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Latina/o, Caribbean, & Latin American Studies Subject Guide — Mexico

Topics and resources for Latina/o, Caribbean, & Latin American Studies

Mexico

Digital Collections

A Continent Divided: The U.S. - Mexico War

A Continent Divided Logo A Continent Divided includes digitized primary sources, images, and maps related to the U.S.-Mexico War alongside biographies and essays about the 1846-1848 conflict. U.S.-Mexico War. It is a joint project of the Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the Library at the University of Texas at Arlington. English


Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings

Strachwitz Frontera Collection LogoThe Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings includes over 125,000 songs. Supported by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, the Arhoolie Foundation, and the UCLA Digital Library, it celebrates North America’s Spanish-language musical heritage. English and Spanish


Calendario manual y guía de forasteros en México, 1811

Scope Calendar, manual, and guide of foreigners in Mexico for the year of 1811
Format Microfilm (1 reel)
Arrangement By organization; chronological
Indexes None

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CIA Research Reports: Latin America

Scope

CIA reports, memos, and cables on situations and conditions in Latin America, 1946-1976.

Argentina Reel I
Bolivia Reel I
Brazil Reel II
British Guiana Reel II
Chile Reel II
Colombia Reel II
Costa Rica Reel II
Cuba Reels II, III
Dominican Republic Reel IV
Ecuador Reel V
Guatemala Reel V
Haiti Reel V
Mexico Reel V
Panama Reel V
Peru Reel V
Uruguay Reel V
Venezuela Reel V
Format Microfilm (5 reels)
Arrangement By country, then chronological
Indexes CIA Research Reports: Latin America 1946-1976.

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Mexican Boundary Commission Papers of John Russell Bartlett

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Scope Papers (correspondence, official dispatches, personal journal) of John Russell Bartlett as he traveled through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico, and California in drawing the boundary between Mexico and the U.S., 1850-1853.
Format Microfilm (12 reels)
Arrangement Chronological.
Indexes The Mexican Boundary Commission papers of John Russell Bartlett, 1850-1853.

México. Biblioteca Nacional. MSS 1628 (Cantares), 1492 (Epístolas), 1477 (Miscelánea)

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Scope A selection of 15th-17th century Mexican religious chants and epistles from the Mexican National Library manuscripts and collections.
Format Microfilm (1 reel)
Arrangement Arranged in alphabetical order by category starting with “cantares” and ending with “miscelánea”.
Indexes México. Biblioteca nacional. MSS 1628 (Cantares), 1492 (Epístolas), 1477 (Miscelánea).

México. Dirección General de Estadística. 6 Censo do Población

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Scope 6th Census of population of Mexico, 1941-1948. Reel 1 includes supplementary works.
Format Microfilm (5 reels)
Arrangement Chronological
Indexes None

México. Dirección General de Estadística. Censo General de la Republica de Mexicana

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Scope 1st-5th Census of Mexico, 1895-1930.
Format Microfilm (15 reels)
Arrangement Chronological
Indexes None

Mexico. Independent Mexico in Newspapers, the 19th Century

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Scope The collection consists of newspapers that were published mainly in the Distrito Federal. Some titles published in Mexican cities from different states are also included. 1812-1900.
Format Microfilm (35 reels)
Arrangement Alphabetically by title within the Distrito Federal or state.
Indexes Independent Mexico in Newspapers, the 19th Century Guide to the Microfilm Set Mexico; Independent Mexico in Newspapers, the 19th Century. A Reel Guide to the Holdings in the Homer Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut.

México. Mérida. Diario de Yucatán

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Scope Regional Mexican daily newspaper headquartered in Mérida, Yucatán. 1941:April-1990:Dec. with gaps.
Format Microfilm (294 reels)
Arrangement Chronological
Indexes None

El Norte

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Scope

Daily newspaper printed and distributed in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.

Library has: 1941:May-1941:June, 1942:June, 1942:Aug.-1946:Dec., 1949:Oct.22, 1949:Nov.-1961:Mar., 1961:May-1966:Nov.

Format Microfilm (190 reels)
Arrangement Chronological
Indexes None

United States Military Intelligence Reports: Mexico

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Scope Reports on Mexico’s politics and government, military history, and foreign relations, 1919-1941.
Format Microfilm (9 reels)
Arrangement

Chronological

Reels I-V: Political Affairs

Reels VI-VIII: Military Affairs

Reel IX: Government Affairs, Economic and Financial Affairs

Indexes U.S. Military Intelligence Reports, Mexico, 1919-1941.

United States State Dept. Decimal File

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Scope State Department records relating to: internal affairs of China, 1910-29; political relations between the United States and China, 1910-29; political relations between China and other states, 1910-29; internal affairs of Cuba 1910-29; internal affairs of the Dominican Republic 1910-39, internal affairs of Mexico 1910-1929.
Format Microfilm: Cuba (97 reels), Dominican Republic (116 reels), Mexico (143 reels)
Arrangement Decimal system; largely chronological.
Indexes

U.S. State Dept. Decimal File. Cuba-Internal Affairs 1910-29.

U.S. State Dept. Decimal File. Dominican Republic-Internal Affairs 1910-29.

U.S. State Dept. Decimal File. Dominican Republic-Internal Affairs 1930-39.

U.S. State Dept. Decimal File. Mexico – Internal Affairs 1910-29.