Mahoney (Tom) Research Materials

Pancho Villa project, Series I. 1890-1981

Physical Description: 4.76 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Arrangement

Arranged topically with the manuscript and corresponding photographs at the beginning of the series. The research files were created by the archivist who organized them into general topics from a mass of unarranged materials.

Scope and Contents

The series comprises materials related to an unpublished book by Mahoney with the working title "P-a-n-c-h-o V-i-l-l-a: Bandit...Rebel...Patriot...Satyr." Mahoney apparently began working on the book sometime in the late 1920s while he was working at the El Paso Herald. A small amount of correspondence indicates that he was already looking for potential publishers during 1929 and 1930. A carbon copy of a 1964 letter to "Grail" from Mahoney, responding to comments on the Villa manuscript, indicates that Mahoney was still working on this project in the early 1960s. Unlike most of his books, which were work for hire or co-authored publications, the Villa manuscript seems to have been a personal project for Mahoney.

A partial typescript for the book, including a table of contents and chapters I-IV and X, is included in the series. The table of contents lists 25 chapters and there are the same number of chapters indicated in the pasted-up illustrations. There are 84 photographs in the paste-up and an additional 49 unassigned photographs. Two extensive files of hand- or-typewritten notes and transcriptions comprise the remainder of the manuscript material. Correspondence regarding the book includes discussion of potential publishers and of various aspects of the Pancho Villa story.

The photographs focus on the movements of Villa from 1910 until his death in 1923. His activities throughout northern Mexico, beginning with his involvement in the Madero insurrection are documented, as are other key moments in his history including his 1914 triumphal entry into Mexico City with Emiliano Zapata; his 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico; the subsequent U.S. Punitive Expedition; his "surrender" or "retirement" in 1920; and his assassination in 1923. In addition to photographs of Villa and his wife Luz Corral, images of prominent figures of the Revolution include Francisco Madero, Raúl Madero, Venustiano Carranza, Abraham González, Giuseppe Garibaldi II, Victoriano Huerta, Álvaro Obregón, Pascual Orozco, Toribio Ortega, and Luis Terrazas. Also present are American writers Ambrose Bierce and Jack London and other reporters who witnessed the revolution. Other photographs depict the revolutionary, Federal, and American forces; and the preparation for and aftermath of various battles.

The bulk of the photographs are by unidentified photographers. Known photographers represented here include: Jim A. Alexander, Hugo Brehme, Casasola, Walter E. Hadsell, Antonio Garduño, R. M. Metcalfe, Homer Scott, Villegas and Alexander & Green.

Research materials include extensive files of clippings from revolution-era and post-revolution Mexican and American newspapers. Most of the sources are unidentified for these. Post-revolution serials containing stories about the revolution, maps of Mexico and lists of books on Mexico complete the research materials. There is also a small amount of research-related correspondence.

Related manuscripts and publications conclude the series. While it is unclear whether two apparently unpublished articles "The Rupture between Don Venustiano Carranza and General Villa" and "The Romance of Pancho Villa" were written by Mahoney, they are certainly on topics that feature in the table of contents of his book. Another such topic is Villa's 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico. Research materials, copies of articles by Mahoney on this subject, and correspondence regarding his articles are also present here.

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Typescript, late 1920s-1964

Scope and Contents

Partial typescript for a book titled "P-a-n-c-h-o V-i-l-l-a: Bandit...Rebel...Patriot...Satyr."

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Table of contents, chapters I-VI

Scope and Contents

The first six chapters of the book cover the legends of Villa's beginnings as an outlaw bandit through his recruitment by the Madero revolution and his early campaigns in Chihuahua and Juárez.

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Chapter X

Scope and Contents

This chapter covers the William Benton affair. The Englishman Benton, owner of a large hacienda and a supporter of the Constitutionalists, was executed on Villa's orders following a quarrel over Benton's lands that had been seized by Villa.

Photographs, 1910-1931, undated

Scope and Contents

The gelatin silver photographs, including two postcards, focus on the movements of Villa from 1910 until his death in 1923. His activities throughout northern Mexico, beginning with his involvement in the Madero insurrection are documented, as are other key moments in his history including his 1914 triumphal entry into Mexico City with Emiliano Zapata; his 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico; the subsequent U.S. Punitive Expedition; his "surrender" or "retirement" in 1920; and his assassination in 1923. In addition to photographs of Villa and his wife Luz Corral, images of prominent figures of the Revolution include Francisco Madero, Raúl Madero, Venustiano Carranza, Abraham González, Giuseppe Garibaldi II, Victoriano Huerta, Álvaro Obregón, Pascual Orozco, Toribio Ortega, and Luis Terrazas. Also present are American writers Ambrose Bierce and Jack London and other reporters who witnessed the revolution. Other photographs depict the revolutionary, Federal, and American forces; and the preparation for and aftermath of various battles.

The bulk of the photographs are by unidentified photographers. Known photographers represented here include: Jim A. Alexander, Hugo Brehme, Casasola, Walter E. Hadsell, Antonio Garduño, R. M. Metcalfe, Homer Scott, Villegas, and Alexander & Green.

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Paste-up of illustrations, 1910-1930, undated

Scope and Contents

Included are illustrations for chapters II; IV-XII; XIV-XVIII; XX-XXII; and XV. The photographs are mounted on three-ring binder paper. Chapter numbers are written at the top of the sheets and most have handwritten captions.

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Chapter II, undated

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Photographer unidentified, Quinta [______], 2001.M.20_ii-1 undated

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation above image. Photographer's signature in negative is scratched out. View of a Moorish-style hacienda.

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Chapter IV, 1911

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Photographer unidentified, Abraham Gonzáles, Francis I. Madero, 2001.M.20_iv-1 1911 May 5

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation below image. Annotation above image: Federico González Garza. On sheet with 2001.M.20_iv-2. Shows Francisco Madero and Abraham Gonzáles in conversation during the gathering of revolutionary leaders called by Madero at Hacienda Bustillos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Federico González Garza, one of Madero's earliest supporters, stands in the doorway behind them.

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Photographer unidentified, Garibaldi & Pascual Orozco, 2001.M.20_iv-2 1911 May 5

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation below image. On sheet with 2001.M.20_iv-1. Shows Giuseppe Garibaldi II and Pascal Orozco in conversation during the meeting of rebel leaders at Bustillos.

