Borderlands Research Guide
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Online Catalog (Books and more) Books on Reserve Reference Books Circulating Books Electronic Books |
Articles (Newspaper
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Journal/Magazine) Websites (local archives/organizations, historical photos, other) Vertical File Other Libraries |
Online Catalog
Use the EPCC Libraries' Online Catalog ( http://lib.epcc.edu ) to find books.Suggested subject headings (click on heading to see search result):
Mexican American Border Region
El Paso Tex History
In addition, here are lists of suggested titles with their call numbers. Click on the title to see the full description and its availability.
Books on Reserve (for class ENGLISH 1302)
400 years in El PasoASARCO El Paso: selected documents on history (CD-ROM)
Aoy School
Border : the U.S.-Mexico line
Borderlands (EPCC students' articles in the E.P. Times) 1991-present
Borderlands articles complete article listing on webpage )
City at the Pass
Concordia Cemetery: A Walking Tour
Cordova Island
Dallas Stoudenmire: El Paso Marshall + EBook
Down Went McGinty
El Paso Chronicles: A Record of Historical Events in El Paso
El Paso: A Borderlands History
El Paso: Guided Through Time
El Paso in Pictures
El Segundo Barrio
George Scarborough: The Life and Death of a Lawman. . .
Henry C. Trost: Architect of the Southwest
Historic El Paso
History of Downtown El Paso
History of Jake Erlich and Cleofas Calleros
Las Cruces: An Illustrated History
Last Conquistador: Juan de Oñate and the settling .
Oxford History of the American People
Pass of the North: Four Centuries on the Rio,,,
Portals at the Pass: El Paso Architecture to 1930
Saga of Billy the Kid
The Shooters: This Unique Chronicle. . .
Smeltertown
Troublesome Border
Turning Points In El Paso Texas
The U.S. Mexico Border: Transcending Divisions ...
Where the Creosote Blooms
Books in Reference
Encyclopedia of the American West REF F591.E485 1996 (4 vols)Hispanic Texas: a Historical Guide REF F387.H56 1992
New Handbook of Texas REF F384.N8 1996 (6 vols)
Texas Almanac REF AY311.D3T5
Texas Monthly Guidebook REF F384.3.R35 1993
Circulating Books (can be checked out)
Also see our list of Southwestern Studies
books.
Along the Rio Grande
(DVDs) NW F394.E4A46 Aoy School LA372.A5 M667 2005
Border Correspondent: ...Writings, 1955-70 (Salazar, Ruben) F787.S18 1995
Border identifications: narratives of religion & gender... HN120.C48 C538 2005
Border People: Life and Society... F787.M36 1994
Border cuates : a history of the U.S.-Mexican twin cities F787.K43 1995
Border Visions: Mexican Cultures,,, F790.M5V45 1996
Cd. Juárez (Paso del Norte) also in Ref F1391.C62M67 2005
Concise History of Texas F386.K58 1991
Cordova Island F394.E4 M67 2002
Desert Immigrants: the Mexicans of El Paso, 1880-1920 F394.E4G36 1981
Dying to cross: the worst immigrant tragedy... JV6475.R3613 2005
El Paso Chronicles: A Record of Historical Events... F394.E4M479 1993
El Paso in Pictures F394.E4M24
Frontier Newspaper: The El Paso Times PN4899.E4T5 1958
History of Downtown El Paso F394.E4M666 v.1
History of Jake Erlich and Cleofas Calleros F394.E4 M65 2005
Late Great Mexican Border: Reports from a Disappearing Line F787.L38 1996
Lone Star Guide: Texas Missions F387.F68 1999
Mexican Americans in Texas History F395.M5 M485 2000
Mexican Exiles in the Borderland F1234.H453
Mission Trail El Paso/Juárez F389.M57 1996
Postwar Readjustment in El Paso: 1945-1950 HC108.E4R46
Pueblo de Socorro Grant F394.E4W49 1986
Railroads & Highways at the Pass of the North (also Ref) HE2781.E4 R34 2005
Ringside Seat to a Revolution: underground cultural history, 1893-1923 F394.E4 R66 2005
( related online essay )
El Segundo Barrio F394.E4 M667 2001
Smeltertown F394.E4 M668 2004
Standoff at the Border: A Failure of Microdiplomacy HE4491.E532P75 1989
Texas, An Illustrated History F386.3.M37 1995
Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense F391W43 1965
U.S. Mexico Borderlands : Historical & Contemporary... F786.U13 1995
Women & Other Aliens: Essays from the U.S. Mexico Border F395.M5N38 1991
Women on the Texas Frontier: A Cross Cultural Perspective F386.M24 1983
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo archives 6 vol set at Valle Verde library E99.T52Y44
Electronic Books
The online equivalent of the reference book Handbook of Texas Online is available athttp://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ . It is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, Geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events,| historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories.
