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1938 yearbook for Southwest Texas State Teachers College.

Portrait of Fidel Tafolla

The original handwritten manuscript was 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.

Cover story on Willie Nelson.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bailey Anderson, Melody Barbosa, Toby Beau, Patsy Coleman, Johnny Dee, Jimmy Dickins, Ferlin Huskey, Clifton Jansky, Bobby Jenkins, Danny Levinson, Barbara Mandrell, Brandy Martin, Marty Martinez, Darrell McCall, Stoney Ridge, Kenny Rogers, Hank Snow, Bebe Wandell, Faron Young.

Cover story on Riot

Meeting minutes from the Texas State University System Board of Regents.

This interview was conducted in Spring 2021 as part of The Make Your Mark Student Audio Project. This project is limited to graduating seniors who were asked to reflect on their time at Texas State University and discuss their experiences.