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
Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India, 1978 86.13.3-68OP 7/28/1978 (1:37pm)
- Notes
- title derived from name of project (unpublished work)--archival collection
- field notes and logs
- Summary
- Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1-7 boy monk bending over two monks table, serving food out of pot to the first monk; 9-17 boy monk serving second monk out of pot in shadow; 19-20 boy picking up pot and moving away fromthe monks; 21-22 boy ladling soup out of pot; 23-32 boy monk serving old monk soup out of pot on the floor; 34-35 boy standing infront of the two older monks; 36-37 same as 23-32; 38 same as 34-35
- Date
- 1978
- 7/28/1978 137pm
- Creator
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.3-68OP
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India, 1978 86.13.3-73OP 7/28/1978 (6:40pm)
- Notes
- title derived from name of project (unpublished work)--archival collection
- field notes and logs
- Summary
- Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1-8 peole walking along road at bottom of hillside on road; 9-17 people coming over edge of hill on road in llins on bottom of hillside; 18 boy on road; 19 same as 9-17; 20-21 woman walking in road wearing
(turqouise and black head piece); 22 girl in goatskin shawl walking on road; 23-25 woman wearing peyrak; 26 man in tall hat; 27-29 same as 23-25; 32 exposed; 33-34 mountains and valley with possible monastery on hill; 35 buildings on road in row, graduated sizes
- Date
- 1978
- 7/28/1978 640pm
- Creator
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.3-73OP
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India, 1978 86.13.3-27OP 7/22/1978 (5:30pm)
- Notes
- title derived from name of project (unpublished work)--archival collection
- field notes and logs
- Summary
- Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1-2 boy monk in black with red sash; 3-21 boy monk smiling and talking, lifts his hand and imitates
(hand gestures); 22-23 boy lookgin at camera, wearing purple; 24 older monks standing at waist high counter top with cloth hanging down, talking; 25-26 boy monk infront of wall painting and beside column, he has his hand and arm raised against the column; 27-28 same as 24; 29 boy monk; 30 boy monk wearing red and leaning against column; 31 monks in ( main prayer room) sitting in row; 33 boy monks on rooftop looking at valley; 34 boy monk carrying kettle of tea
- Date
- 1978
- 7/22/1978 530pm
- Creator
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.3-27OP
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India, 1978 86.13.3-34OP 7/24/1978 (3:30pm)
- Notes
- title derived from name of project (unpublished work)--archival collection
- field notes and logs
- Summary
- Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers1-2 man leveling the
(barley wheat) in the (smaller wooden box measure) 3 boy monk facing away from camera; 4-5 boy monk faving camera infront of painted wall; 6-9 boy monk with another boy monk horsing around infront of painted wall; 10-12 close up of boy monk; 13-24 man sifting tsampa throught filter; 25 older monk looking down; 26-27 boy being messed with by other boy monk; 28-34 boy monk smiling and standint next to a column; 35-38 man sifting tsampa through a filter
- Date
- 1978
- 7/24/1978 330pm
- Creator
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.3-34OP
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India, 1978 86.13.3-76OP 7/31/1978 (6:30pm)
- Notes
- title derived from name of project (unpublished work)--archival collection
- field notes and logs
- Summary
- Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers1-2 monks sitting on ledge of patio outside of
(main prayer room) 3-4 monks coming down stairs infront of dukang; 5-17 monsk congregating in courtyard infront of dukang; 18-22 green field of valley with mountains behind them; 24 rooftop of monks with prayer flags hanging; 25-26 buildings in valley; 27 valley and hillside with buildings; 28-31 rooftop of monastery with monks talking; 32-33 valley with buildings; 34 smiling man; 35 man in blue shirt infront of white buildings; 36 stone courtyard with man walking through it
- Date
- 1978
- 7/31/1978 630pm
- Creator
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.3-76OP
- 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
Kuvale Research Film 1971
- Notes
- Supplementary materials: sound recordings, annotation, filming logs
- title supplied by Archives staff (unpublished work) -- archival collection
- Summary
- Full film record documenting the pastoralist Kuvale people of the Mocamedes Desert, Mbambi region, southwestern Angola. Footage documents the organization of Kuvale homesteads and styles of dress and adornment. Various leisure, child-rearing, and domestic activities include: hairdressing, women grinding grain and milking cows, men butchering animals, and prepartion of meals
- Date
- 1971
- ethnographer
- Gibson, Gordon D (Gordon Davis) 1915-2007
- Local number
- HSFA 83.5.5
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Bylakuppe, South India 1980
- Notes
- Title derived from name of project (unpublished work)--archival collection
- Supplementary materials: still photographs, sound recordings, camera logs, field notes, journals, correspondence
- Summary
- Full film record is a research film project documenting the Heruka, Drupa, and Mandup ceremonies and
dancing as practiced at the Tibetan Buddhist monastaries of Nyingmapa, Tashi Lunpo, and Gyumed in south India. Footage also documents a Tibetan opera performed by the Tibetan Drama and Dance Troupe
- Date
- 1980
- Creator
- Dorjee, Ragpa Tibetan ethnocinematographer (1956- )
- filmmaker
- Maloney, M. Michael
- Creator
- National Human Studies Film Center, Smithsonian Institution
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.10
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Marshall !Kung Expedition V, 1956 1956
- Notes
- 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 was sponsored by the Harvard Peabody Museum and the Smithsonian Institution. Footage documents ambient life in Nyae-Nyae and at Etosha National Park in Namibia, featuring large game, wild-fowl, and plant-life. Inlcuded are shot of gum collection by Ju/'hoan gathers. Footage was primarily shot by Laurence Marshall (John Marshall was not a member of this expedition)
- Date
- 1956
- Creator
- Marshall, John ethnographic filmmaker (1932-2005 )
- Local number
- HSFA 83.11.5
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India, 1978 86.13.3-5OP 7/18/1978 (3:15pm)
- Notes
- title derived from name of project (unpublished work)--archival collection
- field notes and logs
- Summary
- Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1 woman washing child in small stream; 2-16 woman washing baby, picking him up, baby walking towards her, white washed building behind her; 17-20 zoom in on woman washing baby in little stream; 21-25 man walking two mules with blankets ontheir backs into shade other mans head out of focus in foreground; 26-28 art, differeint painting of monks with legs crossed with their hands infront of them; 29-30 monks painting with 20 monks in lines on wall with legs crossed, old painting; 31 wall painting of dieties of 4 figures; 32-33 carved and painted blue and other colors doorway with seperate carving infront of and above doorway of animals; 34 carving of diety with multiple tiers of faces painted blue; 36-37 boy opening and standing inthe door described in #32-33; 38 boy closing door
- Date
- 1978
- 7/18/1978 315pm
- Creator
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.3-5OP
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives