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Periodicals in the US-Mexico Border Region is a bilingual research portal that provides access to 200+ digitized periodicals from Arte Público Press, Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage (Recovery) Digital Archive in collaboration with the US Latino Digital Humanities Center (USLDH) located at the University of Houston.

This project, funded in part by the Council on Library Information Resources (CLIR) Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives, is an effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of border publications with descriptive information, digital humanities tools and educational resources.

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  • El Bien Público

    Taos, New Mexico, United States

    1910-10-21/1911-05-11

  • Nueva Era

    Laredo, Texas, United States

    1944-03-28

  • Juventud

    Mesa, Arizona, United States

    1939-12-15/1940-03-30

  • El Gallón

    Saltillo, Coahuila, México

    1905-07-14

  • American Flag

    Brownsville, Texas, United States

    1850-03-06/1855-05-19

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Periodicals in the US-Mexico Border Region includes over 200+ Spanish, English, and bilingual publications. Archival materials come from print, microfilm and digital collections housed at the University of Houston’s Recovery Program.

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Find periodicals from as many as 13 states along the US-Mexico Border.