Belize Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:50, 22 February 2019

Belize Wiki Topics

Beginning Research
Research Strategies Record Finder Online Learning
Record Types
Census Civil Registration Church Records Colonial Records Emigration & Immigration	Military Records Notarial Records Online Records Religious Records
Belize Background
Gazetteers History Languages Maps	Social Life & Customs Spanish Word List
Cultural Groups
Chinese
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies FamilySearch Centers

Belize

Archives and Libraries

Archives[edit | edit source]

Belize Archives and Records Service
26/28 Unity Blvd
Belmopan City
Telephone: (501) 822-2097/2247/2507
Email: info@archives.gov.bz
Website; Belize Archives and Records Service
Website #2: Belize Archives and Records Service
Website #3: Belize Archives and Records Service (scroll down)

The Belize Archives and Records Service is an Information Resource Center, which is committed to acquire, preserve, and provide information on our National History.

The Caribbean Memory Project
Website: The Caribbean Memory Project
Website #2: The Caribbean Memory Project

As a long-term archiving and documentary project, The Caribbean Memory Project seeks to help us understand Caribbean history, society and culture in more productive ways. The collection includes a series of different texts: oral histories, photographs and documents of individuals, as well as their affiliation with member organisations (e.g., religious and community groups). These texts function as repositories of knowledge that will not only help to define our identity, but will also provide the kind of awareness that can help ensure the continuity of that identity.

Browse community archives throughout Belize. The following links will go live as archives are added to The Caribbean Memory Project: Belize District, Cayo District, Orange Walk District, Corozal District, Stann Creek District, and Toledo District.

Libraries[edit | edit source]

National Library Service of Belize[edit | edit source]

Miss Bertie's Hopkins Community Library
Hopkins Village
Telephone: (501) 651-3289
Email: hopkinslibraryfriends@gmail.com
Email #2: traceynunez@hotmail.com
Website: Miss Bertie's Hopkins Community Library
Website #2: Miss Bertie's Hopkins Community Library

Leo Bradley Library
Princess Margaret Drive
PO Box 287
Belize City
Telephone: (501) 223-4248
Email: leobradleylibrary@gmail.com
Email #2: nls@btl.net
Website: Leo Bradley Library
Website #2: Leo Bradley Library
Website #3: Leo Bradley Library

National Heritage Library
Mountain View Blvd
Belmopan City
Telephone: (501) 822-0397
Email: belize.nhl@gmail.com
Website: National Library
Website #2: National Heritage Library (scroll down)
Website #3: National Heritage Library

Port Loyola Public Library
Central American Blvd
Belize City
Telephone: (501) 227-3401
Email: port_loyola_library2002@yahoo.co.uk
Website: Port Loyola Public Library

San Pedro Public Library
Barrier Reef Drive
San Pedro Town
Telephone: (501) 206-2028/206-3564
Email: sanpedrolibrary@hotmail.com
Email #2: sptlibrary@hotmail.com
Email #3: sanpedroambergrislib@bnlsis.org
Website: San Pedro Public Library
Website #2: San Pedro Public Library
Website #3: San Pedro Public Library
Website #4: San Pedro Public Library

For a list of libraries in Belize, go to List of libraries in Belize in Wikipedia.

Museums[edit | edit source]

