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Photograph of Santiago Tafolla at a camp meeting
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Group photograph of a camp meeting with Santiago Tafolla seated on the bench on the right. (reproduction)
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.
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.
Photograph of Santiago Tafolla and his sons, with others, after the funeral of his daughter Anita
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Pedro Tafolla, James "Santiago" Tafolla, Mariano Tafolla, Lott Tafolla, Gabriel Tafolla
Photograph of Santiago Tafolla and sons at the funeral of Anita Tafolla (reproduction)
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Pedro Tafolla, James "Santiago" Tafolla, Mariano Tafolla, Lott Tafolla, Gabriel Tafolla
The first page of Fidel Tafolla's English translation of Santiago Tafolla's memoir
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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.