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Mexican-American Border Region--History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Acts of the Visit of the Royal Commissioners (Auto de la general visita) [photocopies]

 Collection — 119
Identifier: ELIBR-0119
Scope and Contents Collection is entirely comprised of photocopies of the corresponding material from The Texas General Land Office, the official repository for original Spanish and Mexican land titles in Texas.Acts of the Visit of the Royal Commissioners (Auto de la general visita) was transcribed from archives in Mexico. These volumes record the distribution...
Dates: 1753-1832

Carl Laurence Duaine Collection

 Collection — 64, Box: 4R
Identifier: ELIBR-0064
Scope and Contents

Collection contains manuscripts, research notes, and correspondence files from Carl Duaine's three books: "Caverns of Oblivion," "Dead men wore boots," and "With all arms." Research files include copies of governmental archival files from 1862-1865.

Dates: 1957-2003

Clotilde P. Garcia Reference Collection

 Collection — BLIBR-0063, Box: 1
Identifier: BLIBR-0063
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one box that contains documents pertaining to Dr. Clotilde P. Garcia. The contents include books she published, biographical sketches, awards, publications, resume, and other supporting documents. Dr. Clotilde Pérez García was a noted physician, activist, author, educator, and sister of civil rights activist Hector P. García. Additionally, she was one of the first Mexican-American women in Texas to enter the medical profession.

Dates: 1984 - 2003

Roma Miguel Aleman International Suspension Bridge

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection includes historical photographs of people, places, and events from locations across the Lower Rio Grande Valley, including but not limited to Brownsville, San Benito, Harlingen, Mercedes, Mission, and Rio Grande City. Photographs are in a variety of formats, including aerial, postcards, silver gelatin, etc.

Dates: dates vary

Series III: History Harvest at UTRGV digital collection, 2017

 Series
Scope and Contents These digitized materials consist of the following:Newspaper clippings regarding Jacinto Treviño who killed at least two men in 1910 in Los Indios Texas; Newspaper clippings regarding Juanita Rosales Cantu’s siblings during Pearl Harbor and World War 2; A written transcript of U.S. Corp of Engineers member, Patricio Gonzalez. He talks about World War 2 and a wing piece belonging to a P38 American aircraft fighter that he kept as a keepsake; ...
Dates: 2017