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-'''Central American Archives'''<br>Center for Research Libraries<br>6050 S. Kenwood Avenue<br>Chicago, IL 60637-2804<br>Telephone:  (800) 621-6044/(773) 955-4545<br>
+'''Central American Archives'''<br>4th Avenue, 7th and 8th Streets, Zone 1<br>Guatemala City, Guatemala
-Email: [mailto:mwilke@crl.edu mwilke@crl.edu]<br>
+:"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>
-:These archives encompass six million pages of original primary source documents (many of which are unique copies) spanning more than three centuries, from 1519 to 1898. They document Spanish rule in the New World from the founding of the city of Antigua, in Guatemala. The collection documents all aspects of commerce, politics, and development throughout El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Yucatan and Chiapas regions of Mexico. Central American Archives is a rich resource for Latin American, Central American, and Spanish studies.
 ===Church Archives===
 '''Archdiocesan Historical Archive - Monsignore Bernardo Augusto Thiel'''<br>Av. 10<br>San José, Costa Rica<br>Next to las Ánimas church<br>Telephone:  (506) 2223-2344<br>