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Photographer unidentified, Madero, Orozco, 2001.M.20_iv-3 1911

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation below image. On sheet with 2001.M.20_iv-4. Depicts Giuseppe Garibaldi in conversation in a rock shelter during peace negotiations with Díaz's representatives, Oscar Braniff, a banker and brother of Mexico's most important industrialist, and Toribio Esquival Obregón, an early Anti-Reelectionist leader, who had split with Francisco Madero over the issue of revolution. Federico González Garza confers with Madero and Ortega [?] in the background. No resolution was reached at the "Peace Grove Conferences," so called because they were held in a cottonwood grove. Talks broke off on May 6, and Madero's forces attacked Juárez on May 8.

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Photographer unidentified, Death Valley [___], 2001.M.20_iv-4 approximately 1911

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation below image. Annotation in left margin: Ojinga. Annotation below image: Capt. A. W. Lewis, Berkley [?] / 2nd fr. left ___ ___. On sheet with 2001.M.20_iv-3.

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Chapter V, 1910-1914

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Scott, Homer, [Four Gentlemen in front of a Tent], 2001.M.20_v-1 approximately 1911

Scope and Contents

In negative: Copyright / Scott Photo Co. On sheet with 2001.M.20_v-2.

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Photographer unidentified, [Group of Federal Officers], 2001.M.20_v-2 approximately 1911

Scope and Contents

In negative: 17. On sheet with 2001.M.20_v-1.

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Photographer unidentified, Garibaldi, Raúl Madero, 2001.M.20_v-3 1911

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation below image. The man who appears on the left with eye patch is incorrectly identified as Garibaldi.

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Metcalfe, R. M., [Troops, Juárez], 2001.M.20_v-4 1911?

Scope and Contents

Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. / El Paso, Texas.

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Photographer unidentified, [Recruitment in the North], 2001.M.20_v-5 between 1911 and 1914

Scope and Contents

On sheet with 2001.M.20_v-6. Depicts lines of new recruits at camp.

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Alexander, Jim A., Dead Federal Soldiers Lying as they Fell in the Trenches after Battle of Juárez, 2001.M.20_v-6 1911 May 9-10

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Signed and numbered in negative: Alexander / Photo / 162. On sheet with 2001.M.20_v-5.

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Photographer unidentified, Meeting of Provisional President Madero and Gen. Navarro after Surrender of Juárez, Mex., 2001.M.20_v-7 1911 May 10

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 170. On sheet with 2001.M.20_v-8.

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Alexander, Jim A., One of the Many Houses in Juárez Riddled by Bullets and Shrapnel during the Battle, 2001.M.20_v-8 1911 May 9-10

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Signed and numbered in negative: Alexander / Photo / 162. On sheet with 2001.M.20_v-7.

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Photographer unidentified, Banquet at Home of Mr. De Kyle Smith, El Paso, 2001.M.20_v-9 1911?

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. On sheet with 2001.M.20_v-10. Written on verso: Mrs. De Kyle Smith's banquet for Maderistas, El Paso. Villa & Madero. Depictgs guests of honor Pancho Villa and Raúl Madero standing behind a group of American and Mexican businessmen seated at the dining table.

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Photographer unidentified, [Troops Marching down a Street], 2001.M.20_v-10 1910

Scope and Contents

Dated on verso. On sheet with 2001.M.20_v-9.

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Photographer unidentified, [Ketelson and Degetau Building on Fire], 2001.M.20_v-11 1911

Scope and Contents

On mount with 2001.M.20_v-12. The Ketelsen and Degetau Hardware and Ammunition store was blown up by Pancho Villa's forces on the second day of the first Battle of Juárez.

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Photographer unidentified, [Smoking Ketelson and Degetau Building], 2001.M.20_v-12 1911

Scope and Contents

On mount with 2001.M.20_v-11.

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Scott, Homer, [Revolutionary Forces], 2001.M.20_v-13 approximately 1911

Scope and Contents

Signed and numbered in negative: 5. Scott Photo Co. On mount with 2001.M.20_v-14. Depicts revolutionary forces assembled alongside railroad tracks.

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Photographer unidentified, [Revolutionary Forces Assembled in Rail Yard], 2001.M.20_v-14 approximately 1911

Scope and Contents

On mount with 2001.M.20_v-13.

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Alexander, Jim A., [Three Rebels with a Cannon], 2001.M.20_v-15 approximately 1911

Scope and Contents

Signed and numbered in negative: Alexander. 119. Caption in negative begins: One of [___] (remainder obscured). On mount with 2001.M.20_v-16.

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Photographer unidentified, [Rebels Grouped around a Cannon], 2001.M.20_v-16 approximately 1911

Scope and Contents

On mount with 2001.M.20_v-15.

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Chapter VI, 1911-1914

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Horne, Walter H., Gen. Villa, Mrs. Villa, 2001.M.20_vi-1 1914 January 1

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Dated in negative with copyright symbol. The photographer's name appears in the negative of a similar image that was issued as a postcard (see item number 89.R.46_b16-02 in the repository's Andreas Brown American Postcard Collection). This photograph was taken on New Year's Day, 1914, when Villa and his wife, Luz Corral, stepped outside to greet a group of photographers and reporters who were waiting for the couple to make an appearance. A postcard with a pirated copy of this image was later issued with the caption: Bandit Chief Villa and His Wife.

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Photographer unidentified, [Pancho Villa and Luz Corral Sitting on a Bench], 2001.M.20_vi-2 approximately 1914

Scope and Contents

Taken at same shoot as 2001.M.20_vi-1.

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Photographer unidentified, Abraham González, 2001.M.20_vi-3 approximately 1911

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative, which continues: Gov - Chiu - Mex.

González, leader of the anti-reelectionist party in Chihuahua and supporter of Madero, was elected governor of that state in 1911 following the Maderista battle victories there.

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Photographer unidentified, Entrada de Madero [#1], 2001.M.20_vi-4 1911 June 7

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation on verso. Caption on sheet: Madero's Entry to Mexico City. On sheet with 2001.M.20_vi-5. This is a bird's-eye view of Francisco Madero making his formal entry into Mexico City in an open carriage following the collapse of the Porfirian government.

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Photographer unidentified, Entrada de Madero [#2], 2001.M.20_vi-5 1911 June 7

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation on verso. Caption on sheet: Madero's Entry to Mexico City. On sheet with 2001.M.20_vi-4. Depicts troops and cars participating in Madero's formal entry into Mexico City following the collapse of the Porfirian government.

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Chapter VII, undated

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Photographer unidentified, Wall at Jimenez against which Villa Was to be Executed, 2001.M.20_vii-1 1920s or 1930s

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. Shows a man with his hand on a bullet-riddled wall. In 1912 Villa was to have been executed for insubordination on General Huerta's orders at Jiménez, Chihuahua, but upon appeal to President Madero received a stay of execution.

