Perry, Carmen, papers, circa 1960s-1978.

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Perry, Carmen, papers, circa 1960s-1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301945216

The bulk of the collection consists of typescripts, notes, and research material related to Carmen Perry's translation of the José Enrique de la Peña diary and the subsequent publication of With Santa Anna in Texas (1975).

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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 ...

Perry, Carmen

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Carmen Perry was the first Special Collections Librarian in the Library of the University of Texas at San Antonio. She held this position from 1974 until her retirement in 1981. She was named a fellow by the Texas State Historical Association subsequent to the 1975 publication of With Santa Anna in Texas: A Personal Narrative of the Revolution, her translation of the "De la Peña diary" (La Rebelión de Texas). From the description of Carmen Perry papers, 1973-1988. (University of Te...