Mexican American Library Program
BIBLIOGRAPHER: Pamela Mann
OTHER SUBJECT RESPONSIBILITIES:
ADDRESS: Benson Latin American Collection, SRH 1.111
PHONE: 495-4586
- I. Purpose:
- To support the courses of study offered by the University at the undergraduate
and graduate levels in the areas of Mexican American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and studies on the U.S.-Mexico
borderlands, and to provide resource material needed to support independent scholarly research. As a special
collection, the Mexican American Library Program (MALP) collects as thoroughly as possible all library or
archival materials which relate to Hispanics in the United States, particularly Mexican Americans in Texas
and the Southwest, or which are written or produced by Hispanic Americans. Because of the multi-disciplinary
nature of these fields, a number of departments and research centers have an interest in the materials acquired
through the MALP (e.g., the Center for Mexican American Studies, the Institute of Latin American Studies, the
Mexican Center, History, English, etc.).
- II. General Collection Guidelines:
-
- A. Languages: English and Spanish are the primary languages of collection. Works published in German, French and Italian are purchased in the original and, when available, in English or Spanish translation. Works published originally in languages other than those mentioned above are generally purchased only when translated into English or Spanish.
- B. Chronological Guidelines: Materials from the period of the early Spanish explorers of the sixteenth century to the present are acquired.
- C. Geographical Guidelines: Restricted to the present United States boundaries and the United States-Mexico borderlands.
- D. Treatment of Subject: All materials dealing with any aspect of Mexican Americans as well as other Hispanics in the United States at any level are acquired. Works which treat historical, social, cultural, and political aspects of Hispanics in the U.S. are especially of interest.
- E. Types of Material: In addition to the usual types of materials, the
MALP acquires conference proceedings on Mexican American or Hispanic American related issues,
publications of Chicano and Hispanic research centers, reports of private or quasi-public agencies,
publications of Hispanic professional organizations, archival material, microforms and all types of
audiovisual materials sound recordings, videocassettes, slides, etc. (especially those unique and locally
produced items) posters, theses and dissertations, relevant government documents (especially state a
nd federal), childrens literature, and ephemera.
- F. Date of Publication: Emphasis is on current works, but retrospective works are also acquired.
- G. Other General Considerations: The Benson Latin American Collection serves as the historical and cultural base for the MALP. For important sources of research materials pertaining to the Hispanic experience in Texas and the Southwest, as well as for Texas-Mexico borderland studies, the Barker Texas History Center Collection should also be consulted. Other units of The University of Texas Libraries also support and supplement holdings of the MALP. While not connected with the University of Texas at Austin, the Austin History Center of the Austin Public Library also contains resources relating to Mexican Americans in Central Texas, and the Central America Resource Center collects materials on Central American refugees in the U.S.
- [NOTE: All materials relevant to Mexican American and U.S.-Mexico borderlands studies in any and all subject areas and subject subdivisions are collected more intensively than that for other Hispanic groups in the U.S. The classification numbers listed below are those at which a substantial quantity of materials are found; however, due to the scope of the collection, the listing is not all inclusive.]
- III. Observations and Qualifications by Subject and LC Class:
-
| Subject |
LC Class |
Location |
CDP[NCIP]
Collecting Level |
Bibliographer |
| Mexican Americans :General Works |
E 184.M5
|
BLAC |
E [5] |
Mexican American |
| Mexican Americans in Texas |
F 395.M5
|
BLAC |
E [5] |
Mexican American |
| U.S.-Mexico borderlands (Primarily U.S. imprints) |
F 786-787
|
BLAC |
D [4] |
Mexican American |
| Mexican Americans in the Southwest |
F 790.M5
|
BLAC |
D [4] |
Mexican American |
| Art |
N 6538.M4
|
BLAC
(2) Fine Arts |
D [4] |
Mexican American |
| Theatre |
PN 2270.M48
|
BLAC
(2) Fine Arts |
D [4] |
Mexican American |
| Literature : See Footnote 1 |
PS 153.M4
PS 508.M4;
PS 3551-3576
PS 591.M4
PS 628.M4
|
BLAC |
E [5] |
Mexican American |
| Public Health |
RA 448.5 M5
|
BLAC
(2) PCL
(2) Public Affairs |
D [4] |
Mexican American |
| Bibliography |
Z 1361.M4
|
BLAC |
E [5] |
Mexican American |
| Cuban Americans |
E 184.C97
|
BLAC
(2) PCL |
C [3] |
Mexican American |
| Puerto Ricans on the mainland |
E 184.P85
|
BLAC
(2) PCL |
C [3] |
Mexican American |
| Hispanics in the U.S. |
General works
E 184.S75
|
BLAC
(2) PCL |
D [4] |
Mexican American |
| Literature : See Footnote 2 |
PS 508.H57;
PS 3551-3576
|
BLAC
(2) PCL |
D [4] |
Mexican American |
| Religion : See Footnote 3 |
BR 563;
BX 1407
|
BLAC
(2) PCL |
C [3] |
Mexican American |
| Genealogy : See Footnote 4 |
CS 1-110
|
BLAC |
C [3] |
Mexican American |
| Folklore : See Footnote 5 |
GR 111
|
BLAC
(2) CAH |
D [4] |
Mexican American |
| Labor: See Footnote 6 |
HD 1525
HD 1527
HD 8081
|
BLAC
(2) PCL
|
D [4] |
Mexican American |
| Immigration : See Footnote 7 |
JV 6200-7539
|
BLAC
(2) PCL |
D [4] |
Mexican American |
| Education See Footnote 8 |
LC 2667-2698
LC 3701-3740 |
BLAC |
D [4] |
Mexican American |
- Footnote 1:
Includes literary history and criticism; Mexican American authors; poetry; drama.
- Footnote 2:
Including Hispanic American authors.
- Footnote 3:
Primarily the history of Christianity in the U.S. and Catholicism as it relates to Hispanic Americans.
- Footnote 4:
Particularly that of the Southwestern U.S. and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands; includes works dealing with research methodology.
- Footnote 5:
Primarily Hispanic American folklore of the Southwestern U.S.
- Footnote 6:
Generally limited to U.S. imprints of works on Hispanic migrants and agricultural laborers, and Hispanic alien and minority labor in the U.S.
- Footnote 7:
Generally limited to U.S. imprints of works on Latin American migration to the U.S., and Hispanic American immigrant communities.
- Footnote 8:
Includes the education of Mexican Americans and other Hispanic groups, and the bilingual education of Spanish speaking children.
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