Photograph of French doors from the exterior of a building. The doors are mortised and pegged.

Photograph of the wall structure of collapsed jacal home LP #B. The home was in La Paz, Municipio de Coyame, Chihuahua. The interior of this jacal was plastered with lime.

Paper discussing vaquero folk traditions in south Texas and providing a brief overview of the history of ranching in the area.

Photograph of a small stone structure that appears to have collapsed. There are some tall plants on either side of the structure, and a house is visible far in the distance behind it.

Photograph of a "jacal de leña" on a ranch on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. The thatched roof has been replaced with tin.

Photograph of a simple board-and-batten home. There is a mesh fence surrounding the house, and some prickly pear cactus is visible in the foreground.

Photograph of a piece of manually-operated farm equipment. It has two handles, a compartment for storage, and rests on a stand. It could possibly a modified form of a wheelbarrow.

Photograph of a person working in a small structure with a thatched roof. Several tools are visible in the area covered by the thatched roof structure.

Photograph of seven sample pieces of weaving. Some of the sample pieces have two colors, and some have only one color. Each sample piece displays a different color pattern or a different weaving style.

Paper discussing the history of ranching culture in South Texas from 1750 to the time of publication. A bibliography is included.

Paper discussing the lime-making process used by Mexican-Americans in the Big Bend of West Texas and its role in the area's culture, as well as the limitations of folk technology.

Photograph of a home altar in Zapata, Texas. The altar has several religious images, framed pictures, candles, and two floral arrangements.

Photograph of two people holding Hispanic artifacts. They are standing side by side behind a small wooden table that holds another Hispanic artifact.

Paper discussing the roles of women in the Fidencista movement and providing a brief history of the movement itself.

Photograph of an outer wall and steps leading to an entrance of the Treviño Uribe Rancho (the historical home of Jesus Treviño, the founder of San Ygnacio) in San Ygnacio, Texas. Two doorways are visible on the wall, and there are some trees visible in the background.

Photograph of a "sillar" ranch house at Mota de Olmos in Duval County. The house was built in the early 1850's.

Photograph of a frontal view of a wooden fence. There are vertical posts on either side, with stacked horizontal split rails in between.

Photographs of a jacal home, a close-up view of a wall of the jacal home, and a small home made of branches and twigs. In the picture of the jacal home, rotary tiller is visible in front of the house. The close-up view of the jacal home's wall shows that most of the boards are stacked parallel to the ground, with vertical beams added for support. The small home made of branches and twigs also has some corrugated tin siding, and a prickly pear plant is visible on the right side of the picture, along with a pile of branches, presumably to be used for firewood.

Photograph of an unidentified family posing outside the entrance to a jacal home. There is a man on the far left, holding a small dog and wearing a conical hat, two women in the middle, and a young child on the far right, standing near one corner of the house. The house behind them appears to have wood or mud walls with a thatched roof and the yard is enclosed by a stick fence. Handwriting on the back of the photo says "jacal in the Rio Grande Valley" and "Typical jacal found in the Rio Grande Valley up into the early 1900s. The jacal was the home of the peón class."

Paper discussing "the differences between folk, popular, and elite culture by examining five areas of culture: music, food, religion, occupations, and medicine," with the objective of defining the meaning of folklore.

Photograph of an early hand-dug well on Mota de Olmos Ranch in Duval County. The well is lined with "sillares" (caliche blocks).

Paper discussing the origins and different forms of the legend of La Llorona, a ghostly woman figure of folk tales.

Paper discussing "how the folk concepts of human physiology influence the belief in and treatment of three culture-bound syndromes found among Mexican Americans in south Texas:" empacho, caída de la mollera, and mal de ojo.

Photograph of a statue of the Virgin Mary and a worshiping figure of Bernadette. They are located in a gruta (community enterprise) upriver from El Paso in New Mexico.