Mexico

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A photograph album titled "A México por Automóvil, Verano de 1939" and five loose photographs. The photos document an unknown American couple's road trip via car through Mexico and the Southwest United States in the summer of 1939. Images depict landscapes, national landmarks, ancient ruins, street markets, urban life and recreation, Indigenous people, tourists, and family members.

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593 lantern slides of city and landscape scenes from Mexico and reproductions of cultural materials photographed by C.B. Waite, W.H. Horne, and others.

Interview Description Olivia and her partner talk about their family histories and their life together. Facilitator Subject Log 00:35 Olivia's great grandmother in Laredo, Mexico. She couldn't read but she could count. She made 10 tortillas and put a bean aside, and then she would trade a bean for a peso to the shop. 12:00 Joséphine, Olivia's mother, found her cousin dead on the floor, killed by her husband. 16:18 Olivia's mother gave her...

Interview Description Facilitator Jorge Rios interviews JoAnn Amavisca-Singh about her family who were pioneers in Yuma, Arizona. Facilitator Subject Log 02:10 JoAnn remembers her childhood in Yuma--going to the movies on Saturday and playing with her sister. 09:40 JoAnn's parents. 18:30 Family's cattle and cattle drives. JoAnn remembers a time the family was stranded by high water during one of the drives down to Tecate. 27:18...

Interview Description Cid Kallen (28) interviews his friend and boss, José Angel de la Vara (62) about his poetry, upbringing, his experiences as a lawyer, and his love of Yuma. Facilitator Subject Log 01:37 José explains how he became a poet and reads one of his poems. 07:48 José talks about his upbringing and schooling in Yuma. 15:30 José ends up attending college and law school. He has been a lawyer for 33 years. 18:51 José...

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Photograph album titled "Nuestro Viaje á México, Diciembre 1902," donated in honor of Ella K. Daggett Stumpf.

Interview Description Noel and Diandra interview their mother, Diana, about her family history and their identity as 3rd Generation Americans of Mexican descent. Facilitator Subject Log 4:17 As the story goes, Diana's grandmother was struggling to provide for her mother, her sister, and her children. She heard Pancho Villa was nearby and she approached him and asked for help. He gave her food and medicine. 6:14 When she came to the US she only had...

Abstract The Beatríz de la Garza papers document a decorated academic, professor, writer, attorney, scholar, and civic leader whose career spans more than five decades. Most of the materials in the collection relate to her professional career and her personal life including family photographs, education-related materials (diploma, report cards, newspaper clippings, thesis) and various handwritten notes. There is also an extensive amount of material related to her writing, including handwritten notes,...

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74 photographs of scenes from Mexico, including images from C.B. Waite and La Rochester Photgraphy Agency.

Interview Description Maricela "Mari "Bobadilla (40) y su esposo Cesar "Fabi "Bobadilla (41) hablan de cómo se conocieron, sus hijos, su familia, y la comida que Fabi cocina. Maricela "Mari "Bobadilla (40) and her husband Cesar "Fabi "Bobadilla (41) talk about how they met, their children, their family and Fabi's cooking. Facilitator Subject Log 1:10 Mari cuenta cómo se conocieron en México 3:55 Mari describe la boda y cuando tuvieron a su primera...