September, 1996
Archivo Siglo XX, Archivo Nacional, Chile. (A project to preserve twentieth-century photographic collections by arranging the photographs, placing them in acid-free enclosures within new storage cabinets, and preparing new preservation negatives as needed.) $10,000.

December, 1996
Archivo Arzobispal de Lima, Peru. (A project to improve and expand storage capacity for the Archive’s holdings, which date from the beginning of the colonial period, by replacing wooden shelves with compact metal shelving.) $11,379.

Archivo Departamental del Cusco, Peru. (A project to inventory, catalog, and make available the Archive’s strong and unique holdings of provincial newspapers from the early nineteenth century.) $13,580.

Archivo Fotográfico "Pedro Guerra," Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico. (A project to provide acid-free containers for some 500,000 photographic negatives from southern Mexico.) $8,391.25.

Archivo General de la Nación, Peru. (A project to microfilm some 600 deteriorating Notarial Protocols from the seventeenth century.) $20,000.

Archivo Municipal de Granada, Nicaragua. (A project to organize and preserve the Archive’s nineteenth-century documents, generated during a period when Granada had administrative authority over a large part of Nicaragua.) $9,106.

Archivo Parroquial, Campeche, Mexico. (The first phase of a project to improve storage conditions for documentation dating from the 17th to the 20th century in Campeche's cathedral archive, and then to organize and preserve the materials.) $20,000.

May, 1997
Archivo General del Estado de Yucatán, Mexico. (A project to create a finding aid for the "Fondo Justicia," covering the period 1876-1890; and to air condition the stack area.) $20,000.

Archivo General del Estado Mérida, Venezuela. (A two-year project, including provisions for equipment and staff training, to microfilm a substantial share of the archive’s endangered colonial documents.) $20,000. (Matching funds have been provided by Fundación Polar, Venezuela.)

Archivo Histórico Provincial de Cienfuegos "Rita Suárez del Villar," Cuba. (A project to provide staff training in preservation, to supply acid-free containers, and to improve storage conditions for the Archive’s holdings.) $10,000 (via the Northeast Document Conservation Center, Massachusetts).

Archivo Nacional de Historia, Sección del Azuay, Ecuador. (A project to finish cataloging the Archive's holdings a task now 80% complete?by processing the remaining 100,000+ documents.) $15,840; plus $7,920 supplemental grant.

Arquivo Público do Estado de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (A project to microfilm some 2,500,000 index cards for various secret/political police archives that now form part of the Arquivo Público.) $10,000.

Biblioteca, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. (A project to properly house and adequately describe the Archivo Campomar y Soulas, comprising the business records of a major textile firm from the early 20th century.) $18,572.

Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica, CIRMA, Guatemala. (A project to equip a microfilming unit at CIRMA so that it can preserve endangered in-house holdings and also materials at other repositories especially municipal archives throughout Guatemala.) $20,000.

September, 1997
Archivo Andrés Bello, Universidad de Chile. (A project to clean, repair, and microfilm manuscripts of critical importance in the history of Chile.) $12,000.

Archivo de La Paz, Bolivia. (A project to improve storage conditions and establish a repair facility for the Archive’s historical holdings.) $20,000.

Biblioteca "Dr. Manuel Gallardo," Santa Tecla, El Salvador. (A project to repair, preserve, and microfilm scarce Salvadoran imprints from the library’s collections.) $15,000, plus $2,500 supplemental grant.

December, 1997
Archivo Departamental Puno, Puno, Peru. (A project to provide metal shelving for the Archive’s holdings, at last getting them off the floor.) $10,000.

Archivo General del Poder Ejecutivo, Oaxaca, Mexico. (A project to purchase metal shelves and acid-free containers for the Archive’s holdings.) $10,000.

Archivo Histórico, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Ecuador. (A project to conserve endangered documents and to acquire a photocopy machine to improve service while lessening risk to original materials.) $5,000.

Archivo Histórico Municipal, Lima, Peru. (A project to improve storage conditions for the Archive’s huge historical collections and to reformat some materials.) $10,000.

