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Mexico

 Subject
Subject Source: Naf

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Pemex Travel Club brochures of Mexico collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-133
Abstract

The collection consists of 24 brochures produced by the Pemex Travel Club in 1959, offering information, pictures, itineraries, and maps of various locations in Mexico.

Dates: 1959

H. L. Ripley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-020
Abstract

This collection includes photographs and an unpublished diary written by H.L. Ripley while he traveled on horseback through Mexico in 1888-1889. A handwritten essay by Ripley from 1868 on the topic of manliness is also included.

Dates: 1868-1889; Majority of material found within 1888-1889

Ritchie family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31210026673523]
Identifier: MS-136
Abstract The collection consists of materials related to the Ritchie family of Riverside County, California, most notably Dr. Iner Sheld Ritchie and his son Dr. Iner William Sheld Ritchie. The Ritchies were well known for their philanthropic work in Mexico, most notably through the organization Liga International, founded by the elder Ritchie in 1934. Liga, also known as The Flying Doctors of Mercy, provides medical, dental, and eye care to rural clinics in Southern Mexico. Items in the collection...
Dates: 1925-1992; Majority of material found within 1934-1947

Photograph collection on Pancho Villa

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-033
Abstract

The collection consists mainly of photographs of Francisco “Pancho” Villa, a Mexican Revolutionary general and prominent figure during the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century. Photographs in the collection include portraits of Villa, Villa with his troops and other military figures, Villa's murder in 1923, and photographs of Villa’s family.

Dates: 1913-1934

C.B. Waite photographs

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31210026669778]
Identifier: MS-031
Abstract

The collection consists of approximately 200 black and white photographs of various cities, buildings, historic sites, people, events, and places in Mexico taken by photographer C.B. (Charles Betts) Waite in the early 20th century.

Dates: circa 1904