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: National Air and Space Museum ArchivesNo Image Available
Harold Raskin World War II Diary and Images [Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) Landings on Iwo Jima] 1945-1946
- Notes
- Harold Raskin was born on June 20, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. Raskin was attending Brooklyn College when the United States entered World War II and Raskin enlisted in the Army Air Corps. Raskin was sent to Iwo Jima in March 1945 as part of the Army Airways Communications System, 7th AACS Wing Ground Control Approach (GCA) unit . As a part of this unit, Raskin assisted pilots in making Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) landings in times of zero visibility. During his time in Iwo Jima, Raskin kept a diary which he entitled, "Blind Landing on Iwo Jima." After the war, Raskin returned to Brooklyn College to complete his education and then he worked as a furniture salesman in his family's furniture store until his retirement in 1990. Harold Raskin died on June 12, 1996
- Summary
- This collection consists of a bound copy of Harold Raskin's typewritten diary kept during his time as part of the Army Airways Communications System, 7th AACS Wing Ground Control Approach (GCA) unit. The diary, entitled "Blind Landing on Iwo Jima," covers the dates January 2, 1945 to August 20, 1945. The collection also includes scans of 34 photographs and one document loaned to the Archives for copying by Harold Raskin's son, Donald Raskin. The images depict daily life and U.S. Army Air Forces operations in Iwo Jima during the period of 1945-1946. There are also aerial views of Iwo Jima and one scan of the operational log for the Army Airways Communications System, 7th AACS Wing Ground Control Approach (GCA) unit, dated April 3, 1945. Aircraft depicted in the images include the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345)
- Cite as
- Harold Raskin World War II Diary and Images [Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) Landings on Iwo Jima], Accession 2010-0029, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
- Date
- 1945
- 1945-1946
- 20th century
- Creator
- Raskin, Harold
- Local number
- 2010-0029
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum Archives
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Archives of American ArtNo Image Available
Harlem on My Mind exhibition records, 1966-2007
- Notes
- Allon Schoener (1926- ) is an independent curator and historian in New York, N.Y. and Los Angeles, Calif
- Summary
- The Harlem on My Mind exhibition records measure 3.0 linear feet and date from 1966-2007. The records contain exhibition and book files, correspondence, research material, printed material and photographs from the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition. Also included is material documenting additional exhibitions, conferences and events relating to the original exhibition
- Correspondence, 1967-2007, concerns all aspects of production and coordination of the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, the public's response to the controversial Candice Van Ellison catalog introduction, letters of support, the 10th Anniversary celebration, and a letter from U.S. Representative Charles B. Rangel
- Exhibition files for the original Harlem on Mind exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968-1969, include awards, budgets, construction and installation notes, floor plans, an installation log, invoices, notes, photographs, public relations, schedules, research, statistics, printed material and audio relating to the exhibition
- Harlem on My Mind exhibition re-creation files from 1978-2007 contain correspondence, project outline, and exhibition files including Harlem: USA/International Traveling Exhibition and Cultural Festival, 1985-1987; Columbia University Exhibition, 2006-2007; and I. P. Stanback Museum Exhibition, 2006-2007. Harlem on My Mind book files, 1967-2007, consist of correspondence, invoices, outline, permissions, royalty statements, notes and writings
- Conferences and events, 1978-2007, include: "Harlem: The Last Ten Years," International Center of Photography, 1978-1979; Post Modernism Conference, Brooklyn Academy of Music; "Global Cities," 1985-1992, Schomburg Conference, 1993-1999; "A Walk Through Harlem," Schomburg Center, 1999; "The (Un)making of the Black Cultural Mecca," the New School, 2003; "Harlem Displaced" and "Harlem in Our Eyes," Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, 1999-2006; and "Harlem Then and Now," Schomburg Center, 2007
- Printed material, 1968-2007, includes newspaper and magazine clippings, three editions of Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America 1900-1968 (1979, 1995 and 2007), and the book jacket for the 1968 edition
- Cite as
- Harlem on My Mind exhibition records, 1966-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Date
- 1966
- 1966-2007
- Creator
- Schoener, Allon
- Rangel, Charles B
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
- Subject
- Van Ellison, Candace
- Columbia University
- I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium
- Local number
- AAA
- Data Source
- Archives of American Art
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Archives of American ArtNo Image Available
Frances Wolfson Art Gallery records, 1973-1994
- Notes
- The Frances Wolfson Art Gallery was established in 1976 on the Mitchell Wolfson New World Center Campus of the Miami-Dade Community College. It focused on the art of the local Latino community, and served the needs of the College's arts and humanities' students
- Summary
- The bulk of the collection consists of exhibition files, 1977-1992 (4.5 ft.); also found are correspondence, business records, notes and printed material