Arquivo Público do Distrito Federal, Brasília, Brazil. (A project to improve storage conditions for the archive’s holdings by providing dehumidifiers and air conditioning.) $5,000.

Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroamérica, Managua, Nicaragua. (A project to assess and microfilm scarce newspaper and journal runs from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.) $10,000.

May, 1998
Archivo del Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana, Dr. Emilio Ravignani, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (A project to conserve the 187 volumes that comprise the Instituto’s Archivo documental.) $6,485.

Archivo General de la Provincia de Entre Ríos, Paraná, Argentina. (A project to purchase a photocopy machine to facilitate the preparation of copies of materials in the collections, and to acquire a computer with which to prepare catalogs and collection guides.) $4,400.

Archivo Histórico, Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Lima, Peru. (A project to prepare a catalog of holdings in the Museum’s Archivo Histórico.) $10,000.

Biblioteca Francisco de Burgoa, Universidad Autónoma ?Benito Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico. (A project to upgrade the library’s microfilming facility, train staff in using the equipment, and begin a program to microfilm endangered materials from the collection.) $10,000.

Biblioteca Histórica Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, Santiago, Chile. (A project to prepare a catalog of the library’s holdings, and to begin preservation work including storage in acid-free containers and some microfilming.) $9,500.

Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos, Puebla, Mexico. (A project to house the Museum’s documents and photographs in acid-free containers, and to purchase a photocopier to reduce damage to original materials.) $10,000.

September, 1998
Archivo del Estado de Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico. (A project to catalog the holdings of the Archivo’s Biblioteca Matías Romero.) $2,770.

Archivo General del Poder Ejecutivo del Estado de Oaxaca, México. (A supplemental authorization for the Archivo to upgrade its shelving and/or to prepare a guide to its holdings.) $4,000.

Archivo Histórico Alberto y Fernando Valverde, Olavarría, Argentina. (A project to describe the Archive’s holdings and provide guides to its collections, to be facilitated through the purchase of a personal computer.) $2,000.

Archivo Histórico-Diplomático, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Montevideo, Uruguay. (A project to catalog the Archivo’s documentary holdings and, as necessary, to acquire additional shelving.) $4,000.

Biblioteca Eusebio F. Kino, Coyoacán, Mexico. (A project to catalog holdings in the Biblioteca’s Fondo Compañía de Jesús.) $4,000.

Biblioteca Pública General San Martín, Mendoza, Argentina. (A project to microfilm selected Mendoza newspapers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from the Library’s collections.) $12,000.

Museu de Comunicação Social Hipólito José da Costa,? Porto Alegre, Brazil. (A project to replace worn and acidic bindings of materials in the collections with acid-free plastic coverings.) $6,000.

Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen, San Salvador, El Salvador. (A project for conservation measures to protect the Museo’s collections of printed and non-print materials.) $3,100.

December, 1998
Archivo del Sistema de Información Sindical (SIDIS), Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros, La Paz, Bolivia. (A project to describe, disseminate, and preserve selected documents held by the Archivo.) $7,500.

Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas, El Colegio de México, Mexico. (A project to conserve, digitize, and provide Internet access to selected materials from the library’s special collections.) $10,000.

Biblioteca Pública Governador Menezes Pimentel, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. (A project to microfilm selected periodicals from Ceará.) $10,000.

May, 1999
Archivo General de la Nación, Bogotá, Colombia. (A project to microfilm documents from the archdiocesan archives of Popayán.) $10,000.

Area de Investigación y Documentación Histórica Parque de España, Rosario, Argentina. (A project to microfilm the manuscript Censo General de la Provincia de Santa Fe of June, 1887.) $4,950.

Centro de Documentación e Investigación de la Cultura de Izquierdas en la Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (A project to catalog the Centro’s collections.) $10,000.

Instituto Raúl Porras Barrenechea, Lima, Peru. (A project to organize, preserve, and describe the Instituto’s holdings.) $10,000.

Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (A project to mount descriptions of the Museu’s collections on the Internet.) $10,000.

September, 1999
Archivo Histórico, Convento San Francisco Solano, Río Cuarto, Argentina. (A project to organize and describe the Archivo’s documentary holdings.) $6,000.

Biblioteca Mauricio Magdaleno, Zacatecas, Mexico. (A project to organize and inventory the holdings in the Hemeroteca.) $2,100.

December, 1999
[Archivo Departamental de Amazonas, Chachapoyas, Peru. (A project to organize and preserve the Archivo’s holdings through the purchase of a personal computer and a photocopy machine.) $4,850. (Cancelled following post-election staff changes. A similar but separate project was approved in August, 2001.)]

Archivo Histórico de la Arquidiócesis de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. (A project for conservation work and the preparation of a guide for materials held by the Archivo Histórico.) $7,500.

Archivo Histórico del Museo Mitre, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (A project to support conservation work and the preparation of duplicate copies of documents held by the Archivo.) $6,150.

Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile. (A project to complete an inventory of documents held in the manuscripts collection of the Library’s Sala Medina.) $12,000.

Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos ?Bartolomé de las Casas, Cusco, Peru. (A project to prepare an inventory and provide basic conservation for materials in the Centro’s Fototeca Andina.) $14,000.

Fondo de Investigación y Documentación de la Música Tradicional Chilena Margot Loyola Palacios, Valparaíso, Chile. (A project to support conservation work and supplementary processing for sound recordings held by the Fondo.) $9,000.

Fundación de Protección a la Infancia Dañada por los Estados de Emergencia, Santiago, Chile. (A project to organize and describe 2,000 case files from PIDEE’s archive.) $8,000.

Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, Lima, Peru. (A project to organize and process the personal library of Dra. María Rostworowski, recently acquired by the Instituto.) $7,500.

Sociedad Franklin, Biblioteca Popular, San Juan, Argentina. (A project to prepare preservation microfilm of regional newspapers in the Sociedad’s collections.) $20,000.

May, 2000
Apoyo para el Campesino Indígena del Oriente Boliviano, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. (A project to improve storage conditions and services in the Centro de Documentación de la Problemática Indígena, CDPI.) $5,875.

Área de Investigación y Documentación Histórica, Parque España, Rosario, Argentina. (Supplemental grant to complete the microfilming of the manuscript Censo General de la Provincia de Santa Fe of June, 1887.) $3,000.

Codelco, División El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile. (A project to catalog the historic documentation corresponding to Codelco’s El Teniente mine.) $9,884.

Departamento Estadual de Arquivo Público, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. (A project to facilitate use of the Archive’s microfilmed holdings through the purchase of readers and the preparation of improved collection guides.) $15,000.

Museo Histórico Sarmiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (A project to microfilm the documentary materials held in the Museum’s Archivo and then provide access with appropriate viewing equipment.) $12,000.

Museo Etnográfico Juan B. Ambrosetti, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (A project to improve storage conditions for maps, plans, and other documentary materials held in the Museum’s Archivo Fotográfico y Documental.) $6,800.
Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. (A project to organize and describe early records of the Universidad de la República that are currently housed in Uruguay’s Archivo General de la Nación.) $7,000.

August, 2000
Archivo del Cabildo Metropolitano de la Catedral de Lima, Lima, Peru. (A project to digitize selected materials from the Archivo and thereby protect the originals from continued heavy use.) $10,000.

Archivo y Biblioteca Históricos de Salta / Coordinación General de Bibliotecas y Archivos, Salta, Argentina. (A project to conserve colonial documents held by the Archivo.) $20,000.

Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen, San Salvador, El Salvador. (A project to conserve the Museum’s holdings through the purchase of appropriate equipment and supplies.) $10,000.

December, 2000
Archivo de La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia. (A project to catalog the documents corresponding to the fondo Corte Superior del Distrito de La Paz.) $15,000.

