Collection of material relating to Mexico, 1860-1930.

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Collection of material relating to Mexico, 1860-1930.

Collection consists of clippings, pamphlets, lithographs, photographs, and printed ephemera related to Mexican history, folk art, folklore, religion, and archeology. Includes material on Native Americans in Mexico, materials about the Mexican Revolution (1910-20), Mexican ballads and song sheets, and portraits of prominent Mexicans of the nineteenth century. Also includes Mexican corridos (some illustrated by Posada), 3 albums of carte-de-visite photographs, and photographs (ca. 1880s-90s) of Los Angeles and vicinity, San Francisco's Chinatown, and El Paso, TX.

15 boxes (7 linear ft.)2 oversize boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7405243

University of California, Los Angeles

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Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933

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Starr was born in Auburn, NY, Sept. 2, 1858; graduated from Lafayette College in 1882, and received his Ph. D in 1885; professor of biology, Coe College, 1883-87; Curator of Ethnology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1889-91; professor and Dean of the Science Dept., Pomona College, 1891; assoc. professor, Univ. of Chicago, 1895-1923; publications related to Mexico include: Some first steps in human progress (1895), American Indians (1898), Indians of Southern Mexico (1898), Reading...