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Mexico. El triunfo de la revolucion o el grito de un pueblo.

Description: This work provides a personal account regarding the author’s struggle against the Diaz regime. It includes as an introduction a letter to Francisco I. Madero, whom the author terms the caudillo of the Mexican Revolution. Includes text of resignations of Porfirio Díaz and Francisco Madero.
Date: 1911
Creator: Illán, Rafael
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

The Revolution in Mexico

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.
Date: 1911
Creator: Burges, William H. (William Henry), 1867-1946
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

The Attack on Ciudad JuáRez and the Incidents From the 14th to the 18th of June

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.
Date: 1919
Creator: Enciso Durán, Xavier
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

Heroica defensa de Ciudad Juárez : la verdad de los hechos, caracter y valor del soldado mexicano; invasión de tropas americanas y su pronta evacuación

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.
Date: 1919
Creator: Velasco, Felipe
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

Apuntes sobre el petroleo mexicano

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.
Date: 1913
Creator: Flores Fonseca, Manuel
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

El ataque a Ciudad Juarez y los acontecimientos del 14 al 18 de Junio

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.
Date: 1919
Creator: Enciso Durán, Xavier
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

El conflicto personal de la revolución mexicana

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.
Date: 1914?
Creator: Chocano, José Santos, 1875-1934.
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

Informe

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.
Date: 1912
Creator: González, Abraham, 1864-1913.
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

Causas de la revolución en México : y como efectuar la paz

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: Co… more
Date: 1915
Creator: Martínez, Paulino
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

[Cavalry Soldiers at Inspection]

Description: Photograph of a long row of cavalry soldiers on horseback in a field with trees visible in the background. In the foreground one soldier on horseback is facing the other men and on the far left one of the soldiers is holding a flag. A text on the front of the photograph reads "Full Pack inspection 1st Col. Cav. Brownsville, Tex. 10-28-16."
Date: October 28, 1916
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Cavalry Camp in the Davis Mountains]

Description: Photograph of a cavalry camp in the Davis Mountains consisting of what appear to be several rows of horses and a row of tents at the foot of the mountain. A text on the front of the photograph reads "157- 1st Cavalry Brigade in Camp, Davis Mountains, Alpine, Tex."
Date: 1915~
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Soldiers at Inspection]

Description: Photograph of a long row of cavalry soldiers on horseback in a field with trees visible in the background. On the far left a flag can be seen and a text on the front of the photograph reads "Full Pack inspection, 'B' troop 1st Col. Cav., 10-28-16."
Date: October 28, 1916
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Soldiers on Wagon]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified cavalry soldiers on a horse-drawn wagon with another soldier visible in the foreground. One of the men in the wagon is facing the camera and the other man is facing away, climbing on top of several crates. A handwritten note on the front of the photograph reads "Leaving Camp Scurry - Corpus Christi 3/26/."
Date: 1915~
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Rows of Soldiers on Foot]

Description: Photograph of several rows of cavalry soldiers standing in a field facing away from the camera. Two men on the right are holding flags and in the background trees, tents, buildings, and telephone poles are visible. On the front of the photograph a handwritten note reads "14th Cav. Texas 1920."
Date: 1920
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Cavalry Soldiers on Horseback and Marching]

Description: Photograph of a group of unidentified cavalry soldiers on horseback riding down a dirt road and several rows of other men on foot facing towards the right. One of the men on the far right is holding a flag and trees and telephone poles are visible in the background. Another man on horseback in the back on the left is also holding a flag and there is a large pole in the foreground on the left. A handwritten note on the front of the photograph reads "14th Cav. Texas 1920."
Date: 1920
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Three Soldiers Doing Dishes]

Description: Photograph of three unidentified cavalry soldiers standing on a wooden board holding cooking wear with several barracks and trees visible in the background. The man on the left is wearing a light-colored undershirt and holding a large pot and a plate, the man in the middle is carrying a basket of plates, and the man on the right is holding a pitcher and standing next to a tub.
Date: 1915~
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Pumping Plant]

Description: Photograph of a pumping plant consisting of several small buildings and a large smoke stack. In the foreground some piles of materials and part of a tree are visible and a water tower and more trees can be seen in the background on the right. A text on the front of the photograph reads "Pumping Plant At River."
Date: 1915~
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Soldier Holding Gun]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified cavalry soldier standing on a beach with his left arm on his hip and his right outstretched holding a gun. The ocean is visible in the background on the right and there is a hill in the background on the left.
Date: unknown
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Four Cavalry Soldiers in Field]

Description: Photograph of four unidentified cavalry soldiers posing in a field with trees and a building visible in the background. The man in the middle is wearing sunglasses and behind him an American flag and a Red Cross flag can be seen flying on a flagpole.
Date: 1915~
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley
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