Mexico

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Manuscript records from the Puebla de los Ángeles Cabildo from the years 1591-1593 which detail matters of debts, taxes, cattle sales, inheritance, and other legal or commercial claims.

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Photographs by Mexico City photographer Rafael Valencia. Thirty-one photographs documenting the street vendors, actors, and places of the Centro Histórico of Mexico City.

Interview Description Adam Fajardo (12), interviews his grandmother, Emilia Carrillo (63) about her experiences living in Mexico and the United States and her goals and dreams in life. Emilia talks at length about her father, her hero, who raised her. Facilitator Subject Log 01:00 Emilia talks about her childhood. She was born in the US, but moved to Mexico with her sister at 4 yrs old, where they were raised by their grandmother. 06:12 Emilia recalls...

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TheRethinking Power and Resistance: Gender and Human Rights from Texas to the Transnational Americas Conference Footagecollection contains edited footage from the 2012 conference. The conference was sponsored by the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin as part of its Embrey Women’s Human Rights Initiative.

Interview Description Esperanza Rodriguez entrevista a su suegra, Eugenia Rodriguez sobre su niñez en un Rancho y los 15 hijos que tuve con su esposo. [Esperanza Rodriguez interviews her mother-in-law Eugenia Rodriguez about her childhood on a ranch and the 15 children she had with her husband.] Facilitator Subject Log 1:35 Eugenia nació en Mexicali. Se crió en La Paz con su abuela y su tío. 08:30 El papá de Eugenia regresó cuando tenía 14...

Interview Description Delia interviews her mom about being adopted, reuniting with her 17 siblings, and her brain aneurysm. Facilitator Subject Log 13:44 Carmen had a brain aneurysm. Her heard the doctor telling her daughters that she had a 2% chance of survival. 15:43 Today Carmen can vote for her daughter in the state legislature. She cries every time she votes. Her father, Ralph, would have loved voting for Delia. He thought it was a privilege and...