Benson Latin American Collection

For film lovers and researchers alike the Agrasánchez collection of Mexican cinema provides visual documentation of cine mexicano from the Golden Age (1930s-1960s) through the 1990s. The collection consists primarily of movie posters, lobby cards and still photographs, and greatly complements the research and audio visual collections available at the Benson Latin American Collection and through the wider UT Libraries digital film collections.

The Benson Latin American Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room provides access to a wide range of primary sources from and about Latin America, U.S. Latinas/Latinos, and African diaspora.

Archival collection descriptions are available in Texas Archival Resources Online
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Contact Benson archivists: (512) 495-4578, email
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LLILAS Benson Digital Initiatives encompass an array of digital collections, collaborations, and scholarly projects, documenting the heritage of Latin American, U.S. Latinx, African Diasporic, and Indigenous American communities.

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The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA)
LLILAS Benson Digital Scholarship