Baja California Sur Archives and Libraries

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.

The library's grand collection is found at:

Navarro e/Altamirano y Héroes de la Independencia. Unidad Cultural Profesor Jesús Castro Agundez. Zona Centro C.P. 023060 La Paz, Baja California Sur. Teléfono (612) 125-0294.

Open 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, Monday through Friday

To visit the website:

http://www.bcs.gob.mx/archivohistorico/presentacion.html