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{CountrySidebar
+{{Belize-sidebar}}{{breadcrumb
-|Country=Belize
-|Name=Belize
-|Type=Topic
-|Topic Type=Local Resources
-|Local Resources=Archives and Libraries
-|Rating=Standardized
-}}{{breadcrumb
 | link1=[[Belize Genealogy|Belize]]
 | link2=
@@ Line 12: / Line 5: @@
 | link4=
 | link5=[[Belize Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
 }}
 == Archives ==
-'''Belize Archives and Records Service'''<br>26/28 Unity Blvd<br>Belmopan City<br>Belize<br>
-<br>Telephone: (501) 822-2097/2247/2507<br>Email: [mailto:info@archives.gov.bz info@archives.gov.bz]<br>Website: https://www.archives.gov.bz/<br>
+'''Belize Archives and Records Service'''<br>26/28 Unity Blvd<br>Belmopan City<br>Telephone: (501) 822-2097/2247/2507<br>Email: [mailto:info@archives.gov.bz info@archives.gov.bz]<br>
-[https://www.facebook.com/Belize-Archives-Records-Service-214808878550679/ Belize Archives and Records Service Facebook]<br>
+Website; [http://www.belize.gov.bz/index.php/belize-archives-and-records-service Belize Archives and Records Service]<br>
+Website #2: [https://www.facebook.com/Belize-Archives-Records-Service-214808878550679/ Belize Archives and Records Service]<br>
+Website #3: [https://www.belmopanonline.com/belmopan-libraries Belize Archives and Records Service] (scroll down)
 :The Belize Archives and Records Service is an Information Resource Center, which is committed to acquire, preserve, and provide information on our National History.
-----
-'''The Caribbean Memory Project'''<br> [http://www.caribbeanmemoryproject.com/belize-archives.html#/ The Caribbean Memory Project Website]<br>
+'''The Caribbean Memory Project'''<br>Website: [http://www.caribbeanmemoryproject.com/belize-archives.html#/ The Caribbean Memory Project]<br>
-[https://www.facebook.com/TheCaribbeanMemoryProject/ The Caribbean Memory Project Facebook]
+Website #2: [https://www.facebook.com/TheCaribbeanMemoryProject/ The Caribbean Memory Project]
 :As a long-term archiving and documentary project, The Caribbean Memory Project seeks to help us understand Caribbean history, society and culture in more productive ways. The collection includes a series of different texts: oral histories, photographs and documents of individuals, as well as their affiliation with member organisations (e.g., religious and community groups). These texts function as repositories of knowledge that will not only help to define our identity, but will also provide the kind of awareness that can help ensure the continuity of that identity.
 :Browse community archives throughout Belize. The following links will go live as archives are added to The Caribbean Memory Project:  Belize District, Cayo District, Orange Walk District, Corozal District, Stann Creek District, and Toledo District.
-----
-'''Central American Archives'''<br>4th Avenue, 7th and 8th Streets, Zone 1<br>Guatemala City, Guatemala
-:This [https://aprende-guatemala-com.translate.goog/cultura-guatemalteca/general/historia-del-archivo-general-de-centroamerica-que-se-encuentra-en-guatemala/?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc History of the General Archive of Central America located in Guatemala] gives more detail on the types of records held.
-:[https://www.crl.edu/news/crl-acquires-central-american-archives CRL (Center for Research Libraries) Acquires Central American Archives]
-::[http://rosspub.com/findaid.php Finding Aid]
-::[https://catalog.crl.edu/Search/Results?type=AllFields&lookfor=Costa%20Rica&redirect_src_path=/search/Y&SEARCH=Costa%20Rica&searchscope=1 Costa Rica Catalogue Search]
-::[https://catalog.crl.edu/Content/access Accessing the CRL Collections] Information on borrowing records
