Latorre Collection on the Kickapoo Indigenous peoples of Mexico

Field notes, manuscripts and galley proofs, correspondence, photographs, travel diaries, clippings, and assorted materials, primarily about Kickapoo Indian culture in El Nacimiento, Mexico. Field notes and card files record the Latorres' observations during their study of the Kickapoo; they include a roll of tribe members from 1960-1972 and a Kickapoo dictionary. Photographs (1898-1973) depict the Kickapoo in Coahuila and their homes in Shawnee, Oklahoma, with scenes of their daily life, traditions, and artifacts. Correspondence from 1928 to 1976 illustrates Indian life and efforts by the Latorres and earlier researchers to document it; correspondents include Sarah McKellar, Bessie Williams, and Kenneth W. Porter. Other correspondence includes that of the Kickapoo with the Mexican government, some documenting efforts to oust renters from Kickapoo lands (1961-1968); other correspondence of the Kickapoo and by the Latorres with and for the Kickapoo (1961-1971); and the Latorres' general correspondence (1962-1986), some concerning their publications.

Manuscripts and galley proofs are mostly from the The Mexican Kickapoo Indigenous peoples; others are from Mrs. Latorre's book, Cooking and curing with Mexican herbs and several articles. Research materials include microfilm, articles, clippings, and printed material about Kickapoo and other North American Indigenous peoples. Travel diaries record trips to South America in 1958-1959 and Spain in 1978 and 1979. Materials about Chile consist primarily of letters and newspaper clippings. The collection also holds college term papers by the Latorres and assorted materials, including a bust of the Kickapoo chief, Papícoano.

The materials are primarily in English, with some items in Spanish.