- Exhibition files, 1977-1992, contain résumés, gallery correspondence, financial records, notes, typescripts, printed material, and photographs of art work and installations for 116 exhibitions. Among the solo exhibitions, represented with more than one folder of documentation are: Gordon Parks, Marilyn Gottlieb-Roberts, Leon Golub, Luis Frangella, Helen Stummer, Sue Coe, Nat Dean, James McGarrell, David Spitzer, and Pedro Mendez Mercado; several group shows with more than one folder include: Florida Artists See Themselves; New Figure Drawing: Twelve Latin American Artists; Florida Figures; Juan Downey, Ismael Frigerio, and Jorge Tacia; Venezuela: The Next Generation; The Rage of Children; Costa Rica Exhibition; South Florida Collective; Nereyda Garcia Ferraz, Sylvia Gruner, and Eugenia Vargas-Daniels; Juan Carlos Garcia-Lavin, Jose Iraola, and Luis Marin; and The Belgian Boom
- General gallery correspondence, 1976-1994, primarily consists of letters concerning proposed exhibitions which were never executed, with artists including Mario Bencomo, Luis Cruz-Azaceta, and Lila Katzen. Correspondence files, 1982-1989, consist of letters exchanged with 3 Miami organizations: Cultural Executives Council, Inc., InterAmerican Art Gallery, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Business records, 1981-1993, consist of annual reports, personnel records, travel records, a telephone log, Miami-Dade Community College Foundation accounts, invoices from Worldwide Books, and miscellaneous financial records
- Notes, 1973-1987, include various artists' resumes, including those of Michael Chisolm, Larry Day, and Jane Piper
- Date
- 1973
- 1973-1994
- 20th century
- Creator
- Frances Wolfson Art Gallery
- Bencomo, Mario 1953-
- Azaceta, Luis Cruz 1942-
- Katzen, Lila
- Subject
- McGarrell, James 1930-
- Coe, Sue 1951-
- Frangella, Luis 1944-1990
- Méndez Mercado, Pedro 1902-1990
- Parks, Gordon 1912-2006
- Gottlieb-Roberts, Marilyn Patricia 1939-
- Spitzer, David D
- Golub, Leon 1922-2004
- Local number
- aaa
- Data Source
- Archives of American Art
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Archives of American ArtNo Image Available
Emilio Sanchez papers, 1922-2012
- Notes
- Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) was a painter from New York, N.Y
- Summary
- The Emilio Sanchez papers comprise 5 linear feet of material dating from 1922 to 1980 and an additional 11.1 linear feet dating from 1949-2012. The papers contain biographical information, correspondence, photographs, artwork, subject files, printed material, scrapbooks, and records from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation
- Biographical information about Sanchez; letters from galleries and museums recording business transactions; letters from friends; photographs of his artwork and places he visited for inspiration; personal photographs; sketches; exhibition catalogs, announcements, and reviews; clippings; and calendars
- A large number of sketchbooks and sketches provide rich documentation of Sanchez's artistic development and his working methods, particularly from the 1950s to the 1970s. Many of the sketches have detailed notations about aspects of an image that Sanchez wanted to recall and capture in his work. Photographs also provide insight into the architecture and landscapes that provided sources of inspiration for Sanchez
- ADDITION: Biographical material includes address books, birth certificates, naturalization documents, and family-related documents. Correspondence is personal and professional and is with family, friends and museums. Writings are personal and include a log book and a typed transcription (possibly incomplete). Photographs are of Sanchez, his family, works of art, and source subjects for works of art, as well as CD-Roms of works of art. Some photographs assembled by Hugh Harrison, long-time friend of the Sanchez. Works of art include 10 sketchbooks and loose sketches. Also included are a drawing and 4 prints by Estrella Fonts, Sanchez's mother. Subject files include a print register, appraisals, mailing lists, and consignments. Printed material includes exhibition announcements and clippings. Also included are 3 scrapbooks, 2000-2012, that chronicle the history of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation's activities, including press releases, photographs, and exhibition-related material and hard drives of the foundation's databases in Filemaker format
- Cite as
- Emilio Sanchez papers, 1922-2012. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Date
- 1922
- 1922-2012
- 20th century
- Creator
- Sanchez, Emilio 1921-1999
- Fonts, Estrella
- Local number
- AAA
- Data Source
- Archives of American Art
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Archives of American ArtNo Image Available
David Shaner papers, 1937-2007, bulk 1968-1998
- Notes
- David Shaner (1934-2002) was a ceramist in Bigfork, Mont
- Summary
- The papers of ceramicist David Shaner measure 2.8 linear feet and date from 1937-2007, with the bulk of the material from 1968-1998. Shaner's career as a ceramicist in Big Fork, Mont., is documented through scattered correspondence, subject files, studio working files, writings and notes by Shaner and others, exhibition catalogs and other printed material, and photographs
- Scattered correspondence includes letters, cards, and postcards. Correspondence is primarily with friends and colleagues, but also includes a few letters from galleries and art organizations. Subject files document Shaner's activities as a professional ceramicist. The majority of the files are for art galleries, but also found are files are for studio equipment, supply companies, and professional organizations. Files may include correspondence, agreements, invoices, price lists, receipts, and press releases
