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.
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- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Jyapu: Industrious Productivity as Lifestyle 1981
- Notes
- title from credits (unpublished work) -- archival collection
- Supplementary materials: translations, still photographs, sound recordings, recorded sound annotations and translations, production logs, field notes and camera logs
- Summary
- Edited film examins the various work and play activities of Newari adults and children in the Jyapu courtyard of Thecho Village in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Film was made from [Newari Film Project, 1978]
- Date
- 1981
- Creator
- Johnson, Barbara filmmaker
- filmmaker
- Johnson, Barbara
- Dorjee, Ragpa
- Creator
- National Human Studies Film Center, Smithsonian Institution
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.16
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Reincarnation in Mysterious Mustan 1977 Man TV Series
- Notes
- title from credits (published work)--archival collection
- supplementary materials: publicity materials, article, logs
- Summary
- Television broadcast series produced by Jun'ichi Ushiyama for Nippon A-V was originally produced for Japanese audiences and later modified and released in an English language version. Film documents mortuary practices in Mustan, Nepal
- Date
- 1977
- Local number
- HSFA 2004.10.26
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
The Fragile Mountain 1982
- Notes
- Title from credits (published work) -- archival collection
- Supplementary materials include audio recordings, production logs, transcripts of interviews, photographs
- Summary
- Edited film documents the environmental damage caused by people to the Himalaya Mountains
- Date
- 1982
- Creator
- Nichols, Sandra filmmaker (19 - )
- Local number
- HSFA 2012.5.1
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
The Fragile Mountain (Outtakes) ca. 1982
- Notes
- Outtakes from published work -- archival collection
- Supplementary materials include audio recordings, production logs, transcripts of interviews, photographs
- Summary
- Outtakes from an edited film documenting the environmental damage caused by people to the Himalaya Mountains. Includes extensive interviews
- Date
- ca 1982
- Creator
- Nichols, Sandra filmmaker (19 - )
- Local number
- HSFA 2012.5.2
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Ethnographic Film Survey of Tharu Villages, Nepal, 1978 [supplied] 86.13.22 1978
- Summary
- Footage shot for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, to identify villages for a future film project. Aspects of daily life are featured: men leading a herd of yaks across the river, village-wide participation in contstructing an above ground house, sexual division of labor where men perform carpentry for a house and women gather water in clay pots by the river, women using thick fishing nets to gather seafood and women crossing river via a narrow log bridge. Ceremonial footage depicts pig and chicken sacrifices for the Hindu festival of Dasain
- Date
- 1978
- Creator
- Reinhard, Johan anthropologist (1943- )
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.22
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Newari Film Project 1978
- Notes
- title supplied by Archives staff (unpublished work) -- archival collection
- Supplementary materials: audio tapes, annotations, still photographs, field notes, camera logs, journal, translations
- Summary
- Full film record is a research film project that focuses primarily on the daily life activities of the inhabitants of the subsistence agricultural Jyapu village of Thecho in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The edited film JYAPU: INDUSTRIOUS PRODUCTIVITY AS LIFESTYLE was produced from this footage
- Date
- 1978
- Creator
- Johnson, Barbara ethnocinematographer (1952- )
- filmmaker
- Dorjee, Ragpa
- Schecter, Steven
- Creator
- National Human Studies Film Center, Smithsonian Institution
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.1
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Newari Film Project 1980
- Notes
- title supplied by Archives staff (unpublished work) -- archival collection
- Supplementary materials: audio tapes, annotations, still photographs, field notes, camera logs, journal, translations
- Summary
- Full film record is a research project that focuses primarily on the household and agricultural subsistence activities among inhabitants of the Jyapu villages of Thecho and Thimi in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
- Date
- 1980
- Creator
- Johnson, Barbara ethnocinematographer (1952- )
- filmmaker
- Dorjee, Ragpa
- Schecter, Steven
- Creator
- National Human Studies Film Center, Smithsonian Institution
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.2
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Millennium: Tribal Wisdon and the Modern World ca. 1992
- Notes
- Title from credits (published work)--archival collection
- Outtakes from published work -- archival collection
- Supplementary materials: production logs
- Summary
- Television program is a series of ten programs hosted by Harvard anthropologist, David Maybury-Lewis that explores the values of other cultures with the intent to stimulate reflection on what the modern world can learn from tribal societies as we enter into the next millenniun
- Date
- ca 1992
- Local number
- HSFA 2012.13
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Newari Film Project, 1978 [supplied] 86.13.1-14 1978
- Summary
- Footage shot by Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; August 30, 3 to 5 PM, children playing in the Tawnany Tole courtyard. Older girls entertain themselves by walking with one girl's younger brother who is just learning to walk. A favorite activity of girls in their early teens is to entertain a crawling age baby. They talk about their siblings as "my little boy" and "your little girl" to each other. See camera log page 7, CR 40, for filmmaker's speculations about the engaging personalities of the children who have the benefit of older siblings who lavish this kind of attention on them. This footage includes a circle game and noisy group play, and ends with views of old men in the courtyard. August 31, 7 to 10 AM, courtyard early morning activities. Quiet vignettes show small fairly quiet groups of both children and adults before they go inside to eat the morning meal of rice. There is a shot of a bicycle belonging to a man named Bailal, son of the sister of the head of one of the better off households in the courtyard. Bailal and his wife occupy a poor back house off of the main house, presumably because his father, from another village, did not leave him any house or land. He holds a menial job in Kathmandu, and the bicycle is his means of transportation. Just before the shot of the bicycle was filmmed Bailal's cousin Godi, the only son of the head of the household, walked up to the bicycle, kicked it, and went inside his house and started yelling at someone outside, presumably Bailal. His yelling can be heard during l or 2 shots after the bicycle shot. Later film shows a group of children focusing around a pit openning activity. A girl in a gold color print dress had just done something to a little boy in the background to make him cry. Film shows a variety of touching and small interactions. September 1, more courtyard activities, a mother and girls in doorway pleasurably socializing, another mother, Tulushimaya, grooming one of her daughters in the open way house building in the center of the courtyard, children play with kites
- Date
- 1978
- filmmaker
- Johnson, Barbara
- Creator
- National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution
- project director
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.1-14
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Newari Film Project, 1978 [supplied] 86.13.1-16 1978
- Summary
- Footage shot by Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: September 4, mid morning and late afternoon; A group of boys antagonize a 5 year old boy. He makes an angry gesture, common among adults, with the back of his hand, but does not actually strike anyone. See filmmaker's camera log for CR46 for more background on the interaction with this boy. September 5 late afternoon, September 6 mid-morning, and September 13, early and late morning: A father sits in a doorway with his children; several boys play a hand slapping game, one boy holds a hand out as another boy pats it several times with the palms of both hands; some girls play jump rope as some boys play a pitching game with stones. Boys and girls often play separately. People gather around the water tap to wait for the water to be turned on. Mustard seed that has been drying in the sun is put in a sack. As their mother spreads mustard seed to dry on a mat two young children tie leaves, with holes cut in them for their eyes, on their faces with twine, imitating a masked dancer, a man masquerading as a witch figure, they had seen the evening before. An older woman uses a traditional kitchen utensil to cut a type of leaf stalk that will be eaten with the morning meal. A courtyard mother nurses her only child, a walking age little girl
- Date
- 1978
- filmmaker
- Johnson, Barbara
- Creator
- National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution
- project director
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.1-16
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives