Primary Sources - HIS 481/681 Revolutionary Mexico 1810 - Present

United States Newspapers

Mexican Revolution: Topics in Chronicling America
Selected articles and guide for finding articles on the Mexican Revolution via Chronicling America.

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The New York Times Archive searches the contents of the New York Times from 1851 to present. Full text is provided to Murray State users. Murray State users will need to create an account to authenticate access, AND MUST BE ON CAMPUS FOR REGISTRATION. Following registration, access is available off-campus. Visit https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/ippass to create a free account. If you are unable able to come to campus to create your account, please contact Cris Ferguson .
Wall Street Journal: 1889 - 2012 This link opens in a new window
Provides easily-searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of the Wall Street Journal from 1889 to 2011.
American Periodicals Series Online (Colonial to early 20th century) This link opens in a new window
This unique and valuable collection contains digitized page images from American magazines and journals that originated between 1741, when Andrew Bradford's American Magazine and Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine were launched, and 1900.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
All repositories that have received NDNP assistance to digitize materials have also made said materials available through the Library of Congress.

English Language Mexican Newspapers

The American Star
Based in Mexico City, Mexico. 1847-1848
Flag of Freedom
Based in Puebla, Mexico. 1847-1848.
Mexican Extraordinary
Based in Mexico City, Mexico. 1857-1858
The Tampico Tribune
Based in Tampico, Mexico. 1923-1933

Mexican Newspapers

Hemeroteca Nacional Digital De México
Digital National Newspaper Archives of Mexico. 1722 to 1978. Only available in Spanish
Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers
This collection contains digitized newspapers which provide documentation of the revolutionary era in Mexico. While publications are primarily in Spanish, there are limited publications available in English (see below), French, and one in German.
Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press
A collection of Mexican and Mexican American publications published in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sonora, Mexico from mid-1800s to 1970s. Most publications in Spanish.

Digital Collections

The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso
A digital collection of photographs relating to the Mexican Revolution, curated by the University of North Texas.
Mexican Revolution Photograph Collection
A digital collection of photographs from the Mexican Revolution. Curated by the University of Texas at El Paso.
Latin American Pamphlet Digital Collection
Unique pamphlets from Chile, Cuba, Bolivia, and Mexico published during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Curated by Harvard University.

Digitized Historic Books and Reports

Facts submitted by the Committee of the American colony to President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan relative to the Mexican situation and the record of the Hon. Henry Lane Wilson therewith by Committee of the American Colony
Publication Date: 1913
The Mexican situation from a Mexican point of view by Luis Cabrera
Publication Date: 1913
Manifesto addressed by General Francisco Villa to the nation, and documents justifying the disavowal of Venustiano Carranza as first chief of the revolution by Pancho Villa
Publication Date: 1914
"Red Papers" of Mexico by Mexican Bureau of Information
Publication Date: 1914
Documents relation to the imbroglio between Carranza and Villa.
Angles of the Mexican situation from Mexican Viewpoints
Publication Date: 1914
Opinion of General Alvarado in regard to General Francisco Villa.
Reply of Don Venustiano Carranza to the chief of the Northern division. The first chief of the Constitutionalist army, in charge of the executive power, to the Mexican people. Refutation of the manifest of General Francisco Villa. by Venustiano Carranza
Publication Date: 1914
The situation in our dealings with General Victorianio [!] Huerta, at Mexico City. Address of the President of the United States, delivered at a joint session of the two houses of Congress, April 20, 1914 by United States
Publication Date: 1914
Speech by Luis Cabrera before the Convention, Mexico, D.F., October 5, 1914. by Luis Cabrera
Publication Date: 1914
Some of the facts and arguments which led to the recognition of the first chief of the constitutionalist army in charge of the executive power of the Mexican Republic, Mr. Venustiano Carranza, as the de facto government in Mexico. by Heriberto Barrón
Publication Date: 1915
A diplomat's wife in Mexico : letters from the American Embassy at Mexico City, covering the dramatic period between October 8th, 1913, and the breaking off of diplomatic relations on April 23rd, 1914, together with an account of the occupation of Vera Cr by Edith O'Shaughnessy
Publication Date: 1916
Report by Venustiano Carranza (first chief of the Constitutionalist army) in the city of Querétaro, state of Querétaro, Méx., Friday, December 1st, 1916. by Venustiano Carranza
Publication Date: 1916
President Venustiano Carranza corrects statements made by Senator Knox by Venustiano Carranza
Publication Date: 1917
With the First city troop on the Mexican border, being the diary of a trooper, by George Brooke, 3rd. by George Brooke
Publication Date: 1917
Diplomatic dealings of the constitutionalist revolution of Mexico by Mexican Foreign Office
Publication Date: 1919
Experiences and observations of an American consular officer during the recent Mexican revolutions by William B. Davis
Publication Date: 1920
Investigation of Mexican Affairs. Report of Senator Albert B. Fall to the Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations. by Albert B. Fall
Publication Date: 1920
The Mexican revolution and the nationalization of the land; the foreign interests and reaction by Dr. Atl [Gerardo Murillo Cornado]
Publication Date: 1920
The Mexican Agrarian Revolution by Frank Tannenbaum
Publication Date: 1929

HIS 481/681 Revolutionary Mexico 1810 - Present

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