Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Digital Collections

Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage (“Recovery”) is an international program to locate, preserve and disseminate Hispanic culture of the United States in its written form since colonial times until 1980. The program has compiled a comprehensive bibliography of books, pamphlets, manuscripts and ephemera produced by Latinos. The holdings available at the project include thousands of original books, manuscripts, archival items and ephemera, a microfilm collection of approximately 1,400 historical newspapers, hundreds of thousands of microfilmed and digitized items, a vast collection of photographs, an extensive authority list and personal papers. In addition, the program has published or reprinted more than 40 historical books, two anthologies and nine volumes of research articles. The program organizes a biennial international conference and has some five thousand affiliated scholars, librarians and archivists. Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage is the premier center for research on Latino documentary history in the United States.


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[Photograph of Esther Campos seated at the Houston Independent School District board dais]

Color photograph of Esther Campos in red suit seated at her assigned chair on the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Education…

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En memoria de María Ester Campos

Prayer card for María Esther Campos' funeral service. Includes a photograph of Campos, as well as the biblical verse John 11:25.

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In Loving Memory María Esther Campos

Printed funeral program for María Esther Campos, including her photograph, order of service and obituary.

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Letter from Ron Franklin to M. Esther Campos

Typed letter addressed to M. Esther Campos from Ron Franklin, President of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Education,…

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[Photograph of Esther Campos in a classroom]

Color photograph of Esther Campos sitting in front of a classroon full of students at Dodson Elementary School in Houston, Texas.

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[Photograph of Esther Campos being sworn in]

Black-and-white photograph of Esther Campos being sworn in as Houston Independent School District (HISD) District VIII trustee. Her family stands…

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