Librarian
Anthony Sanchez
Contact:
Main Library A206
520-621-4926
Primary sources
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UA Special Collections - Arizona-Sonora Documents OnlineArizona-Sonora Documents Online provides web access to digital images of archival collections relating to Sonora, Mexico.
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UA Special Collections - Arizona, Southwestern, and Borderlands Photograph Collection OnlineThis collection contains photographs, from various sources, of Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico including places, people, events and activities, and dating from about 1875 to the present.
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UA Special Collections - Morales de Escárgera Collection OnlineThe Morales de Escárcega Collection includes over 2000 books, just under 80 broadsides and manuscripts, as well as some photographs. Included in this digital collection are the manuscripts and broadsides included in the collection dedicated to Mexican history.
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UA Special Collections - Raul Castro Papers OnlineThe Raul H. Castro Papers document his career in public service from his election as a Pima County judge in 1958 through three U.S. ambassadorships (El Salvador 1964-1968, Bolivia 1968-1969, and Argentina 1977-1980) as well as the governorship of Arizona (1974-1977).
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UA Special Collections - BorderlandsThese collections document the region's culture and history, from colonial period to present, including accounts of Native Americans and their ancestors, the impact of Spanish and Mexican settlement, and the influx of Americans and others into the region during the 19th century.
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UA Special Collections - Arizona & SouthwestThese collections document the region’s culture and history, including accounts of Native Americans, the impact of Spanish and Mexican settlement, and the influx of other groups into the region from the 19th century onwards.
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Arte Publico Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1Find historical content pertaining to U.S. Hispanic history, literature and culture from colonial times until 1960. The content is in Spanish (80%) and English (20%), and is searchable in both languages. Materials are drawn from the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project.
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Mexican Heritage ProjectThe rich photographic collection of over 4000 images assembled by the Mexican Heritage Project has been accessible to researchers at Arizona Historical Society as individual photos since the mid 1980s.
Oral histories
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Chicano Movement Oral HistoriesView video online histories of Chicano Movement leaders in Washington State.
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Chicano Movement SacramentoVideo oral histories of the Chicano Movement in Sacramento.
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Tejano VoicesAudio oral histories and transcripts of leaders and activists in Texas interviewed by Jose Angel Gutierrez. Not all the collection is available online but transcripts are available from the University of Arlington Library Special Collections.
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Guide to the San José State University Chicano Oral History CollectionA shelflist of oral histories at San Jose State University.
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Betita Martinez -Voice of Feminism Oral History Project (PDF Transcript)A text based transcript of an oral history from Betita Martinez.
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Latina and Latino History Oral Histories (UCLA)Topics include Central Americans in California, Latinos in film, music, politics, Mexican American Civil Rights and the Sleepy Lagoon Case.
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Mexican-American Oral History ProjectIn 1975 the Minnesota Historical Society began a two-year Mexican-American History Project under the direction of Ramedo J. Saucedo to collect oral histories.