: Historical Reality and LiberationEl SalvadorCuria provincial Jesuitas, Cuscatlán Department2017
The Florid Recollection, a historical speech and natural, material, military and political account of the Reyno of GuatemalaGuatemalaGeneral Archive of Central America, Guatemala City2017
Records of the Indian Indentured LabourersGuyana,
Suriname,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Fiji2011
Odette Mennesson Rigaud holdingsHaitiBibliothèque Haïtienne des Pères du Saint-Esprit (BHPSE), Port-au-Prince2017
Registers identifying enslaved persons in the former French colonies (1666-1880)Haiti,
France,
Guyana2023
Collection of Mexican CodicesMexicoNational Library of Anthropology and History, Mexico City1997
Codices from the Oaxaca ValleyMexicoNational Archives, Mexico City1997
Codex Techaloyan de CuajimalpazMexicoNational Archives, Mexico City1997
Los olvidadosMexicoFilmoteca de la UNAM, Mexico2003
Biblioteca PalafoxianaMexicoBiblioteca Palafoxiana, Puebla2005
Colección de Lenguas IndigenasMexicoUniversity of Guadalajara, Guadalajara2007
Collection of the Center of Documentation and Investigation of the Ashkenazi Community in Mexico (16th to 20th Century)MexicoCenter of Documentation and Investigation of the Ashkenazi Community of Mexico, Mexico City2009
Sixteenth to eighteenth century pictographs from the "Maps, drawings and illustrations" of the National Archives of MexicoMexicoNational Archives, Mexico City2011
Old fonds of the historical archive at Colegio de Vizcaínas: women's education and support in the history of the worldMexicoHistorical Archive Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas "José María Basagoiti Noriega", Mexico City2013
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 1948MexicoSuprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación2015
The Archives of negatives, publications and documents of Manuel Álvarez BravoMexicoArchivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, S.C, Mexico City2017
Aerial Photography from the Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA) FoundationMexicoICA Foundation, Mexico City2025
Documentary heritage of the enslaved people of the Dutch Caribbean and their descendants (1816-1969)Netherlands,
Suriname,
Curaçao,
Sint Maarten2023
National Literacy CrusadeNicaraguaInstitute of History of Nicaragua and Central America, Managua2007
Archives of TerrorParaguayCenter of Documentation and Archives for the Defence of Human Rights (CDyA), Asunción2009
Peruvian and South American First Editions (1584-1619)PeruBiblioteca Nacional del Perú2013
Travelling Registry of the Conquistadors or “Becerro Book”PeruArchivo General de la Nación, Lima2013
30,693 glass plate negatives (1864-1933) from the Courret CollectionPeruNational Library of Peru, Lima2023
Sir William Arthur Lewis PapersSaint LuciaSeeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton2009
Records of the Indian Indentured LabourersSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesNational Archives and Documentation Centre, Kingstown2017
Route/Root to Freedom: A case study of how enslaved Africans gained their freedom on the dual national island of Sint Maarten/Saint MartinSint MaartenDepartment of Records and Information Management, Philipsburg2017
The Derek Walcott CollectionTrinidad and TobagoUniversity of West Indies, St. Augustine1997
Eric Williams Memorial CollectionTrinidad and TobagoUniversity of West Indies, St. Augustine1999
The C.L.R. James CollectionTrinidad and TobagoUniversity of West Indies, St. Augustine2005
Constantine CollectionTrinidad and TobagoNational Library and Information System Authority (NALIS), Port of Spain2011
Original records of Carlos Gardel - Horacio Loriente Collection (1913–1935)UruguayArchivo General de la Nación, Montevideo2003
Photographic Archive of the newspaper El popularUruguayCentro de Fotografía de Montevideo (CdF), Montevideo2023
General Archive of the Nation - Writings of The Liberator Simón BolívarVenezuelaNational Archives, Caracas1997
Collection of Latin American photographs of the 19th CenturyVenezuelaNational Library, Caracas1997
Colombeia: Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda's ArchivesVenezuelaAcademia Nacional de La Historia, Caracas2007

Notes

Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.

