Indigenous peoples--Central America--Social Conditions

Abstract This collection is the largest and most diverse set of materials on the full range of programs, both official and private of the organizations and events involved around the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Columbian voyages. The offical records of the Quicentenary Commision are at the National Archives and Records Administration and other agencies. The material in this collection documents the intellectual and social trends, contributions, and controversies...

Scope and Contents / Alcance y Contenido This collection consists of an album of 63 photographs. When it was bound it was entitled “Views of Central America and Mexico”. However, it is important to note that most of the photographs, if not all, were taken in Guatemala during the late 19th century, which was an important economic transition period in Guatemalan history. These photographs include villages, towns, churches, architecture, landscapes, volcanoes, coffee plantations and portraits of Indigenous people. The photographs in this...