Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press Collection
Image
El Tucsonense, May 23 1944
When
6:30 – 8 p.m., April 24, 2013
Where
Special Collections
A celebration to launch the library's newest online resource featuring fully digitized collections of 20 historically significant Mexican and Mexican American newspapers - including El Tucsonese, the longest running Spanish Language newspaper in Tucson - all originally published from the mid-1800s to the 1970s.
Related collections
Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press
Related coverage
150 Years of Mexican, Mexian American History Now Online
Contacts
Juan Manuel Calderón Jaimes, Consul of Mexico
Alberto Elías, owner of Old Pueblo Printers and grandson of the owner, publisher and editor of El Tucsonense
Arturo “Arte” Moreno, owner of the Los Angeles Angels and grandson of the owner, publisher and editor of El Tucsonense
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, UA Department of Mexican American Studies, former journalist, publisher and editor of Americas 2001 and El Corazon de Aztlan
Celeste González de Bustamante, Assistant Professor, UA School of Journalism
Lupe Castillo, co-editor of ¡Coraje! and recipient of the 2011 YWCA Lifetime Achievement Award