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Local and National Newspapers
Begin with local papers first. You'll find the microfilms at the UTEP Library and the Main/Downtown public library branch. If you determine your event had national importance, check the index for the New York Times (1851-2003) [ Off-campus access ]El Paso Times under various names runs from 1881-
El Paso Herald or El Paso Herald Post under various names runs from 1881-1997
The Lone Star ran 1881-1886
La Patria (in Spanish) ran from 1919-1925
Other Mexican-American newspapers exist on microfilm at the NMSU Library in Las Cruces. Usually there are only several issues of a paper, and the papers are from the beginning of the 20th century. Search for the subject: El Paso Tex Newspapers or El Paso County Tex Newspapers.
Some of these are: El azote, La buena prensa, El Ciudadano , El clarín del Norte, El defensor, La democracia, El día, Los dos Américas, El hispano-americano, El independiente , La justicia, El latino-americano, El monitor, Las noticias, El observador fronterizo, El paso del norte , El Progresista, Renacimiento, Sancho Panza, El Valle del bravo, El zurriago.
Other short lived English language papers from El Paso are at the NMSU Library:
Commercial review, The Evening Telegram , El Paso weekly tribune, Evening Tribune, Homer Union news (on the petroleum industry), Monday mercury, The Pass City independent, The southwesterner (from the 1960s), Ysleta independent.
Journal and Magazine Articles
You can use both indexes in book form or online databases to find articles on the Borderlands. Two important journals are:The journal Password covering El Paso history, and is at REF F786 .P28 and its index is online at the El Paso County Historical Society site or at Reference.
American Heritage covering American History, is in the Periodicals Area and issues from 1990 to the present are searchable online in the History Reference Center database. Also available through Off-campus access. Index to all the years of publication is on Reserve.
Online indexes for many other journals are available providing access and often the full text of the articles in various areas. While this probably won't yield articles specifically on El Paso, it will provide background information on topics pertinent to our region.
The full list of databases is available on our Online Databases page . Recommended areas for Borderlands research are:
General Interest databases (covering many topics)
Social Sciences databases (covering history, political science, sociology and more)
Business databases
Use terms such as:
Mexican-American border region
Juárez
El Paso
Borderlands
Juárez El Paso region
Be sure to check the Online Databases MLA Style and APA Style pages to find out how to cite electronic articles.
Websites
Local Archives/Organizations
Along the Rio Grande circulating DVDs at NW F394.E4A46 This EPCC-TV television series ran from 2000 to 2003 and highlighted local individuals and institutions involved in historical and cultural projects in the greater El Paso area. See description of all the episodes at [http://www.epcc.edu/nwlibrary/arg ].ASARCO El Paso : selected documents vol. 1 Kept at the NW Library Circulation Desk. court hearings, air quality reports, Master's Thesis and much more on CD-ROM and held at the Northwest Community library. Donated by Taylor Moore, Esq .
Casasola Photography Studio collection (UTEP special collections) For 60 years Casasola Studio in El Paso, Texas photographed families in the community, compiling, essentially, a history of the community. The studio closed in the early 1990s leaving a collection of negatives under the care of the University of Texas at El Paso.
[http://129.108.99.94:200/casasola/default.htm ]
NEW! Articles on Chihuhuan historical figures (in Spanish) from the Dept of History of the UACJ (la Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez) [http://docentes.uacj.mx/rquinter/cronicas/artículos.htm]
El Paso County Historical Society Created and maintained by the Society. Includes index to Password, the society's local history journal and also an index to the society's archives, including photos. [http://www.elpasohistory.com ]
El Paso Inc. "An El Paso-owned business and lifestyle weekly." [http://www.elpasoinc.com/]
El Paso.org Photo gallery Gallery of historical photos maintained by the El Paso Chamber of Commerce. [http://www.elpaso.org/gallery.asp ]
El Paso Public Library Border Heritage Center The center collects, preserves, and makes available information about the history and culture of the residents of El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, and the surrounding region.
[http://www.elpasotexas.gov/library/ourlibraries/main_library/border_heritage.asp]
El Paso Times Daily news with seven day archives. Also includes graphs and statistics from the TX and NM censuses. [ http://www.elpasotimes.com/ ]
Fort Bliss History US Army Installation Management office. You may get a message about this site's security certificate. Click on "continue to this website (not recommended)" [https://www.bliss.army.mil/garrison/sites/about/history.asp ]
Mexican Revolution: "Countdown to the 100th. Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution - El Paso - Ciudad Juárez: Two Cities that Sparked an Uprise" Jointly organized in 2006 by the sister cities of El Paso and Juárez, this site contains historical photos, detailed walking and trolley tours, lecture series, historical articles and more. [http://www.elpasotexas.gov/mcad/mexicanrevolution/default.asp ]
Museums in town: [http://www.co.el-paso.tx.us/history/border_museums.htm]
Murals -- Photographs of murals with brief descriptions and locations.