Archivo General de la Nación, Bogotá, Colombia. (A project to catalog documents from the Arquidiócesis de Popayán, dating back to the 16th century, which have already been microfilmed for preservation purposes.) $6,500.

Biblioteca, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Arqueológicas, Copán, Honduras. (A project to catalog and organize the Centro’s library holdings.) $17,000.

Biblioteca Franklin y Mariana Pease, Lima, Peru. (A project to organize and catalog the library.) [amount under negotiation]

Biblioteca Popular Bernardino Rivadavia, Tandil, Argentina. (A project to microfilm the newspaper Nueva Era for the period 1919-1929.) $12,000.

Biblioteca Pública Universitaria, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mich., Mexico. (A project to catalog the library’s rare books collections or Fondo Antiguo.) $6,990.

Casa da Memória, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. (A project of preventive conservation for glass-plate negatives in the Casa’s collections.) $14,000.

Institute of Caribbean and International Studies, Grenada. (A project to assess four collections of documents as a basis for their organization and preservation.) $14,000.

January, 2001 (emergency request)
Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica (CIRMA), on behalf of the Biblioteca Manuel Gallardo, Santa Tecla, El Salvador. (A project to support emergency rescue efforts for the collections, following El Salvador’s 13 January earthquake.) $10,000.

May, 2001
Archivo Central, Municipalidad de Barranco, Lima, Peru. A project to organize and preserve the Archivo’s collections. $9,500.

Archivo General de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina. A project to organize and preserve the Fondo Ministerio de Educación of the AGN’s Archivo Intermedio. $11,000.

Archivo Histórico, Convento San Francisco Solano, Río Cuarto, Argentina. A project to complete ongoing preservation activities within the Archivo’s collections. $1,100.

Archivo Histórico del Guayas/Fundación Miguel Aspiazu Carbo, Guayaquil, Ecuador. A project to improve storage conditions by lowering the ceiling and thereby permitting more efficient climate control. $15,000.

Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia, Sucre, Bolivia. A project to complete and computerize several manuscript catalogs for collections within the Archivo Nacional de Bolivia. $11,000.

Biblioteca Max von Buch, Universidad de San Andrés, Victoria, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina. A project to provide climate control and appropriate shelving for the Colecciones Especiales y Archivos area of the Biblioteca Max von Buch. $15,000.

Wilton M. Nelson Historical Archives, Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana, San José, Costa Rica. A project to organize and catalog the holdings of the Wilton M. Nelson Historical Archives. $9,500.

August, 2001
Archivo Central Andrés Bello, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. A project to preserve and improve access to the Archivo’s ?Colección Musical Chilena. $9,500.

Archivo General de la Nación, San Salvador, El Salvador. A project to improve access to the Archivo’s microfilmed documents and collections through the purchase of appropriate equipment. $10,000.

Archivo Histórico de la Provincia del Chaco, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina. A project to microfilm the newspaper El Territorio for the period 1935-1983. $20,000.

Escuela Superior Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Lima, Perú A project to conserve materials from the Colección Rubén Vargas Ugarte. $12,500.

Instituto Departamental de Cultura Amazonas, Chachapoyas, Peru. A project to improve services in regional archives through the purchase of a computer and a photocopy machine. $6,000.

December, 2001
Archivo Franciscano de la Provincia de la Santísima Trinidad, Santiago, Chile. A project of preventive conservation for the Archivo’s holdings. $6,900.

Biblioteca Arnon de Mello, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. A project to microfilm the Gazeta de Alagoas for the period 1955-1963. [under negotiation]

Centro de Documentación e Investigación de la Cultura de Izquierdas en la Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. A project to organize and catalog selected documentary holdings. $7,500.

Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroamérica, Universidad Centroamericana, Managua, Nicaragua. A project to purchase a microfilm reader-printer, and also to review and prepare a guide to the Instituto’s microform holdings. $10,000.

Taller de Historia Oral Andina (THOA), La Paz, Bolivia. A project to organize and catalog holdings from the Centro de Documentación y Biblioteca. $10,000.

