The Minutes of the Chamber of São Paulo. Page treated in a new polyester envelope. Photo: Application Form, Municipal Historical Archive – Arquivo Histórico Municipal (AHM).
The Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean of UNESCO Memory of the World (MoWLAC) programme has included 17 new heritage documents in its regional register during its XXII Ordinary Meeting, which took place in Aruba from 15 to 18 November.
The following is the list of the documents which, by decision of the MoWLAC Regional Committee, are to be included in the UNESCO Memory of the World for Latin America and the Caribbean set of heritage documents.
Argentina
· “Passengers’ Entry Books, by Sea” of the “National Registry of Migrations” documentary fund. General Archive of the Nation and from the Department of Intermediate Archives, Argentina
· Heritage corpus on the migratory networks of Yiddish language and its cultural production in South America. IWO Foundation, Argentina
· First printed documents of the River Plate. Vocabulary of the Guarani language, printed in the Santa María La Mayor Jesuit-Guarani mission in 1722. Mariano Moreno National Library, Argentina
· Information Section – North Argentine Sea Area of the Intelligence Service of the Prefecture. Provincial Commission for Memory, Argentina
Bolivia
· Art of the Moxa Language by Pedro Marbá. National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore of Bolivia (MUSEF), Bolivia
· La Plata Public Deeds Fund. National Archive and Library of Bolivia (ABNB), Bolivia
· A list of the instruments that are sent from these kingdoms of Spain to the Americas for the new establishment of the Casa de Moneda in the Imperial Villa of Potosi, 18th century. Casa Nacional de Moneda, Bolivia
Brazil
· Photographic archive of the activities of the Rockefeller Foundation in Brazil (1930-1940.) Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Brazil
· Oduvaldo Vianna Archive. Fundação Nacional de Artes – Funarte, Brazil
· History of Madness: Hospitalization Files of the First Hospice of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, 1844-1944), Instituto Municipal de Assistência à Saúde Nise da Silveira. Nise da Silveira Municipal Institute, Brazil
· Series of State Terrorism during the Dictatorship Period – Southern Cone (Series #3 of the Justice and Human Rights Movement Fund.) Instituto de Ciências Humanas e da Informação, Brazil
· The Minutes of the Chamber (1555-1715). Municipal Archives of São Paulo, Brazil
Ecuador
· From a land of corsairs and pirates to a natural heritage of humanity. Official possession of the Galapagos Islands by the Republic of Ecuador. Historical Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador, Ecuador
Panama
· Christian Moreau Historical collection. Panama Canal Historical Memory Unit, Panama
Peru
· Private Library of General José de San Martin. National Library of Peru, Perú
· “El Peruano” Official Journal, by Editora Perú – Period 1826-First semester of 1868. Editor Perú, Peru
Dominican Republic
· Bernard Diederich Photographic Fund. Eduardo León Jimenes Cultural Centre, Dominican Republic
The Memory of the World programme is an international initiative promoted and coordinated by UNESCO since 1992, in order to ensure the preservation and access to the documentary and digital heritage of greatest relevance to the peoples of the world.
