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Oral History Interview with Ivan Arteaga, October 27, 2009

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Interview with Ivan Arteaga, Mexican national and immigrant to Princeton, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Arteaga's personal experiences of childhood and education in Mexico City. Arteaga also talks about his family's decision to immigrate to Provo, Utah, his first impressions of the U.S., marriage, deciding to relocate to Texas, opinions regarding anti-immigrant feelings prevalent in American culture and regarding the U.S. immigration bureaucracy, as well as his feelings about his two children's U.S. citizenship.
Date: October 27, 2009
Creator: Dunbar, Paul & Arteaga, Ivan
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Miguel Soria, October 2, 2012

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Interview with Miguel Soria, Mexican-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. The interview includes Soria's personal experiences about childhood in Mexico, his first visit to the U.S., illegally crossing the border to live in Dallas, Texas, and experiences with a human smuggler, along with his experiences as an undocumented person and with discrimination. It also includes his thoughts on the DREAM act and the immigration process, and advice for future immigrants.
Date: October 2, 2012
Creator: Duque, Samantha & Soria, Miguel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jovita Soria, November 10, 2012

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Interview with Jovita Soria, Mexican-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. The interview includes Soria's personal experiences of childhood in Mexico, her first experience in Plano at the age of seventeen and her second on as a live-in nanny, her move to Abilene, Texas, and return to Mexico with her husband. Soria also talks about her return to Plano as an illegal immigrant, difficulties with illegal status, assimilation into Texas culture, children's experiences as Mexican-American, and her thoughts on the immigration process.
Date: November 10, 2012
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Soria, Jovita
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and Crafts (open access)

Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and Crafts

Book about Texas and Mexican folk arts and crafts, including paper crafts, quilting, weaving, sculpture, yard art, saddle-making, and other folk crafts. The index begins on page 349.
Date: 1991
Creator: Graham, Joe S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hoein' the Short Rows (open access)

Hoein' the Short Rows

Volume of Texas folklore, including folk arts and crafts, lime production, oil and petroleum, information about cockfighting, folk poetry, mysticism and other stories. The index begins on page 231.
Date: 1987
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hunters & Healers: Folklore Types & Topics (open access)

Hunters & Healers: Folklore Types & Topics

Volume of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about hunting, folk medicine, ballads, religion and other folklore. The index begins on page 169.
Date: 1971
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
In the Shadow of History (open access)

In the Shadow of History

Collection of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Navajo Indians, the Alamo, Jim Bowie, various folk characters, tortilla making, and other humorous anecdotes. The index begins on page 181.
Date: 1980
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legendary Ladies of Texas (open access)

Legendary Ladies of Texas

Collection of historical anecdotes providing "a study of Texas women and the conflicting images and myths that have grown up about them" (back cover). The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1994
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Madstones and Twisters (open access)

Madstones and Twisters

Collection information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.
Date: 1958
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mesquite and Willow (open access)

Mesquite and Willow

Collection of Texas, Spanish and Mexican folklore, including legends, child ballads, folk tales, folk songs, tall tales, information about home remedies, and other folklore.
Date: 1957
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany (open access)

Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany

Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including "folk tales, folklore in journalism, reflections on the lore of the past, and some analyses of folklore generally" (inside of the front cover).
Date: 1978
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwestern Lore (open access)

Southwestern Lore

Collection of a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folk stories about treasure hunters, cowboys, Native Americans, and razorback hogs, as well as myths, customs and other superstitions. The index of song material begins on page 192 and the general index begins on page 193.
Date: 1931
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spur-of-the-Cock (open access)

Spur-of-the-Cock

Collected miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Mayo Indians, Mexican folk plays, folk songs, information about Texas cacti and other folklore. The index begins on page 110.
Date: 1933
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 1, 1909-1943 (open access)

The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 1, 1909-1943

Book describing the history and publications of the Texas Folklore Society between the years of 1909 and 1943. It includes information about "public songs and ballads; superstitions, signs and omens; cures and peculiar customs; legends; dialects; games, plays and dances; riddles and proverbs" (inside front cover). The index begins on page 317.
Date: 1992
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

From Santa Anna to Selena: Notable Mexicanos and Tejanos in Texas History since 1821