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Chapter VIII, 1913-1917

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Alexander, Jim A., Gen. Francisco Villa, 2001.M.20_viii-1 1913 or 1914

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Signed and numbered in negative: #2 Alexander Photo. Depicts Villa on horseback in a public space with park benches and large buildings behind him.

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Photographer unidentified, [Villa on Horseback], 2001.M.20_viii-2 1913 or 1914

Scope and Contents

Villa posed in front of private buildings. This image could be from the same photo shoot as 2001.M.20_viii-1.

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Metcalfe, R. M., V. Carranza, 2001.M.20_viii-3 approximately 1913

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. / El Paso, Texas.

Portrait of Venustiano Carranza, as governor of the state of Coahuila. After the assassination of President Madero, Carranza led the political opposition against President Huerta with his Plan of Guadalupe, becoming the First Chief of the Constitutionalist Army (an invented title, since he was ineligible at that time to become president). He was elected president of Mexico in 1917.

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Photographer unidentified, [Venustiano Carranza and Ramón Sosa], 2001.M.20_viii-4 between 1913 and 1917

Scope and Contents

On sheet with 2001.M.20_viii-5. Depicts a meeting between First Chief, Venustiano Carranza, and Ramón Sosa, a general in Alvaro Obregón's forces.

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Photographer unidentified, [Venustiano Carranza and Ramón Sosa Shaking Hands], 2001.M.20_viii-5 between 1913 and 1917

Scope and Contents

On sheet with 2001.M.20_viii-4.

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Brehme, Hugo, Gral. Félix Díaz with a Battery, 2001.M.20_viii-6 1913

Scope and Contents

Title from caption on mount below image. Wet stamp on verso: Hugo Brehme, Mexico, D.F., Cinco de Mayo 27, Apartado 5253. Es propiedad. Copyright. On sheet with 2001.M.20_viii-7. Félix Díaz (behind cannon, left side?) posing with a battery of Federal soldiers during the Decena Tragica.

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Photographer unidentified, Cruisers, 2001.M.20_viii-7 1914

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation on verso. On sheet with 2001.M.20_viii-6.

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Alexander & Green (attributed), Loading the Army, 2001.M.20_viii-8 approximately 1914

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: #21. Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. El Paso, Texas. On sheet with 2001.M.20_viii-9.

Shows troops loaded on trains for transport to the front.

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Alexander & Green (attributed), Going to Chihuahua, 2001.M.20_viii-9 approximately 1914

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: #20. Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. El Paso, Texas.On sheet with 2001.M.20_viii-8.

Shows troops being Loaded troops for transport to the front.

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Photographer unidentified, [Train Bombed by Villa's Forces], 2001.M.20_viii-10 between 1913 and 1916

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Chapter IX, 1913-1915

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Alexander & Green (attributed), Arrival of Ortega, 2001.M.20_ix-1 approximately 1913

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: #26. Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. El Paso, Texas. On sheet with 2001.M.20_ix-2. Shows General Ortega's troops unloading in a railway depot.

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Alexander & Green (attributed), Captured from the Federals, 2001.M.20_ix-2 approximately 1914

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: #30. Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. El Paso, Texas. On sheet with 2001.M.20_ix-1. Depicts a trainload of cannons captured by rebel troops.

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Alexander & Green (attributed), Ortega's Command, 2001.M.20_ix-3 1913

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: #27. Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. El Paso, Texas. On sheet with 2001.M.20_ix-4. Shows General Ortega's troops assembled in a railroad yard.

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Alexander, Jim A. (attributed), "What They Are Fighting For," 2001.M.20_ix-4 1913

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: #24. Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. El Paso, Texas. On sheet with 2001.M.20_ix-3. Depicts mounted revolutionaries bearing Mexican flag in a train yard, preparing to depart for battle.

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Alexander & Green, Villa & Ortega, 2001.M.20_ix-5 approximately 1913

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Signed and numbered in negative: 17. Photo by Alexander & Green. Depicts Villa and Ortega in a train yard, face-to-face and surrounded by a group of men.

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Alexander & Green (attributed), [Villa and Men Posed by a Boxcar], 2001.M.20_ix-6 between 1913 and 1915

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. El Paso, Texas. On sheet with 2001.M.20_ix-7.

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Alexander & Green (attributed), Gen. Villa, Gen. Ortega, 2001.M.20_ix-7 1913

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. El Paso, Texas. On sheet with 2001.M.20_ix-6. Shows Generals Villa and Ortega near a boxcar, facing forward and surrounded by men in civilian dress.

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Villa and Gen. Scott at Juárez Race Track, 2001.M.20_ix-8 1915 January

Scope and Contents

Title from handwritten caption on mount below image. On sheet with 2001.M.20_ix-9. Meeting of Pancho Villa and General Hugh Lenox Scott in Juárez, Mexico, early January 1915, to sign an agreement to withdraw José María Maytorena's forces from Naco, Texas.

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Photographer unidentified, [Villa and Gentlemen near a Boxcar], 2001.M.20_ix-9 1915

Scope and Contents

On sheet with 2001.M.20_ix-8. Villa appears to be montaged into the photograph. General Scott is partially visible behind Villa.

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Chapter X, 1914

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Photographer unidentified, Rodolfo Fierro, "the Butcher," 2001.M.20_x-1 approximately 1914

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. Annotation on verso: Col. Rodolfo Fierro.

Fierro, one of Pancho Villa's henchmen, was known as "the Butcher" for his ruthless executions of prisoners of war, insubordinates, and those who obstructed Villa.

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Chapter XI, 1914

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Photographer unidentified, [General Pancho Villa in Uniform] 2001.M.20_xi-1 approximately 1914

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John Davidson Wheelan, Villa cabalgando, 2001.M.20_xi-2 1914

Scope and Contents

This photograph is also known as: General Villa after the Battle of Ojinaga. This photograph is a reenactment of Pancho Villa on his horse, Siete Leguas, leading his troops after their victory at Ojinga, Chihuahua.

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Chapter XII, 1914

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Alexander & Green (attributed), [Firing Squad Taking Aim], 2001.M.20_xii-1 approximately 1914

Scope and Contents

On sheet with 2001.M.20_xii-2.

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Alexander & Green (attributed), [After the Execution], 2001.M.20_xii-2 approximately 1914

Scope and Contents

Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. El Paso, Texas. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xii-1.

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Photographer unidentified, [Executed Rebels #1], 2001.M.20_xii-3 1914?

