The first inscriptions on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register were made in 1997.
[1] By creating a compendium of important library and archive holdings – including books, manuscripts, audio-visual materials, and digital documents[2] – the program aims to use its networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials.
These include recordings of folk music, ancient languages and phonetics, aged remnants of religious and secular manuscripts, collective lifetime works of renowned giants of literature, science and music, copies of landmark motion pictures and short films, and accounts documenting changes in the world’s political, economic and social stage.
Casemiro dos Reis Filho”) 34°54′10″S 56°10′39″W / 34.902811°S 56.177399°W / -34.902811; -56.177399 (Biblioteca Nacional del Uruguay) 34°53′40″S 56°10′49″W / 34.894424°S 56.180186°W / -34.894424; -56.180186 (National History Museum of Uruguay) 23°32′25″S 46°42′09″W / 23.540377°S 46.702438°W / -23.540377; -46.702438 (Instituto Paulo Freire) 22°54′04″S 43°18′04″W / 22.901005°S 43.301019°W / -22.901005; -43.301019 (Museu de Imagens do Inconsciente) 33°26′31″S 70°38′43″W / 33.441948°S 70.645241°W / -33.441948; -70.645241 (Chilean National Archive) 33°26′31″S 70°38′43″W / 33.441948°S 70.645241°W / -33.441948; -70.645241 (Chilean National Archive) 33°26′31″S 70°38′45″W / 33.442066°S 70.645711°W / -33.442066; -70.645711 (Biblioteca Nacional de Chile) 33°26′40″S 70°39′04″W / 33.444368°S 70.651005°W / -33.444368; -70.651005 (Universidad de Chile) 4°35′39″N 74°04′36″W / 4.594109°N 74.076546°W / 4.594109; -74.076546 (Archivo General de la Nación de Colombia) 9°55′20″N 84°02′53″W / 9.922209°N 84.048177°W / 9.922209; -84.048177 (Dirección General del Archivo Nacional, San José) 9°55′20″N 84°02′53″W / 9.922209°N 84.048177°W / 9.922209; -84.048177 (Dirección General del Archivo Nacional, San José) 23°08′11″N 82°24′07″W / 23.136439°N 82.401830°W / 23.136439; -82.401830 (Marti Study Centre, Havana) 23°07′41″N 82°23′54″W / 23.128078°N 82.398250°W / 23.128078; -82.398250 (Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC)) 51°30′05″N 3°36′45″E / 51.501378°N 3.612550°E / 51.501378; 3.612550 (Zeeuws Archief) 18°28′17″N 69°52′59″W / 18.471466°N 69.883130°W / 18.471466; -69.883130 (Historical Archives of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo) 18°28′36″N 69°55′42″W / 18.476715°N 69.928360°W / 18.476715; -69.928360 (Archives of the Documentation and Reference Center of the Memorial Museum of the Dominican Resistance) 18°26′53″N 69°55′30″W / 18.447974°N 69.925077°W / 18.447974; -69.925077 (Documentary Archive of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic) 18°27′50″N 69°56′06″W / 18.463789°N 69.934873°W / 18.463789; -69.934873 (Archives of Guillermina Miniño Vda.
