A library for the Americas : the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection / edited by Julianne Gilland, José Montelongo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Michael K. Schaefer Fund.

Gilland, Julianne, editor.

Montelongo, José, 1974- editor.

Series:

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Library resources.

Latin America.

Library resources.

Benson Latin American Collection.

Libraries--Special collections--Latin America.

Libraries.

Libraries--Special collections.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 204 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.

Contents:

Foreword / Julianne Gilland, José Montelongo, Virginia Garrard, and Lorraine J. Haricombe

Introduction : a brief history of a great library / David Block

Latin American Collections. In praise of the Benson Collection = Elogio de la Colección Benson / Mauricio Tenorio ; The Relaciones geográficas / Barbara E. Mundy ; Archive in a library : the case of the St. John d'El Rey Mining Company / Richard Graham ; A walk through the Benson with Lucas Alamán / Eric Van Young ; La pasión por lo Impreso : Historia del Fondo Arturo Taracena Flores / Arturo Taracena Arriola

Plates

Latina/o Collections. The Benson Latin American Collection as an oppositional borderlands archive / David Montejano ; Printed proof : the cultural politics of Ricardo and Harriett Romo's print collection / Tatiana Reinoza ; Telling treasures : the Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa archive at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection / Norma E. Cantú

Plates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Michael K. Schaefer Fund.

ISBN:

9781477315118

147731511X

OCLC:

988232158

Publisher Number:

99977306586