Scope and Contents

On sheet with 2001.M.20_xii-4.

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Photographer unidentified, [Executed Rebels #2], 2001.M.20_xii-4 1914?

Scope and Contents

On sheet with 2001.M.20_xii-3.

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Photographer unidentified, [Battlefield Graveyard with Fallen Men in the Foreground], 2001.M.20_xii-5 1914?

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Photographer unidentified, Gen. Manuel Chao, Villista Gvnr [Governor] of Chia [Chihuahua], 2001.M.20_xii-6 1914

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. I.e.: General Manuel Chao, Villista Governor of Chihuahua.

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Photographer unidentified, Pancho Villa Posing with an Indian Motorcycle, 2001.M.20_xii-7 1914

Scope and Contents

In addition to being a crack horseman, Pancho Villa loved cars and motorcycles. Taking advantage of a photo-opportunity, he poses with the newest Indian motorcycle model, the Hadsee Special, first produced in 1914. For another copy of this image see 2001.M.20-8.

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Photographer unidentified, Sr. Luis Terrazas, 2001.M.20_xii-8 approximately 1914

Scope and Contents

Title from caption on mount below image. Annotation on verso: Lt. James Boswell; officer Night; Captain Oden on left. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xii-9. Depicts Luis Terrazas, former governor of Chihuahua and one of the largest landowners in the state, meeting with U.S. soldiers.

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Photographer unidentified, Women of the Terrazas Family, 2001.M.20_xii-9 approximately 1914

Scope and Contents

Title from handwritten caption on mount below image. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xii-8. Four female members of the powerful Terrazas-Creel clan.

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Chapter XIV, 1913-1916

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Photographer unidentified, General Victoriano Huerta, 2001.M.20_xiv-1 between 1913 and 1916

Scope and Contents

Title from handwritten caption on mount below image. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xiv-2.

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Photographer unidentified, Huerta at Fort Bliss, 2001.M.20_xiv-2 1915

Scope and Contents

Title from handwritten caption on mount below image. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xiv-1. Shows General Huerta with United States army officers during his detention at Fort Bliss.

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Chapter XV, 1914

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Brehme, Hugo, U.S. Soldiers, Vera Cruz 2001.M.20_xv-1

Scope and Contents

Title from handwritten caption on mount below image. Wet stamp on verso: Hugo Brehme, Mexico, D.F., Cinco de Mayo 27, Apartado 5253. Es propiedad. Copyright. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xv-2. Shows Marines burning rubble.

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Hadsell, Walter E., War Correspondents in Veracruz 2001.M.20_xv-2

Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver postcard. Title from caption in negative. Also in negative: 1. Jimmie Hare 2. Jack London 3. Frederick Palmer 4. R. H. Davis. 3332 Hadsell V. Cruz. The same information identifying persons depicted is written on the verso of the postcard. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xv-1. Depicts a group of American journalists covering the American intervention in Veracruz standing in an area where a skirmish had apparently taken place, as debris on the ground indicates.

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Chapter XVI, 1914

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Photographer unidentified, [Villa's Entry into Mexico City on Horseback] 2001.M.20_xvi-1

Scope and Contents

Annotation on verso: Pancho Villa. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvi-2. Depcits Pancho Villa and his generals on horseback entering Mexico City. Villa and Emilio Zapata made their triumphant entry into the city on December 6, 1914.

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Photographer unidentified, Villa's Entry into Mexico City 2001.M.20_xvi-2

Scope and Contents

Title from caption on mount below image. The caption incorrectly dates this image to 1915. Written on verso: Entrada de Pancho Villa a Mexico City. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvi-1. Shows mounted revolutionary troops entering the city.

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Photographer unidentified, Villa's Train at Tacuba 2001.M.20_xvi-3

Scope and Contents

Title from caption on mount below image. Annotation on verso: Tacuba, tren con Villa. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvi-4.

Following the Aguascalientes Convention, Pancho Villa ordered the Divisíon del Norte to march on Mexico City so that the Conventionists could assume control of the city. Advance units arrived in Tacuba, then a village north of Mexico City, on November 28, where they waited while Villa and Emiliano Zapata met to agree upon a date to enter the city with their joint troops. The photograph shows a crowd on the train platform with Villa standing on a passenger car deck with a group of men.

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Photographer unidentified, Villistas 2001.M.20_xvi-4

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation on verso. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvi-3. Depicts a line of cavalry ready to enter the city.

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Photographer unidentified, Zapatistas 2001.M.20_xvi-5

Separated Materials

Title from annotation on verso. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvi-6. Shows Zapatista troops marching towards a monument in Mexico City as part of the triumphal entry of Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.

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Photographer unidentified, Zapatistas in Mexico City 2001.M.20_xvi-6

Separated Materials

Title from caption on mount below image. Annotation on verso: Zapatistas. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvi-5. Shows mounted Zapatista troops riding past the statue of Cuauhtemoc as part of the triumphal entry of Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata into Mexico City.

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Chapter XVII, 1912-1916

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Photographer unidentified, [Villa's Infantry Resting along the Road near Celaya], 2001.M.20_xvii-1 1915 April

Scope and Contents

Annotation on verso: Celaya. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvii-2 and 2001.M.20_xvi-3.

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Photographer unidentified, Villa Watching Battle of Celaya, 2001.M.20_xvii-2 1915 April

Scope and Contents

Title from caption to left of image; also written on verso. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvii-1 and 2001.M.20_xvi-3.

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Photographer unidentified, Wounded at Celaya, 2001.M.20_xvii-3 1915 April

Scope and Contents

Title from caption to right of image. Written on verso: Celaya. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvii-1 and 2001.M.20_xvi-2. Shows wounded soldiers being treated next to a train.

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Photographer unidentified, [Soldiers Relaxing], 2001.M.20_xvii-4 between 1914 and 1916

Scope and Contents

On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvii-5 and 2001.M.20_xvii-6. Shows a group of Villa's soldiers gathered around a soldier playing the guitar while another one dances.

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Photographer unidentified, [On the March], 2001.M.20_xvii-5 1915?

Scope and Contents

Some of Villista cavalry on its way to Celaya [?] On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvii-4 and 2001.M.20_xvii-6.

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Photographer unidentified, [Villistas Digging a Grave], 2001.M.20_xvii-6 between 1914 and 1916

Scope and Contents

On sheet with 2001.M.20_xvii-4 and 2001.M.20_xvii-5.