-:"The Archivo General de Centroamérica (Central American Archives) 1544-1821, in Guatemala, is the most comprehensive collection found anywhere in the world of historical records spanning the period of Spanish rule in the Americas. The holdings of the Archivo include myriad types of documents covering a host of cultural, legislative, judicial, fiscal, economic, religious, military, agricultural and commercial matters pertaining to the Kingdom of Guatemala, an area which, from the time of the Conquest in 1544 through 1821, embraced modern-day Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Mexican State of Chiapas."<ref>"Archivo General de Centro America, 1544-1821. Guatemala." at Center for Research Libraries. https://catalog.crl.edu/Record/ab5229b5-a49e-5e58-8fad-e16946ba2a03, accessed 18 October 2022. CRL purchased  microfilms of the complete set of the Archivo General de Centroamérica (Central American Archives, or CAA)</ref>
 == Libraries ==
-'''National Heritage Library'''<br>Mountain View Blvd<br>Belmopan City<br>Telephone: (501) 822-0397<br>Email: [mailto:belize.nhl@gmail.com belize.nhl@gmail.com]<br>[https://www.bnlsis.org/about-us Website]<br>
+=== National Library Service of Belize ===
-== Museums ==
+'''Miss Bertie's Hopkins Community Library'''<br>Hopkins Village<br>Telephone: (501) 651-3289<br>Email: [mailto:hopkinslibraryfriends@gmail.com hopkinslibraryfriends@gmail.com]<br>
-For a list of museums in Belize, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Belize List of museums in Belize] in Wikipedia.<br>
+Email #2: [mailto:traceynunez@hotmail.com traceynunez@hotmail.com]<br>Website: [https://www.facebook.com/hopkinslibrary/ Miss Bertie's Hopkins Community Library]<br>
+Website #2: [http://hopkinsbelizeguide.com/item/hopkins-library-2/#content Miss Bertie's Hopkins Community Library]
-'''Ambergris Museum'''<br>Island Plaza<br>San Pedro<br>Ambergris Caye<br>Belize<br><br>Telephone: (501) 628-5150<br>
+'''Leo Bradley Library'''<br>Princess Margaret Drive<br>PO Box 287<br>Belize City<br>Telephone: (501) 223-4248<br>Email: [mailto:leobradleylibrary@gmail.com leobradleylibrary@gmail.com]<br>
-Website: [https://ambergriscaye.com/museum/ Ambergris Museum]
+Email #2: [mailto:nls@btl.net nls@btl.net]<br>Website: [http://www.bnlsis.org/belize-national-library-leo-bradley-library/ Leo Bradley Library]<br>
-----
+Website #2: [https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/Leo-Bradley-Library-327082477395623/ Leo Bradley Library]<br>
-:Ambergris Museum's mission is preserve the history of the area, from ancient Maya village through today, a quiet fishing village and tourist town.
+Website #3: [https://www.librarything.com/venue/44168/Belize-National-Library-System-Leo-Bradley-Library Leo Bradley Library]
-'''Corozal Museum'''<br>129 South End<br>Corozal Town<br>Belize<br><br>Telephone: (501) 402-3314<br>
+'''National Heritage Library'''<br>Mountain View Blvd<br>Belmopan City<br>Telephone: (501) 822-0397<br>Email: [mailto:belize.nhl@gmail.com belize.nhl@gmail.com]<br>
+Website: [http://www.bnlsis.org/map-2/ National Library]<br>Website #2: [https://www.belmopanonline.com/belmopan-libraries National Heritage Library] (scroll down)<br>
+Website #3: [https://www.librarything.com/venue/44170/Belize-National-Library-System-National-Heritage-Library National Heritage Library]
-:Called 'A Window to the Past,' the exhibit at this little museum focuses on the experience of the East Indian population, who arrived around 1838 as indentured servants working on the sugar plantations, but also features traditional items from other ethnic groups.
+'''Port Loyola Public Library'''<br>Central American Blvd<br>Belize City<br>Telephone: (501) 227-3401<br>Email: [mailto:port_loyola_library2002@yahoo.co.uk port_loyola_library2002@yahoo.co.uk]<br>
-----
+Website: [https://www.librarything.com/venue/44180/Belize-National-Library-System-Port-Loyola-Public-Library Port Loyola Public Library]
-'''Gulisi Garifuna Museum'''<br>Hummingbird Hwy<br>Dangriga<br>Belize<br><br>Telephone: (501) 542-2700<br>Email: [mailto:gulisimuseum@yahoo.com gulisimuseum@yahoo.com]<br>
-[https://www.facebook.com/Gulisi-Garifuna-Museum-336126536488649/ Gulisi Garifuna Museum Facebook]<br>
