Spanish 

Some of the titles in the Duque de T'Serclaes collection of Spanish Periodical and Newspapers are so rare that UCONN is the only repository with the original copies in the world.

Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Collections Relevant to Spain history and Spanish Literature

Spanish Periodicals and Newspapers:

Collected by the late Duque de T'Serclaes, the collection spans three centuries. The bulk of the materials cover the years 1800-1840, with emphasis on the Napoleonic period and the Wars of Independence for Latin America. The periodicals nad newspapers are abundant with information on all aspects of Spanish society: politics and government, history, literature, science, the arts, religion, and economy and trade. These materials also offer many details about life in the Spanish territories of Latin America.

Rare Books Collections:

• Arjona:  Professor Jaime Homero Arjona, a former chair of the Spanish Section's the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, donated to the Dodd Center his extensive collections of 1st editions and other rare books of novels and plays from Spanish writers such as Lope de Vega, Calderon de la Barca, etc...

• Madrid: This collection consists of more than 2,000 books, pamphlets, magazine and newspaper articles, broadsides, ephemera, maps and pictorial works relating to the history of the city of Madrid.
  

Both these collections can be search in HOMER although it is important to use the right title to get to the books records. If you have any questions, please contact the curator Marisol Ramos for assistance.