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Metcalfe, R. M., [Equestrian Portrait of Álvaro Obregón], 2001.M.20_xvii-7 1912 Septermber 19

Scope and Contents

Inscription on photograph: Un recuerdo á mi / buen amigo y com- /pañero de combate / Sr. Edward Farocque / Linker. / San Juaquin Sept. 19 de 1912 / Lte. Coronel / Álvaro Obregón. Wet stamp on verso: R. M. Metcalfe Co. / El Paso, Texas.

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Chapter XVIII, between 1912 and 1916

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Photographer unidentified, Generales: Tomas Urbina y Alfredo Rueda Quizano, 2001.M.20_xviii-1 between 1912 and 1916

Scope and Contents

Title from caption on mount below image; repeated on verso. Studio portrait of two generals, one seated, one standing.

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Chapter XX, 1916

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Photographer unidentified, Funeral for Soldiers Slain at Columbus 2001.M.20_xx-1

Scope and Contents

Title from caption on mount below image. Tom Mahoney's addresses are written on the verso. Depicts the services at Camp Furlong for the eight soldiers of the United States Thirteenth Cavalry Regiment who were killed during Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico.

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Photographer unidentified, Horses Killed in Fight at Columbus 2001.M.20_xx-2

Scope and Contents

Title from caption on mount below image. Tom Mahoney's addresses are written on the verso. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xx-3.

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Photographer unidentified, Burning Dead Villistas after Columbus Raid 2001.M.20_xx-3

Scope and Contents

Title from caption on mount below image. On sheet with 2001.M.20_xx-2.

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Photographer unidentified, Burning Dead Villistas after Columbus 2001.M.20_xx-4

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Chapter XXI, 1916-1917

box 7

Photographer unidentified, Chihuahua City Monument to Gn. Arnulfo Gomez Slain in Battle with U.S. Troops at Carrizal, June 26, 1916, 2001.M.20_xxi-1 after 1916

Scope and Contents

Title from caption written below image. Inscription on monument reads: Al General / Félix U. Gomez / y sus heroicos / compañeros / muertos en el/Carrizal / el 21 de Junio de / 1916 / en defensa del / honor nacional.

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Photographer unidentified, U.S. Troops at Columbus, 2001.M.20_xxi-2 1916

Scope and Contents

Title from caption written below image. Shows troops sitting on the ground and eating. A shaggy dog stands guard in the foreground. The sheet is lacking a photograph for which the caption reads: Part of the expedition pursuing Villa.

box 7

Photographer unidentified, [Eufemio Zapata Holding His Sombrero and Sword], 2001.M.20_xxi-3 approximately 1917

Scope and Contents

The handwritten caption below the image erroneously identifies the subject as Emiliano Zapata.

box 7

Chapter XXII, 1920

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Photographer unidentified, Villa Waiting to Surrender, 2001.M.20_xxii-1 1920 July 28

Scope and Contents

Title from caption on mount below image. Shows Pancho Villa and his escort at the hacienda of Tlahualilo waiting to sign a peace agreement with provisional president de la Huerta's representatives, thereby effecting his "retirement" from the Mexican revolution.

box 7

Chapter XXV, 1920s

box 7

Photographer unidentified, Villegas, Gen. Hipólito Villa, 2001.M.20_xxv-1 1920s?

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation on border of photograph. Signature on photograph: Villegas Foto. Blind stamp on mount: Foto Estudio Villegas (surmounted by the letter "V" set within a laurel wreath). Studio portrait of Pancho Villa's brother José Hipólito Arango Arámbula.

box 7

Unassigned photographs, 1910-1930, undated

Scope and Contents

Photographs not assigned to a particular chapter. Some are mounted on paper and captioned.

box 7

Antonio Garduño (attributed), Villa en la silla presidencial, 2001.M.20-1 1914

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Signed in negative: Casasola =Fot. No. 6. The photograph is now known to have been taken by Garduño and pirated by Casasola. In 1914 Villa and Emiliano Zapata concluded their triumphal entry into Mexico City at the Palacio Nacional where they paid a visit to Eulalio Gutiérrez, the newly-elected Conventionist president. During the visit Villa posed for pictures in the presidential chair with Zapata seated next to him.

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Photographer unidentified, Generals Álvaro Obregón, Francisco Villa and John J. Pershing at El Paso, Tex., 2001.M.20-2 1914

Scope and Contents

Title from typewritten caption on mount below image. The date in the caption (August 7) is incorrect and should be August 26. In August 1914, General José María Maytorena laid siege to the border town of Naco, Sonora in an attempt to wrest control of the state of Sonora from Venustiano Carranza's Constitutionalist forces. Constitutionalist General Álvaro Obregón enlisted Pancho Villa's aid to help settle the territory dispute. U.S. General Pershing, headquartered at nearby Fort Bliss, met the two men in the middle of the International Bridge at Juárez and escorted them across the Rio Grande to El Paso, according them full military honors and holding a banquet in their honor. The siege of Naco lasted 119 days. Seen behind Pershing is his aid, young 1st Lieutenant George S. Patton. Finally, on January 12, 1915, Villa and U.S. General Hugh Lenox Scott, met in Juárez to sign the Treaty of Naco, an agreement withdrawing Maytorena's forces from the town.

box 7

Villegas, [Villa and Members of his Staff], 2001.M.20-3 1916

Scope and Contents

Written on photograph, with arrows pointing from names to persons: Gen. Nicholás Fernandez; couple of Villistas; Gen. F. Herrera, Villa general now; Gen. Eugenio Martínez, Obregón chief on Vera Cruz front; Pancho. Blind stamp on photograph: Art Photo Studio, Villegas, Parvenix St., C. Juárez Chih. Mex.

box 7

Photographer unidentified, Salas Barraza, 2001.M.20-4 1920s?

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. On sheet with 2001.M.20-5. Jesús Salas Barraza was a participant in the assassination of Pancho Villa.

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[Pancho Villa Wearing a Sombrero], 2001.M.20-5 1920s?

Scope and Contents

On sheet with 2001.M.20-4.

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Photographer unidentified, Victor Caruso, Ammunition Dealer, 2001.M.20-6 between 1914 and 1917

Scope and Contents

Title from caption written below image. On sheet with 2001.M.20-7.

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Photographer unidentified, Frank Thayer, Gunrunner, 2001.M.20-7 between 1914 and 1917

Scope and Contents

Title from caption written below image. Written on verso: Frank Thayer & Villa. On sheet with 2001.M.20-6.

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Photographer unidentified, Pancho Villa Posing with an Indian Motorcycle, 2001.M.20-8 1914

Scope and Contents

Title from 2001.M.20_xii-7, of which this is a duplicate print.