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Author Harriett Denise Joseph relates biographies of eleven notable Mexicanos and Tejanos, beginning with Santa Anna and the impact his actions had on Texas. She discusses the myriad contributions of Erasmo and Juan Seguín to Texas history, as well as the factors that led a hero of the Texas Revolution (Juan) to be viewed later as a traitor by his fellow Texans. Admired by many but despised by others, folk hero Juan Nepomuceno Cortina is one of the most controversial figures in the history of nineteenth-century South Texas. Preservationist and historian Adina De Zavala fought to save part of the Alamo site and other significant structures. Labor activist Emma Tenayuca’s youth, passion, courage, and sacrifice merit attention for her efforts to help the working class. Joseph reveals the individual and collective accomplishments of a powerhouse couple, bilingual educator Edmundo Mireles and folklorist-author Jovita González. She recognizes the military and personal battles of Medal of Honor recipient Raul “Roy” Benavidez. Irma Rangel, the first Latina to serve in the Texas House of Representatives, is known for the many “firsts” she achieved during her lifetime. Finally, we read about Selena’s life and career, as well as her tragic death and her continuing …
Date: March 2018
Creator: Joseph, Harriett Denise
System: The UNT Digital Library
Papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 2 (open access)

Papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 2

"Leftwich's Grant is the second volume in a series that is intended to document the colonization of an area in Central Texas that eventually became known as Robertson's Colony." It covers "the three years that [Robert] Leftwich spent in Mexico City and Saltillo" and includes "a complete account of his official negotiations with both the national government in Mexico City and the state government of Coahuila and Texas. It also includes documents concerning Dr. Felix Robertson, President of the Texas Association, and the group of young men who came to Texas with him in the fall of 1825 to explore the grant and survey land for the stockholders" (p. 11). The index begins on page 667.
Date: 1975
Creator: McLean, Malcolm Dallas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statistics and Information Concerning the State of Texas (open access)

Statistics and Information Concerning the State of Texas

This book covers statistical information for the state of Texas. It includes "great inducements for the investment of capital, health for the invalid, interesting sights and scenes for the tourist and pleasure seeker, broad fields of research for the historian, unsurpassed hunting grounds for the sportsman, and other resources waiting to be unlocked by the key of capital in the hands of labor and industry" (title page).
Date: 1890
Creator: Missouri Pacific Railway Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte, Mexico Business Directory for 1885] (open access)

[El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte, Mexico Business Directory for 1885]

Directory for El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte, Mexico includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. Separate introductions give narrative histories and descriptions of El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte (later called Ciudad Juárez) with lists of major public buildings and officials.
Date: 1885
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Classified Business Directory of the Cities of El Paso, Texas and Cuidad Juarez, Mexico for the years 1892 and 1893 (open access)

Classified Business Directory of the Cities of El Paso, Texas and Cuidad Juarez, Mexico for the years 1892 and 1893

Directory for El Paso, Texas: "Containing under separate heads information pertaining to these cities - consisting of a Street Guide, Census of Names, Classified Business, Church, Society, and official Directory and other valuable information."
Date: 1892
Creator: El Paso and Juarez Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of El Paso, Texas 1900 (open access)

Directory of the City of El Paso, Texas 1900

Directory for El Paso, Texas: includes postal guide, local officials, address listings for businesses and individuals, and advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1900
Creator: John F. Worley & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buck's Directory of El Paso for 1902 (open access)

Buck's Directory of El Paso for 1902

Directory for El Paso, Texas includes: address listings for businesses and individuals, advertisements from local businesses, listings of government officials, a postal guide, a business directory, a directory for Chihuahua, Mexico, and a review of El Paso's development.
Date: 1902
Creator: Buck Directory Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Directory for 1903 (open access)

El Paso Directory for 1903

"Containing a General Directory of the Citizens and Business Firms Alphabetically Arranged, a Classified Business Directory, a Complete Street Guide and Miscellaneous Information of Value to Citizens and Strangers."
Date: 1903
Creator: John F. Worley & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coyote Wisdom (open access)

Coyote Wisdom

This volume contains popular folklore of Mexico and Texas, including animal folk stories, Navajo creation myths, discussions about folk characters, discussions about the philosophy of folklore, and other miscellaneous folk stories. The index begins on page 293.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corners of Texas (open access)

Corners of Texas

This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library