-:The museum offers a full multimedia experience for the visitor. You will learn the origins of the Garifuna people, their history and customs. You will be able to hear the beating of the drums, see a full sized working garden of traditional plants and herbs, and experience the traditional dancing.
+'''San Pedro Public Library'''<br>Barrier Reef Drive<br>San Pedro Town<br>Telephone: (501) 206-2028/206-3564<br>Email: [mailto:sanpedrolibrary@hotmail.com sanpedrolibrary@hotmail.com]<br>
-----
+Email #2: [mailto:sptlibrary@hotmail.com sptlibrary@hotmail.com]<br>Email #3: [mailto:sanpedroambergrislib@bnlsis.org sanpedroambergrislib@bnlsis.org]<br>
-'''Luba Garifuna Museum'''<br>4202 Fern Ln<br>Belize City<br>Telephone: (501) 202-4331<br><br>Email: [mailto:emericayetano@yahoo.com emericayetano@yahoo.com]<br>
+Website: [https://ambergriscaye.com/library/ San Pedro Public Library]<br>Website #2: [http://www.bnlsis.org/history-of-san-pedro-library/ San Pedro Public Library]<br>
-[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Luba-Garifuna-Museum/303840059985843 Luba Garifuna Museum Facebook]
+Website #3: [https://www.librarything.com/venue/44179/Belize-National-Library-System-San-Pedro-Public-Library San Pedro Public Library]<br>
+Website #4: [https://www.facebook.com/sanpedrotownpubliclibrary/ San Pedro Public Library]
-:Once you go past the residential gate, you’ll be taken aback by the spacious ground floor display rooms, filled with Garífuna history, cooking utensils, arts and crafts, photographs, books, and traditional clothing.
+For a list of libraries in Belize, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_libraries_in_Belize List of libraries in Belize] in Wikipedia.
-----
-'''Maritime Museum'''<br>19 Albert St<br>Swing Bridge Marine Terminal<br>Belize City<br>Belize<br><br>Telephone: (501) 822-2106/223-1395<br>
-:Along with the adjacent Coastal Zone museum, their mission is to educate visitors about Belize's seafaring and shipbuilding history through a series of old documents, model boats, paintings and other displays. The Coastal Zone museum explores coral reef ecology in Belize.
+== Museums ==
-----
-'''Museum of Belize'''<br>8 Gabourel Lane<br>Central Bank Compound<br>5 Eve St<br>Belize City<br><br>Belize<br><br>Telephone: (501) 822-2106/223-1395/223-4524<br>
-Email: [mailto:museumofbelize@gmail.com museumofbelize@gmail.com]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/MOBNICH/ Museum of Belize Facebook]
-:The transformed Museum of Belize provides visitors with a historical roadmap into Belize’s vibrant past while retaining mementos of the building’s former residents.
-----
-'''Old Belize Museum'''<br>Western Hwy Mile 5<br>Belize City<br>Belize<br><br>Telephone: (501) 222-4129<br>
-Email: [mailto:info@oldbelize.com info@oldbelize.com]<br>
-:Take a walk through Belize’s fascinating and historical culture from the old world of the Maya to the coastal villages of former pirates on the quest for mahogany, to the current blend cultures that have created the mixing pot society of modern Belize. The museum contains several recreated worlds from various highlights of Belize’s history, complete with facades of buildings built to scale and model humans and props situated to make you feel like you are literally walking through Belize’s past.
-----
-'''The Windows Of Belize Museum'''<br>#156 North Front Street<br>Belize City<br>Belize<br><br>Telephone: (501) 670-1029/227-3401<br>
-Email: [mailto:windowsofbelize.museum@gmail.com windowsofbelize.museum@gmail.com]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/The-Windows-Of-Belize-Museum-229547303860509/ The Windows Of Belize Museum Facebook]
-:The mission of Windows Of Belize is to encourage students, tourists, and all Belizeans to foster an appreciation of our cultural heritage and learn the ways of the Belizean changing cultural practices and lifestyles.
-==Record Offices==
-'''Vital Statistics Unit of Belize'''<br>
-[https://www.agm.gov.bz/vital-statistics-unit/ Website] Scroll down for addresses, phone numbers, and office hours for all local offices.
-==References==
+== Record Offices ==
 [[Category:Belize]]