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Potential topics for Borderlands Research

As we discover information or sources on various topics, some that Ms. Vise has suggested, others that seemed interesting to us, we've put links to pages here.   For an interesting look at El Paso in the 1930s, check out Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State by Federal Writers' Project. (full text at google books -- neat black and white photos also)

The theme for the 2009-2010 academic year is Women in El Paso history and also the Mexican Revolution.  See our List of Women page for suggestions for various women and women's organizations in our region's past.

• People

Women: see List of Women page

Men:

• Abraham, Elias, 90; businessman who was the last of the 12 brothers and sisters who immigrated from Syria to start the Abraham dynasty in El Paso; July 17, 2004 from Texas Almanac Obituaries

• Abraham, F. Murray Hollywood actor "Hometown stars" from Tales from the Morgue includes link to photo gallery

• Aldrete, Isaac, politician who broke with "The Ring" in Desert Immigrants

• Bean, Woodrow Judge Judge Woodrow Bean: Truly a most unforgettable character 1985 EPT article from Tales from the Morgue

• Black, James, El Paso Morning Times editor

• Cleofas Calleros, El Paso historian

• Cohen, Andy and Sid, El Paso baseball greats (ex major league players, UTEP coaches)

• De La O, Jesús “Chuy,” 74; a fixture in El Paso politics, champion of poor and elderly; ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1981; in El Paso, April 8, 2002. From Texas Almanac Obituaries

• Dudley, Richard M., El Paso mayor 1923-1925, Texas senator before that

• Fox, Chris P. Jr.  newspaper reporter, sheriff

• Garlick, William Henry (Deputy Sheriff) murdered in line of duty in Smeltertown

• Hart, Simeon, 1870s, early founder, mill owner now part of La Hacienda on Paisano near downtown

• Haskins, Don  coach of UTEP's 1966 championship basketball team. " Miners – National Champs!" 1966 EPT article and "Haskins' experiences as child sparked fire of desire as adult"  1997 EPT article from Tales from the Morgue

• Herrera, W. C. "Nemo"  Coach of 1949 Texas state baseball championship team at Bowie High School. El Paso To Welcome Bowie Bears Today 1949 EPT article from Tales from the Morgue

• Hervey, Fred, two time Mayor (1951-55 and 1973-75), founder of Circle K chain

• Hill, Bobby Joe, 59; leader of the all-black Texas Western team that won the 1966 NCAA championship against the all-white Kentucky team, a landmark in college basketball; apparent heart attack in El Paso, Dec. 8, 2002. from Texas Almanac Obituaries

• Hooten, William J.  (EP Times editor) -- his autobiography resource to check for 20th century figures.

• Magon Brothers/PLM (Ricardo Flores Magon and Enrique Flores Magon)

• Martinez, Felix  -- most prominent Mexican in El Paso.  arrived 1897.  in Desert Immigrants

• McKee, R.E. contractor

• Nations, Joseph Henry

• Roland, Gilbert (born Luis Alonzo) actor in Cisco Kid movies from the1940s.  died 1994. Tales from the Morgue

• Schuster, Michael and family (Eugenia, Steven, Frank)

• Van Horne, Major Jefferson

• Vowell, Jack, 79. El Paso Republican legislator1980-94, named one of the state's top lawmakers by Texas Monthly; championed education issues, in El Paso, Aug 29, 2006 from Texas Almanac Obituaries

• Vilas, Walter  physician who performed autopsy on John Wesley Hardin who died Aug 19, 1895, Dr. Vilas also did first vaccinations on diptheria in El Paso.
   

• Topics

  • Army Camps

  • Border Health (Polio, Diphtheria, Cholera, Typhus)

  • International Incidents

  • Labor Organizing

  • League of Women Voters

  • Mexican Revolution

  • La Mujer Obrera [The woman worker]

  • Magoffin Ranch/Apache attacks

  • Texas Blue Laws

  • Women's History

• Places

• Anthony, Texas

• Fort Bayard, NM

• Georgetown, NM

• Pinos Altos, NM

• San Elizario, TX
   

• Organizations, Businesses

• American Legion

• Democratic Party in El Paso

• Father Yermo School

• First Baptist Church

• Kiwanis Club

• League of Women Voters  see Women

• Lions Club

• Pan American Round Table see women

• Peyton Packing (J.C. and Mary Peyton)  see also Labor Movement

• Phelps Dodge Corp (Nichols Copper Co.) see also Labor Movement

• Providence Memorial Hospital/Schuster Family

• Salvation Army

• St. Ignatius  in Desert Immigrants

• Second Baptist Church

• Temple Mt. Sinai

• VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars)

• YMCA

• YWCA  NO LONGER AVAILABLE AS A RESEARCH TOPIC for ENGL 1302 
   

Borderlands is published annually by El Paso Community College, P.O. Box 20500, El Paso, TX 79998.

It is a collection of student written articles on the history & culture of the El Paso, Juárez, Las Cruces border region, comprising the states of Texas, New Mexico, and the Mexican state of Chihuahua.   This site was created with seed money from the Integrating Technical Contexts into Academic Courses (ITAC) Project, and maintained by the Northwest Community Library staff. 

Funds for the program were provided by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under the auspices of the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998.  

Ruth Vise, English Professor and Borderlands Project Director, EPCC
Monica Wong, Website Project Coordinator, Head Librarian,  Northwest Community Library,  EPCC
Joe Old, Technical Consultant, ITAC Project
Mary Sarber,  Lorely Ambriz, and Library Staff.
Rachel Murphree, web weaver

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