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Jan & Carl Seale Sheet Music: Bird Songs, Jan Seale, Carl Seale

Lower Rio Grande Valley Curated Material

Mourning Dove -- Roadrunner -- Drinking a cardinal -- Gold-fronted woodpecker -- A prayer concerning chachalaca -- In late day.

Chamber music (vocal and instrumental). Voice, piano and flute, six songs. Also on CD: 4 and 4a. Text by: Jan Epton Seale.

[Vet] Veterans Day 2023, Special Collections & Archives, Shannon Pensa

Library Display Posters

UTRGV Special Collections & Archives presents an an annual poster exhibit honoring the service and sacrifice of military service veterans of the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

This year's digital poster exhibit features information about the historic changes in the U.S. armed forces as well as profiles for valley veterans, including: Richard E. Cavazos, Dr. Eloisa Tamez, Pedro Cano, Maria Osorio, Ruth M. Abney, Eugene Gutierrez, Angela Burton, Herbert Pike, and Edgar Hernandez.

Learn more about Special Collections & Archives resources on the history of military service in the Valley by visiting our research guide.

The Scramble For Africa And The Conquest Of The Congo, Adam Hochchild

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

Adam Hochschild writes frequently about issues of human rights and social justice. The latest of his eleven books is American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, which won the Gold Medal for Nonfiction of the 2023 California Book Awards. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion. 1914-1918. His Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves was a finalist for …

American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, And Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, Adam Hochschild

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

Book Talk

In American Midnight, award-winning historian Adam Hochschild reassesses the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were threatened by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration, and the rights of labor. American Midnight brings alive the horrifying yet inspiring four years following the U.S. entry into the First World War, spotlighting forgotten repression while celebrating an unforgettable set of Americans who strove to fix their fractured country showing how their struggles still guide us today.

Crossing The Line: Mexican Children Making The Border 1900-1930, Yolanda Chavez Leyva

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

Dr. Yolanda Chávez Leyva is a Chicana/ fronteriza historian and writer who was born and raised on the border. She is of Rarámuri descent and honors her grandmother Canuta Ruacho. She is the Director of the Institute of Oral History and Associate Professor in the Department of History at UTEP. She is also the lead historian for the first-ever Bracero Museum (funded by the Mellon Foundation) slated to open in Socorro, Texas in 2024. She has spent her life listening to and now documenting the lives of people who live on la frontera. Professor Leyva specializes in border history, public …

Sick From Freedom: The Untold Story Of A Smallpox Epidemic Among Formerly Enslaved People, Jim Downs

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

Emancipated from slavery, former bondspeople entered into an environment in which more soldiers died from disease than from battle. This talk explores the high rate of illness and mortality that devastated formerly enslaved people during the Civil War and Reconstruction. In particular, it provides the first analysis of the smallpox epidemic that began in Washington, DC in 1862 and then spread to the Lower South in 1863 and Mississippi Valley in 1864-65. By 1865, the epidemic plagued the entire South and began to move west and infected Native Americans on reservations. Due to the unexpected and inordinate mortality, the federal …

Borderlands Research In Spanish, Mexican, And Texas Archives, Armando C. Alonzo

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

Dr. Armando Alonzo will speak to UTRGV students in Dr. Jamie Starling’s HIST 6325: Seminar in Borderlands History course as well as students from HIST 3300, HIST 3333, and HIST 4399. Interested faculty are also invited to attend. Dr. Alonzo’s presentation will focus on researching the South Texas Borderlands in Spanish, Mexican, and Texas archives as well as the challenges of studying the region’s earlier Spanish colonial era and Native American history. A native of the Rio Grande Valley, Dr. Alonzo received his M.A. degree in history in 1983 from what was then the University of Texas – Pan American, …

[Whm] Herstory: Women's History Month 2023, Shannon Pensa, The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Library Display Posters

HerStory is a digital presentation created for Women's History Month 2023 using collection materials from UTRGV University Library Special Collections & Archives and resources from other regional and digital archives.

