Richard Marosi, staff writer for Los Angeles Times, talks about the challenges of covering news in Mexico and discusses his observations in regards to the situation faced by his Mexican counterparts . Morosi notes that people in Mexico City do not…
Omar Raul Martinez Sanchez discusses his foundation, Manuel Buendía, named after an investigative journalist who was assassinated in 1984, describing his aspirations in the field and how the investigative journalism has changed in the past three…
The project aims to understand past and present realities living in a border city, the intersecting crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the drug cartel war.
Omar Antonio Martinez, photojournalist, talks about the risks of capturing images of violence in Mexico and shares many of his personal experiences in the field and how these have affected him.
Ralph Modjeski, father of Marylka Modjeska Pattison, who was wife of Sidney Fawcett Pattison, who was head of the English Department at University of Arizona from 1917-1944. Miriam Pattison's father's grandfather.
Printed broadside relating the first proclamation, directed at government officials as well as the general population, by the Emperor Maximillian upon disembarking from his sea journey in Veracruz. Published on May 28,1864, this broadside marks the…
A representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Mazzitelli, explains how the UNODC has been observing and analyzing the violence and organized crime in México, acknowledging that its is unprecedented how organized…
Letter from George McGovern to Morris K. Udall, thanking him for a recent note and congratulating him on his (unsuccessful) 1976 presidential campaign. Handwritten and signed on U.S. Senate letterhead.
Census tables of the number of victims and various expenses resulting from the smallpox epidemic of 1797 in Mexico City. First leaf includes two notes about total statistics for victims of the recent epidemic, and comparison with statistics from the…
Printed broadside by President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna regarding the battle of Padierna where, due to his order to General Valencia's men to move out of their held positions to flank the Americans, Major General Winfield Scott, was able to take…