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Handwritten memoir by Santiago Tafolla, Part I (Chapters 1-22; pages 1-76)

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Original handwritten manuscript written in Spanish by the Reverend Santiago Tafolla at the age of 71. Tafolla was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico under Mexican rule; traveled widely in the US; and served in the Texas Indian Wars and the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The memoir offers a rare look at 19th century Texas from the Tejano perspective and is the only known memoir of a Mexican American who served in the Civil War. Tafolla's great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura Tafolla transcribed, translated, and edited the memoir, which was ultimately published as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Civil War Soldier, by Arté Público Press in 2009. Item is fragile; pages 73-76 are illegible in places; written in pencil.

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Handwritten memoir by Santiago Tafolla, Part II (Chapters 23-30; pages 1-55)

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Original handwritten manuscript written in Spanish by the Reverend Santiago Tafolla at the age of 71. Tafolla was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico under Mexican rule; traveled widely in the US; and served in the Texas Indian Wars and the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The memoir offers a rare look at 19th century Texas from the Tejano perspective and is the only known memoir of a Mexican American who served in the Civil War. Tafolla's great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura Tafolla transcribed, translated, and edited the memoir, which was ultimately published as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Civil War Soldier, by Arté Público Press in 2009. Item is fragile; some pages are illegible in places; written in pencil.

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Action Magazine, May 1976

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Cover story on Leon Russell.
Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Gary Allen, Jessie Ashlock, Toby Beau, Chuck Berry, George Best, Ron Bledsoe, Johnny Bush, Milton Carroll, David Allan Coe, Alvin Cooley, Randy Crouchet, Alvin Crow, Jess Demaine, Danny Escobedo, Kent Finlay, Jim Fogelsong, Kinky Friedman, Sabino Garza, Efrain Gutierrez, Sweat Hog, Freddy Joe, Elton John, Los Keyes, Rex Ludwick, Darrell McCall, Mary McCreary, Augie Meyer, Jay Milner, Joker Moon, Daniel Moore, Willie Nelson, Jody Payne, Charlie Pride, Douglas Quintet, Mickey Raphael, Jimmy Reed, Ladd Roberts, Mary McCreary Russell, Doug Sahm, Vicky Smart, Bee Spears, Mike Tolleson, Don White, Rusty Wiers, Eddie Wilson, Ron Wood, Frank Wright, Norm Zeigler.

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President's Report to the Board of Regents, November 1986

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Generally published each quarter, these reports include status of faculty and staff, policies, budgets, facilities, curriculum, and enrollment. Contents of reports vary over time and reflect the sate of the institution.