Collection of Historical Documents from Zacatecas
Scope and Contents Note
This collection is comprised of the papers of Venustiano Carranza, Adolfo Villaseñor Norman, and Jaime Torres Bodet. Materials date from 1914-1986 and include correspondence, financial documents, legal and official documents, printed material, photographs, and maps. The collection measures 2 linear feet and is comprised of four subgroups: Venustiano Carranza, Adolfo Villaseñor Norman, Jaime Torres Bodet, and Collected Material.
The first subgroup contains records of Venustiano Carranza. The records include personal and biographical information, correspondence, printed material, photographs, maps, and documents related to family members. Also included in this subgroup are the records of three organizations related to Carranza: Asociación Venustiano Carranza, Biblioteca Venustiano Carranza, and Museo Casa de Carranza.
Subgroup two contains the records of Adolfo Villaseñor Norman. It consists of personal and biographical information, correspondence, financial documents, reports related to various locations in Zacatecas, printed material, and photographs.
The third subgroup includes the records of Jaime Torres Bodet. Along with personal documents related to Dr. Torres Bodet, this subgroup contains correspondence, official and legal documents, and printed material from the Ateneo Dr. Jaime Torres Bodet, A.C.
The Collected Materials in subgroup four include correspondence, financial documents, legal and official documents, literary works, printed material, and photographs related to Zacatecas and other parts of Mexico.
Dates
- Creation: 1914-1986
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Note
Venustiano Carranza was born in Coahuila in 1859. One of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution, Carranza served as president of Mexico from 1917-1920 after the current constitution was drafted. In November 1919, he moved his family into the home in Mexico City that was later converted to the Museo Casa de Carranza. Carranza was forced to flee Mexico City in 1920 after trying unsuccessfully to handpick his successor. He was assassinated in Puebla in May 1920.
Adolfo Villaseñor Norman was born in Zacatecas in 1888. He studied at the Instituto de Ciencias and the Escuela Nacional de Minería where he completed his degree in topographic and hydrographic engineering. Villaseñor served as a member of the Congreso Constituyente de Mexico in 1917. He was appointed the director of the Geografía Meteorología e Hidrología in Zacatecas in 1935. Villaseñor died in 1971.
A native of Mexico City, Jaime Torres Bodet was born in 1902. A poet, novelist, educator, and statesman, Bodet held various diplomatic and government posts, including minister of public education. He served in the cabinets of three Mexican presidents. Bodet also acted as the Director General of UNESCO from 1948-1952. Bodet committed suicide in 1974. The Ateneo Dr. Jaime Torres Bodet, A.C. was organized to honor the memory of Jaime Torres Bodet and of other distinguished Mexican intellectuals in science, philosophy, education, art, and the humanities.
Full Extent
2 linear feet
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the papers of Venustiano Carranza, Adolfo Villaseñor Norman, and Jaime Torres Bodet. Materials include correspondence, financial documents, legal and official documents, printed material, and photographs.
Acquisition Information
Information of acquisition method not available.
Processing Information
Processing information not available.
Topical
- Asociación Venustiano Carranza--Sources
- Ateneo Dr. Jaime Torres, A.C.--Sources
- Biblioteca Venustiano Carranza--Sources
- Carranza, Venustiano, 1859-1920--Archives
- Hydrographic surveying--Mexico--Sources
- Museo Casa de Carranza--Sources
- Torres Bodet, Jaime, 1902-1974--Archives
- Villaseñor Norman, Aldolfo--Archives
- Zacatecas (Mexico: State)--Sources
- Title
- Collection of Historical Documents from Zacatecas, 1914-1986
- Status
- Edited Partial Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 June: Edited by D Ryan Lynch 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.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu