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Benson Latin American Collection

Exhibition Highlight – Martín Fierro: From Marginal Outlaw to National Symbol

September 27, 2022

IT HAS BEEN 150 YEARS since the publication of Argentina’s renowned epic poem, El gaucho Martín Fierro, by José Hernández. In spring 2022, graduate research assistants Melissa Aslo de la Torre and Janette Núñez organized an exhibition in honor of the poem’s sesquicentennial in the Rare Books Reading … [Read more...] about Exhibition Highlight – Martín Fierro: From Marginal Outlaw to National Symbol

Tagged With: Argentina, Benson Latin American Collection, gauchos, José Hernández, Martín Fierro

A Centennial Gift Honoring One of the Benson’s Own

September 3, 2021

The year 2021 marks the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, bringing promise of a triumphant future and cause for celebration today. Former head librarian Ann Hartness, renowned for her 38-year career at the Benson and her contributions to Brazilian studies, is being … [Read more...] about A Centennial Gift Honoring One of the Benson’s Own

Tagged With: Ann Hartness, Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, Brazil collections, Elizabeth Ulmer, Jonathan Graham, University of Texas Libraries

In Memoriam: Dr. David Block III

September 3, 2021

BY SUSANNA SHARPE LLILAS BENSON MOURNS the passing of friend, scholar, and former colleague David Block III, on June 15, 2021. Block was head of the Benson Latin American Collection from 2009 until his retirement in 2014. Born in San Diego, California, in 1945, Block grew up in Arkansas, … [Read more...] about In Memoriam: Dr. David Block III

Tagged With: Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, David Block, SALALM

The Back Page: Find Out What’s New for 2021–22

September 3, 2021

2022 Lozano Long Conference, February 24–25 IN HONOR OF the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference initiates a conversation on archives with Latin American perspectives and practices. Archives, broadly speaking, are sites where the … [Read more...] about The Back Page: Find Out What’s New for 2021–22

Tagged With: Benson 100, Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson, Lozano Long Conference, The Benson at 100, University of Texas Libraries

The Exhibition on Your Screen: Selected Images from “A New Spain, 1521–1821”

August 30, 2021

BY ALBERT A. PALACIOS THE VICEROYALTY OF NEW SPAIN was a royal territory in the Spanish Empire formed soon after the invasion and conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521. Even though the viceroyalty was not formally founded until 1535, the Spanish Crown set its administrative bedrock the year after … [Read more...] about The Exhibition on Your Screen: Selected Images from “A New Spain, 1521–1821”

Tagged With: Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections, colonial Mexico, conquest of Mexico, Digital humanities, digital scholarship, Indigenous Issues, Latin American history, LLILAS Benson, New Spain, Title VI National Resource Center, U.S. Department of Education, University of Texas at El Paso Library, University of Texas Libraries

Confessions of an Archives Convert: Reflecting on the Genaro García Collection

August 29, 2021

BY DIEGO A. GODOY VOLUMINOUS LISTS OF BANNED OR REDACTED BOOKS, laced with sanctimonious commentary—or, early-modern Spanish “cancel culture.” The illustrated family tree of a womanizing, bald curate named Miguel Hidalgo. Op-eds fawning over every viperous protagonist of the … [Read more...] about Confessions of an Archives Convert: Reflecting on the Genaro García Collection

Tagged With: Benson Latin American Collection, Diego Godoy, Genaro García Collection, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Libraries

Staff Pick: Tecuichpoch / Doña Isabel de Moctezuma—Madre del Mestizaje

October 30, 2020

Catalina Delgado-Trunk Papers BY DANIEL ARBINO God, greed, and glory. These values propelled a cataclysm in Tenochtitlan of never-before-seen proportions when Spaniards entered the heart of the Mexica empire with conquest on their mind in 1519. A world was turned upside down, and in its … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: Tecuichpoch / Doña Isabel de Moctezuma—Madre del Mestizaje

Tagged With: Benson Latin American Collection, Catalina Delgado-Trunk, Daniel Arbino, papel picado, Tecuichpoch, US Latinos

Staff Pick: “Camas para Sueños” by Carmen Lomas Garza

October 30, 2020

Carmen Lomas Garza Papers and Artworks BY SUSANNA SHARPE The first time I saw Camas para Sueños (Beds for Dreams) was at the Laguna Gloria Art Museum in Austin, at an exhibition of works by Carmen Lomas Garza. I remember being moved to tears by the painting. Two sisters lie on a rooftop in the … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: “Camas para Sueños” by Carmen Lomas Garza

Tagged With: Benson Latin American Collection, Camas para Sueños, Carmen Lomas Garza, Chicano movement, Susanna Sharpe

(Self)Love in the Time of COVID

October 30, 2020

BY DANIEL ARBINO IT WAS INEVITABLE: the scent of fresh cut grass reminded me that we were in the middle of spring in Austin, Texas.1 I was surrounded by green: leaves, lawns, and the lingering light following an afternoon storm. Yet it was not the storm that forced neighbors to stay indoors, … [Read more...] about (Self)Love in the Time of COVID

Tagged With: Anel I. Flores, Benson Latin American Collection, Daniel Arbino, Julia Arredondo, Kat Fajardo, Rebecca Artemisa, Stephanie Rodriguez, Suzy González, zines

From the Director

October 30, 2020

THIS IS MY LAST DIRECTOR'S LETTER for Portal, and while time feels as if it’s flown by, LLILAS Benson has achieved many milestones since my term began. In the past four years, the partnership between the academic unit, LLILAS, and the library, Benson, grew from an experiment in collaborative … [Read more...] about From the Director

Tagged With: Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, Latin American studies, LLILAS Benson, The University of Texas at Austin

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