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Photographer unidentified, Villa's Body after his Assassination, 2001.M.20-9 1923 July 20

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. Mahoney's New York address is on the verso. the caption in the negative is largely illegible, but includes Parral and date. Shows Villa's body flung over the side of his open car. After his retirement in 1920, Pancho Villa stayed on his ranch at Canutillo for the better part of a year, suspicious of everyone. When he started venturing out, he was always accompanied by fifty Dorados, his elite cavalry bodyguard, but on July 20, 1923 after visiting the town of Parral, Villa was fired upon and killed as he drove through the streets without his full bodyguard. His assassination was most likely carried out with the tacit approval of his long-time enemy, President Álvaro Obregón.

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Photographer unidentified, [Pancho Villa's Saddle], 2001.M.20-10 undated

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Scott, Homer, Pascual Orzco, Jr., 2001.M.20-10a 1914

Scope and Contents

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Photographer unidentified, Pasqual Orozco [Pascual Orozco], 2001.M.20-11 between 1910 and 1915

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation on verso. In negative: 27. ©. On sheet with 2001.M.20-10a. Shows Orozco seated at a desk.

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Photographer unidentified, Last Known Photograph of Ambrose Bierce, 2001.M.20-12 1913 June

Scope and Contents

Title from typewritten caption below image. Annotation on verso: #1 / Ambrose Bierce / Last picture taken before his disappearance. Mahoney's New York address is also on the verso.

Bierce, who had gone to Mexico to cover the revolution, was last heard from on December 26, 1913, when he wrote a correspondent stating that he was going to Ojinga where Pancho Villa and the Divisíon del Norte were poised to attack federal troops. His body was never found.

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Photographer unidentified, Chicago Cubs Baseball Players Visit Mexican Rebels in Juárez, 2001.M.20-13 1928?

Scope and Contents

Title from typewritten caption pasted on verso, which continues: In the picture - Kiki Cuyler, Hack Wilson, Fred Blake and Guy Bush pay their respects to the commander of the rebel garrison at Juárez as the Cubs stop in El Paso, Texas, for an exhibition victory over the Detroit Tigers. Manager McCarthy told them they couldn't cross the river so they had to do it. Typed above the caption; Tom Mahoney / El Paso Post / El Paso, Texas. Editors NEA Cleveland / Acme Photos New York. Mexican Revolution. This seems to be a post-revolution photograph; 1928 was probably the only year all of these men would have been playing for the Cubs at the same time.

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Photographer unidentified, [President Taft Riding in an Open Carriage], 2001.M.20-14 1909 October 16

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. Written on verso: Taft-Díaz 1909. On sheet with 2001.M.20-15. Taken during Taft's visit with Porfirio Díaz in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez on October 16, 1909.

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Photographer unidentified, [President Díaz Riding in an Open Carriage], 2001.M.20-15 1909 October 16

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. Written on verso: Taft-Díaz 1909. On sheet with 2001.M.20-14. Taken during Taft's visit with Porfirio Díaz in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez on October 16, 1909.

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Photographer unidentified, Mexico City Crowd Celebrating Triumph of Madero Revolution, 2001.M.20-16 1911 June 7

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. Written on verso: Vitoreado el triumfo de la Revolucíon. On sheet with 2001.M.20-17.

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Photographer unidentified, Artillery of Gen. Felipe Ángeles, 2001.M.20-17 between 1911 and 1919

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. Written on verso: Artilleria de General Ángeles. On sheet with 2001.M.20-16.

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Casasola, General Felipe Ángeles, 2001.M.20-18 between 1911 and 1919

Scope and Contents

Title from caption below image. Wet stamp on verso: Casasola Fot. / Mex. D. F. Written on verso: Gral. Felipe Ángeles.

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Photographer unidentified, [Venustiano Carranza Boarding a Train], 2001.M.20-19 between 1913 and 1915

Scope and Contents

Villa (with back to viewer) is speaking to Carranza as he boards the train.

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Photographer unidentified, [Mounted Officer], 2001.M.20-20 between 1910 and 1920

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Photographer unidentified, Juárez Monument, Juárez, Mexico, 2001.M.20-21 1920s

Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver postcard. Title from caption printed on card. Numbered in negative: #24.

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Photographer(s) unidentified, Return of Punitive Expedition, 1917 January

Scope and Contents

Titles from annotations on verso.

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8th and 9th Engineers Returning from Mexico 2001.M.20-22

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Rearguard Covering Party Eighth Engineers Returning after Bridge across River Was Torn Up 2001.M.20-23

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8th Engineers Tearing down Pontoon Bridge 2001.M.20-24

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Wagon Trains of 8th and 9th Engineers at Bridge Head on U.S. Side 2001.M.20-25

Scope and Contents

Also written on verso in Mahoney's (?) hand: After attack on Villa at Juárez racetrack, 1919. This statement and the date are incorrect.

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82nd Artillery Returning 2001.M.20-26

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Signal Corps Returning 2001.M.20-27

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8th Engineers Supporting Operation of Cavalry 2001.M.20-28

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Medical Detachment with Expedition into Mexico 2001.M.20-29

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Col .Tompkins 7th Cavalry Returning to U. S. 2001.M.20-30

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[Wooden Suspension Bridge across Rio Grande with Soldiers and Officials Standing at its End] 2001.M.20-31

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Photographer unidentified, [American Infantry Marching through Desert], 2001.M.20-32 1916 or 1917

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Photographer unidentified, Print of internegative for [American Infantry Marching through Desert], 2001.M.20-33 undated

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Photographer unidentified, Aug. Mahoney, 2001.M.20-34 undated

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: 93188. Print of an internegative of a U.S. soldier in field dress.

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Photographer unidentified, [U.S. Lieutenants in Camp], 2001.M.20-35 1916 or 1917

Scope and Contents

Annotation on verso: (Left to right) Lt. Frank Estill / Lt. Russell H. Cooper / R. L. Andrews, photographer / Lt. Wm. N. Amis / Lt. Parkins.

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Photographer unidentified, [Cavalry], 2001.M.20-36 1916 or 1917

Scope and Contents

Print of an internegative. Initialed in negative: S. S.

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Photographer unidentified, Prisoners Brought in by the Troops, 2001.M.20-37 approximately 1916

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation on verso.

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Photographer unidentified, Columbus after Raid, 2001.M.20-38 1916

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation on verso. View of the town after Villa's raid on it.

