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GUATEMALA
Guatemala City
A) GENERAL INFORMATION
1) Name of Archive: Archivo General de Centroamerica
2) Address: 4 Avenida entre 7 & 8 Calle, zona 1,
Guatemala City
3) Hours: Monday-Friday, approximately. 9:30
a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 2:00
p.m.-5:00 p.m.
(Although official hours are longer, these are the actual hours.)
4) Telephone: (502) 232-3037
Fax: (502) 251-6695
5) Access Procedures: Show passport
B) HOLDINGS
1) Contents: Colonial Central America;
national-period Guatemala,
including some municipal
records; newspaper collection may be open sporadically.
2) Catalogues: The card catalogue is quite
extensive, especially for
colonial period and 19th
century. Not all holdings are catalogued.
3) Procedures for Requesting Documents, Records:
Closed stacks;
request documents in person,
preferably by call number from card catalogue; staff usually
delivers
the documents within an hour to
the reading room.
4) Will do Searches Requested by Mail: No
C) REPRODUCTION FACILITIES
1) Photocopying: The archive owns two or three
photocopy machines but
no access or service is
currently available. Freelance transcribers can be hired to
copy
documents longhand.
2) Microfilm: None
D) FACILITIES
1) Research Room
a) Facilities
b) Rules
c) Staff - The head archivist is
Licda. Anna Carla Ericastilla,
who is most knowledgeable about
the archive's holdings and is very accessible for consultation.
2) Computer Access: The reading room has three
2-prong electrical
outlets which may be used for
a fee if you have a computer or scanner, provided no one else has
already occupied the outlet for the
day. If bringing a computer, bring batteries if possible
and/or a
multiple-outlet surge protector.
3) Wheelchair Access: No
4) Toilet Facilities: Yes
E) OTHER
1) Public Transportation
2) Lodgings
3) Restaurants
4) Other - For detailed travel info., consult The
Mexico and Central
America Handbook,
published annually by Passport Books.
Catherine Komisaruk
August 1998
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