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The Bolivian Collection at the
University of Pittsburgh Libraries
This information was last updated 06/23/05
The Bolivian Collection is considered one of the most comprehensive in the world. The Collection consists of more than 10.000 volumes, 150 periodical titles, and 1.200 pamphlets.
Since 1967 the strong research activity about Bolivia in the University of Pittsburgh in several disciplines: -anthropology, archeology, political science, economics, literature, created the need for a comprehensive collection. The result is that Pittsburgh has been able to build up a coherent and comprehensive library collection that is used today by national and international scholars.
There are outstanding holdings on specific subjects such as: Wars of Independence (1809-1925), War of the Pacific (1879-1884), Chaco War (1932-1935), Bolivian Revolution (1952) and all the post-revolution governments, military and civil, to the present neo-liberal policies. Other topics comprehensively covered are: Boundaries problems, Indian cultures, languages and literature, historical sources, colonial and Republican. The Collection includes Ph.D. dissertations about Bolivia, and a complete collection of microfilms on: Records relating to internal affairs of Bolivia, records relating to political relations between the United States and Bolivia, and between Bolivia and other states; Diplomatic Despatches and Instructions; Notes from and to the Bolivian Legation; Consular Despatches; Official Gazette; National Development plans, and statistical material. The library holdings of Bolivia were collected systematically and comprehensively through individual purchases, periodic buying trips, and an extensive exchange program with several Bolivian institutions. Two special collections were acquired: Antonio Paredes Candia collection of books on anthropology, folklore, and Indian cultures, and a collection of political and economic history from Luis Antezana Ergueta. The collection has 2,350 out-of-print, scarce, expensive, and lightly damaged or stained materials which were preserved onto microfilm with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities received in 1999 and a Strengthening Research Library Resources Program grant received in 1985 for the purpose of cataloging and preserving on microfiche the Collection of Bolivian Pamphlets.
The Bolivian Collection has been the main source of information for research studies and publications about Bolivia written by Faculty members of the University of Pittsburgh and researchers associated with the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
Highlights of the Bolivian Collection
Outstanding Collections on Specific Subjects
- Bolivian Revolution (1952)
- Boundaries: Acre, Tac-Arica, Lauca River, Mauri River, Chaco Boreal. Acces to the Sea Chaco War (1932-1935)
- Historical sources: Colonial chronicles, collections of documents
- Indian languages: Quechua, Aymara, Guarani, Siriono, Itonama, Movima, Tacana, Esseejja, Chaboco
- Indian literatures: Mythology, oral literature, "Indigenista" literature
- War of the Pacific (1879-1884)
- Wars of Independence (1809-1925)
Publications From Bolivian Universities
- Universidad Autónoma de San Agustín de Oruro
- Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (Santa Cruz)
- Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías (Potosí)
- Universidad Católica Boliviana (La Paz)
- Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (La Paz)
- Universidad Mayor de San Francisco Xavier (Sucre)
- Universidad Mayor de San Simón (Cochabamba)
Official Publications
Publications and documents from several governmental departments: "Memorias", Annual reports, technical reports, statistical sources, particularly important for the research on:
- Armed forces. Militarism. Armed forces political activities
- Coup d'état. Guerrilla activities
- Economic policy
- Education
- Foreign relations, boundaries
- Labor. Trade Unions
- Land tenure. Land reform. Agrarian reform
- Law and legislation, constitutions, statutes, treaties
- Mines and mining industries and trade (tin, petroleum)
