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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, November 1978

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Cover story on Sammy Ayala.
Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bill Aucoin, Donna Barner, Toby Beau, Cooder Browne, Jack Burkett, Johnny Bush, George Chambers, Jubal Clark, Johnny Copeland, Danny Cowan, Hondo Crouch, Mike Dailey, Jimmy Day, Bob Dylan, Vonne Fehr, Kent Finlay, Bill Gaither, Lupe Galindo, Carroll Gilley, Mickey Gilley, Golden Gloves, Robert Gomez, Bobby Jenkins, Waylon Jennings, Danny Levinson, Bubba Littrell, Danny McKenna, Augie Meyers, Gene Miertschin, Willie Nelson, Jerry Retzloff, Ron Rose, Gary Stewart, Big Tony, Rusty Wier, Jack Williams, Steve Zipper.

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President's Report to the Board of Regents, August 1981

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Volume 1 of 2. 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.

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President's Report to the Board of Regents, August 1981

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Volume 2 of 2. 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.