About the Project
This project will digitize rare documents of historical and cultural importance at the Biblioteca Amazónica in Iquitos, Peru. Founded in 1992, the public institution constitutes the second most important archive of Amazonian studies after the Biblioteca in Manaus, Brazil. Since the Amazonian Rubber Boom (1850–1920), Iquitos has been a centre of Amazonian culture and politics. The archive includes difficult-to-find publications on Amazonian culture and history, photographic and cartographic documentation, and magazines and newspapers on myriad topics.
Project Leads
- Amanda Smith, UC Santa Cruz
- Sydney Silverstein, Wright State University
Host Institution
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About the Project Team
The Iquitos-based team that made this collection possible includes Iris Abril del Águila Yahuarcani, Margarita del Águila Villacorta, Juan José Bellido Collahuacho, Christian Ahuanari Tamani, Susan Layche Celis, Roldán Dunú Tumi Dësi, Julio Ramírez Arévalo, Jhonatan Rodríguez Macuyama, Nixia Nubia Rodríguez Macuyama, Maruja Pierina Zárate Moreno, and Frank Elvis Isuiza Rivas. We have also had the support of the University of Nottingham graduate student, Francis Goodridge, and the UC Santa Cruz undergraduate research assistant, Antonio Franco.
