Francisco Vazquez-Gomez Collection1885-1976(bulk 1907-1920)
MS 450
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Francisco Vazquez-Gomez Collection1885-1976(bulk 1907-1920)
MS 450
Collection Number: MS 450
Creator:
Vazquez-Gomez,Francisco
Title:
Francisco Vazquez-Gomez Collection
Inclusive Dates:
1885-1976
Bulk Dates:
1907-1920
Quantity:
5.0
Abstract:
Personal papers including a Citation Index, news clippings, articles, pamphlets, correspondence, mostly photo stats of materials pertaining to the Mexican Revolution, 1907-1920, during the years of Dr. Francisco Vazquez-Gomez’s political activity. Some original, handwritten materials and 35 millimeter films are included. The bulk of the material consists of copies of newspaper clippings about key figures of the Mexican Revolution, compiled by Dr. Vazquez-Gomez and used in the course of writing his book “Memorias Politicas, 1909-1913”. Biographical material and correspondence of Dr. Francisco Vazquez-Gomez, and his son, Ignacio Vazquez Gomez is included. His son, Dr. Ignacio Vazquez-Gomez continued to add to the research materials through the 1970s. Bulk of the material is in Spanish.
Identification:
Collection Number: MS 450
Language:
Materials are in
English and
Spanish
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/
Biographical Note
Francisco Vazquez-Gomez was born September 23, 1860 in Tula, in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, died August 16, 1933 in Mexico City, Mexico. Vazquez-Gomez became a physician in 1889 after attending the National School of Medicine in Mexico City. He served as Minister of Education during the presidency of Porfirio Diaz in addition to being his physician and physician to the Madero family of Coahuila. He married Guadalupe Norma in 1890 and together they had ten children. In 1908 along with his brother, Emilio, he joined the Anti-Reelectionist party that opposed and eventually ousted President Diaz. He supported Francisco Madero and Emiliano Zapata in their respective revolutionary efforts for agrarian reform. He became a candidate for vice-president of Mexico on the 1910 ticket that included Francisco Madero as candidate for president. After a falling out with Madero he was removed as vice-presidential candidate and was assigned as Madero’s representative in Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1913. He later joined Pascual Orozco and his “Colorados” in their rebellion against Madero. Vazquez-Gomez fell out of favor when Victoriano Huerta had Francisco Madero assassinated and ascended to power. In 1914 he was exiled by Huerta and settled in Bexar County, Texas in the United States where he practiced medicine until 1923. He returned to Mexico in 1923 where he was a Professor of Pathology at the National School of Medicine. He wrote “Memorias Politicas, 1909-1913” about his experiences in the Mexican Revolution which was published in 1933, the year of his death.
Scope and Content
Citation Index, Research materials, Correspondence, Biographical materials, 35 millimeter film, pamphlets and broadsides. The bulk of the collection is about the Mexican Revolution during the years 1909-1920 compiled by Dr. Francisco Vazquez-Gomez and used to write his book “Memorias Politicas, 1909-1913” which was published in 1933. Many clippings are copies of correspondence in the form of telegrams, some in code, between revolutionaries and key political figures at the time such as Francisco Madero and Venustiano Carranza. There are also articles by and about prominent advocates for social, educational, and agrarian reform such as Jose Vanconcelos, Jose Limantour and Emiliano Zapata. The original collection is at Special Collections Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale “Francisco Vazquez Gomez Papers 1906-1940”
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