The collection consists of a scrapbook containing materials related to Mexican history from the late 19th to early 20th century. Materials in the collection include mostly newspaper clippings and photographs from multiple eras in Mexican history, including the Second French intervention in Mexico (1861-1867), the Porfiriato (1876-1911), and the Mexican Revolution (circa 1910-1920).

This collection consists of 60 cartes de visite, owned by José Antonio Ulloa of Zacatecas, Mexico. Items in the collection include photographs and portraits of European, South American, and Central American royalty and military members from the 19th century. Many of the cartes de visite depict members of European royalty related to Napoleon I, as well as cartes de visite of figures surrounding the trial and execution of Mexican Emperor Maximilian I in 1867.