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A photograph of cassava, beans, voandzeia, and tall grasses with Ujiji in the background.

A photograph of cassava after soaking. When it is dry, it will be ready to be pounded into flour. There is pottery and cooking utensils around the cassava.

A photograph of a indigenous woman sitting against a wooden fence post with baskets of cassava and cassava leaves for selling.

A photograph of a 4 year old cassava that is 10 feet tall and ready to harvest. An indigenous man named Kalemuengo is standing in the back.

A video of fashion designs by BAC Fellow, Geovanny Maybe.

A photograph of fashion designs by BAC Fellow, Geovanny Maybe.

A cartload of cocoanuts. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

Broadside quoting Benito Juárez' reply to Archduke Maximilian's April 1864 letter. Letter is relayed verbatim, with emphasis in bold print. Se trata de poner en peligro nuestra nacionalidad, y yo que por mis principios y juramentos soy el llamado a…

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

Letter from Bishop Juan Navarrete to Isidro in which he expresses his opinion about the legality, but ill-judged, aggressive action in Sonora and the reorientation of work for the National League to Defend Religious Liberty within the state

Letter from the Bishop of Sonora Juan Navarrete to Alfonso de la Torre where he explains the natural and supernatural means he must use to free himself from his vices. It additionally contains an invitation for Alfonso to return to Sonora to focus on…

Letter from Juan Navarrete, bishop of Sonora, to Alfonso de la Torre and other signatories from the Mexican Youth Catholic Organization (ACJM) in Nogales, Sonora in which he explains the Mexican National Episcopate’s stance on the legal and…

Report about the National League to Defend Religious Liberty´s activities in Sonora one year after being appointed regional delegate. The report presents the lack of coordination between the insurgent groups that took up arms against the government…

Letter from the National League to Defend Religious Liberty’s regional delegate to José Valenzuela addressing his disagreements with the local clergy, the organization’s status, and his pending resignation

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he relates his mood, the daily life at the Sonoran seminar in Magdalena and the defections of some of his peers

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre where he recounts his studies’ status at the Sonoran seminar in Magdalena and Luis’ doubts regarding his priestly calling