Archive Description

The Americas collection strives to represent the full range and complexity of the Americas history by bringing together key documents that examines political and cultural relationships from a hemispheric perspective. Its goal is to represent the full range and complexity of a multilingual “Americas” that includes Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America from the beginning of colonization to the present.

Please visit our collaborative site Our Americas Archive Partnership

The Americas Digital Archive project is overseen by Geneva Henry, Executive Director of Rice's Center for Digital Scholarship and Dr. Caroline Levander, Director of the Humanities Research Center at Rice University. Rice University's physical archival materials are housed at the Woodson Research Center, located in the Fondren Library.