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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

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

Celebrating a Century

October 30, 2020

IT'S DECEMBER 1, 1920, in Mexico City. After witnessing the inauguration of President Álvaro Obregón, University of Texas Regent H.J. Lutcher Stark and Chair of Latin American History Charles Wilson Hackett stumble upon an amazing find as they walk down Madero Street. Historian and head librarian … [Read more...] about Celebrating a Century

Tagged With: Benson 100, Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, Carlos E. Castañeda, Nettie Lee Benson, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Libraries

Message from the Benson Collection Director

October 30, 2020

I AM SO PROUD to feature the Benson Centennial in Portal. While it is impossible to tell the complete story of this great library in a single issue, nearly every piece of this edition provides a glimpse of what has been created over the past one hundred years, from the foundational Genaro García … [Read more...] about Message from the Benson Collection Director

Tagged With: Benson 100, Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, Melissa Guy, University of Texas Libraries

Staff Pick: Arbol cronologico geografico del descubrimiento de las Americas

October 29, 2020

Arbol cronologico geografico del descubrimiento de las Americas, 1864 BY JOSHUA G. ORTIZ BACO Among many, many other objects, the Arbol cronologico geografico del descubrimiento de las Americas reminds me of how the collections at the Benson can come to life for our students. The lithograph is … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: Arbol cronologico geografico del descubrimiento de las Americas

Tagged With: Arbol cronologico geografico del descubrimiento de las Americas, Benson Latin American Collection, Joshua G. Ortiz Baco, Latin American maps, Student Research, University of Texas Libraries

The Power of Giving

October 27, 2020

A Lifetime of Giving: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long THE CENTENNIAL of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection in 2021 is cause for joyful celebration. The Benson’s partnership with the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), initiated in 2011, ushered in a decade … [Read more...] about The Power of Giving

Tagged With: Adriana Pacheco, Benson 100, Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, Dr. Carlos E. Castañeda, LLILAS Benson, Teresa Lozano Long, University of Texas Libraries

Students Use Digital Tools to Examine “Hidden” Collection of Pre-Colonial Objects

May 22, 2020

Students in Astrid Runggaldier’s Art and Archaeology of Ancient Peru class were tasked with an intriguing project this spring: take a collection of pre-colonial objects that is, for all intents and purposes, invisible, and make it visible using digital tools. Their efforts have come to fruition with … [Read more...] about Students Use Digital Tools to Examine “Hidden” Collection of Pre-Colonial Objects

Tagged With: Art and Art History Collection, Benson Latin American Collection, Chimu, Digital humanities, digital scholarship, LLILAS Benson, Nasca, Student Research, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Libraries

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