BSA. Border Studies Archive
Record Group
Identifier: BSA
A collection focused on the folklore, histories and lives of people living along the U.S.-Mexican border in South Texas, including aural, visual and material documentation.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Spanish Land Grants
Collection — Other Various
Identifier: BSA-UTPA-BSA-Spanish Land Grants
Scope and Contents
Life histories of local families and traces of their land acquisition to first European contact in the borderlands.
Traditional Mexican American Folklore
Collection — Other Various
Identifier: BSA-UTPA-BSA-Traditional Mexican American Folklore
Scope and Contents
A bilingual collection featuring over 100,000 items ranging from topics such as La Llorona, curanderismo, the chupacabra and the devil at the dance hall.