Murals of El Paso , Colors on Desert Walls , and County Courthouse Mural, El Paso Online Mural Project [http://www.utep.edu/border/mur.html , http://www.utep.edu/border/essays/farah/farahmurals.html , http://www.epcounty.com/mural/, http://muralproject.orion-elp.org/index2.htm ]
Newspaper Tree -- "El Paso's Original News Source" [http://www.elpasonewspapertree.com]
Photo Collections: Casasola Photography Studio collection (UTEP special collections) ; El Paso County Historical Society ; El Paso.org Photo gallery ; El Paso Police Department historic photographs; Murals of El Paso ; Not for Distribution: Behind the Demolition Plan ( http://www.newspapertree.com ); UTEP Special Collections Photo Database, and the Plaza Theater Photo gallery. [http://129.108.99.94:200/casasola/default.htm, http://www.elpasohistory.com, http://www.elpaso.org/gallery.asp, http://www.elpasotexas.gov/police/history_groups.asp, http://www.utep.edu/border/mur.html, http://www.newspapertree.com, http://129.108.99.24:200/uttepphotos/default.htm, and http://theplazatheater.org/photo_gallery.sstg]
Public Art Inventory -- City of El Paso [http://www.elpasotexas.gov/mcad/_documents/060404_ACD_Revised_Public_Art_Inventory.pdf ]
UTEP's Institute of Oral History While focusing on the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez area, the collection also contains interviews dealing with the history of communities all along the U.S.-Mexico border. Copies of the oral history tapes, transcripts, indexes, and summaries are housed in the Special Collections Department, University Library, UTEP. The public is invited to read transcripts and listen to tape recordings there. Projects include: Big Bend National Park , The Chamizal Settlement , African Americans in El Paso , UTEP History , Bracero Oral History Project , Immigration , The Mexican Revolution of 1910 , Border Labor History , Mining In Mexico , Health Care on the Border [http://dmc.utep.edu/oralh/OralHistory.html]
UTEP's Special Collections Department Specializing in Southwest and Border Studies collections among others. Many useful collections, including the John J. Middagh papers , research files of a local newspaper reporter which were donated to UTEP. See the Container List for topics in each folder. Searchable photo database online to find photos from the Mexican Revolution Collection, Dona Ana County Sheriff's Collection, postcard collections. [http://libraryweb.utep.edu/special/special.cfm ]
Other
American Journeys Digital Collection Eyewitness accounts of early American exploration and settlement. Great resource. Search under "find a document" by geographic region, or "advanced search" allows keyword searching through full text of documents . [http://www.americanjourneys.org/ ]Amnesty International reports on the Murders of Women in Juárez
Feb 2006 public statement
Ending the brutal cycle
Intolerable Killings Sept 2003 special report -- lengthy [http://www.amnestyusa.org/index.html]
ASARCO corporate history in El Paso Created and maintained by ASARCO, historically one of the largest regional employers.[ http://www.asarco.com/elpasoj.html ]
Association for Borderlands Studies Complilation of websites for US/Mexico border region. [http://www.absborderlands.org/linx/linx-mxus.html ]
The Border Bilingual PBS website accompanying its series on contemporary life along the U.S.-Mexico border. Includes text of the show, historical timelines and maps and more. [http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/index.html ]
Border Colonias Region Data compiled by the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) 1998. [http:/www.ruralhome.org/pubs/hsganalysis/colonias/contents.htm]
Border Revolution, 1910-1920 Developed by student Cindy Baxman at the University of San Diego, May 1998. Includes text and photographs. [http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/projects/border/page01.html ]
Borderlands Information Center " ...central clearinghouse and referral center for information about the Texas/Mexico border region." [http://www.bic.state.tx.us/ ]
Colonias Program Run by the Center for Housing and Urban Development, College of Architecture at Texas A&M University, this website provides research, articles, the Colonias Factbook, resident profiles, pictures, and more. [http://chud.tamu.edu/ ]
ElPasoSouthwest.com El Paso, New Mexico and information on Juarez and beyond.
