Exhibit Credits
In Appreciation…
We are grateful for the generous donation facilitated by the Community Foundation of Southern Arizona. Thanks for the gifts made possible by the Susan and Dick Imwalle Endowment, and the Polly Hamilton Endowment. We also thank Ms. Ann B. Fallon, Ms. Lorraine Drachman, and Chuck and Pat Pettis for their generous contributions. Your generous gifts made the acquisition of the Morales de Escárcega Collection possible.
We are indebted to the Southwestern Foundation for Education and Historical Preservation for their grant. Their grant has allowed us to catalog, preserve and digitize a portion of the manuscripts and broadsides to make these accessible to the world. Their grant will permit us to continue our digitization efforts for this collection.
Agradecimiento…
Le agradecemos a la generosa donación facilitada por la Fundación Comunitaria de Arizona Sur. Gracias por las contribuciones proporcionadas por las dotaciones de Susan y Dick Imwalle, de Polly Hamilton. Además les agradecemos a Ms. Ann B. Fallon, Ms. Lorraine Drachman, y Chuck y Pat Pettis por sus generosas contribuciones. Estos generosos donativos hicieron posible adquirir la Colección Morales de Escárcega.
Estamos adeudados a la Fundación Sudoeste para la Educación y Preservación Histórica por su generosa donación. Este auxilio pecuniario nos ha permitido catalogar, preservar y convertir a digital una porción de los manuscritos y documentos impresos para el uso del mundo entero. Nos permitirá continuar con nuestro propósito de
Credits…
This online exhibition of selected works from the Morales de Escárcega Collection was made possible by the following individuals:
Verónica Reyes-Escudero, Associate Librarian, University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections curated the exhibit and provided coordination among the multiple units involved in making the cataloging, processing and digitization of the Morales de Escarcega collection possible.
Carmen Ortiz-Henley, PhD Candidate, Department of English, provided full contextual annotations both in English and Spanish for each of the items selected.
Alain Sho Ikeda, graduate student in the School of Information Resources and Library Science, provided research for the items selected and narratives for each of the historical periods to provide context to the pieces shown.
Sara Hayden, graduate student in the School of Information Resources and Library Science, provided much of the preparation work prior to the selection as well as research for the items selected.
Colleagues in our Technical Services Team, the cataloging and preservation of the Morales de Escarcega Collection would not have been possible in such a short time. Thank you to Charles Wommack, Marcia Tiede, James Uhrig, Patty Brown, Jane Wan, Debbie Weller, Liz Bezanson, Kerrie Stramler and Awyn Boyd.
Colleagues in our Express Document Center provided the scanning of the material, Deborah Quintana, Libby Funk, and student employees Emily Morris and Cassandra Hartmann.
Colleagues in our Digital Library & Information Support Team have provided the framework and programming to make this online exhibit possible. Thank you to Steven Jury, Program Manager for the Institutional Repository Team, Patrick Barabe, Lead Developer and Architect for the IR Team, and Ginger Bidwell, Web Designer for the IR Team.
University of Arizona faculty, Dr. William Beezley (History), Dr. Martha Few (History), Dr. Stacie Widdifield (Art), and Dr. Michael Brescia (Curator, Ethnohistory) assisted with assessing the materials, in selection and interpretation, and gave informative talks based on materials from the Morales de Escárcega Collection to accompany the exhibit. Dr. Helen Nader assisted in interpreting one of the more challenging colonial period documents.
Special thanks go to the following people who assisted in making this possible: Bonnie Travers, Special Collections Librarian and Coordinator for Special Collections Exhibits and Programs, Guillermo Escudero for, photographer, Gabriela Lopez, Special Collections Administrative Assistant, Kerrie Williams, graduate student in the School of Information Resources and Library Science, Alana Varner, student assistant.