Archives
Call 956-381-2990 or e-mail janette@utpa.edu for appointment
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Archivo Digital
de documentos sobre la guerra de Texas, 1835 y la guerra Mexico-Estados
Unidos, 1846-1848
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| Archival documents in Spanish concerning Mexico's war with Texas in
1835 and the war between Mexico and the United States from
1846-1848. Digitized through a collaborative effort between
Mexico's Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriories and the University of
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The Archives holds primary source, or original
materials such a correspondence, business files, maps, and
photographs from local people and businesses.
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The Shary Collection contains the papers from John
H. Shary (1872-1945), the founder of Sharyland and "Father of the Texas
Citrus Industry." He was a prominant land developer, and president of
the United Irrigation Company in the Mission / Sharyland area.
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- Historical Map and
Google Map of lands owned by Shary, including Mission and
Sharyland, north of the Rio Grande to 10 Mile, and between the current
Bentsen Road west to Inspiration Road.
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- Photographs from the Shary Collection.
Includes panoramic photos of excursion parties, and glass plate
negatives of slides shown to prospective land buyers.
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- Digital
Images from the Shary Collection, including letters, speeches,
and photographs
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The Eligio "Kika" de la Garza Collection (1927- )
contains the congressional papers of Kika de la Garza who served as
U.S. representative for the 15th Congressional District from 1964-1996.
Please contact the archivist for further information regarding access
to the collections.
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- Finding
Aid of the Kika de la Garza congressional records
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| Hidalgo, Starr and Webb County records: |
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The University of Texas-Pan American Library is a Texas State
Library regional depository for the preservation of permanently
valuable records. A list of holdings is available in the
Library.
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Transcribed indexes to two popular volumes are available online:
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Finding Aids to other Collections:
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- Carl
Seale was a Professor of Music at the University of Texas-Pan
American in Edinburg from January 1972 until his retirement in May
2001. He was awarded Professor Emeritus by the University of
Texas-Pan American. He was also Music Director/Conductor of the Valley
Symphony Orchestra and Chorale and elected Conductor Emeritus by the
Valley Symphony Orchestra of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. He
composed the 1996 winning composition of the Texas Orchestra
Directors Association Composition Contest, "The Flight of Icarus"
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- Paul
Henggeler (1955-2004) was a professor of History at the University
of Texas-Pan American. He authored two books focusing on
the Kennedy era. His collection primarily contains the
research and interviews that he completed for the book The Kennedy
Persuasion: The Politics of Style Since JFK. Some
papers are also included for his third book he was working on,
After the Harvest: The Rise and Fall of Cesar Chavez.
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- Vela
Family. The current archival holdings for the Vela family consist
of materials from the first Schunior Family Reunion held in
McAllen, Texas June 30 - July 2, 2006. The Schunior family is one
of the branches of the Vela Family. The collection consists
of promotional materials made expressly for the reunion, as
well as visitor information about area attractions.
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User Guidelines
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About Us
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Archives Department Contact: (956)
381-2990
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