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Photographer unidentified, [Mahoney, Van Camp, and Three Other Men at Columbus, NM], 2001.M.20-39 1929 or 1930

Scope and Contents

Annotation on verso: From left. At Columbus, NM / 1. ___ / 2. Tom Mahoney / 3. _____ / /4. Van Camp / 5.____. / (about 1929 or 1930). Shows five men in suits standing in front of a building damaged in Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico.

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Photographer unidentified, U.S. Signal Corps, Sig. Corps Hdqrs. Columbus, 2001.M.20-40 1916

Scope and Contents

Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 81283. Wet stamp on verso: Credit line / U.S. Signal Corps / photo no. 11-SC-81283 / in the National Archives. Modern copy print.

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Photographer unidentified, James H. Har[___], 2001.M.20-41 approximately 1916

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation on verso.

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Photographer unidentified, [Demonstration in Mexico], 2001.M.20-42 1920s or 1930s

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Photographer unidentified, [March in a Mexican Town], 2001.M.20-43 1920

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Photographer unidentified, Ander. Garcia of San Antonio, 2001.M.20-44 undated

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation on verso.

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Photographer unidentified, [Young Woman Wearing Fur-collared Coat #1], 2001.M.20-45 undated

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Photographer unidentified, [Young Woman Wearing Fur-collared Coat #2], 2001.M.20-46 undated

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Photographer unidentified, El Tivoli, 2001.M.20-47 between 1910 and 1920

Scope and Contents

Title from annotation on verso. View of street corner with El Tivoli cafe and curio shop.

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Photographer unidentified, [Elephant and Bull in the Ring], 2001.M.20-48 undated

Scope and Contents

Numbered in the negative: N 37.

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Photographer unidentified, [Bull and Picador], 2001.M.20-49 undated

box 1, folder 3

Photograph identifications, 1931

Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding identifcation of photographers, persons, and events depicted.

box 1, folder 4-5

Notes, undated

box 1, folder 4

Preliminary notes

Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes by Tom Mahoney, first in chronological order of events related to Pancho Villa, and then notes on individuals. Includes a five peso note issued by the state of Chihuahua (Series M, 1915).

box 1, folder 5

Notes and transcriptions

Scope and Contents

Includes hand- and type-written notes for the book and transcriptions of original resource materials.

Research materials, 1914-1981, undated

Clippings, 1914-1981, undated

Revolution-era newspaper clippings, 1914-1926, undated

box 8, folder 1-2

Original clippings

box 1, folder 6-7

Photocopies of clippings

Post-revolution, 1922-1966

Clippings, 1928-1966

Scope and Contents

Regarding figures and stories of the revolution.

box 8, folder 3

Original clipppings

Scope and Contents

Restricted. See Box 1, folder 3.

box 1, folder 8

Photocopies of clippings

box 6, folder 1-2

La Prensa (San Antonio), 1931-1934

Scope and Contents

Several issues of the Segunda Seccion with feature articles on the revolution.

box 6, folder 3

Mexican Herald, 1928 July 21

Scope and Contents

Feature story on the burial of General Álvaro Obregón.

Villa family, 1923-1959

box 8, folder 4

Original clippings

Scope and Contents

Restricted. See Box 1, folder 9.

box 1, folder 9

Copies of clippings

box 1, folder 10

Villa and film, 1930-1953, undated

Scope and Contents

Clippings regarding Villa's film appearances and movies about Villa. Includes two letters from Wallace Smith to Mahoney.

box 1, folder 11

Villa memorials and artifacts, 1937-1981, undated

box 1, folder 12

Publications on Villa, 1930-1978, undated

Scope and Contents

Book reviews and notices; also includes Mahoney's Library of Congress call slips for Villa-related titles.

box 1, folder 13

Photocopied articles 1938-1951

box 2, folder 1

Research correspondence, 1930-1955

Scope and Contents

Exchange of detailed information with correspondents on Villa-related subjects.

Serials, 1931-1981

box 2, folder 2-4

The Journal of the El Paso County Historical Society, 1962-1981

Scope and Contents

Most issues have at least one article pertaining to Pancho Villa or the Mexican Revolution.

box 2, folder 2-3

Quarterlies, 1962-1981

box 2, folder 4

Yearbooks, 1978-1981

box 2, folder 5

Other serials, 1969-1973

Scope and Contents

Includes Haldeen Braddy, "Revolution: Agony South of the Border" in Montana: The Magazine of Western History, vol. XIX, no. 4 (October, 1969), p. 32-45 and Earl Shorris, "The Circle of Revolution: Seven Letters from the Land and Life of Pancho Villa" in Harpers Magazine, vol. 247, no. 1483 (December, 1973), p. 50-58.

box 6, folder 4

El Universal, 1932 May 10

Scope and Contents

"El evacuacion de México en 1920."

box 2, folder 6

Maps of Mexico, 1925-1927

box 2, folder 7

Mexico book lists, 1960-1976

Scope and Contents

Annotated book lists including books offered for sale and books wanted lists related to the Mexican Revolution and other topics on Mexican history. Includes some correspondence with dealers regarding titles Mahoney had available for sale.

box 2, folder 8-11

Correspondence, 1929-1981

Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to the book.

box 2, folder 8

Publishers, 1929-1930

Scope and Contents

Early correspondence regarding potential publishers for the book.

box 2, folder 9

Letters from George C. Carothers, 1931-1937

Scope and Contents

Topics include the Villa book; a story on Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico; Mahoney's article on the disappearance of Ambrose Bierce that appeared in Esquire (January 1936); and Mahoney's membership in the Society of New Mexico Pilgrims.

box 2, folder 10

Correspondence with Moses N. Thisted, 1976-1981

Scope and Contents

Correspondence touching on a variety of Pancho Villa, Mexican revolution, and Mexican border veteran-related topics as well as personal news.

box 2, folder 11

Comments on Pancho Villa manuscript, 1964

Scope and Contents

Carbon copy of a letter to "Grail" from Mahoney responding to his comments on the Villa manuscript.

box 2, folder 12-15

Related manuscripts and publications, 1940-1976, undated

Scope and Contents

Writings by Mahoney and possibly others, on Villa-related topics.

box 2, folder 12

"The Rupture between Don Venustiano Carranza and General Villa," undated

Scope and Contents

Twenty-eight page hand-written manuscript, not in Tom Mahoney's hand. Could possibly be a transcription of an article Mahoney wrote. Includes transcriptions of the telegrams sent between Villa and Carranza.

box 2, folder 13

"The Romance of Pancho Villa," undated

Scope and Contents

Nine page typewritten manuscript.

box 2, folder 14-15

Pancho Villa's Raid on Columbus, New Mexico, 1940-1976

box 2, folder 14

Correspondence and research materials, 1940-1976

Scope and Contents

Regarding Mahoney articles on Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico and Associate Press correspondent George Seese's alleged involvement in the raid. Includes Haldeen Braddy, "Pancho Villa at Columbus: The Raid of 1916 Restudied," Southwestern Studies, vol. III, no. 1, Spring, 1965, monograph no. 9.

box 2, folder 15

"AP Writer Anticipated Villa Raid on Columbus," 1963 April

Scope and Contents

Published in The Southwesterner, April, 1963, pages B9-B10. The entire issue of the newspaper is included in the file.

