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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso
Los de Abajo: Novela (cuadros y escenas de la revolución mexicana)
Date: 1916
Creator: Azuela, Mariano, 1873-1952
Description: First book edition of the most famous novel of the Mexican Revolution. It appeared first a serial within a local newspaper, El Paso del Norte, but later was issued as a single work. It was published in El Paso where the author resided in exile. Subsequent editions are quite different from this first version.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149945/
The revolution in Mexico.
Date: 1911
Creator: Burges, William H. (William Henry), 1867-1946
Description: Printed copy of a speech given by William H. Burges, who was a prominent El Paso lawyer and businessman, in the presence of both Francisco Madero and General Juan Navarro. The speaker urges the audience to support the establishment of Madero’s government in Mexico.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
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El conflicto personal de la revolución mexicana
Date: 1914?
Creator: Chocano, José Santos, 1875-1934.
Description: Provides an account of the personal conflict felt by the author regarding the Mexican Revolution and the ensuing reign of Venustiano Carranza. The pamphlet calls for an end to caudillos; however, it is sympathetic to Villa. Although written during Chocano’s travels to New Orleans, it was published in El Paso, Texas.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149939/
El ataque a Ciudad Juarez y los acontecimientos del 14 al 18 de Junio
Date: 1919
Creator: Enciso Durán, Xavier
Description: This piece provides a firsthand account of the attack on Ciudad Juarez by Villistas and related events, including the American incursion. It also provides information regarding the effects of the battle on El Paso, Texas and includes named civilian casualties. The official American response is also noted.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149938/
El ataque a Ciudad Juárez y los acontecimientos del 14 al 18 de junio. English.
Date: 1919
Creator: Enciso Durán, Xavier.
Description: This piece was written to provide a firsthand account regarding the attack on Ciudad Juárez by Villistas and related events. It also provides information regarding the effects of the battle on El Paso, Texas and includes named civilian casualties. The official American response is also noted. The translation was probably done in the 1970s.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149950/
El problema agrario en México : la acción del gobierno y la iniciativa individual
Date: 1912
Creator: Esquivel Obregón, Toribio, 1864-1946.
Description: Esquivel Obregón wrote this pamphlet as a means of critiquing the Diaz regime’s collusion with major landholders. Esquivel Obregón was considered a progressive and modern in his approach to government. He discusses how landholders were always able to co-opt the gains of different revolutions by swinging laws back into their favor after a return to normalcy.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
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Apuntes sobre el petroleo mexicano
Date: [1913]
Creator: Flores Fonseca, Manuel
Description: This work, presented to the 26th Mexican Federal Congress, focuses on the Mexican oil industry. It details its origins, development, and capital investments. It also notes its production and profitability to the nation. It calls for legislation and nationalization.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149936/
Informe
Date: 1912
Creator: González, Abraham, 1864-1913.
Description: This governmental report details the state of the union address by Chihuahuan State Governer Abraham González, who held power from 1910-1913. It enumerates the use of taxes, specifically their use in funding schools and telegraph and telephone lines. It also contains a response by the leader of the state legislature.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149944/
Camp Scene on the Mexican Border
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H.
Description: Postcard of a U. S. military camp on the U.S. - Mexican border. Two rows of tents are in the forefront; a row of cabins is seen to the right. A variety of miscellaneous items such as, wooden boards, fire wood, buckets, barrels and trash cans, are strewn on the ground in between the rows of tents. Soldiers are within the open-sided tents completing chores.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149835/
China Town, Colonia Dublan, Mexico
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Horne, Walter H.
Description: Postcard of U.S. soldiers from the Punitive Expedition exploring China Town in Colonia Dublan, a Mormon colony in Mexico. General John J. Pershing established his headquarters at Colinia Dublan for the duration of the expedition. Groups of soldiers converse with one another as they stop at individual tents and huts. In the far distance, a wagon is traveling away from the town.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149842/