An Unhealthy Obsession: Understanding Russian Views Of Ukraine, Faith Hillis

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

Faith Hillis is Professor of Russian History at the University of Chicago. She is particularly interested in nineteenth and twentieth century politics, culture, and ideas. She is the author of Children of Rus’: Right Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation (Cornell, 2013) and Utopia’s Discontents: Russian Exiles and the Quest for Freedom, 1830 1930 (Oxford, 2021). The latter work was awarded the 2022 Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize from ASEEES, which recognizes the most important contribution in any discipline of Slavic studies. The recipient of research fellowships at Columbia, Harvard, and the Cullman Center for Scholars and …

Borderlands Course Reader, Volume One, Jamie Starling

Open Educational Resources

This collection compiles primary source documents and narratives from the present-day U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Region from c.1500 to 1865. The collection is designed for use with U.S. History and Mexican American surveys as well as Texas history and U.S.-Mexico Borderlands history courses. A few documents are abridged or excerpted from longer sources. All sources contain a citation or link to a source at the foot of the document. Documents span from indigenous accounts and sources of early contact through the late Spanish colonial period, era of Mexican independence, U.S. expansion and the American Civil War.

Sharyland (View Book), John H. Shary

John H. Shary Collection

From the inside cover "The following views are faithful reproductions of genuine photographs of some of the many objects of interest to be seen on the John H. Shary Subdivision and other points of in the Lower Rio Grande Valley."

View book contains 40 pages printed in black and white with brief captions (left) and photographs (right).

Remembering Conquest In Texas, Omar Valerio-Jimenez

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

This presentation draws from Dr. Valerio-Jimenez's larger project, Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship, which explores the influence of collective memories of the U.S.-Mexico War (1846-48) on struggles for social change among Mexican Americans. It examines the collective memories disseminated among ethnic Mexicans through families, publications, and organizations. These memories offered alternative views of the war that not only challenged the dominant versions, but were invoked by Mexican Americans to remind the nation of the war's continuing legacies. The war instigated immediate intergroup conflict between European Americans and ethnic Mexicans that bore long-term effects by shaping the ways that …

[Vet] We Salute The Veterans Of The Lower Rio Grande Valley, Shannon Pensa

Library Display Posters

A Special Poster Exhibit Honoring the Service and Sacrifice of Our Veterans and their Families. The 2022 digital poster exhibit highlights military service veterans and their achievements, including Saburo Tanamachi, John F. Webber, Tom Landry, Ruth Aline Moses, Pablo M. Coronado, Jacob Daniel White, Frank S. Plummer, Ricardo Sanchez, William C. Gorgas, Herminia Whitzel, Fernando De La Rosa, and Frances Isbell.

[Whm] Rio Grande Valley Women's History Poster Exhibit 2022, Shannon Pensa, Utrgv Special Collections & Archives

Library Display Posters

March is Women's History Month— a time to honor the historic achievements and contributions of women in the Rio Grande Valley.

Recent Studies In Rio Grande Valley History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta, Thomas Daniel Knight

UTRGV & TSC Regional History Series

Story of the Valley, a poem / Chip Dameron -- Dedication / Milo Kearney -- Beales’s Rio Grande Colony and Grant’s Matamoros Expedition: The Amazing Stories of Two British Physicians Who Nearly Altered Mexican Texas / Craig H. Roell -- A Brief Look at Citizen Opportunists in the Matamoros area during the U.S. – Mexico War, 1846-1848 / James W. Mills -- The Mystery of the Texas Blockade Runner ‘Texana’ / Walter E. Wilson -- The National Guard Defends Brownsville and the Valley—1916 / Anthony K. Knopp and Alma Ortiz Knopp -- John Closner, Operative / Norman Rozeff -- President …

Jackson Ranch, Undated, Hidalgo County Historical Commission

Hidalgo County Historical Collection

From Hidalgo County Historical Commission Collection, Series I, Historical Markers I, 1964-2013, consists of applications and research pertaining to historical markers and historical cemeteries.

[Working papers--] Jackson Ranch, undated, Container: 79, Box: 7, Folder: 27. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus. https://archives.lib.utrgv.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/78380

Archivo Historico De La Secretaria De Relaciones Exteriores L_E_1095, Secretaria De Relaciones Exteriores

La Guerra de Texas y La Guerra Mexico - Estados Unidos

Efforts for peace, treaties, and covenants, to return national and private property after the evacuation of the country by U.S. forces. The Minister of War communicates news from Sonora regarding the passing of a caravan that goes to California. p. 1-2.

