Anthropologists Felipe Latorre (born 1907 in Chile) and Dolores Latorre (born 1903 in Spain) graduated from the Institute of Latin American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin (1953); they also studied at Columbia University (1951) and the School of Anthropology of the National University of Mexico (1957). From 1960 to 1972 they lived in Múzquiz, Mexico, and conducted an ethnological field study of Kickapoo Indians in the Mexican state of Coahuila; they published
Field notes, manuscripts and galley proofs, correspondence, photographs, travel diaries, clippings, and assorted materials, primarily about Kickapoo Indian culture in El Nacimiento, Mexico. Field notes and card files record the Latorres' observations during their study of the Kickapoo; they include a roll of tribe members from 1960-1972 and a Kickapoo dictionary. Photographs (1898-1973) depict the Kickapoo in Coahuila and their homes in Shawnee, Oklahoma, with scenes of their daily life, traditions, and artifacts. Correspondence from 1928 to 1976 illustrates Indian life and efforts by the Latorres and earlier researchers to document it; correspondents include Sarah McKellar, Bessie Williams, and Kenneth W. Porter. Other correspondence includes that of the Kickapoo with the Mexican government, some documenting efforts to oust renters from Kickapoo lands (1961-1968); other correspondence of the Kickapoo and by the Latorres with and for the Kickapoo (1961-1971); and the Latorres' general correspondence (1962-1986), some concerning their publications.
Manuscripts and galley proofs are mostly from the
The materials are primarily in English, with some items in Spanish.
The Latorre Collection on the Kickapoo Indians of Mexico was donated to the Benson Latin American Collection by Felipe A. and Dolores L. Latorre in
The Latorre Collection on the Kickapoo Indians of Mexico was arranged into nine series by the staff of the Mexican Archives Project. The processing of the collection was completed by the project staff in
Finding aid initially prepared by the Mexican Archives Project,
Latorre Collection on the Kickapoo Indians of Mexico, 1898-1986, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
The following publications were based upon the collection, as were several articles:
Thirty-three stenographic notebooks comprising the Latorres' daily record of Kickapoo research; typescripts of information from stenographic notebooks numbers 1 3 and 6-24; and notes and dictionaries kept by Dolores Latorre.
Notes on the Kickapoo, including notes for the Kickapoo dictionary and tribal roll; censuses of Kickapoo by age, livestock ownership, and automobile ownership; Kickapoo dictionary. Card files contain the Kickapoo tribal roll, listing members from 1960-1872; the “Kickapoo plant file”; and the “Mexican plant file.”
Major correspondents include Mrs. Clay T. (Bessie) Williams (daughter of Yakapita), Sarah McKellar, Kenneth W. Porter, and Dolores Latorre. The letters illustrate Indian life and efforts by the Latorres and earlier researchers to document it.
Includes correspondence between the Kickapoo and government officials; other Kickapoo correspondence; letters to the Latorres from Gaines Kincaid, passing on information he had gleaned from the Austin Statesman about the Kickapoo and other Indians; and the Latorres' correspondence with Dorothy Reed of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, the U.S. Department of Interior, Nelson C. Reed, Sara Valdes, the Milwaukee Public Museum about the sale of the Latorres' Kickapoo artifacts, and Troy Crisp.
Photographs, negatives, and a few drawings depicting the Kickapoo in Coahuila and their homes in Shawnee, Oklahoma, with scenes of their daily life, traditions, and artifacts.
Includes manuscripts, galley proofs, preliminary drafts, correspondence, and publishers' catalogs featuring The Mexican Kickapoo Indians.
Contains the manuscript, correspondence relating to the publication and its publicity, clippings, and notes pertaining to Cooking and curing with Mexican herbs.
Includes manuscripts, reprints, drafts, correspondence, and notes relating to the following publications:
Correspondence, articles, photocopies, card files, microfilm, clippings, printed material, bibliographies, and catalogs.
Notebooks recording the Latorres' 1958-1959 tour of all South American countries except the Guianas, and their trips to Spain in 1978 and 1979.
Term papers, bibliographies, syllabi, articles, and essays from the Latorres' student days.
Clippings, printed material, maps, essays, and a bust of the Kickapoo chieftain, Papícuano.