UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO LIBRARY
C.L. SONNICHSEN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT
Primary source materials for Native American history
Personal papers: Cleofas Calleros papers, Brian Brown papers, C. L. Sonnichsen papers
Congressional papers: Richard C. White papers, Ron Coleman papers
Photographic collections: Mexican Revolution photograph collection, El Paso Times negatives, El Paso Herald-Post photo files, Diana Molina photographs, Aultman photographs, etc.
Books: Southwest and Border Studies Collection: especially books starting with the E99 call number.
Special Collections Reference: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo archives (4 volumes, call number E99.T52 Y75 2000), Handbook of North American Indians (volumes 2, 3, 9, &10; E77 .H25 v.2)
Maps: Assorted historical maps of Texas, the Southwest, and Mexico
Oral Histories: Over 900 oral history interviews, some with references to Native Americans
Government records:
El Paso County Records
Mexican municipal records on microfilm:
Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, Janos, Carrizal,Parral
Other Mexican archives on microfilm:
Archivo Judicial de Parral, Chih.
Archivo Judicial de Guerrero, Chih.
Official Gazettes on microfilm and in hard copy:
Peridióco Oficial de Chihuahua (under several titles)
Church records: Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Cathedral of Durango, Dgo., Cathedral of Cd. Juarez (Mission of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe)
Microfilm: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Archives: [the Tigua file /compiled by Nicholas Houser and Tom Diamond] MF554
Records of the Southern Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1832-70, MF 1623 .M640 (22 reels of film)
Letters sent by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881, MF 1623 .M21 (166 reels)
Records of the New Mexico Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1849-80, MF 1622 .T21 (30 reels)
Newspapers: El Paso Times, El Paso Herald, El Paso Herald-Post, The Lone Star, other El Paso newspapers on microfilm. Refer to Newspaperarchive in the databases to view El Paso Herald-Post from 1931-1977. Also samples and short runs of various local and regional newspapers.
Special Collections phone: 747-5697; hours: MTThF 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; W 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sat. 10-2
Claudia Rivers, Special Collections Librarian, phone 747-6725; e-mail crivers@utep.edu
Special Collections web page address: http://libraryweb.utep.edu/speccoll/
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