U.S. forces take possession of Isleta, Socorro and S. Elzeario; Chihuahua protests the U.S. occupation. p. 2a-68.

The government refuses the declaration of the Republic of Sierra, formed from northern Border States and mainly instigated by Americans. p. 69-93.

The Governor of Chihuahua worries about buffalo hunters crossing into and inhabiting the territory. p. 94-98.

Nathan Clifford, Minister from …

Fresh Studies In Rio Grande Valley History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta, Thomas Daniel Knight

UTRGV & TSC Regional History Series

Jim Wells, George Parr, Pepe Martin, and Gene Falcón: the spirit of ‘’El Patrón’’ along the Rio Grande of South Texas / Billy Hathorn -- The other underground railroad / Rolando Avila -- Frank Ellis Ferree, humanitarian / Norman Rozeff -- Chip Dameron's Rio Grande Valley: center of a narrowing universe / Ronny Noor -- Historia de la education superior en la ciudad de H. Matamoros, Tamaulipas / Miguel Sesis Botti y Maria Elena Flores Montalvo -- The quest for a public library for Brownsville / Anthony K. Knopp and Alma Ortiz Knopp -- Las Palomas Wildlife management area: a …

New Studies In Rio Grande Valley History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta, Thomas Daniel Knight

UTRGV & TSC Regional History Series

Spanglish, a poem / Mario Barrera -- Place identity formation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley: the identity of Brownsville / Elim Zavala -- The complexity of land custody in 19th century deep South Texas / Eugene Fernandez -- Not in Kansas anymore: selling midwesterners the 'Magic Valley' of South Texas / Craig H. Roell with Ruth May Euler Roell -- Alexander Headley, public servant or scoundrel? / Norman Rozeff -- Rebels at the Rio Grande: naval actions on the international border in 1863 / Walter E. Wilson -- Matamoros en la época de la constitución de 1917 / Rosaura …

Supplementary Studies In Rio Grande Valley History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta, Thomas Daniel Knight

UTRGV & TSC Regional History Series

Corrupted, a poem / Tom Emrick -- Primal Matamoros : ancient refuge among the Estuaries of the Rio Bravo / Craig H. Roell -- U.S.-Mexico relations during the establishment of the American Consulate in Matamoros : 1826-1842 / Melisa C. Galvan -- Captain King’s Cotton : the Civil War blockade-running adventures of Richard King and Mifflin Kenedy / Walter E. Wilson -- The sad saga of John V. Singer / Norman Rozeff -- Ulster and the Texas-Mexico Border : John McAllen and his family / Thomas Daniel Knight -- Joseph Kleiber and his letter press book / Anthony K. Knopp …

Extra Studies In Rio Grande Valley History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta, Thomas Daniel Knight

UTRGV & TSC Regional History Series

Vaqueros del Valle, a poem / Manuel Medrano -- Matamoros and the Tejanos of Victoria and Goliad in the Texas Revolution: conflicting loyalties and ‘Assiduous Collaborators’ / Craig H. Roell -- Antonio Canales Rosillo / James Mills -- The origins of Salome Balli McAllen / Thomas Daniel Knight -- Sally Skull: the legend / Sondra Shands -- The Kawahata Family comes to the Valley / Randall Sakai – The Battle of Reynosa / Jesus Ramos -- Los días siguientes a la toma de Matamoros por los Constitucionalistas / Andres Cuellar -- H-E-B: an American and Valley success story / Norman …

Yet More Studies In Rio Grande Valley History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta, Thomas Daniel Knight

UTRGV & TSC Regional History Series

Frontera, a poem / Elvira Ardalani -- Strasbourg, Alsace, and Brownsville, Texas : ideal sister cities / Milo Kearney -- La concepción de la identidad fronteriza en Jovita Gonzalez y Adela Sloss de Vento / Laura Garza -- Cuando se fundo Matamoros? / Andres F. Cuellar -- The formation and early development of the Llano Grande / Maria Vallejo -- Doño Rosa Maria Hinojosa de Balli and her family : a lower Rio Grande Valley family in an Atlantic perspective / Thomas Daniel Knight -- Clarksville : a forgotten community on the Rio Grande / Jim Mills -- The last …

