The C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department is located on the sixth floor at the University of Texas at El Paso Library. The book collections include the Chicano Collection, the Judaica Collection, the S. L. A. Marshall Military History Collection, the Southwest and Border Studies Collection, as well as collections of art and rare books. In addition to printed sources, the department has manuscript and archival collections available. There is also an oral history collection documenting the region.
The Institute of Oral History was established in 1972 for the purpose of "preserving the history of the region adjacent to the Rio Grande both in the United States and in Mexico." Since that time, the Institute has built one of the largest border-related oral history collections in the United States. Search oral history recordings by keywords.
A selected list of the approximately 565 manuscript collections held in the Special Collections Department of the University of Texas at El Paso Library.
Chicano Movement Oral Histories: View video online histories of Chicano Movement leaders in Washington State.
Chicano Movement Sacramento:Video oral histories of the Chicano Movement in Sacramento.
Tejano Voices: Audio oral histories and transcripts of leaders and activists in Texas interviewed by Jose Angel Gutierrez. Not all the collection is available online but transcripts are available from the University of Arlington Library Special Collections.
Guide to the San José State University Chicano Oral History Collection: A shelflist of oral histories at San Jose State University.
Betita Martinez -Voice of Feminism Oral History Project (PDF Transcript): A text based transcript of an oral history from Betita Martinez.
Mexican American/Chicano Oral Histories: This collection of oral histories includes online interviews on the Chicano Student Movement (in RealAudio format)
Mexican-American Oral History Project: In 1975 the Minnesota Historical Society began a two-year Mexican-American History Project under the direction of Ramedo J. Saucedo to collect oral histories.
UA Special Collections - Arizona-Sonora Documents Online: Arizona-Sonora Documents Online provides web access to digital images of archival collections relating to Sonora, Mexico.
UA Special Collections - Arizona, Southwestern, and Borderlands Photograph Collection Online: This collection contains photographs, from various sources, of Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico including places, people, events and activities, and dating from about 1875 to the present.
UA Special Collections - Morales de Escárgera Collection Online: The Morales de Escárcega Collection includes over 2000 books, just under 80 broadsides and manuscripts, as well as some photographs. Included in this digital collection are the manuscripts and broadsides included in the collection dedicated to Mexican history.
UA Special Collections - Raul Castro Papers Online: The Raul H. Castro Papers document his career in public service from his election as a Pima County judge in 1958 through three U.S. ambassadorships (El Salvador 1964-1968, Bolivia 1968-1969, and Argentina 1977-1980) as well as the governorship of Arizona (1974-1977).
UA Special Collections - Borderlands: These collections document the region's culture and history, from colonial period to present, including accounts of Native Americans and their ancestors, the impact of Spanish and Mexican settlement, and the influx of Americans and others into the region during the 19th century.
UA Special Collections - Arizona & Southwest: These collections document the region’s culture and history, including accounts of Native Americans, the impact of Spanish and Mexican settlement, and the influx of other groups into the region from the 19th century onwards.
Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1: Find historical content pertaining to U.S. Hispanic history, literature and culture from colonial times until 1960. The content is in Spanish (80%) and English (20%), and is searchable in both languages. Materials are drawn from the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project.
Mexican Heritage Project: The rich photographic collection of over 4000 images assembled by the Mexican Heritage Project has been accessible to researchers at Arizona Historical Society as individual photos since the mid 1980s.
Homeland Security Digital Library
The nation's premier collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy and organizational management. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FEMA and the Naval Postgraduate School. Excellent coverage of border topics relating to security, drug trade, immigration, etc.