Historical places in Paraguay
The Jesuit Ruins in Paraguay are one of the best preserved in South America and were designated a UN World Heritage Site.
National Pantheon of the Heroes
The pantheon is a national monument of Paraguay and inside lie the remains of the great heroes of Paraguayan history.
Special collections at the University of Kansas
The following guide offers information on Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American book and manuscript holdings in Special Collections at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. The holdings at Spencer Research Library at KU include a collection of manuscripts related to Paraguay. Follow the link and scroll down to Paraguay to see the complete listing:
Example of notable Paraguayan manuscript collections:
Natalicio González collection. Paraguay, 1595-1965. Paraguayan historical and economical material collected by the politician, author, historian, and former Paraguayan president Natalicio Gonzalez. Includes: autobiographical scrapbooks, 1900-1965; governmental reports, 1926-1953, on transportation, economics, etc.; scrapbooks on economics, ca. 1940-1960; transcripts from the Archivo Nacional, 1595-1788; war and politics 1860-1868.
Important historical museums in Paraguay
Museo Casa de la Independencia
Museo Historico Nacional Bernardino Caballero
Museo Dr. Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia
Books
The Paraguay Reader by Call Number: F2668 .P255 2013Publication Date: 2013The Paraguay Reader conveys the country's extraordinarily rich history and cultural heritage, as well as the realities of its struggles against underdevelopment, foreign intervention, poverty, inequality, and authoritarianism.
The Chaco War by Call Number: F2688.5 .F37 1996Publication Date: 1996Bruce Farcau, describes with clarity the military campaigns of the Chaco War, 1932-35. Following a chronological organization, with chapter titles denoting the location of battles, his book describes military campaigns, commander tactics, infantry hardships, and diplomatic efforts for peace.
Colonial Kinship by Call Number: F2230.2.G72 A87 2020Publication Date: 2020Historian Shawn Michael Austin traces the history of conquest and colonization in Paraguay during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Emphasizing the social and cultural agency of Guaraní-the indigenous people of Paraguay-not only in Jesuit missions but also in colonial settlements and Indian pueblos scattered in and around the Spanish city of Asunción.
To the Bitter End: Paraguay and the War of the Triple Alliance by Call Number: F2687 .L545 2002Publication Date: 2002The War of the Triple Alliance was one of the longest, least remembered, and, for one of its participants, most catastrophic conflicts of the 19th century.
A treinta años del golpe: autoritarismo y democracia en el Paraguay by Call Number: F2689 .F53 2019Publication Date: 2019Seeks to provide a chronicle of the main facts of the democratic transition, based on the coup that ended the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner and the elections of 1993.
