Books in SW, MS, Rare, Rare-L, Hertzog, Military
First-person accounts, i.e. Where the Creosote Blooms: A Memoir F394.E4 R63 1999
City directories/phone books
UTEP catalogs and directories
School yearbooks
Secondary history books, i.e. The Gentlemen’s Club: The History of Prostitution in El Paso HQ146.E4 F76 1983
Manuscript and Photograph collection (examples for some topics)
-Women’s organizations
Woman’s Club of El Paso records, MS576
El Paso Graduate Nurses Association records, MS276
Pan American Round Table of El Paso, MS526
Woman’s Department, El Paso Chamber of Commerce records, MS356
-LGBT issues
Maria Norma Montellano papers, MS441
Lesbian and Gay ephemera collection, MS322
Victor Macías papers, MS413
-Immigration
National Catholic Welfare Conference case files, MS 173
Cleofas Calleros papers, MS 231
-Education
Alvarado (David) et al vs. El Paso Independent School District, MS 221
UTEP Collection, MS 001
Junior College of El Paso collection, MS 268
-Military bases and operations
Millard McKinney papers, MS 505
Terry de Ia Mesa Allen papers, MS 307
-Agriculture and ranching
Thomas family papers, MS 400
Porcher family business records, MS 384
-Extractive industries
Gertrude Fitzgerald photographs, PH 025 (mining, lumber)
Chisos Mining records, MS 044, MS 014
Hyslop-Beckmann family papers, MS 211
Maps
Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, MS 133
Oral history
http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/oral_history/
Periodicals
Microcosm. Special Collections Cage HQ75 .M53
Back Street Special Collections Cage HQ75 .B335
El Callejón Special Collections Cage HQ75 .C355
El Paso Herald-Post http://0-access.newspaperarchive.com.lib.utep.edu/
Government Records
El Paso County records, MS132 http://libraryweb.utep.edu/special/finding_aids/MS132_El-Paso-County-Records.pdf
Ciudad Juarez Municipal Archives (on microfilm) Guide at http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/guides/1/
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