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El Camino Real International Heritage Center |
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Description |
Once it officially opens on November 19, 2005, the El Camino Real International Heritage Center will "tell the story of the first European settlements of North America and the road that made them possible through exhibitions, outdoor trails and year-round programming"; in the meantime, information about this project can be found on this web site. The site describes the project and provides contact information. |
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English |
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National/state park or heritage site |
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Link |
http://www.nmmonuments.org/about.php?_instid=ECR |
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El Centro's Southwestern Studies Page |
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Description |
Though it resides on a commercial server, this is the official web page for the El Centro College Southwestern Studies program, which is a part of the El Centro College History department. The web site provides links related to Mexican history and culture, Mexican-American culture, Tejano culture, and Precolumbian peoples of the Southwest. The site offers pages on literature, dance, and music in addition to those on historical phases and general cultural background. |
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English |
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Resource Type |
Academic program |
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Link |
http://pw2.netcom.com/~wandaron/southwest.html#mexico |
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Historia de Chihuahua |
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Description |
This site provides information, in Spanish only, on the history of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Of particular interest is a section on Paquimé, including references for additional information. The site is hosted by the Chihuahua campus of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. |
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Spanish |
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Resource Type |
Academic program |
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Link |
http://www.chi.itesm.mx/chihuahua/historia/ |
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La Cadena Que No Se Carta/The Unbroken Chain |
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Description |
This bilingual site is a creation of Dr. James S. Griffith and displays an intriguing series of artwork from Tucson's Mexican-American community. With brief explanations of Mexican culture, there is a wonderful selection of beautiful photographs and low resolution videos. Art pieces include prisoner art, family shrines, leather working and furniture. A truly charming site worth visiting just for the fun of it. |
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English, Spanish |
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Library |
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Link |
http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/cadena/ |
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Maps of the Pimería |
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Description |
"Maps of the Pimería" provides online access to a selection of original rare and historic maps owned by the University of Arizona Libraries. The maps, covering four centuries, all portray Pimería (a province or region of Spanish colonial Mexico encompassing what is now southern Arizona and northern Sonora). They range in age from a map dating to 1556 to one created just prior to the Gadsden Purchase in 1854. |
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English |
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Resource Type |
Maps |
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Link |
http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/pimeriamaps/index.html |
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Mexican American History Guide |
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Description |
The “Mexican American History Guide” is part of the Digital History web site (http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/). This educational site provides an Introduction to Mexican-American History, including background readings with a special focus on the Greater Southwest and what the region’s development meant to Mexican-American inhabitants. A collection of primary source documents drawing on first-hand accounts from Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, a bibliography, chronology of Mexican-American History, and a quiz to test your own knowledge about Mexican American History are some of the resources available through this site. This site also offers links to other online resources and scholarly work on Mexican-American History, with an annotated list of “the most valuable” resources available. In addition, the site provides a search engine to look through all of the site’s resources on Mexican American History including documents from the Gilder Lehrman Institute Collection, Supreme Court decisions, and multimedia exhibitions. |
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English |
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Resource Type |
Research aid |
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Link |
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/mex_am/index.cfm |
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Title |
Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier |
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Description |
A cooperative effort between the National Library of Spain, the Biblioteca Colombina y Capitular of Seville and the Library of Congress, this site is a bilingual English-Spanish digital library site that explores the interactions between Spain and the United States of America from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. Parallel Histories presents books, maps, prints and photographs, manuscripts, and other documents from the collections of the partner libraries in digital form, and focuses on five main themes related to the history of Spain and the parallel histories between the United States and Spain: Exploration and Early Settlement, Colonization and Settlement, Meeting of Cultures and Religious/Evangelical Activities, American Revolution, and Mutual Perceptions. |
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Language |
English, Spanish |
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Resource Type |
Library |
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Link |
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/eshtml/ |
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Tumacácori National Historic Site |
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Description |
Tumacácori National Historical Park in the upper Santa Cruz River Valley of southern Arizona contains the abandoned ruins of three ancient Spanish colonial missions. The National Park Service site for Tumacácori is primarily aimed at visitors to the park; however it does contain a number of educational resources, including lesson plans (in the "Educational Programs" section); some additional information about the Kino Missions (in the "History and Culture" section); an "In Depth" web site; and a series of photographs (in the "News" section). |
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English |
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Resource Type |
National/state park or heritage site |
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Link |
http://www.nps.gov/tuma/ |
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