Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

Overview

This collection of posters from different Latin American countries covers a wide range of subjects relevant to the geographical region. The posters range in date from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Overview Miscellaneous unbound manuscripts removed from the Griffith Collection of printed Guatemalan source material. The content covers the dates 1627-1937 but is mainly 1640-1830. Contains some records of the University of S. Carlos and the Protomedicato, 1627-1838, 1887; 8 governmental documents, 1824, 1831, 1855; 49 letters by Rafael Carrera, 1846-1864; and some papers relating to the Rojas family. Although most of the manuscripts are Guatemalan in origin, some are Honduran, and there is one...

Overview Dr. Griffith joined the faculty at the University of Kansas as the Director of the Center of Latin American Studies from 1970 to 1975 and retired in 1977. Throughout his career and travels, Dr. Griffith collected publications and primary research material regarding Central America with a particular focus on Guatemala. Griffith died in 2003. The William J. Griffith Personal Papers Collection contains correspondence from 1950-1995, research notes and notecards, class notes and lectures,...