- Politics and government (particularly strong collection for the post-revolutionary period)
- Population. Migration
Publications From Research Institutes
- Academia Boliviana
- Academia Nacional de Ciencias
- Academia Nacional de la Historia
- ASUR. Antropólogos del Sur Andino
- Casa de la Cultura de la Municipalidad de la Paz
- CDI. Centro de Desarrollo Integral
- CEBEM. Centro Boliviano de Multidisciplinarios
- CEBIAE. Centro Boliviano de Investigación y Acción y Acción Educativa
- CEDLA. Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Laboral y Agrario
- CELMES. Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos
- CEMYD. Centro Estudios de Minería y Desrrollo
- Centro de Documentación Antropológica
- Centro de Documentación Minero-Metalúrgico
- Centro de Estudios de Economia y Politica Sergio Almaraz
- Centro de Información y Documentación Boliviana
- Centro de Investigaciones Históricas
- CEPBOL. Centro de Estudios Politicos Bolivianos
- CEPROMIN
- CERES. Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Económica y Social
- CIDAM. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Mujer
- CIDRE. Centro de Información y Documentación para el Desarrollo Regional
- CIMCA. Centro de Integración de Medios de Comunicación Alternativa
- CINCO
- CIPCA. Centro de Investigaciones y Promoción del Campesinado
- CIS. Centro de Investigaciones Sociales
- CLACSO. Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
- COMIBOL. Corporacion Minera de Bolivia
- DESEC. Centro para el Desarrollo Social y Economico
- FLACSO. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
- HISBOL. Instituto de Historia Social Boliviana
- IBEAS. Instituto Boliviano de Estudios y Acción Social
- IESE. Instituto de Estudios Sociales y Económicos
- ILDES
- ILDIS. Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales
- INE. Instituto Nacional de Estadistica
- INIS. Instituto Nacional de Investigación Socio-Laboral
- Instituto Boliviano de Cultura
- Instituto Boliviano de Estudios Empresariales
- Instituto de Estdios Sociales de Cochabamba
- Instituto de Estudios Internacionales
- Instituto Nacional de Antropología
- Instituto Nacional de Arqueología
- Instituto Nacional de Estudios Lingüisticos
- Instituto Nacional de Historia y Literatura
- Müller y Asociados
- Museo Nacional de Bolivia
- Organización Comunal de la Mujer Amazónica
- SEMTA. Servicios Múltiples de Tecnologías Apropiadas
- SENPA Sociedad de Estudios Geográficos e Históricos de Santa Cruz
- Sociedad de Geografía e Historia. Potosí
- Sociedad Geográfica de Sucre
- UNITAS. Unión Nacional de Instituciones para el Trabajo de Acción Social
Publications From Political Parties
- Acción Democrática Nacionalista
- Alianza Democrática Revolucionaria
- Falange Socialista Boliviana
- Frente de Liberación Nacional
- Frente Democrático Antifacista
- Frente Popular Nacionalista
- Grupo Demócrata
- Izquierda Nacional
- MBL. Movimiento Boliviano Libre
- MDN. Movimiento Naiconal Boliviano
- MIR. Movimiento de izquierda revolucionaria
- MNR. Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario
- MNRA. Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario Auténtico
- Movimiento Democrático Boliviano
- Movimiento Democrático Nacionalista
- Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario Alianza
- Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario. Sector Socialista
- Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario. Unidad y Renovación
- Movimiento Popular Cristiano
- Partido Comunista de Bolivia
- Partido Constitucional
- Partido de la Revolución Nacional
- Partido Demócrata Cristiano
- Partido Indio de Bolivia
- Partido Liberal
- Partido Nacionalista
- Partido Nacionalista Radical
- Partido Político de Centro
- Partido Revolucionario de Izquierda Nacional
- Partido Social Demócrata de Bolivia
- Partido Socialista de Bolivia
- Partido Socialista Obrero de Bolivia
- Partido Socialista Uno
- PIR. Partido de la Izquierda Revolucionaria
- POR. Partido Obrero Revolucionario
- Unidad Democrática y Popular
Selective List of Political Figures and Governmental
Officials Heavily Represented in the Collection
