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
Brazil, Tocantins Region (Craho) -- Ritual Relay Races with Heavy Logs 1949
- Notes
- Title from credits (published work)--study collection
- Supplementary materials: German language study guide
- Summary
- Edited film: demonstrates the art of relay running with logs between two Craho men, and then between two groups of women. The last relay is a male race with especially heavy logs. The event culminates in a ceremonial dance and prayer
- Date
- 1949
- Local number
- HSFA 2006.2.871
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Film Studies of Traditional Indian Life in Brazil: Canela, 1975 [supplied] 86.13.31 1975
- Notes
- Supplementary materials: 2,3,4,6
- Summary
- Full film record was created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution and was filmed among the Canela Indians, a Ge speaking tribe in northeastern Brazil. Research film project concentrates on socialization of children. Footage also contains daily life activities including food preparation, cultivation, hunting, grooming, and playing soccer. An initiation of boys with accompanying celebrations and log racing, Wild Boar day, and a funeral were also filmed
- Date
- 1975
- Creator
- Crocker, William Henry 1924- anthropologist
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.31
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Film Studies of Traditional Indian Life in Brazil: Canela 1979
- Notes
- Title derived from name of project (unpublished work) -- archival collection
- Supplementary materials: photographs, journals, camera logs
- Summary
- Full film record was shot by Steven Schecter, employee of the National Human Studies Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, in collaboration with anthropologist William Crocker, of the Canela Indians, a Ge speaking tribe in northeastern Brazil. Research film project, directed by anthropologist E. Richard Sorenson, concentrates on interactions of children and infants with parents and siblings and children with other children in various settings. Footage also contains daily life activities including food preparation and distribution, doing bead work, hunting, preparing manioc, grooming, making and cooking meat pies, and collecting honey and a funeral
- Date
- 1979
- Creator
- Schecter, Steven ethnocinematographer
- Crocker, William Henry 1924- anthropologist
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.32
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Luther Metke at 94 1979
- Notes
- title from credits (published work)--archival collection
- Supplementary materials: audio tapes, still photographs, production files, correspondence, promotional materials and press clippings
- Summary
- Edited documentary film presents a portrait of Luther Metke, a Spanish American War veteran, poet, philosopher, and log-cabin maker, aged 94 at the time of filming. In voice over narration drawn from interviews, Metke recites his own poetry and talks about his life and his philosophy. Includes footage of Metke building a six-sided cabin, being interviewed by a local TV news station, and visiting with his family. Historical and family photographs are used to illustrate events from Metke's past. Co-directed by Jorge Preloran and Steve Raymen. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in 1980
- Cite as
- Courtesy of Jorge Preloran
- Date
- 1979
- Creator
- Preloran, Jorge 1933-2009
- Local number
- HSFA 2007.10.43
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
In Communion with the Spirits 1972 3 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 tribal people in Columbia who paint while hallucinating
- Date
- 1972
- Local number
- HSFA 2004.10.10
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
The Yanomamo Tribes in War and Peace 1974 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 doucments the daily life and rites of the Yanomamo living in Venezuela
- Date
- 1974
- Local number
- HSFA 2004.10.37
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Survival in the Amazon Jungle ca. 1978 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 follows three Ynomamo Indians who are on the edge of survival
- Date
- ca 1978
- Local number
- HSFA 2004.10.31
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Brazil, Tocantins Region (Craho) -- Hunting Expedition of Two Ceremonial Groups 1959
- Notes
- Title from credits (published work)--study collection
- Supplementary materials: German language study guide
- Summary
- Edited film: participants in the hunt separate into two groups in the field, and two camps of simple huts are established. The hunt begins after the morning meal; the kill is prepared by the women and is divided among all of the hunters. Near the end of the expedition, the male youths begin a log relay race
- Date
- 1959
- Local number
- HSFA 2006.2.879
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
In Search of the Unknown Amazon Tribe 1976 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 an expedition trying to have first contact with an unknown tribe
- Date
- 1976
- Local number
- HSFA 2004.10.12
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Jungle Warriors of the Amazon 1973-1974 Man TV
- 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 (NAV) was originally produced for Japanese audiences and later modified and released in an English language version. This film was shot during four expeditions over a 16 month period the Kamayura, Waura, Txkahamais of the Matto Grosso, Brazil. Filmed are a mock battle between the Kamayura and Wauras to appease the spirits of the war dead which includes masked men collecting foods to entertain guests, wrestling matches between males, and exchange of goods; hunting tortoises, monkeys and tapirs; rainy season festival; and gathering and cooking of "mandioca" (manioc) and catching and eating ants
- Date
- 1973-1974
- Local number
- HSFA 2004.10.14
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives