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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Typical negro home -- log cabin with stick chimney -- in the turpentine region, North Carolina. [Active No. 5663 : stereo interpositive.]
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.10 [29]
- Orig. no. 4451
- Date
- 1900
- 1910
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 20599
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Archives of American Gardens
[Kenilworth Gardens] [slide]: log cabin from path in front
- Date
- 2000
- 2000 Jun
- photographer
- Gaylord, Robinson
- Local number
- NC047009
- Data Source
- Archives of American Gardens
A humble but happy negro home down South in Dixie Land, North Carolina. 5660 interpositive
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.10 [29]
- Date
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 20597
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Field Book RegistryNo Image Available
Record book labeled "Log, fishes taken at Beaufort, NC, June-September 1912"
- Abstract
- The record book records a variety of fish taken at Beaufort, North Carolina, June 12 -September 1912, kept by Lewis Radcliffe, Wm. J. Crozier and Selig Hecht, Bureau of Fisheries Laboratory. Data recorded includes date, notes on weather and conditions, place where caught, manner of capture, name of specimen, sex, measurements, stomach contents and remarks. Indexed by species. Begins with a template for specimen entries. Entries are arranged by date. Notes are sometimes extensive and discuss purpose of location visits, and details about specimen collecting, and location. Includes pasted inserts with graph. Locations in North Carolina include Beaufort County, Fort Macon, Newport River, and Pivers Island.
- Date Range
- 1912
- Start Date
- 19120612
- End Date
- 19130930
- Alternate Title
- Log, "Fishes Taken at Beaufort N.C...1913"
- Accession #
- SIA RU007184
- Data Source
- Field Book Registry
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Field Book RegistryNo Image Available
Record book labeled "Log, record of fishes taken in Beaufort region during 1913, Marine Biological Laboratory, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Beaufort, NC"
- Abstract
- The record book labeled "Log, Record of fishes taken in Beaufort region during 1913. Marine Biological Laboratory, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Beaufort, N. C." records a variety of fish collected across North Carolina. Entries are arranged by date. Information recorded includes date, location, collector, species, measurements, remarks, some photographs of a shark specimen and notes concerning fish trade. Indexed by species. January 22-November 1913, May-August 1914. Details of notes include descriptions of people with whom collectors worked, schools of fish observed, locations where collected and situations surrounding some collecting events. Locations noted in North Carolina include Pivers Island, Harkers Island, Bird Island, Newport River, and North River.|Includes loose inserts.
- Date Range
- 1913
- Start Date
- 19130122
- End Date
- 19130831
- Alternate Title
- Log, Fishes Taken at Beaufort, N.C...1913"
- Accession #
- SIA RU007184
- Data Source
- Field Book Registry
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Smithsonian Institution LibrariesNo Image Available
Steam navigation in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina waters, 1826-1836; continuing the record of the steamboats of the lower Chesapeake, Hampton Roads, James River and Albemarle Sound areas, which was carried through its first decade in [the compiler's] The steam-boat comes to Norfolk Harbor, and the log of the first ten years, 1815-1925. Compiled from the files of the Norfolk & Portsmouth Herald and the American Beacon, 1949
- Date
- 1950
- 1950]
- Author
- Emmerson, John Cloyd 1891-
- Call number
- VM624.V5 E5X
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.
Pheretima heterochaeta (Michaelsen)
- Specimen Count
- 11
- Record Last Modified
- 10 Jan 2013
- Collection Date
- 1925
- Microhabitat Description
- Under logs and stones
- Collector
- R. E. Coker
- Accession Number
- 125921
- USNM Number
- 29708
- Data Source
- NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Archives of American Gardens
[Capt. W. T. Weaver Garden] [slide]: playhouse
- Notes
- "Here also is the stone foundation of Captain Weaver's house built c. 1895. The stone foundations were used to edge a formal garden now mostly grown over. Between the present house and the outbuildings is a charming log playhouse, constructed in 1906."
- Date
- 1997
- 1997 July 28
- photographer
- Humphries, C
- Local number
- NC022014
- Data Source
- Archives of American Gardens
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.No Image Available
Untitled Object
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Site Number
- CA18
- Record Last Modified
- 11 Jun 2004
- Collection Date
- 3 Oct 1968
- Collector
- Dr. Jack W. Pierce
- USNM Number
- SD7454
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.No Image Available
Untitled Object
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Site Number
- CA18
- Record Last Modified
- 11 Jun 2004
- Collection Date
- 3 Oct 1968
- Collector
- Dr. Jack W. Pierce
- USNM Number
- SD7454
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
