William Michael Mathes

Michael Mathes, well known as an award-winning historian and professor of history, was a many-faceted individual with a variety of talents that endeared him to legions of admirers. An expert in all things Mexican and a specialist in the history of Baja California, Mike was truly bicultural and awlessly bilingual. those who interacted with him, even slightly, never forgot his willingness to help, his valuable suggestions, his ability as a teacher, his talent as a tour guide, and his success as a writer of history. Mike was honored by the government of Mexico in 1985 with the order of the Aztec Eagle and by the government of Spain with the order of Isabel the Catholic in 2005— both for his efforts as a foreigner in promoting the history of those countries

William Michael Mathes

Michael Mathes, well known as an award-winning historian and professor of history, was a many-faceted individual with a variety of talents that endeared him to legions of admirers. An expert in all things Mexican and a specialist in the history of Baja California, Mike was truly bicultural and awlessly bilingual. those who interacted with him, even slightly, never forgot his willingness to help, his valuable suggestions, his ability as a teacher, his talent as a tour guide, and his success as a writer of history. Mike was honored by the government of Mexico in 1985 with the order of the Aztec Eagle and by the government of Spain with the order of Isabel the Catholic in 2005— both for his efforts as a foreigner in promoting the history of those countries

Spanish scientists in the new world: the eighteenth-century expeditions

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Arizona hispánica / Iris H.W. Engstrand ; [traducción, Eliézer Gutman]

Arizona, la parte norte de la provincia hispánica de Sonora, entró a formar parte de los Estados Unidos en 1846. El escasamente poblado territorio no fue reconocido como Estado de la Unión hasta 1912. Su nombre proviene del de una región minera a la que se llamaba Arizonac. Debido a su localización geográfica —aislada de las zonas de asentamiento por profundos cañones y elevadas montañas—tuvo un desarrollo lento entre 1540 y 1900. Sin embargo , la región estaba habitada por numerosos indios en la época prehispánica. La con quista de México por Cortés condujo a la exploración y colonización de Arizona. El descubrimiento del Cañón del Colorado, las fundaciones de los jesuitas, las revueltas de los indios pima, el asentamiento de familias y la actividad económica van conformando a lo largo de tres siglos la cultura hispánica de Arizona. Así, en la actualidad, el 25 por ciento de la población habla español. La autora ofrece en esta obra una amplia y excelente panorámica de la Arizona hispana

No. 665 Iris Engstrand

Transcript (34 pages) of an interview by Greg Smoak with Iris H. Engstrand at Denver, Colorado, on 6 October 2012. Part of the Western History Association Oral History Project, Everett Cooley Collection tape no. U-3167Iris Engstrand discusses her involvement with the Western History Association. As a graduate student, she was involved in the conception of the organization. She talks about the many people she worked with at that time. Iris was one of the very few women working to develop the organization. She talks about her experiences as a woman historian and the other women she´s worked with throughout her career. She discusses the many roles she´s taken on as a part of the Western History Association, specifically her time as president of the organization. Project: Western History Association. Interviewer: Greg Smoak