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*Documentos de los libros del registro civil de Santa Rosalía, Mulegé, Comondú y San Ignacio, Baja California Sur. 11 rollos. (Son los únicos de 16 mm);  
*Documentos de los libros del registro civil de Santa Rosalía, Mulegé, Comondú y San Ignacio, Baja California Sur. 11 rollos. (Son los únicos de 16 mm);  
*Catalog of books from the University of California, Berkeley, USA. 638 microfichas.
*Catalog of books from the University of California, Berkeley, USA. 638 microfichas.
An interesting article is entitled [https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1972/january/archives/ The Historical Archives of Baja California Sur: Their Antecedents and Recent Creation.]


The library's grand collection is found at:<br>
The library's grand collection is found at:<br>
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:One of the purposes of the creation of the State Historical Archive is so that its collections serve as sustenance in the construction of the history of the Californian peninsula. For this reason, one of its central functions is the service to the public, which is mainly made up of researchers and students from upper secondary and higher education.
:One of the purposes of the creation of the State Historical Archive is so that its collections serve as sustenance in the construction of the history of the Californian peninsula. For this reason, one of its central functions is the service to the public, which is mainly made up of researchers and students from upper secondary and higher education.
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=== Libraries ===
=== Museums ===


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The historical archive of the state of Baja California Sur "Pablo L. Martinez," named for the state's own renowned historian, has six main record collections or types:

  • Documents
  • Letters or cartography
  • Newspaper archives
  • Book collection
  • Photographs
  • Microfilms

The document collection contains more than 168,000 documents on more than 519 rolls of microfilm. There are also microfilms of other record types, such as:

  • American Consulates in La Paz, 1855-1906;
  • The National Archives of the Unites States, Washington, D.C. 5 rolls;
  • The newspaper La República 1882-1888. 1 rollo;
  • The newspaper El Nuevo Mundo 1865-1884. 1 rollo;
  • Documents about the Jesuits in Baja California 1686-1793. 1 roll;
  • Piracy 1853-1874;
  • Military correspondence 1795-1820;
  • Letters of Diego de Borica and of Fernando de Rivera y Moncada;
  • Problemas indígenas en la misión de Santa Gertrudis 1768, Baja California; 1 roll,202 documents;
  • From the Bancroft Library, University of California. Historia de Baja California 1759-1773. 1 roll, 349 documents;
  • Historia de Baja California 1761-1773. 1 roll, 415 documentos, Archivo General de la Nación, México;
  • Documentos de los libros del registro civil de Santa Rosalía, Mulegé, Comondú y San Ignacio, Baja California Sur. 11 rollos. (Son los únicos de 16 mm);
  • Catalog of books from the University of California, Berkeley, USA. 638 microfichas.

An interesting article is entitled The Historical Archives of Baja California Sur: Their Antecedents and Recent Creation.

The library's grand collection is found at:

Historical Archive of Baja California Sur - Pablo Martinez (Archivo Historico de Baja California Sur - Pablo Martinez)
Navarro e/Altamirano y Héroes de la Independencia
Unidad Cultural Profesor Jesús Castro Agundez
Zona Centro
23060 La Paz
Telephone: 52 612 125 0294/612 122 4521
Email: archivohistorico@cultura-bcs.gob.mx
Website: Historical Archive of Baja California Sur - Pablo Martinez
Website #2: Archivo Historico Pablo L. Martinez Baja California Sur
Website #3; Historical Archive Pablo L. Martínez de la Paz, Baja California Sur
Website #4: The Pablo L. Martínez Historical Archive
Website #5: Archivo Histórico Pablo L. Martínez

One of the purposes of the creation of the State Historical Archive is so that its collections serve as sustenance in the construction of the history of the Californian peninsula. For this reason, one of its central functions is the service to the public, which is mainly made up of researchers and students from upper secondary and higher education.

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