- Shaner's studio working files consist of glaze formulas, his kiln log notebook, plans, and kiln documentation. Also found are his studio notes, lists, formulas, manuals, and guides for various ceramic processes and tools. A series of writings and notes consist of notes by Shaner, including notes for his artist's statement, as well as draft manuscripts, lectures, and essays by others on the topic of ceramics
- Printed material includes articles documenting David Shaner's career, exhibition announcements and catalogs for exhibits of Shaner's work, and various publications about ceramics. A small number of photographs found within this collection depict kilns and kiln building events, unidentified artists and studio spaces, and artwork. Included is one photograph of David Shaner
- Cite as
- David Shaner papers, 1937-2007, bulk 1968-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Date
- 1937
- 1937-2007
- bulk 1968-1998
- Creator
- Shaner, David 1934-
- Local number
- AAA
- Data Source
- Archives of American Art
- 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
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Human Studies Film ArchivesNo Image Available
Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India, 1978 86.13.4-7OP 4/25/1979
- 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 doorway, wall of piled boxes covered in colorful cloth, columns on opposite side in red; 3 woman bowing to shrine with statue of monk and a structure (temple?) with a spire next to a bowl of
(barley wheat); 4-7 monks in a row, monk in foreground reading as other monk with white mask leans over the first monk; 8-9 man in tan hat infront of shrine with structure of small temple(?) with spire and statue of monk, man praying; 10-12 woman with gray cap leaing (offering) at feet of monk statue; 14 statue of monk with red hat and red robe; 15 same as 4-7; 16-19 man in tan hat bowing and leaving torma at feet of monk statue; 20 two men in (main prayer room of monastery) between two columns, line of monks reading and sitting in foreground; 21 man standing between columns in dukang, holding can; 22 man giving monk the can in room with shrine of statue of monk and other of Buddha; 24 woman in (turquoise head piece) infront of shrine with butter sculptures; man bending over in foreground; 25 old woman in peyrak praying, man bending over in background; 26 woman in tall hat and goatskin shawl bowing to statue of Buddha surrounded by buttersculpture; 27 man in white cap with boy in tan cap and baby on his back, red columns in background; 30-36 group of people infront of shrine praying, woman in tall hat with man and three children
- Date
- 1978
- 4/25/1979
- Creator
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.4-7OP
- 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 86.13.4-11OP 4/25/1979
- 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 large white buildings, line of men fromthe door down an allwy standing and waiting; monk walking in twos past line of men throught alley; 3-4 monks with red hats playing
(long horns) and (horns) walking down an allwy, followed by monks without hats, then people following; 5 monks at bottom of alley with line of men; 6 large line of men and monks from doorway to bottom of alley; 7-8 men in alley bowig to the monks with line of men behind them; 10 men by white building bowing to monks; 14-16 men bowing to monks and monks blessing them with white scarves; 17 crowd of people, women in (turquoise hats), all praying; 18 woman bending over putting toddler on her back; 19-20 woman with toddler on her back walking; 21 old woman in peyrak and goatskin shawl talking to woman in tall hat holding baby and has a backet on her back; 22 woman with peyrak walking past white wall; 23 woman with baby walking, man in tan cap in foreground; 24-25 woman in peyrak carrying baby sucking on thumb and backet on her back; 26 crowd of people in courtyard with monks infront, all sitting on ground; 27-29 monk on throne at head of courtyard on patio, heads of monks in foreground; 30-31 monk in shade on throne 32-36 monks
- Date
- 1978
- 4/25/1979
- Creator
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.4-11OP
- 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 86.13.4-1OP "D"
- Notes
- title derived from name of project (unpublished work)--archival collection
- field notes and logs
- Summary
- Slide photographs shot in Lamayuru Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1-6 woman bowing t wall of boxes coverd in colored cloth; 8-11 door outside from dark room t stripe painted wall with yellow and red; 12 3 men sitting in corner of courtyard next to aaa pot and a yellow and red striped wall; 13 painting of buddhist diety wearing red and holding a guitar with green and blue clouds behing him; 14 monk with painting of diety on courtyard wall; 15 two women, one in
(turquoise hat) with a baby, other in a tall hat next to a little girl in courtyard; 16 woman in tall hat behind girl in cap who is talking to a man in a red robe; 17 woman with tall hat and basket on her back, little girl next to her in courtyard; 18 two women in tall hats, one with a basket n her back in courtyard; 19 close up of boy monk; 21 woman in peyrak holding a baby in courtyard; 22 man in tall cap on balcony, looking up fro coutyard; 23 boy in blue cap leaning against yellow wall that is painted with striped in corner; 24 two monks on rooftop playing (horns) infront of white washed wall; 25-26 boy walking through ornately painted doorway; 27-28 boy laughing in background, shoulder of man in grey foreground; 29 man in grey, boy looking around him, both infront of painted wall; 30 man carrying baby descending stairs into doorway on red painted wall; 31-32 boy; 33 old woman in goatskin shawl next to a man; 34-37 two women with two little girls and a baby walking through an ornately painted door
- Date
- 1978
- D
- Creator
- Sorenson, E. Richard
- Local number
- HSFA 86.13.4-1OP
- Data Source
- Human Studies Film Archives