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Following the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the Federal government started surveying the West with the intention of selling as much land as possible to the public. The system used divided land into thirty-six single-square-mile sections. Each section…

Ruth Dickstein, University of Arizona University Libraries, discusses the politics becoming a department on campus and the important role that the Woman's Studies Advisory Council (WOSAC) played. She mentions that Women's Studies, as a program…

Three-page printed circular, dated marzo 29 de 1879, soliciting financial support for an asylum for the poor, including families and youth. Credited at end to Francisco Diaz de León, Calle de Lerdo número 3. (despacho.)Description on label of…

Map carried by Edward L. Vail on the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch to the Warner Ranch in California. The map shows the route taken from the Empire Ranch to Yuma, AZ. The camps that were made during this portion of the cattle drive are…

Photograph of Stewart L. Udall, observed by Ladybird Johnson and others, speaking at a podium at the Fort Davis National Historic Site Dedication.

Photograph of Morris K. Udall enthusiastically mingling within and greeting a crowd of elementary school-age Native American youth on the steps the U.S. Capitol.

Photograph of the signing of the Central Arizona Project Bill by President Lyndon B. Johnson (standing around President Johnson, left to right: Sen. Carl Hayden, Rep. John Rhodes, Sec. of Interior Stewart L. Udall, Rep. Sam Steiger, Ladybird Johnson,…

Photograph of the Arizona Congressional Delegation, standing left to right: Rep. John Rhodes, Sen. Barry Goldwater, Gov. Paul Fannin, Rep. Morris K. Udall, Sen. Carl Hayden, and Sec. of Interior Stewart L. Udall.

Letter from the New York Democratic State Committee discussing candidate photos taken with Senator Robert F. Kennedy at the Carlyle Hotel on September 20, 1965.

Roberto Delgado, president of the Association of Journalists of the City of Juárez (APCJ), talks about his organization, one of the few generating funds from private real estate holdings. He outlines APCJ's mission to defend the rights of…

Heriberto Deandar Robinson,editor-in-chief and shareholder of El Mañana, discusses the family legacy that led him to a life in journalism, his experiences living in the border region, and the security measures that all journalist must take in…

Ninfa Deandar Martinez, Director General of El Mañana newspaper in Nuevo Laredo, talks about her father, founder over 90 years ago of El Mañana, and about her upbringing and that of her children. Touching on the murder of her editor, Roberto Mora…

Handwritten booklet that includes a hand-drawn map delineating the assessment of geological features, ownership, socio-political conditions and size of each of the sections delineated on this map. The description of the land seems to have been…

Excerpts from the album about the life and death of Fidel Muro. Includes photos of Fidel Muro, María and Luis de la Torre and the Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, poems by Amado Nervo, a dedication by María de la Torre; a stamp from San Luis…

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

Residents of Árbol Grande, a village near Tampico

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

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 in which he announces his priestly calling

Photograph of Francisco de la Torre's ordination in Rome, San Remo, Italy