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Mexican American Archives Project

A Project of the Hispanic Research Center
& the UTSA Library Special Collections and Archives Department

The Mexican American Archives Project specializes in acquiring, preserving, arranging, describing, and providing access to primary source materials that document the social, political, cultural and historical activities of Mexican Americans in San Antonio and South Texas since World War II.

History

The Mexican American Archives project was established in 1991 by the Hispanic Research Center (now a part of the UTSA Culture and Policy Institute) in collaboration with the UTSA Library Special Collections and Archives Department. The project began with the realization that there were scant materials available on the political activities of the Mexican American community in San Antonio since World War II. The concern was that the public in general, and many scholars, in particular, were unaware of the role of the Mexican American community in politics before 1975.

List of Mexican American Collections at the UTSA Archives