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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 Herb Carroll (cowboy hatter)

Aerial photos of Mount Carmel on April 19, 1993, before and after fire starts, used as evidence in Andrade vs. Chojnacki civil court case. Includes cover page titled, "Timing of Aerial Photographs by Reference to FLIR Video."

Floorplans of Mount Carmel with annotations concerning the April 19 assault.