The collection contains documents from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Columbia, Cuba, Spain, Portugal, and Central America. Documents relating to Poland and Poles in Latin America. Bio-bibliographical data of Polish scholars, scientists, writers and artists working in Latin America. Pamphlets and bulletins issued by Polish immigrant groups in Latin America concerning Poland. Wartime clippings in Spanish and Portuguese reflecting the political attitude of Latin American countries toward Poland. Press clippings from Portuguese and Brazilian newspapers on post-World War II communism, problems in Poland, the Polish colony of Santa Rosa, Mexico, (1943-1946), President of the Republic of Costa Rica and the visit of the Polish Government delegation to Mexico (1948). Pamphlets and publications on the political situation in post-World War Poland. Statements and photographs of Latin American foreign ministers at the Inter-American Conference of Chapultepec, Mexico (1945). Documents concerning Polish language and literature programs at the National University of Mexico. Arrangement in Series: Personal Papers, Research Materials - on Cartography, Poles in America, Poles in the World.

Edmund S. Urbanski (1909-1996) was a Polish journalist and scholar, a specialist on the history, culture and anthropology of Latin America. Acquisition Note: Gift of Edmund S. Urbanski (194-1990).