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CORE 1000: Mexico, Migrations & Missouri

A research guide focused on finding historical primary sources about key figures & organizations in Missouri's history

In-Class Exercise #1: Documenting the Research Process

In-Class Exercise #2: Reflection

Key Figures & Institutions to Research

William Becknell                                  

Becknell Bros.         

William Bent: Charles, George, Robert Bent                  

Moses Austin

Pedro de Villaval/veal (1792)                 

Dr. Nicolás Jaime [Kansas City]

Manuel (de) Lisa

General John Pershing    

John F. Cahill                                                         

José Francisco Cháves           

Francisco Perea                      

Los Oteros: Miguel Antonio, Manuel, & Nina Otero-Warren                                            

Juan C. Armijo             

Los Sandoval: Clito & Amelia; Carlos, Isabel & Mariana Sandoval (SLU)                         

William de la Peña (CBC)                  

El Comercio del Valle 

La Revista Mexicana

La Unión de América                                  

St. Louis Merchants’ Exchange

St. Louis Mexican Consulate

Mexican & Spanish American Mercantile Exchange

Mexican Central Railway Line (1883) -> Headquarters (1902)

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Latin American Club

Club Mexicano Benito Juárez

Club Guadalupano                                          

Circulo Recreativo Mexicano

International Institute (IISTL)

The Mexican Benefit Society (Sociedad Mexicana de Beneficencia)

Children’s Aid Society

Mexican Honorary Commission (Granite City, IL)

Santa Cruz Orchestra

Mexican Orchestra of St. Louis

Our Lady of Covadonga

St. Vincent de Paul

Jesuits of STL

Catholic Church of Annunciation

Parish of St. Columbkille

Parish of St. Boniface

YMCA

YWCA