Other projects and research files, Series II. 1890-1981, undated

Physical Description: 0.83 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by topic with Mahoney's personal papers concluding the series. The files were created by the archivist who organized them into general topics from a mass of unarranged materials.

Scope and Contents

In this series are research files on topics of interest to Mahoney, many of which relate to his book and magazine publications, such as The Great Merchants and The Story of Jewelry, co-authored with Marcus Baerwald. Also included is a partial typescript for Baerwald's unpublished [?] memoir, "Diamonds and Texans: A Memoir of Seventy Years in Jewelry." Files on topics pertaining to Mexico and Texas, but not related to Pancho Villa and the Mexican Revolution, comprise the bulk of the series. Much of the material is in the form of newspaper clippings. There is some research-related correspondence and a small amount of manuscript or typescript material. A small file of personal papers is also included.

box 3, folder 1

Bird, Caroline, 1974 January 21

Scope and Contents

One page typescript to "Dear Dick" describing Bird's "latest" book, perhaps her Everything a Woman Needs to Know to Get Paid What She's Worth, New York, McKay, 1973.

box 3, folder 2

DeGoyler, Everette L., 1947-1970

box 3, folder 3-4

The Great Merchants, 1956-1957, undated

Scope and Contents

The Great Merchants: The Stories of Twenty Famous Retail Operations and the People Who Made Them Great. New York: Harper, 1955.

box 3, folder 3

Typescript, undated

Scope and Contents

One page.

box 3, folder 4

Correspondence with Goro Nakano, 1956-1957

Scope and Contents

Regarding the Japanese edition of The Great Merchants.

box 3, folder 5-7

Jewelry, 1971-1972, undated

box 3, folder 5

Marcus Baerwald correspondence, 1972, undated

Scope and Contents

Regarding Marcus Baerwald and Tom Mahoney, The Story of Jewelry: A Popular Account of the Lure, Lore, Science and Value of Gems and Noble Metals in the Modern World. London: Abelard-Schuman, 1960 and other matters.

box 3, folder 6

Diamonds and Texans, undated

Scope and Contents

List of chapters and typescript of chapters II and III for Baerwald's unpublished [?] memoir, "Diamonds and Texans: A Memoir of Seventy Years in Jewelry."

box 3, folder 7

Articles, 1971, undated

box 3, folder 8

Literary matters, 1938-1958, undated

Scope and Contents

Clippings include book reviews, author obituaries, the book trade, copyright and other literary subjects.

box 3, folder 9-22

Mexico, 1926-1980, undated

box 3, folder 9

Aviation, 1929-1933

box 3, folder 10

Business, 1928-1939, undated

box 3, folder 11

Culture, 1930-1965, undated

box 3, folder 12

Escobar Revolution, 1929-1980, undated

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Kenneth B. Ragsdale regarding the 1929 Escobar revolution and Mahoney's article "Into the Clouds for a Lost Cause: Being the Story of the American Aviators who Flew for the Escobar Revolutionists in Mexico," Air Travel News, December, 1929. Also, a copy of part one of Philip Mohun's article, "The Revolution Racket," Liberty, 21 July 1934, p. 34-36, and a 1929 election cartoon.

box 3, folder 13

History, 1929-1938, undated

box 3, folder 14

Infrastructure, 1930-1938, undated

box 3, folder 15

Labor, 1930-1940, undated

box 3, folder 16

Mexico City, 1928, undated

box 3, folder 17

Military, 1936-1938, undated

box 3, folder 18

Oil disputes with the United States, 1928-1940, undated

box 3, folder 19

Politics, 1930-1940

box 3, folder 20

Presidential election, 1932

box 3, folder 21

San Patricio Battalion, Mexican-American War, 1934-1980

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Dan Wheeler, editor of The American Legion Magazine regarding possible publication of one of Mahoney's articles on the battalion. Also, a 1934 clipping on the Mexico City burial grounds of Americans who died in the war.

box 3, folder 22

Tourism, 1929-1970, undated

box 4, folder 1

Miscellaneous printed materials, 1926-1981

Scope and Contents

Includes articles, newsletters, press releases and offprints, some inscribed to Mahoney.

box 4, folder 2

Newsmen, 1944-1976, undated

box 4, folder 3

Olds, Ransom E., 1972

Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Representative Charles E. Chamberlain regarding a commemorative postal stamp honoring Olds.

box 4, folder 4

Seese, Mildred Parker, 1964-1980

Scope and Contents

Newspaper articles by M. P. Seese from Harvest News and Sunday Record. See especially the article written by M. P. Seese, who was also editor of the Harvest News, about her husband George Seese's enthusiasm for the Orange County Onion Harvest Festival: Harvest News, 6th Edition, August 28, 1964, p. 2, 31.

box 4, folder 5

Spanish Civil War, 1964-1980

Texas, 1890-1981, undated

box 4, folder 6

The Alamo, 1935-1967, undated

box 4, folder 7-9

Books on Texas, 1954-1979

Scope and Contents

Includes catalogs and sale lists.

box 5, folder 1

Dallas, 1968-1971, undated

box 5, folder 2

El Paso, 1930-1981

box 5, folder 3

El Paso Historical Society, 1978-1981

box 5, folder 4

General, 1890-1978

Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings and sections on a variety of Texas-related subjects.

box 5, folder 5

Historic homes of Texas, 1954

Scope and Contents

Contains copies of El Conquestador, the society's newsletter.

box 5, folder 6

Miscellaneous publications on Texas, 1954-1971

box 5, folder 7

Texas oilmen, 1972, undated

box 5, folder 8

Texas United Press Newsletter, 1932 December 20

Scope and Contents

Two-page typescript compiled by Mahoney (?).

box 5, folder 9

Used book sales, 1925-1972, undated

box 5, folder 10

Personal papers, 1927-1981, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes press passes, membership cards, miscellaneous correspondence and other personal documents and ephemera.