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Letter from Carlos De la Torre to his brother, Ignacio De la Torre. Includes reflections about life in Ysleta College (El Paso, Texas), congratulations for dedicating the new altar to the Virgin of Guadalupe and news from Francisco De la Torre. He…

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Letter from Carlos De la Torre, during his philosophy studies, in which he cheers up his mother and makes vows for her swift recovery. He exchanges family news and recounts his experiences driving the seminary's car, the farewell party for one of his…

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Letter from Carlos de la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren. Includes observations about life at Ysleta College (El Paso, Texas) and a description of the examination procedures

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Letter from Carlos De la Torre to his brother, Ignacio De la Torre. Includes news about the challenges of Jesuit instruction during the war and the opening of a theological college for the Mexican Province in El Paso, Texas

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Letter from Francisco de la Torre to his sister, María de la Torre, in which he urges Carlos to leave for the seminary in Ysleta, offers instructions on the measures to follow and explains the special conditions under which they will examine him and…

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An Official Pro-Homeland Publication of the Mexican Defense’s Popular Committee which contains an article on the alleged American and Russian interference in Mexico, an Ecuadorian protest of religious persecution in Mexico and a list of U.S.…

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Pamphlet containing Mexican Youth Catholic Organization’s President Octavio Elizalde’s (1923-1929) address to the Los Angeles and San Diego Diocesan Council establishing the organization and actions of its U.S. chapters

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An International Civic Union’s bilingual flyer calling for the public’s support for the organization based in San Antonio, Texas in order to protest religious persecution in Mexico

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News clipping regarding the death of Cristero General Luis Ibarra, active in Jalisco (1926-1929) and Sonora, and Alfonso de la Torre’s commander, published by El Imparcial

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Farewell letter by Alfonso De la Torre to his mother María Uribarren explaining his reasons for joining the Cristero militia

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Condolence card for Alfonso De la Torre’s death

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Condolence letter concerning Alfonso de la Torre’s death, written by Manuel Noriega, a close cousin of the de la Torre brothers, who read the news in Mexico City’s La Prensa newspaper

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Certifying letter by Cristero General Luis Ibarra informing about Alfonso de la Torre’s death

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Letter written by María De la Torre relating the fate of Alfonso, Carlos and Luis De la Torre to another one of her brothers, probably Francisco, who at the time lived in Granada, Nicaragua

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Carlos De la Torre’s account about his last days as a Cristero combatant. Includes news about his brother Alfonso’s death

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Broadside in which the Popular Liberationist Army’s Chief General of Military Operations in Sonora, Luis Ibarra, presents the armed movement’s mission statement and calls fellow Sonorans to join him

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Broadside published by the Military Headquarters in Sonora presenting the Cerro Gordo Plan, the Popular Liberationist Army’s political program

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Popular Liberationist Movement’s poster presenting its program to resolve agrarian issues published by the Military Headquarters in Sonora

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Account of an American hunting group’s unexpected events in Sonora due to a misunderstanding with Gen. Luis Ibarra’s forces published in Outdoor Life magazine

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Pastoral letter from Bishop Juan Navarrete explaining to the Diocese’s clergy and parishioners the reasons for his self-exile
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