Rio Bravo: A Journal Of The Borderlands Spring 2014 V.23 No.1

Rio Bravo: A Journal of the Borderlands

Introduction: On the Matter of Civic Morality: Testimonio Introduction / Tiffany Ana López -- Braceros, Mexicans, Americans, and Schools: (Re) imagining Teaching and Learning in Mexican America / Stephanie Alvarez, Samuel García Jr., Francisco Guajardo, José Ángel Guajardo, Miguel Guajardo, and Jocabed Márquez -- Women’s Grassroots Revitalization of South El Paso: La Mujer Obrera’s Challenge to Gentrification and Urban Neglect / Joel Zapata -- Older Mexican Americans’ Perceptions of Mental Distress / John Gonzalez and Irán Barrera -- Over Both Edges: Coyotaje, Militarization and Liminality in Everyday Life on Ranchos along the South Texas-Mexican Border / Lupe Flores -- “How …

Still More Studies In Rio Grande Valley History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta

UTRGV & TSC Regional History Series

Resaca, a poem / Josie Mixon -- Matamoros before the Texas Revolution : becoming Mexico’s pivitol port city on the northern frontier / Craig H. Roell -- The Great Sequoyah Mystery : a cover-up that stretched from the Cumberland Mountains to the Rio Grande Delta (and into Mexico) / Don Clifford -- Immigration to South Texas, 1850-1900 / Thomas Daniel Knight -- Cattle barons and the creation of an empire : a case study of the expansion of the Kennedy Ranch of South Texas / Elmer Sierra, William Yaworsky, and Amy Frazier -- A history of the Brownsville Police Department …

02 Index - Digital Archive Of Documents Pertaining To Texas Revolution Of 1835, And Mexican-American War Of 1846-1848, Secretaria De Relaciones Exteriores, University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley, The Summerlee Foundation

La Guerra de Texas y La Guerra Mexico - Estados Unidos

Collection index and description of each document, translation into English from the original document; finding aid.

01 Indice - Archivo Digital De Documentos Sobre La Guerra De Texas, 1835, Y La Guerra México-Estados Unidos, 1846-1848, Secretaria De Relaciones Exteriores, The Summerlee Foundation, University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley

La Guerra de Texas y La Guerra Mexico - Estados Unidos

Collection index and description of each document.

Utpa Undergraduate Catalog 2013-2015, University Of Texas Pan American

UTPA Archives - Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Utpa Graduate Catalog 2013-2015, University Of Texas Pan American

UTPA Archives - Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

More Studies In Rio Grande Valley History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta

UTRGV & TSC Regional History Series

Matamoros' love song to Brownsville : a poem / Milo Kearney -- Con un pie en cada lado : origins of El Rancho San Lorenzo de las Minas / Mary Jo Galindo -- The rise of banking in Matamoros and Brownsville / Louis Benavides -- The daily Brownsville ranchero / Norman C. Delaney -- Maximilian's bed in Brownsville / Don Clifford -- The U.S. consulate in Matamoros and instability in Matamoros and Brownsville in 1870 / César García -- The Lightbournes of the Point Isabel lighthouse / Antonio N. Zavaleta -- Movie theaters for Hispanics in the Rio Grande Valley, …

Memories Of Fort Brown And Other Select Interviews: An Oral History Project, James Mills

Digital Books

Chula Griffin / by Sarai Salinas -- Ruben Edelstein / by Ricardo Cantu -- Alicia Putegnat / by Ashley Garcia -- Frank Maldonado / by Samantha Davila -- William Abraham King / by Samantha Davila -- Walter Rathjen / by Eddie Garcia -- Sara "Sarita" Walker / by Alisha Janiga -- Clara Zepeda / by Diego Leal -- Ruben Garcia / by Alex Gutierrez -- Oscar Henslee / by Colt Munoz and Gabriela Gutierrez -- Ray Hughston / by Citlalic Laguna, Brenda Vela, Maria Gomez, and Breanna Rodriguez -- Leon Van Holsbeke / by Jessica Wareham -- Jim Pace / …