Unidad de Investigaciones Fondo Reservado de la Biblioteca Central, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. A project to establish a bindery area and provide basic repairs for materials from the Fondo Reservado. $10,000.

Plus:
Three microfilming projects to be funded jointly with the Antorchas Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina:

-Archivo General de la Provincia de Santa Fe. ca. $20,000

-Departamento de Estudios Etnográficos y Coloniales, Provincia de Santa Fe. A project to microfilm fifteen volumes of “expedientes civiles” from 1610-1699. $4,680

-Universidad de San Martín, Biblioteca Furt. $7,500

[Final decision and amount pending negotiations between Antorchas and the tentative grantees.]

May, 2002
Archivo de La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia. A project to complete the organization and cataloging of the Archivo’s fondo “Corte Superior del Distrito de La Paz.” $3,000.

Archivo Histórico del Guayas/Fundación Miguel Aspiazu Carbo, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Complementary funds to an earlier grant to improve storage conditions. $5,000.

Archivo y Biblioteca Históricos de Salta, Salta, Argentina. A project to clean and microfilm the “Actas Capitulares” (1583-1824) and the “Carpetas de Gobierno” (1817-1852) held by the Archivo. $7,500.

Asociación Cultural Na Bolom, A.C., San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. A project to provide better storage conditions for the Asociación’s “Biblioteca Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas” and to acquire computers to facilitate ongoing cataloging work. $10,000.

Centro Bibliográfico Documental Histórico, Universidad Mayor de San Francisco Xavier, Sucre, Bolivia. A project to provide better access to the Centro’s holdings and to modernize its user services. $10,000.

Centro Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, Fundação Perseu Abramo, São Paulo, Brazil. A project to complete, catalog, and microfilm the Centro’s holdings related to the Partido dos Trabalhadores. $9,500.

Corporación Justicia y Democracia, Santiago, Chile. A project to organize and conserve some of the Corporación’s archival holdings. $10,000.

Sociedad de Investigación del Arte Rupestre de Bolivia (SIARB), La Paz, Bolivia. A project to house and catalog SIARB’s slide collection, and to acquire equipment to improve user services. $2,400.

August, 2002
Archivo General del Estado de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México. A project to digitize the 439 “Libros de protocolos” of the Archivo’s “Fondo Archivo Notarial.” $12,500.

Arquivo Público e Histórico do Município de Rio Claro, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil. A project to microfilm O Alpha, a local newspaper. $10,000.

Biblioteca Max von Buch, Universidad de San Andrés, Victoria, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. A project to improve the library’s storage capacity and conditions for archives and special collections. $8,480.

Registro Principal del Estado Zulia, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela. A project to preserve, catalog, and digitize some of the Registro’s historical holdings. $20,000.

Unidad de Servicios Bibliotecarios y de Información, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México. A project to describe, preserve, and microfilm some of the Unidad’s historical holdings. $20,000.

December, 2002
Archivo del Escritor, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile. A project of conservation and preservation rehousing for materials held within the Archivo’s collections. $10,000.

Archivo Histórico del Museo Mitre, Buenos Aires, Argentina. A project to clean, rehouse, catalog, and microfilm the “Colección General Manuel Belgrano”. $9,900.

Biblioteca de la Academia Argentina de Letras, Buenos Aires, Argentina. A project to improve storage conditions and provide basic conservation measures for the “Miguel Lermon” collection. $4,350.

Biblioteca “Eusebio F. Kino,” Coyoacán, México. A project to describe and microfilm selected works from the library’s “fondo reservado.” $8,000.

Fundación de Documentación y Archivo de la Vicaría de la Solidaridad, Santiago, Chile. A project to prepare and properly house a significant portion of the Archivo’s holdings. $19,000.

Total authorized to date: $1,116,422.25
(includes $50,000 in matching funds awarded by the Antorchas Foundation for projects within
Argentina; does not include subsequent Antorchas matching support, carried on Antorchas’s
books, for the Argentine microfilming projects listed under December, 2001.)