Research Guides: History Workshop on the United States Southwest: Southwest

Primary Sources

Santa Anna in Life and Legend – University of Texas at Austin, Exhibits
The website traces the life of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna from the Benson Latin American collection. It includes documents, manuscripts, interactive maps representing historical events related to Santa Anna’s life and military career.
Smithsonian Learning Lab
Conduct a search using keywords of interest, names of individuals and places. The results will include primary source material from Smithsonian museums and archives.

Corridos Across Mexico and U.S. Southwest

Folfklore, Place and Song: Mapping Corridos Across Mexico and the American Southwest
The corrido is a genre of narrative song popular in Mexico and parts of the American Southwest that uses rhythms learned from German immigrants in the nineteenth century.

U.S. Southwest through the novels of Karl May

Karl May (1842-1912) was a German author renowned for his work of fiction on American West. Most Americans have never heard of him, but May created iconic characters, including Native Americans and European immigrants, disseminating the romanticized view of the region. His work has been translated in many languages. This New Yorker article "Wild West Germany" provides more information on May, the author, and the enduring fascination of Native Americans by Europeans.

This list presents select books authored by May in RUL collection.