Mexican America - Resources and Credits
This section contains educational materials to supplement your journey through Mexican America as illustrated by the collections of the National Museum of American History.
The glossary explains some of the terms used to talk about the history and peoples of Mexico and the American West and Southwest.
The national borders of Mexico have changed radically between the start of the Aztec Empire in the 14th century and the present. See Mexican maps from the collections of the University of Texas Libraries.
Scenes and figures from postcards commemorating the American West and Southwest from the Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
- Colonia outside of El Paso (circa 1920)
- David Crockett
- Greetings from San Antonio, Texas (The Alamo)
- Mexican Home, New Mexico (circa 1925)
- Old Spanish Days (circa 1925)
Historical scenes and figures from Mexico from the Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
- Avenida A Tijuana (circa 1910)
- Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (circa 1925)
- Calle del Comercio Ciudad Juárez (circa 1925)
- Mexican Market Scene (undated photograph)
- Quetzalcoatl
- Taxco, Guerrero (circa 1910)
- Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacan (circa 1910)
Other Smithsonian Institution projects about the peoples of Mexico and their descendants, culture, and environment.
For additional information on the history of Mexico, Mexican Americans, and the diverse peoples of the American West and Southwest, please see the bibliography.
Esta sección contiene materiales educativos a fin de complementar el recorrido a través de la América Mexicana ilustrado por objetos provenientes de las colecciones del Museo Nacional de Historia Americana.
Pulsando sobre el enlace que se observa a continuación se puede acceder a un glosario donde se explican algunos de los términos usados para referirse a la historia y a los pueblos de México, tanto como del oeste y sudoeste de América.
Los límites nacionales de México han cambiado radicalmente entre los comienzos del Imperio Azteca en el siglo XIV y el presente. Pulse el siguiente enlace para ver mapas de México de las colecciones de las Bibliotecas de la Universidad .de Texas.
Pulsar los siguientes enlaces para ver tarjetas con escenas y figuras, y fotos conmemorativas del oeste y sudoeste americano de la Colección de Postales Victor A. Blenkle, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
- Colonia en las afueras de El Paso (ca. 1920)
- David Crockett
- Saludos desde San Antonio, Texas
- Hogar Mexicano, Nuevo México (ca. 1925)
- Viejos Tiempos Españoles (ca. 1925)
Pulsar los siguientes enlaces para ver escenas y figuras históricas de México.
- Avenida A Tijuana (ca. 1910)
- Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (ca. 1925)
- Calle del Comercio Ciudad Juárez (ca. 1925)
- Escena de un Mercado Mexicano (foto sin fecha)
- Quetzalcoatl
- Taxco, Guerrero (circa 1910)
- Templo de Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacan (ca. 1910)
Pulsar los siguientes enlaces para ver otros proyectos de la Institución Smithsonian acerca de los pueblos de México y sus descendientes, su cultura y su entorno.
Para mayor información sobre la historia de México, los mexicoamericanos y los diversos pueblos del oeste y sudoeste americano, por favor pulsar sobre el enlace de bibliografía a continuación.
The Mexican America object group is a collective effort of the staff of the National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center: Division of Home and Community Life; Division of Information Technology and Communications; Division of Music, Sports and Entertainment; Division of Politics and Reform; New Media Program; Program in Latino History and Culture; Office and Museum Management and Services; and Registration Services.
Special thanks to Diana Taggart and Michelle Sánchez.
El grupo de objetos América Mexicana es un esfuerzo conjunto del personal del Museo Nacional de Historia Americana, del Centro Kenneth E. Behring: División de Vida en el Hogar y la Comunidad; División de Tecnología Informativa y Comunicaciones; División de Música, Deportes y Entretenimiento; División de Política y Reforma; Programa de Nuevos Medios de Comunicación; Programa de Historia y Cultura Latinas; La Oficina de Gestión y Servicios de Museo; y la Oficina de Servicios de Adquisiciones.
Un agradecimiento especial a Diana Taggart y Michelle Sánchez.
"Mexican America - Resources and Credits" showing 5 items.
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Maragoli (Outtakes) 1976
- Notes
- Outtakes from published work--archival collection
- Summary
- Outtakes shows a mother, a Maragoli school teacher, going over lessons with her children at home in the evening; interior shots of the home by lamp light; shots around the homestead including domestic chores, splitting logs with an ax, and activity around a cattle kraal. Scene of a woman potter firing earthenware in a makeshift kiln covered with layers of heavy green grass
- Date
- 1976
- Creator
- Nichols, Sandra filmmaker (19 - )
- social anthropologist
- Ssennyonga, Joseph
- Cameraman
- Strasburg, Ivan
- Soundman
- McDuffie, Michael
- Local number
- HSFA 78.2.1 (RF 29)
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Marshall !Kung Expedition IV, 1955 1955
- Notes
- title suplied by Archives staff (unpublished work)--archival collection
- Supplementary materials: production records including shot and sound logs
- For supporting HSFA collections see also: 2007.17 (Robert Gesteland's daily log from the 1957-58 expedition); 2008.12 (National Geographic Society/Wolper Productions 1973 film project on John Marshall); and 2008.13 (Nippon TV ca. 1985 video project on John Marshall)
- Summary
- Full film record shot during an expedition to the Kalahari Desert in Namibia was sponsored by the Harvard Peabody Museum and the Smithsonian Institution. Footage documents the hunting-and-gathering activities, domestic life, and music and dance of the /Gwi San in the central Kalahari Desert in monder-day Botswana. Documentation includes: gathering mangetti nuts, digging for poison grubs, gathering
melons and digging roots, setting snares and hunting with bows and arrows in the veldt, squeezing water from roots, sharing meat at the , collecting honey, squeezing and drinking water from the rumen (stomach) of large game, technologies (arrowmaking, working skins, and making cord from leaves), sociability and ritual life (circle dance, scarification of women, porcupine game, heyena intercourse game, wrestling, storytelling, and music-making), and composing songs on the musical bow (with resonator) and (harp). Some visual documentation of the Ju/'hoansi at /Gatucha (Nyae Nyae region) includes: hunting and gathering activities, domestic life and music and dance. Also included are various scenes around waterholes; San around Bachkalahari ; interaction between Herero, San, and Bantu peoples near police post and provision station; and various scenes of the Marshall expedition. The published film title BITTER MELONS was produced from this project. Footage was shot by John Marshall
- Date
- 1955
- Creator
- Marshall, John ethnographic filmmaker (1932-2005 )
- Local number
- HSFA 83.11.4
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Marshall !Kung Expedition VI, 1957-1958 1957-1958
- Notes
- Supplementary materials: audio tapes, production logs
- title supplied by Archives staff (unpublished work) -- archival collection
- For supporting HSFA collections see also: 2007.17 (Robert Gesteland's daily log from the 1957-58 expedition); 2008.12 (National Geographic Society/Wolper Productions 1973 film project on John Marshall); and 2008.13 (Nippon TV ca. 1985 video project on John Marshall)
- Summary
- Full film record shot during an expedition to the Nyae-Nyae region of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, sponsored by the Harvard Peabody Museum. Locations include: the plains south of !Nama, !Nama pan, !Kubi, Tsumkwe, !O, and /Gautcha waterhole. Subsistence activities documented include: gathering mangetti nuts and
, eating berries and nuts, digging for roots, preparation of lamb, herding and milking of cows, killing a puff adder, and hunting giraffe, hartebeest, and wildebeest. Technologies illustrated include: arrow-making and poisoning, stringing beads, preparation of hides, making a musical bow, and working on thongs. Aspects of sociability, and daily and ceremonial life include: male and female ornamentation; various games (porcupine game, melon tossing game, and bird toy); curing and trance dancing; administration of medicine; and playing musical instruments (including the musical bow, the one-stringed violin, the (harp), and the harmonica). Also included is footage of (shelters); activities at Bantu sites (dancing, pounding mealie-meal, grinding corn, and winnowing tobacco); various wildlife; and activities of the Marshall expedition. Footage from this expedition was used to make the published film titles: AN ARGUMENT ABOUT A MARRIAGE, BAOBAB PLAY, CHILDREN THROW TOY ASSEGAIS, A CURING CEREMONY, DEBE'S TANTRUM, GROUP OF WOMEN, JOKING RELATIONSIP, LION GAME, THE MEAT FIGHT, MELON TOSSING GAME, MEN BATHING, N/UM TCHAI, PLAYING WITH SCORPIONS, TUG OF WAR, and THE WASP NEST. Footage was primarily shot by John Marshall with additional photography by Robert Gardner and Robert Gesteland
- Date
- 1957-1958
- Creator
- Marshall, John ethnographic filmmaker (1932-2005 )
- Local number
- HSFA 83.11.6
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Maragoli 1976
- Notes
- Title from credits (published work) -- archival collection
- Supplementary materials include audio recordings, production logs and camera logs
- Summary
- Edited film document the problems of development among the Luhya people (and the Maragoli clan in particular) with attention to the social and economic dimensions of overpopulation in the Maragoli Hills of western Kenya. Interviews and images document the villagers' understandings about land scarcity, overpopulation, and migration; their attitudes about family size and child-rearing; and their ideas concerning fertility and reproduction. Footage includes scenes of agricultural activity, housebuilding, pottery making, religious activities, and marketing
- Date
- 1976
- Creator
- Nichols, Sandra filmmaker (19 - )
- Local number
- HSFA 2012.5.5
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Maragoli (Outtakes) 1976
- Notes
- Outtakes from published work--archival collection
- Summary
- OUttakes from edited film shows a homestead including men washing up in the yard with a basin of water after work, eating, men erecting the pole framework of a house, women and young girls drawing water at a common pipe, men cutting a log into planks in a saw pit, and cloths drying in the sun
- Date
- 1976
- Creator
- Nichols, Sandra filmmaker (19 - )
- social anthropologist
- Ssennyonga, Joseph
- Cameraman
- Strasburg, Ivan
- Soundman
- McDuffie, Michael
- Local number
- HSFA 78.2.1 (RF 14)
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives