UTRGV History Harvest
Scope and Contents
This is an ongoing collection combining History Harvests from both Edinburg and Brownsville campuses. The objective of these History Harvests is to create a community collection from the area's families documenting local, regional, and national history to be held at the UTRGV University Library and made available for research, teaching, and educational exhibitions.
Participants agree to give unconditional permission to publish items online. This collection consists of life in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Northern Mexico. Agriculture, architecture, businesses, customs, festivities, maps, military, sports, and transportation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley are some of the most prominent subjects.
Dates
- 2014-09-27
- 2017-10-14
- 2018-11-03
Extent
260 Items : The collection consists of 260 images provided by Brownsville residents who participated in the Brownsville History Harvest event held at the Brownsville Public Library Main Branch on September 27, 2014.
29 Items (Collected from UTRGV History Harvest on October 14, 2017. This series includes 24 images, 2 audio files and 3 video files. )
125 Items : Collected from Edinburg History Harvest on 2018-11-03. Includes: 1. Programs (2) 2. Manuela Solis Luna get well messages (dontated by Cierra Villegas c/o Juan P. Carmona) 3. Bazan, Vela, Rodriguez family photos (5) (donated by Christine Molis) 4. Marriage certificate (donated by Maria T. Brito) 5. Bazan family reunion programs (2) (donated by Maria T. Brito)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Access copies for September 27, 2014, OCtober 14, 2017 and November 3, 2018 are available at ELIBR and BLIBR Reading Rooms.
- Texas Rangers--History--20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture and state Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Baseball Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brownsville (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bruni (Tex.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Chicano movement Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Families Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Fort Brown (Brownsville, Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Historical markers--Texas--Hidalgo County Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Marriage records Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Matamoros (Mexico) Subject Source: Local sources
- Mexican Americans--Texas--Lower Rio Grande Valley--Social life and customs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Monterrey (Mexico)--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads--Texas--Cameron County. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sports Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Youth protest movements Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- William Flores
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives Digital Collections Repository