- Alcazar, Moises
- Antezana Ergueta, Luis
- Arguedas, Alcides
- Arze, José Antonio
- Ascarrunz, Moisés
- Avila, Federico
- Ayala Mercado, Ernesto
- Ayala Z., Alfredo
- Ballivian Calderón, René
- Bánzer Suárez, Hugo
- Baptista Gumucio, Mariano
- Barrrientos Ortuño, René
- Bedregal, Guillermo
- Botelho Gosalvez, Raúl
- Canelas O., Amado
- Chirino Soto, Enrique
- Díez de Medina, Fernando
- Díez de Medina, Eduardo
- Fellman Velarde, José
- Franco Guachalla, Alfredo
- Guevara Arze, Walter
- Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, Mario
- Guzmán Galarza, Mario
- Lara, Jesus
- Lora, Guillermo
- Marof, Tristán
- Mendoza López, Alberto
- Montenegro, Carlos
- Ondarza Linares, Franz
- Ostria Gutiérrez, Alberto
- Ovando Candia, Alfredo
- Paz Estensoro, Victor
- Quiroga Santa Cruz, Marcelo
- Reinaga, Fausto
- Saavedra Weise, Agsutín
- Salamanca Trujillo, Daniel
- Serrate Reich, Carlos
- Siles Salinas, Jorge
- Siles Suazo, Hernán
- Tamayo, Franz
- Torres, José Luis
- Torres, Juan José
- Uribe Arce, Armando
- Valencia Vega, Alipio
- Vázquez Machicado, Humberto
- Zaballa, Félix Eguino
- Zavaleta Mercado, René
Selective List of Writers Heavily Represented in the Collection
Literature. History and criticism:
- Baptista Gumucio, Mariano
- Bedregal de Conitzer, Yolanda
- Catañon Barrientos, Carlos
- Congrains Martin, Eduardo
- Costa de la Torre, Arturo
- Fernández Naranjo, Nicolás
- Finot, Emilio
- Finot, Enrique
- Francovich, Guillermo
- García Rosquellas, Rafaél
- Gisbert de Mesa, Teresa
- Molina M., Placido
- Ortega, José
- Reinaga, Fausto
- Rivera Rodas, Oscar
- Sanjinés, Javier
- Soriano Badani, Armando
- Taboada Terán, Nestor
Literature. Individual authors:
- Aguirre, Nataniel
- Aguirre Achá, José
- Aguirre Lavayen, Joaquín
- Alarcón, Abel
- Alborta Velasco, Oscar
- Alfaro, Oscar
- Aponte, José Manuel
- Arguedas, Alcides
- Aróstegui Arce, Carlos
- Avila, Federico
- Ballivian, Rafaél
- Ballivian y Rojas, Vicente de
- Baudoin Garnier, Manuel
- Bedregal, Guillermo
- Beltrán Avila, Marcos
- Boero Rojo, Hugo
- Botelho Gosalvez, Raúl
- Bustamante, Ricardo José
- Cáceres Romero, Adolfo
- Campero Echazú, Octavio
- Canelas, Demetrio
- Castrillo, Primo
- Cerruto, Oscar
- Céspedes, Augusto
- Céspedes, Manuel
- Chirveches, Armando
- Claude, Alfonso Prudencio
- Condarco Morales, Ramiro
- Costa Arguedas, José Felipe
- Costa du Rels, Adolfo
- Crespo Paniagua, Renato
- Daza Velarde, José
- Díez de Medina, Eduardo
- Díez de Medina, Fernando
- Díez Machicao, Porfirio
- Díez Villamil, Antonio
- Durán Boger, Lucino
- Estenssoro, María Virginia
- Fellman Velarde, José
- Fernández Calvimontes, Walter
- Francovich, Guillermo
- Frontaura Argandona, Manuel
- Jaimes Freyre, Raúl
- Lara, Jesús
- Leitin Medina, Roberto
- Medinaceli, Carlos
- Mendoza, Jaime
- Millán Mauri,José
- Mitre, Eduardo
- Navarro (Tristán Marof), Gustavo Adolfo
- O'Connor D'Arlach, Tomás
- Oblitas Fernández, Edgardo
- Ostria Gutiérrez, Alberto
- Otero, Gustavo Adolfo
- Otero Reich, Raúl
- Palza S., Humberto
- Pardo Valle, Nazario
- Peláez Collazos, Rafaél Ulisis
- Prada Oropeza, Renato
- Reynolds, Gregorio
- Rico Vargas, Jorge M.
- Saéz, Jaime
- Salamanca, Octavio
- Salmon, Raúl
- Sanabria Fernández, Hernando
- Shimose, Pedro
- Taboada Terán, Nestor
- Tamayo, Franz
- Terán Erquicia, Vicente
- Toro Ramallo, Luis
- Uzagasti, Jesús
- Zamudio, Adela
Books and periodicals on all subjects (social sciences and humanities)
- Anthropology, ethnology. Archaeology. folklore. Indian languages and literatures
- Architecture. Urbanism
- Art. Cinematography
- Bibliography. Libraries. Archives
- Civilization and culture. National characteristics. Intellectual life
- Demography. Census (Population, housing, agriculture)
- Description and travel. Geography
- Economic conditions (Agriculture. Land tenure. Land reform. Banks and banking.
- Commerce. Economic integration. Finance. Industries. Statistics)
- Education
- History
- Law and legislation
- Literature. History and criticism
- Philosophy
- Politics and government
- Public Health
- Reference
- Religion
- Social conditions
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