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A University of Arizona alumna and originally from central Mexico, Fernanda Echavarri talks about her experiences as a reporter, including feeling safer when reporting in Mexico because she understands the culture and blends in so well. Emphasizing…

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

Fabrica de ropa y almacén de efectos del país. De la Torre Hermanos Desean a Ud. Felicidades en el presente año.

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

Postcard from Epimenio (Tony) Pacheco to his daughter Marie, son-in-law Robert, and granddaughter, Carmella Scorcia Pacheco. The postcard discusses travels in Spain and was mailed from Salamanca, Spain to Farmington, New Mexico in 1982.

Portfolio contains six pages of images of cyanotype and gum dichromate, combined with watercolor, silver ink, and a prose poem. Edition: 1/1. 

From the Heiko A. Oberman Library

Digital collection site created and managed by Espacio Migrante as part of the Reclaiming the Border Narrative project.

Salvador Esparza, editor in chief of the Periódico Norte, describes the violent crisis suffered by the city of Juarez in 2008-2012, comparing it with the current lower levels and with the alarming violence now suffered in the state of Tamaulipas. He…

This project aims to draw inspiration from the style of “Victory Gardens” propaganda of the 1940s, while commenting on the resilience of indigenous foods and the ability of plants to transcend national borders.

Handwritten document whereby Don Jose Maximiliano Fernandez and Don Jose Leandro Riveron sign themselves as witnesses that Don Lucan Francisco Febeun y Banfi is a resident of the City of Mexico and with the same document, they affirm that they have…

The first page of this document is a from the General Commissary in Mexico certifying that Maria del Pilar Zapata is entitled to the pension consisting of fifteen Pesos, four Reales, and five Granos, that she is due as the daughter of Captain D.…

Lorena Figueroa, journalist with El Paso Times, talks about the violence on both sides of the border, and of the security measures taken, even while living north of the border, since distance alone does not guarantee safety. Figueroa discusses the…

Manuscript of El Oz novel.

Front, spine, and back layout of El Oz book jacket.

Guadalupe Salcido, Editor in Chief and Information Chief for Periodico del Norte, talks about her beginnings in journalism, about the effects that the violence and consequent economic crisis has had on journalism and the community in general…

Balbina Flores discusses her work as a representative of Reporters Without Borders and their challenges in defending freedom of expression in Mexico. Flores also discusses the issue of impunity in Mexico and how the government has not done enough to…

This video was made in collaboration with dancers, choreographers, musicians, and visual artists that reside in the US/Mexico border and whose work in this project was inspired by their own experience as border artists.

Rafael de la Torre, age one. Photograph by "Foto Carlos" taken in Nogales, Sonora, 1954.