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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso
Causas de la revolución en México : y como efectuar la paz
Date: 1915
Creator: Martínez, Paulino
Description: This short treatise, written in Havana in 1913, espouses the land reform goals and ideals of Emiliano Zapata and the Zapatistas while condemning the regimes of Carranza and Huerta,. It proposes an idealized agrarian society with land held in common and a system of "Escuelas Granjas" or rural schools. He deplores the evils of clericalism, plutocracy, and militarism. The three headings in the document are "Manifiesto al Pueblo Mexicano," "Bases Generales," and "Pensamiento de la Revolución: Como educar al Pueblo para la Nueva Reforma."
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188055/
First Aereo Squadron, Signal Corps, war diary : period from March 12 to April 23, 1916.
Date: 1916
Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps. Aereo Squadron, 1st.
Description: Photocopy of typescript describing activities and participants in the 1st Aereo Squadron of the Signal Corps during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa from March 12 to April 23, 1916.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188057/
Battery A on the Mexican Border
Date: 1916
Creator: Stiness, Henry R.W.
Description: This book is an account of Battery A of the Rhode Island National Guard and its activation on June 24, 1916, its travel to the U.S.-Mexico border, its activities until it was mustered out on November 2, 1916. They were stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and also referred to their site as Camp Pershing. Includes a narrative description of their trip by train, their camp and training activities on the border. Also includes many reproductions of photographs of the troops and sites, cartoons, and a list of personnel.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188054/
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/
Guarding the Bodies of U.S. Soldiers killed at Columbus, New Mexico
Date: March 1916
Creator: Horne, Walter H.
Description: Postcard of a U.S. soldier guarding the tent where the caskets of fallen soldiers are held in Columbus, New Mexico. Although not identified as such, these soldiers were more than likely lost during Francisco "Pancho" Villa's raid on Columbus on March 9, 1916.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149837/
Executed
Date: November 19, 1913
Creator: Horne, Walter H.
Description: Postcard of a deceased unidentified man. The caption on the postcard indicates that the individual was executed. He appears to have been shot, a pool of blood runs down the sidewalk. Papers are strewn about the body. The feet of onlookers are seen on a doorstep at the top of the postcard.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149838/
Military Observation Balloon
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H.
Description: Postcard of a military observation balloon. A group of soldiers and some children surround the balloon and look on as a few individuals secure the balloon to the ground.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149834/
Riddled with Bullets, Juarez, Mexico
Date: January 18, 1913
Creator: Horne, Walter H.
Description: Postcard of a destroyed building, possibly a residence, in Juarez, Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Bullet holes cover the exterior of the building. All of the windows have been destroyed, the roof no longer exists, and heavy smoke damage from a fire is evident. The residence next to the building also displays major damage though not as severely. A note on the back of the postcard mentions the Juarez Racetrack and describes the present conditions in Juarez during the revolution.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149839/
Guarding the Customs House, El Paso, Texas
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H.
Description: Postcard of a group of soldiers keeping watch at the customs house in El Paso, Texas. The customs house was located on the U.S. side of the International Bridge, the gateway to and from Mexico. The majority of the soldiers are sitting down with only a few standing. Two soldiers have their rifles slung over their shoulders.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149836/
Heroica defensa de Ciudad Juárez : la verdad de los hechos, caracter y valor del soldado mexicano; invasión de tropas americanas y su pronta evacuación
Date: 1919
Creator: Velasco, Felipe
Description: This work provides an account of what the author terms the “heroic defense” of Ciudad Juarez against Pancho Villa’s forces. It also includes correspondence by Villa to the military garrison urging their surrender. Notably, it describes American involvement (and brief incursion into Mexico) and the Mexican embassy’s response to it in El Paso, where the work was published.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149833/