Tecate (Mexico) Ethnographic Field Study files1966-1973

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Tecate (Mexico) Ethnographic Field Study files1966-1973

MS 653


Collection Summary

Creator: Roth, George Edwin, 1940-
Collection Name:Tecate (Mexico) Ethnographic Field Study files
Inclusive Dates: 1966-1973
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet
Abstract:Field notes of interviews of residents and research material from a 1967 study of the political system of Tecate, Mexico including history, economy, cultural geography, religion and politics.
Collection Number:MS 653
Language: Materials are in English.
Repository: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

George Roth is a career anthropologist and an ethnohistorian at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. At the time of the study, he was a graduate student at the University of Chicago. The 1967 study was conducted as part of a summer field school in anthropology at UCLA.


Scope and Content Note

Tecate, Mexico and its history, economy, cultural geography, politics, and religion. The study was conducted by anthropology students in the summer of 1967 by the UCLA ethnographic field school of UCLA. Included is biographical data on government and political officials that were interviewed, field notes of interviews and observations, and local printed materials . Interviewees included Father Mendoza, Heliodor Hernandez, Jorge Penaloza, Armando Aguilar, Crispin Valle Castenada, and the Mother Superior of Salva Tierra School. The resulting publication "Tecate : An Industrial Town on the Mexican Border" is also present. Project files include the working notes, raw data collected during interviews, and the final report as well as UCLA course announcements and publicity. This series is arranged by type of material. Printed materials consists of printed materials, including newspapers, magazines articles, and political brochures, that were gathered as research for the project. This series is arranged by type of material.


Arrangement

This collection is organized into two series.

Restrictions

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.


Access Terms

Geographic Name(s)
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Tecate (Mexico) -- Economic conditions
Tecate (Mexico) -- Politics and government
Tecate (Mexico) -- Social life and customs

Subject(s)
Catholic Church -- Mexico -- Tecate -- Clergy
Politicians -- Mexico -- Tecate

Genre Form(s)
Interviews


Administrative Information

Credit Line

Tecate (Mexico) Ethnographic Field Study files (MS 653). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries

Processing History

Processed by Kim Frontz in 2018.


Container List

Series I: Project files, 1967
Scope and Contents
Project files include the working notes, raw data collected during interviews, and the final report as well as UCLA course announcements and publicity. This series is arranged by type of material.
boxfolder
11 UCLA course announcement and notes, 1967
12 Field research preparation notes, 1967
13 Note cards with biographical data on officials, 1967
14 Study questionnaire, English and Spanish, 1967
15 Field notes of interviews and observations, 1967
16 Notebook of misc. field notes, 1967
17 Publicity news article, 1967
18 Study report, Aug. 1967, 1967
Series II: Printed material, 1966-1973
Scope and Contents
Printed materials consists of printed materials, including newspapers, magazines articles, and political brochures, that were gathered as research for the project. This series is arranged by type of material.
boxfolder
19 Local papers and magazines, 1966-1973
110 Newspaper clippings, 1966-1973
111 Laws and organizational documents, 1966-1973
112 Poltiical brochures and flyers, 1966-1973
113 Accion Femenina magazine, 1967
114 Ecos de Chchuma, 1966
115 Report "The Demography & Economy of Baja California", 1967
116 Article "Tecate an Industrial City", 1973