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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Rotting Logs
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- 620
- Video Title
- Rotting Logs
- Description
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- Video Duration
- 354 seconds
- Uploaded
- 2008-08-11T23:38:05.000Z
- Metadata Updated
- 2013-05-03T18:10:31.000Z
- Creator
- Smithsonian Institution
- YouTube Channel
- SmithsonianVideos
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Institution
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Smithsonian Institution ArchivesNo Image Available
Negative Log Books, 1959-1999, 2008
- Summary
- This accession consists of the negative log books, or "green books," of the Smithsonian Photographic Services. Information in the books include negative numbers, subjects of the photographs, persons and departments for whom the pictures were taken, dates the pictures were taken, photographers, and dates the information was entered into the log books. The folder list includes the date range the photographs were taken and the negative numbers found in each log in parentheses. Also included are two microfilm ledgers, project information for transcribing the log books into an electronic database, and a listing of the motion picture film in cold storage with digital images of the films. Some materials are in electronic format
- Date
- 1959
- 1959-2008
- 1959-1999, 2008
- Creator
- Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Photographic Services
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution Office of Imaging, Printing, and Photographic Services
- Smithsonian Institution Office of Printing and Photographic Services
- Smithsonian Institution Office of Imaging and Photographic Services
- Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Photographic Services
- Local number
- SIA Acc. 10-001
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Smithsonian Institution ArchivesNo Image Available
Log Books, circa 1903-1904, 1907-1908, 1936 and undated
- Summary
- This record unit consists of log books containing a daily record of work performed and specimens received for preparation, 1903-1904, 1907-1908; and instructions for preparing specimens written by USNM taxidermist William L. Brown, circa 1936
- Date
- 1903
- 1903-1936
- circa 1903-1904, 1907-1908, 1936 and undated
- Creator
- United States National Museum Taxidermist
- Subject
- Brown, William L
- Local number
- SIA RU000433
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
Radio Log
- Description (Brief)
- A small, two-ring notebook with pages containing an index of cities alphabetically listed. The radio station call letters are with the cities and there is room for notations next to each city. The front cover is ivory pearlescent celluloid laminated to brown. The back cover is heavy black celluloid. An image of a radio microphone is on the front, as well as the words, "Radio Log." It is unmarked.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- after 1920
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.0914
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.0914
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Radio log
- Description (Brief)
- Radio Log with celluloid cover. The front cover is red, with an applied relief of a bird. The back cover is black. The pages are paper, with call letters and cities for various radio stations. The book is bound at top by two black rings.
- date made
- ca 1930
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1367
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1367
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Logging Team
- Description
- William Queor created this piece to memorialize the logging industry around the turn of the century. In the early days of logging there were few roads and railroads to transport the logs. Workers did most of the cutting in the winter, because the icy conditions made it easier to move the wood. Queor’s sculpture shows two horses pulling a sled full of logs bound for the river where, in the spring, the wood will be floated downstream to the mill.
- Date
- after 1970
- Artist
- William Queor, born NY 1910-died Saint Lawrence, NY 1980
- Object number
- 1986.65.262A-C
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Log Coffin
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 19 Sep 2011
- Accession Date
- 1949-May-02
- Donor Name
- American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
- Arnhem Land Expedition
- Frank M. Setzler
- Accession Number
- 178294
- USNM Number
- E387534-0
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Logging Camp
- Date
- n.d.
- Artist
- Solon H. Borglum, born Ogden, UT 1868-died Stamford, CT 1922
- Object number
- 1971.446.42
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Logging Camp
- Date
- n.d.
- Artist
- Solon H. Borglum, born Ogden, UT 1868-died Stamford, CT 1922
- Object number
- 1971.446.44
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Logged Mountains
- Date
- ca. 1935-1943
- Artist
- Morris Graves, born Fox Valley, OR 1910-died Loleta, CA 2001
- Object number
- 1971.447.33
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
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