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Staff Pick: Tecuichpoch / Doña Isabel de Moctezuma—Madre del Mestizaje

October 30, 2020

Catalina Delgado-Trunk Papers BY DANIEL ARBINO God, greed, and glory. These values propelled a cataclysm in Tenochtitlan of never-before-seen proportions when Spaniards entered the heart of the Mexica empire with conquest on their mind in 1519. A world was turned upside down, and in its … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: Tecuichpoch / Doña Isabel de Moctezuma—Madre del Mestizaje

Tagged With: Benson Latin American Collection, Catalina Delgado-Trunk, Daniel Arbino, papel picado, Tecuichpoch, US Latinos

Staff Pick: “Camas para Sueños” by Carmen Lomas Garza

October 30, 2020

Carmen Lomas Garza Papers and Artworks BY SUSANNA SHARPE The first time I saw Camas para Sueños (Beds for Dreams) was at the Laguna Gloria Art Museum in Austin, at an exhibition of works by Carmen Lomas Garza. I remember being moved to tears by the painting. Two sisters lie on a rooftop in the … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: “Camas para Sueños” by Carmen Lomas Garza

Tagged With: Benson Latin American Collection, Camas para Sueños, Carmen Lomas Garza, Chicano movement, Susanna Sharpe

(Self)Love in the Time of COVID

October 30, 2020

BY DANIEL ARBINO IT WAS INEVITABLE: the scent of fresh cut grass reminded me that we were in the middle of spring in Austin, Texas.1 I was surrounded by green: leaves, lawns, and the lingering light following an afternoon storm. Yet it was not the storm that forced neighbors to stay indoors, … [Read more...] about (Self)Love in the Time of COVID

Tagged With: Anel I. Flores, Benson Latin American Collection, Daniel Arbino, Julia Arredondo, Kat Fajardo, Rebecca Artemisa, Stephanie Rodriguez, Suzy González, zines

From the Director

October 30, 2020

THIS IS MY LAST DIRECTOR'S LETTER for Portal, and while time feels as if it’s flown by, LLILAS Benson has achieved many milestones since my term began. In the past four years, the partnership between the academic unit, LLILAS, and the library, Benson, grew from an experiment in collaborative … [Read more...] about From the Director

Tagged With: Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, Latin American studies, LLILAS Benson, The University of Texas at Austin

Celebrating a Century

October 30, 2020

IT'S DECEMBER 1, 1920, in Mexico City. After witnessing the inauguration of President Álvaro Obregón, University of Texas Regent H.J. Lutcher Stark and Chair of Latin American History Charles Wilson Hackett stumble upon an amazing find as they walk down Madero Street. Historian and head librarian … [Read more...] about Celebrating a Century

Tagged With: Benson 100, Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, Carlos E. Castañeda, Nettie Lee Benson, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Libraries

Staff Pick: Ernesto Cardenal in Solentiname

October 30, 2020

Ernesto Cardenal in Solentiname, Ernesto Cardenal Papers, 1925–2016 BY DYLAN JOY The acquisition of the Ernesto Cardenal Papers in 2016 marked a renewed focus by LLILAS Benson on collecting and preserving collections and stories from Central America. Cardenal, who passed away at 95 in March … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: Ernesto Cardenal in Solentiname

Tagged With: Benson Latin American Collection, Dylan Joy, Ernesto Cardenal, literary archives, Solentiname

Message from the Benson Collection Director

October 30, 2020

I AM SO PROUD to feature the Benson Centennial in Portal. While it is impossible to tell the complete story of this great library in a single issue, nearly every piece of this edition provides a glimpse of what has been created over the past one hundred years, from the foundational Genaro García … [Read more...] about Message from the Benson Collection Director

Tagged With: Benson 100, Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, Melissa Guy, University of Texas Libraries

Inside the Agrasánchez Collection of Mexican Cinema

October 30, 2020

BY DIEGO GODOY THE YOUNG HIGINIO GRANDA stood soldierly as he faced a mansion on Colón Street in Mexico City. Blond, svelte, and possessing a peninsular accent, he had the ability to pass as a “decent” person. But he was far from it, as his over twenty stints in jail might suggest. … [Read more...] about Inside the Agrasánchez Collection of Mexican Cinema

Tagged With: Agrasánchez, Arturo Ripstein, Benson Latin American Collection, CineClub México, Diego Godoy, Mexican cinema, Mexican Consulate in Austin

Staff Pick: Manifesto ao povo nordestino

October 30, 2020

Margaret Keck Collection of Brazilian Labor Movement Materials BY RYAN LYNCH As staff processed the Margaret Keck Collection, I peeked into a folder of Worker’s Party (PT) election ephemera from 1982. This was the first year that the PT, the party of future president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: Manifesto ao povo nordestino

Tagged With: Benson Latin American Collection, Brazilian politics, Brazilian Workers Party, cordel literature, Lula, Manifesto ao povo nordestino, Margaret Keck, MDB, northeastern Brazil, Ryan Lynch

Staff Pick: Student Activism in the Archives

October 30, 2020

BY ALBERT A. PALACIOS Uruguayan Political Propaganda, 1963–1984 There is a very serious plague that has been scourging through the country for years now, and that plague is imperialism. In the summer of 1969, Uruguayan trade unions flooded the streets of Montevideo to protest the visit of … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: Student Activism in the Archives

Tagged With: activism, Albert A. Palacios, Archives, Benson Latin American Collection, Economy Furniture Company, Economy Furniture Company Strike, Rockefeller, Uruguayan Political Propaganda

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