LLILAS Benson Digital Collections and Content

Papers of Lucas Alamán, Mexican statesman, political leader and historian, include documents pertaining to colonial administration and church history of Mexico in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and nineteenth century correspondence and documents concerning Mexican government, political, and military affairs.

Digitized musical scores from the Benson's Rare Book Collection.

Digitized books and other publications held in the Benson's Rare Book Collection.

Digitized periodicals and other serial publications held in the Benson's Rare Book Collection.

Documents relating to the reform movement, War of the Reform and French intervention in Mexico in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Broadsides and printed circulars acquired by Mexican bibliophile Genaro García relating primarily to the history, politics, and culture of Mexico from the 18th-20th centuries.

Graphic documents acquired by Genaro García (Mexican historian, educator, lawyer, politician, and bibliophile) relating primarily to the history, politics, and culture of Mexico from the 16th-20th centuries. The collection includes lithographs, certificates, charts, posters, maps, plans, registers, and prints of various scenes and people.

Papers of Ignacio Comonfort, Mexican Army general and President of Mexico, 1855-1858, including military and official documents, correspondence, and family records.

The Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers collection traces the evolution of Mexico during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Comprising nearly 1,000 titles from Mexico’s pre-independence, independence and revolutionary periods (1807-1929), the newspapers in this collection provide rare documentation of the dramatic events of this era and include coverage of Mexican partisan politics, yellow press, political and social satire, as well as local, regional, national and international news.

Correspondence and other documents associated with Jesús González Ortega, Mexican military and political leader, pertaining chiefly to military and political affairs during the War of the Reform and the French Intervention.

Correspondence, literary productions and other documents of José María Luis Mora, priest, lawyer, and Mexican statesman.

Personal correspondence of Juan Antonio de la Fuente, 1856-1863.

The Libros de Hijuelas (“deed books”) consist of 194 leather-bound volumes that pertain to, or are precursors of, a centrally important historical process in Latin America: the privatization of indigenous corporate property under liberal administrations, in this case in 19th-century Michoacán, Mexico.

Correspondence relating to the history, politics, and government of Mexico during the nineteenth century and relating to the history of Texas from 1833-1848, by Mexican statesman Valentín Gómez Farías.

"Violetas del Anáhuac", initially named "Las Hijas del Anáhuac", was a weekly magazine directed and published by women in Mexico City from 1887-1889. It showcases women’s writing and thinking and features articles about prominent women, short stories, scientific articles, and anecdotes.