Puigsubirá) 19°22′14″N 70°22′06″W / 19.370628°N 70.368352°W / 19.370628; -70.368352 (Documentary Archive of the Mirabal Sisters Foundation, Mirabal Sisters House Museum) 18°28′10″N 69°55′14″W / 18.469465°N 69.920583°W / 18.469465; -69.920583 (Documentary Archives of the Heroes del 30 de Mayo Foundation) 18°27′24″N 69°54′58″W / 18.456670°N 69.916245°W / 18.456670; -69.916245 (Documentary Archives of the Manolo Tavarez Foundation) 18°28′44″N 69°55′38″W / 18.478755°N 69.927129°W / 18.478755; -69.927129 (Documentary Archives of the Association of Relatives of the Heroes of Cayo Confite and Luperon) 0°12′27″S 78°29′21″W / 0.207626°S 78.489131°W / -0.207626; -78.489131 (Comunidad salesiana, Quito) 13°40′37″N 89°14′10″W / 13.676887°N 89.236059°W / 13.676887; -89.236059 (Curia provincial Jesuitas) 14°39′35″N 90°27′23″W / 14.659714°N 90.456377°W / 14.659714; -90.456377 (General Archive of Central America) 18°32′43″N 72°20′11″W / 18.545148°N 72.336290°W / 18.545148; -72.336290 (Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Pères du Saint-Esprit) 19°25′03″N 99°10′25″W / 19.417369°N 99.173519°W / 19.417369; -99.173519 (National Library of Anthropology and History, Mexico City) 19°26′11″N 99°06′48″W / 19.436310°N 99.113267°W / 19.436310; -99.113267 (National Archives, Mexico City) 19°26′11″N 99°06′48″W / 19.436310°N 99.113267°W / 19.436310; -99.113267 (National Archives, Mexico City) 19°19′10″N 99°10′32″W / 19.319582°N 99.175555°W / 19.319582; -99.175555 (Filmoteca de la UNAM) 19°02′32″N 98°11′56″W / 19.042361°N 98.198779°W / 19.042361; -98.198779 (Biblioteca Palafoxiana) 20°40′31″N 103°21′32″W / 20.675269°N 103.358977°W / 20.675269; -103.358977 (University of Guadalajara) 19°25′03″N 99°10′25″W / 19.417369°N 99.173519°W / 19.417369; -99.173519 (Center of Documentation and Investigation of the Ashkenazi Community of Mexico) 19°26′11″N 99°06′48″W / 19.436310°N 99.113267°W / 19.436310; -99.113267 (National Archives, Mexico City) 19°25′44″N 99°08′26″W / 19.428832°N 99.140447°W / 19.428832; -99.140447 (Historical Archive Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola, Vizcaínas “José María Basagoiti Noriega”) 19°20′55″N 99°12′07″W / 19.348607°N 99.201897°W / 19.348607; -99.201897 (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación) 19°20′35″N 99°09′52″W / 19.343095°N 99.164312°W / 19.343095; -99.164312 (Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, S.C.) 12°07′31″N 86°16′16″W / 12.125255°N 86.271012°W / 12.125255; -86.271012 (Institute of History of Nicaragua and Central America) 25°17′14″S 57°39′18″W / 25.287141°S 57.654887°W / -25.287141; -57.654887 (Center of Documentation and Archives for the Defence of Human Rights (CDyA),) 12°05′15″S 77°00′18″W / 12.087573°S 77.0049683°W / -12.087573; -77.0049683 (Biblioteca Nacional del Perú) 12°02′38″S 77°01′52″W / 12.043854°S 77.031103°W / -12.043854; -77.031103 (Archivo General de la Nación del Perú) 40°20′59″N 74°39′07″W / 40.349642°N 74.651967°W / 40.349642; -74.651967 (Seely G. Mudd Manuscript Library) 18°01′31″N 63°02′42″W / 18.025363°N 63.045098°W / 18.025363; -63.045098 (Department of Records and Information Management, Philipsburg) 10°38′23″N 61°23′56″W / 10.639670°N 61.398993°W / 10.639670; -61.398993 (University of West Indies, St. Augustine) 10°38′23″N 61°23′56″W / 10.639670°N 61.398993°W / 10.639670; -61.398993 (University of West Indies, St. Augustine) 10°38′23″N 61°23′56″W / 10.639670°N 61.398993°W / 10.639670; -61.398993 (University of West Indies, St. Augustine) 10°39′07″N 61°30′42″W / 10.651891°N 61.511596°W / 10.651891; -61.511596 (National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS), Port of Spain) 34°54′14″S 56°11′50″W / 34.903992°S 56.197130°W / -34.903992; -56.197130 (Archivo General de la Nación, Montevideo) 10°30′47″N 66°54′42″W / 10.513101°N 66.911721°W / 10.513101; -66.911721 (National Archives, Caracas) 10°30′42″N 66°54′44″W / 10.511744°N 66.912241°W / 10.511744; -66.912241 (National Library of Venezuela) 10°30′15″N 66°54′57″W / 10.504158°N 66.915915°W / 10.504158; -66.915915 (Academia Nacional de La Historia, Caracas) ^ Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.