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Benson out and about

Culhuacán (MEXICATZINGO). Mexico. Jan. 17,1580. 70×54 cm. The Benson Latin American Collection is sharing its unique holdings with our crosstown public partner through an exhibit featured at the...

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Benson Goes for Baroque

Iglesia de Santa María Tonantzintla, Puebla. Caroyln Brown. The extravagance of the Baroque period in Spanish America is currently on display in an exhibition at the Benson Latin American Collection....

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A View Through the Student Lens

Dark clouds gathered in the late afternoon sky in anticipation of the last storm of the summer. Inside, a DJ set the needle down on the 45-rpm version of a Jorge Ben classic just as the rain began to...

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Pre-Mod Pre-Med: Typhus, Bloodletting, and Sasparilla

Francisco Bravo’s “Opera Medicinalia” (1570). With the Dell Medical School’s inaugural class set to arrive in 2016, it’s only fitting that one of our most innovative archiving projects should get a...

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Sor Juana’s “Book of Professions”

“Libro de professiones y elecciones de prioras y vicarias del convento de San Gerónimo, 1586–1713.” Ink and blood on paper. 8 x 12 inches. Dorothy Schons Papers, Benson Latin American Collection. Sor...

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Chat with a Rwandan Youth Leader

Aegis Trust Youth Ambassador Dydine Umunyana. Photo by Christian Kelleher. For a little over two weeks in January and February, UT Libraries was the home base for a visit by Rwandan Dydine Umunyana who...

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Plaques Unveiled to Honor Lozano Long and Benson

LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections celebrated the memory of Dr. Nettie Lee Benson and the achievements and generosity of Dr. Teresa Lozano Long at the unveiling of two bronze plaques...

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Herzstein Legacy Survives in Benson Collection

Robert E. Herzstein Attorney Robert E. Herzstein recently passed away at the age of 83. Herzstein served as lead counsel to Mexico in negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),...

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Literature on a String

Modern forms of independent publishing like zines owe a debt not only to the likes of Thomas Paine, but also to popular types of cultural or regional publications that emerged from a desire to capture...

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The Libraries and García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez working on “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Credit: Guillermo Angulo/Harry Ransom Center As the university wraps up this year’s Fleur Cowles Symposium “Gabriel García Márquez:...

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The Art of Carmen Lomas Garza

Tamalada (2003) by Carmen Lomas Garza.IRIS giclée digital print on paper, 4/180. Benson Latin American Collection. Born in 1948, much of Carmen Lomas Garza’s work reflects upon her formative years in...

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Collections Highlight: Port of Acapulco, 1638

Alejandro RuffoniPuerto de Acapulco en el Reino de la Nueva Expaña en el Mar del Sur1628lithograph17 x 22 in.Genaro García CollectionBenson Latin American Collection A facsimile reproduction made in...

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Collections Highlight: The Memoirs of Santa Anna

Antonio López de Santa Anna. “Mis memorias, escritas de mi puño y letra sin ayuda de nadie,en mi último destierro,” 1872. Paper. 12 x 7 in. Genaro Garcìa Collection, Benson Latin American Collection....

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Collections Highlight: Carlos Villalongín Dramatic Company

From the Carlos Villalongín Dramatic Company Records. Benson Latin American Collection. Founded in Jalisco, Mexico in 1849, the Carlos Villalongín Dramatic Company (also known as Compañía Cómico...

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Collecting the Black Experience

A year ago, Rachel E. Winston joined the staff of the Benson Latin American Collection, taking on an entirely new post with the library as its Black Diaspora Archivist. The position is still one of...

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Collection Highlight: The Carlos Eduardo Castañeda Papers

Historian, archivist, educator Carlos E. Castañeda was born November 11, 1896, in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. His father was a professor of French and government at the College of San Juan in...

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Alicia Gaspar de Alba Donates Archive to the Benson Collection

BY DANIEL ARBINO The Benson Latin American Collection is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Alicia Gaspar de Alba Papers. Contents include drafts of creative works such as Calligraphy of the...

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Scholar Takes an Intimate Look at Mexican Author María Luisa Puga

On February 15, LLILAS Benson celebrated the opening of the literary archive of Mexican author María Luisa Puga (1944–2004). This unusual archive is replete with the author’s voice and vision,...

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Collections Highlight: Typus Cosmographicus Universalis

In this important world map, the extent of North America and the distance across the Pacific Ocean are hardly understood while the outline of South America is better represented. The cartography is...

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Legacy of Art Historian Jacqueline Barnitz to Be Celebrated with Remembrance...

The Benson Latin American Collection is pleased to announce the acquisition of the archive of Jacqueline Barnitz (1923–2017). The life and collection of the late art historian and professor emeritus...

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