[http://www.elpasosouthwest.com/ ]
El Paso County. Histories of El Paso and Surrounding Areas Created and maintained by El Paso County. [http://www.co.el-paso.tx.us/history/ ]
El Paso County History Section of TXGenWeb and USGenWeb Projects, genealogy sites. Includes historical maps and brief information on historical towns. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~txelpaso /]
Farmworkers Website / El website campesino An initiative of the Sin Fronteras Organizing Project, it contains information on El Paso and the Bracero Program of the 1940s-1960s. [http://www.farmworkers.org/Welcome.html ]
Fort Bliss History US Army Installation Management office. [https://www.bliss.army.mil/garrison/sites/about/history.asp ]
Handbook of Texas Online A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories. [ http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ ]
Historical Text Archive Publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects. In particular, see the section on the Mexican Revolution . http://historicaltextarchive.com ]
History of Ciudad Juárez Created and maintained by Borderlines. [http://www.blines.com/page2.html ]
Institute of Texan Cultures (San Antonio) One of the three campuses of The University of Texas at San Antonio, the Institute is an educational center dedicated to enhancing the understanding of the history and diverse cultures of Texas. [http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu]
Jim Janke's Old West Links to sites covering every aspect of the Old West, which is defined loosely as the legend and reality of 19th Century America west of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and anything and anybody associated with it, past and present. [http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/oldwest/oldwest.htm ]
LANIC U.S. Mexico resources Very comprehensive listing of resources maintained by the Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) run by U.T. Austin. [http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/mexico/usmex/]
Mexico from Empire to Revolution " A Web resource that draws upon the collection of the Getty Research Institute and extends the two-part exhibition held at the Institute between October 2000 and May 2001. Reproduced in the digital resource are cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, albums, postcards and other forms of photography. The Photographers represented are either Mexican or European or North American. The work of some thirty known photographers is shown, alongside that of many others who remain anonymous. Together they provide a chronicle of Mexico from approximately 1857 to 1923, a chronicle explored in the History and Chronology sections of the resource." [http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/digitized_collections/mexico/html/index.html ]
No Angel Came Information about the murders of young women in Juárez. This is a personal site, in contrast to a site maintained by an organization, newspaper, university, etc. so the information here should be verified. The author provides dates and sources for her information which makes verification easier. It's a good site for background information. [http://takenbythesky.net/Juárez/jindex.html ]
The Open Record Texas history section Texas State Library and Archives Commission newsletter begun in fall 2005. May include El Paso information. [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/theopenrecord/archives/category/texas-history/]
Postcards of the Mexican Revolution Postcards of famous figures in the Revolution along with brief biographical information. [http://www.netdotcom.com/revmexpc/]
Tox Town: U.S. Mexico Border Neighborhood Explore a border community to learn about air pollution, drinking water quality, workplace hazards, pesticides, rats and snakes, lead poisoning, backyard trash burning, and many other environmental concerns that may affect one's health. Maintained by the National Library of Medicine. [http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/border/main.htm]
U.S. Latinos and Latinas & World War II Oral histories from UT Austin. May include some local information. [http://utopia.utexas.edu/explore/latino/index.html]
Women and the Mexican Revolution Student written project for the Women's Studies Dept of the University of Arizona. Includes basics of the Revolution, roles of Mexican women in the conflict and the interactions of some American women with Revolutionary leaders. [http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/ws200/mex.htm ]
Yahoo's American West Comprehensive listing of links covering all aspects of the American West. [http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/
19th_Century/American_West/]
Yale Collection of Western Americana Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Postcard photographs related to United States military involvement in the Mexican Revolution. ca. 1910-1917. WA Photos 307 [http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/buildSRCHXC.asp?WC=N&CN=WA Photos 307 ]
Vertical File
The Borderlands Vertical File is comprised of clippings from the local newspapers, magazines, and other sources. It covers the local area, sometimes extending to the entire state of Texas, New Mexico, Chihuahua and other parts of Mexico when the material impacts our borderlands.Other Libraries
El Paso Public Library Border Heritage Center
501 N. Oregon Street El Paso, TX 79902 543-5440
Website: http://www.elpasotexas.gov/library/ourlibraries/main_library/border_heritage.asp
SOL (Online catalog): http://sol.ci.el-paso.tx.us
use the subject headings: Mexican American Border Region or El Paso Tex History
Special Collections, University of Texas at El Paso Library
500 Wiggins Rd. El Paso, TX 79968-0582 747-5672
Website: http://libraryweb.utep.edu/special/special.cfm
Nugget (Online catalog): http://129.108.99.98
use subject headings: Mexican American Border Region History
El Paso Historical Society
603-605 West Yandell Street El Paso, TX 79903
Website: http:/ /www.elpasohistory.com
Password (their historical journal) and their archives database (useful especially for photos): http://www.elpasohistory.com/search.html
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Research guide created by Monica Wong,
monicaw@epcc.edu
Additions by Rachel Murphree, murphree@elp.rr.comPage last updated:
Additions by Rachel Murphree, murphree@elp.rr.com