Manuscript of "La lógica de los hechos, o sean observaciones sobre las circunstancias de los mexicanos en Texas desde el año 1877 hasta 1889"
Scope and Contents Note
Miscellaneous Manuscript No. 73 Catarino Garza, "La lógica de los hechos" [1 volume, bound holograph manuscript]
Unpublished manuscript, C. E. Garza, Tomo I, Corpus Christi, ca. 1890. An unfinished account, in journal form, of the author's activities in Texas, Missouri, and Mexico from the year 1877 until May 4, 1888. Describes social and political life along the Texas-Mexico border, criticizes the regime of Porfirio Díaz in Mexico and the prejudice and ill-treatment suffered by Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the U.S. Quotes at length from his newspaper articles and speeches; includes copies of correspondence with Mexican officials and others. Persons associated with Garza during this period or discussed at length in the manuscript include Gabriel Botello, Adolfo Duclós Salinas, Francisco Erresures, José María Garza Galán, Ignacio Mariscal, and León A. Obregón.
Organized into thirteen chapters with a dedication and introduction. Chapter summaries in English.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1890
Language of Materials
Spanish
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Sketch
Journalist, organizer, and revolutionary who published Spanish language newspapers in the U.S., founded mutual aid societies, and led an unsuccessful revolt along the Texas Mexican border. Full name, Catarino Erasmo Garza Rodríguez. Born November 25, 1859, near Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico; moved to Brownsville, Texas in 1877. Helped found sociedades mutualistas (social organizations for mutual aid) in several South Texas communities; published Spanish language newspapers in Brownsville, Eagle Pass, and Corpus Christi; led a group of rebels known as Pronunciados in armed struggle in Northern Mexico and South Texas, 1890-1893. Fled to Costa Rica, where he became involved with Colombian revolutionaries; was killed in Boca del Toro, Panama, Colombia, in 1895.
Full Extent
1 volume
Abstract
Unfinished memoir manuscript titled "La lógica de los hechos, o sean observaciones sobre las circunstancias de los mexicanos en Texas desde el año 1877 hasta 1889" by Mexican American journalist Catarino Garza.
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Donation.
Alternative Format
The Catarino Garza Manuscript of "La lógica de los hechos, o sean observaciones sobre las circunstancias de los mexicanos en Texas desde el año 1877 hasta 1889" is also available in microfilm. The microfilm is described in the University of Texas Libraries catalog and can be found with call number FILM 26992.
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Topical
- Brownsville (Tex.)--History--Sources
- Corpus Christi (Tex.)--History--Sources
- Eagle Pass (Tex.)--History--Sources
- Fraternal organizations--Texas
- Mexican American press
- Mexican Americans--Texas--Social conditions
- Mexico City (Mexico)--History--Sources
- Mexico--History--1867-1910
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--Sources
- Title
- Catarino Garza Manuscript "La Lógica de los Hechos"
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2008
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 June: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
- 2026: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
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Austin Texas 78712 United States
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