An Introduction to the José Vasconcelos Papers

Drawing of Vasconcelos by Izquierdo. Undated. Benson Latin American Collection.

The Benson Latin American Collection is home to the archive of Mexican politician, writer, and philosopher José Vasconcelos (1881–1959).

In a short essay, Diego Godoy describes a man of contradictions, “the personification of both the brightness and darkness” of post-revolutionary Mexico.

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