Carmen PerryPapers circa1960s-1978

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Carmen PerryPapers circa1960s-1978

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01221/01221-P.html

Collection consists oftypescripts, notes, and research material related to Carmen Perry’s translationof the José Enrique de la Peña diary and the subsequent publication of (1975). With Santa Anna in Texas

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Perry, Carmen

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Carmen Perry (1905-1999), archivist, librarian, translator of the José Enrique de la Peña diary, and editor of the subsequent published volume With Santa Anna in Texas: A Personal Narrative of the Revolution (1975). Born in Torréon, Mexico to a Spanish mother and a German father, Ms. Perry moved to San Antonio with her family during the Mexican Revolution. She completed a bachelor’s degree at Our Lady of the Lake University and a master’s degree in Spanish literature at the Universi...

Peña, José Enrique de la, 1807-1841 or 1842

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José Enrique de la Peña, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Mexican Army under the command of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, chronicles the events of the Texas Revolution from the moment the Mexican Army departed Saltillo on its march towards Texas. These papers constitute one of the most detailed descriptions of the Battles of the Alamo, of San Jacinto and the battle, occupation and massacre of Goliad. A participant in the Battle of the Alamo, de la Peña's account of Davy Crockett's capture ...