References

References

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  2. (24 May 2023). "64 new inscriptions on UNESCO's Memory of the World Registers". UNESCO Press.
  3. (2020). "The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme: Key Aspects and Recent Developments". Springer.
  4. (1 July 2021). "Launch of the International Memory of the World Register 2022-2023 Cycle". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  5. "Memory of the World International Register". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  6. "The West India Committee collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  7. "Documentary heritage of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  8. "Human Rights Documentary Heritage 1976 - 1983 - Archives for Truth, Justice and Memory in the struggle against State Terrorism". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  9. "The Villa Ocampo Documentation Center". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  10. "Documentary heritage of the enslaved people of the Dutch Caribbean and their descendants (1816-1969) - Aruba". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  11. "Farquharson's Journal". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  12. "Registry of Slaves of the British Caribbean 1817-1834". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  13. "Documentary Heritage of Enslaved Peoples of the Caribbean". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  14. "Federal Archives Fonds". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  15. "Nita Barrow Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  16. "Silver Men: West Indian Labourers at the Panama Canal". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  17. "The West Indian Commission Papers". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  18. "An African Song or Chant from Barbados". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  19. "American Colonial Music: a sample of its documentary richness". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  20. "Documentary Fonds of Royal Audiencia Court of La Plata (RALP)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  21. "Cathedral of La Plata Church Music Manuscript Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  22. "Documentary Collection "Life and Works of Ernesto Che Guevara: from the originals manuscripts of its adolescence and youth to the campaign Diary in Bolivia"". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  23. "Secular Town Council of Potosí (1585-1817)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  24. "The Emperor's collection: foreign and Brazilian photography in the XIX century". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  25. "Network of information and counter information on the military regime in Brazil (1964-1985)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  26. "Dutch West India Company (Westindische Compagnie) Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  27. "Architectural Archive of Oscar Niemeyer". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  28. "Documents regarding the Emperor D. Pedro II's journeys in Brazil and abroad". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  29. "Antonio Carlos Gomes: composer of two worlds". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  30. "Fundo Comitê de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos para os Países do Cone Sul (CLAMOR)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  31. "The War of the Triple Alliance Iconographic and cartographic presentations". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  32. "Collection Educator Paulo Freire". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  33. "Nise da Silveira Personal Archive". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  34. "Feminism, science and politics - Bertha Lutz's legacy". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  35. "The Ethno-Historical Map by Curt Nimuendaju: a cartographic encyclopedia at the service of languages, cultures, and memories of indigenous peoples". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  36. "Carlos Chagas Archive". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  37. "Human Rights Archive of Chile". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  38. "Jesuits of America". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  39. "Collections of printed Chilean popular poetry: Lira popular". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  40. "Negros y Esclavos Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  41. "Abolition of the Army in Costa Rica". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  42. "Central American Court of Justice". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  43. ""José Martí Pérez" Fonds". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  44. "Original Negative of the Noticiero ICAIC Lationamericano". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  45. "Acts of the Havana City council (colonial period 1550-1898)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  46. "Cuban Movie Posters". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  47. "Archive Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie (MCC)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  48. "Documentary heritage of the enslaved people of the Dutch Caribbean and their descendants (1816-1969) - Curaçao". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  49. "Book for the Baptism of Slaves (1636-1670)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  50. "Documentary Heritage on the Resistance and Struggle for Human Rights in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1961". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  51. "The Gaze of the Other: Documentary heritage of the Salesian apostolic vicariate in the Ecuadorian Amazon 1890-1930". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  52. "Ignacio Ellacuría's Documentary Fond: Historical Reality and Liberation". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  53. "The Florid Recollection, a historical speech and natural, material, military and political account of the Reyno of Guatemala". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  54. "Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  55. "Odette Mennesson Rigaud holdings". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  56. "Registers identifying enslaved persons in the former French colonies (1666-1880)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  57. "Collection of Mexican Codices". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  58. "Codices from the Oaxaca Valley". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  59. "Codex Techaloyan de Cuajimalpaz". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  60. "Los olvidados". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  61. "Biblioteca Palafoxiana". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  62. "Colección de Lenguas Indigenas". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  63. "Collection of the Center of Documentation and Investigation of the Ashkenazi Community in Mexico (16th to 20th Century)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  64. "Sixteenth to eighteenth century pictographs from the "Maps, drawings and illustrations" of the National Archives of Mexico". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  65. "Old fonds of the historical archive at Colegio de Vizcaínas: women's education and support in the history of the world". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  66. "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". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  67. "The Archives of negatives, publications and documents of Manuel Álvarez Bravo". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  68. "Aerial Photography from the Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA) Foundation". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  69. "Documentary heritage of the enslaved people of the Dutch Caribbean and their descendants (1816-1969)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  70. "National Literacy Crusade". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  71. "Archives of Terror". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  72. "Peruvian and South American First Editions (1584-1619)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  73. "Travelling Registry of the Conquistadors or "Becerro Book"". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  74. "30.693 glass plate negatives (1864-1933) from the Courret Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  75. "Sir William Arthur Lewis Papers". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  76. "Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  77. "Route/Root to Freedom: A case study of how enslaved Africans gained their freedom on the dual national island of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  78. "The Derek Walcott Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  79. "The Eric Williams Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  80. "The C.L.R. James Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  81. "Constantine Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  82. "Original records of Carlos Gardel – Horacio Loriente Collection (1913-1935)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  83. "Photographic Archive of the newspaper El popular". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  84. "General Archive of the Nation - Writings of The Liberator Simón Bolívar". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  85. "Collection of Latin American photographs of the 19th Century". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
  86. "Colombeia: Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda's Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
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