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Mexican-American Border
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Border Studies: Texas-Mexico Border 
 An exhibit of "36 photographic studies of people and places along the Texas-Mexico border, from El Paso/Juárez to Brownsville/Matamoros." This exhibit displays a series of maps showing how the border has moved over time and continues with contemporary images of both sides of the border. There are related readings and learning activities. http://www.humanities-interactive.org/borderstudies/border_studies_exhibit/exhibitindex.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Nov 2, 2001 Common Borders: Casa Blanca, Riverside and La Frontera
An exhibit of nine photographs by Yolande Andrade, Eniac Martinez, and Todd Bigelow. Topics include the Casa Blanca neighborhood in Riverside, California, and scenes of the U.S./Mexico border (la frontera). From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/borders/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Farmworker and Colonia Communities
This site provides resources about farm workers and colonias, "rural communities and neighborhoods located within 150 miles of the U.S.-Mexican Border. They often lack the basic services ... running, water, electricity, and paved roads." Includes links to research aides, photos of colonias, and information about relevant programs at HUD, other government agencies, and advocacy organizations. Available in English and Spanish. From the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). http://www.hud.gov/groups/swbr.cfm Topics: Agriculture, Communities & Groups, Home & Housing, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Poverty Last updated Nov 3, 2007 Lines of Sight: Views of the U.S. / Mexican Border
An exhibit of 14 "contemporary views of the [U.S./Mexico] border through the eyes of [five] artists based north and south of the border." Includes photographs, paintings, video stills, installation views, and information on the artists represented in the exhibit. Also available in Spanish. From the Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside. http://sweeney.ucr.edu/exhibitions/border/ Topics: Art by Region, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Aug 10, 2003 San Diego/Tijuana Border Aerial Photo Set
An exhibit of ten "scanned sections of the joint USGS/US Customs Service series produced in 1979," representing border areas of San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. From the University of California, San Diego. http://gort.ucsd.edu/mw/border/sdtab2.html Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Aug 16, 2003 The South Texas Border, 1900-1920: Photographs from the Robert Runyon Collection
A collection of over 8,000 photographs (including glass negatives, lantern slides, nitrate negatives, prints, and postcards) of South Texas and the Mexican border, taken by commercial photographer Robert Runyon. Features images of the Mexican Revolution, Fort Brown, and the Rio Grande Valley. Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject. Also contains a brief biography of Runyon and maps of the lower Rio Grande region. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/runyon/ Topics: History By Place, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 16, 2009 |
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