In the early 1870s, Hubert H. Bancroft and his assistants set out to record the memoirs of early Californios, one of them being eighty-three-year-old Don José María Amador, a former “Forty-Niner” during the California Gold Rush and soldado de cuera at the Presidio of San Francisco. Amador tells of reconnoitering expeditions into the interior of California, where he encountered local indigenous populations. He speaks of political events of Mexican California and the widespread confiscation of the Californios’ goods, livestock, and properties when the United States took control. A friend from Mission Santa Cruz, Lorenzo Asisara, also describes the harsh life and mistreatment the Indians faced from the priests. Both the Amador and Asisara narratives were used as sources in Bancroft’s writing but never published themselves. Gregorio Mora-Torres has now rescued them from obscurity and presents their voices in English translation (with annotations) and in the original Spanish on facing pages. This bilingual edition will be of great interest to historians of the West, California, and Mexican American studies. “This book presents a very convincing and interesting narrative about Mexican California. Its frankness and honesty are refreshing.”–Richard Griswold del Castillo, San Diego State University

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Photograph is of a man dressed in a baseball uniform and hat swinging a bat. Caption: "Al Ferrera, L A Dodgers."

Legal document "Answer of Defendant, LULAC Building Board of Trustees" from the Superior Court of the State of California, City and County of San Francisco, to LULAC, San Francisco Chapter, dated April 15, 1976. The LULAC San Francisco Chapter is denying all allegations in the complaint against them regarding a lease agreement with Cogswell Polytechnical College. This document is verified by Rachel Arce, and officer of the San Francisco LULAC Chapter.

Letter from Manuel Cabello to the Internal Revenue Service, dated April 15, 1977. The letter indicates why the League of United Latin American Citizens Board of Trustees was unable to file tax returns and pay the taxes due. The letter is printed on League of United Latin American Citizens Training and Research Institute letterhead.

Photograph of Emily Mirsky in a Google Hangouts call waiting for friends to participate in a game night.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the arrest of Dr. Humberto Álvarez-Machaín in Los Angeles for the murder and kidnapping of DEA agent Enrique S. "Kiki" Camarena Salazar. This story aired at 10 PM.

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.

Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the coast guard saying that a cutter towing a disabled pleasure craft to Port Isabel which has arrived in port.

Letter from William H. Rempel, the director of Research & Long-range forecasting at the National Weather Institute, to Thomas L. James discussing a long-range weather report for the area of Grimes and Fort Bend counties.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story a 32-foot boat "Freedom Quest" which was towed into Port Isabel after it drifted in the Gulf of Mexico without fuel.

Patent for an oil burner