Mexico--History--Colonial period

Correspondence, lecture notes, written works, manuscripts, photographs, and collected materials, including pamphlets, books and newspaper clippings, comprise the collection of Charles Wilson Hackett. From 1918-1951, Hackett was a professor in the University of Texas Department of History, one of the founders of the García Library (now the Benson Latin American Collection) and first director and founding member of the Institute of Latin American Studies.