A Guide to the Robert Mendoza Collection
Descriptive Summary |
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| Creator | Mendoza, Robert | |
| Title | Robert Mendoza Collection | |
| Dates: | 1997-2006 | |
| Abstract | Collection of fifteen original newspaper articles from Laredos, all researched and written by Robert Mendoza between 1997 and 2006. | |
| Extent | 1 in. | |
| Language | Materials are in English. | |
| Repository | Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin | |
Scope and Contents
Collection of fifteen original newspaper articles from Laredos, all researched and written by Robert Mendoza.
Topics include the murder of Mexican General Lucio Blanco (1922), the Prohibition-era bootlegger murder of Captain Charles Stevens (1929), a bibliography of Catarino Garza and Captain John Gregory Bourke, the Plan de San Diego (1915-1916), the death of Jesse Moseley (1916), biography of Allen Walker, and the Exchange Hotel and railroads in Laredo. Also, pieces on Colonel Patricio G. Mendoza (1915), Emiliano Zapata and Jesus Guajardo, George "Gavo" Ochoa's murder of Henry G. Whittenburg (1949), and an overview of writers' portrayals of Laredo from 1828 to 1979.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Robert Mendoza Collection, 1997-2006, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Robert Mendoza Collection |
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| 2.325/B101a | Original newspaper articles from Laredos, 1997-2006 | ||||||||||||