ENGL 1302 - Literature and Borderlands Library Research (Richard Barakat): Selecting Your Topic

El Paso and the Mexican Revolution - This is a broad topic. If you wish you can write on a particular aspect and/or person of interest.

• Borderlands: El Paso Played Important Role in the Mexican Revolution 21 (2002-2003)
• People:  
  • Aguirre, Lauro newspaper editor and revolutionary  Male Activists
  • Alderete, Isaac "Ike" ward boss and district county clerk  Men in Politics
  •  de Andrade, Flores early Mexican activist Women Activists
  • Angeles, Felipe, General in the Mexican Revolution  Men in the Military
  • Cathcart, John, MD El Paso pioneer physician who treated Mexican soldiers during the Revolution and worked with first xray machine in El Paso. Men in Medicine and Science
  • Flores Magon /Magonistas brothers (Ricardo and Enrique)  anarchists, social revolutionaries  Male Activists
  • Huerta, Victoriano Revolutionary leader (events in Cd.Juarez/El Paso) Men in Military
  • Madero, Francisco early leader of the Mexican Revolution, later Mexican President (events in Cd. Juarez/El Paso) Men in Military
  • Ochoa, Victor Leaton inventor, revolutionary, philanthropist Male Activists
  • Orozco, Pascual  Revolutionary leader (events in Cd.Juarez/El Paso) Men in Military
  • Terrazas, Silvestre  member of an oligarchic Chihuahuan Mexican family who spoke out against the Porfirio Diaz government Men in Journalism
• Topics: 
  • Bath Riots Covered in Borderlands article on El Paso Mayor: Tom Lea Jr. 26 (2007-2008) but perhaps (with Mr. Barakat's approval) can be broadened into a fuller article. Mexican Revolution Topics
  • Battle of Juarez Mexican Revolution Topics
  • San Ysabel Massacre see Military on the Border
  • Smuggling/ Hippolito Villa/Teodoro Kyriacopuolos Mexican Revolution Topics

• Casasola Studio (legendary photography studio): https://historicelpaso.com/historic_entry/casasola-studio/
• Fox Plaza on Alameda Street Business in El Paso
• Houses and Buildings - Some of the great houses and buildings of Sunset Heights, the historic Montana district, or Manhattan Heights.  Manhattan Heights and architect Otto Thorman
• Kress store downtown purchased in 2018 by Paul Foster.  Beautiful art deco building on the plaza.  El Paso History Alliance Samuel Henry Kress Building (1937)
• Labor Organizing / Humberto Silex Labor Organizing sources and Male Activists
• NAACP / L.W. Williams Civil Rights Organizations
• Scottish Rite Temple About the Scottish Rite building
• Southwestern General Hospital   Southwestern General Hospital History

• Lawmen and Outlaws

  • Billy the Kid Billy the Kid Timeline (American Experience on PBS)

  • Thomas Lyons owner of largest ranch in NM murdered in El Paso 1917.  largest murder case in EP history. cold case detailed in the book Last Train to El Paso

• Businesspeople and Billionaires (Philanthropists)

  • Paul Foster Paul Foster Family Foundation

  • Hunt Family  Hunt Family Foundation

  • Jerry Rubin  former Chairman, CEO and President of Helen of Troy Businessmen/Entrepreneurs

• Artists

  • Manuel Acosta 1921-1989, well-known artist and Bowie High graduate Male Artists

  • Carlos Callejo, local muralist now active in Los Angeles Painted courthouse mural on the 3rd floor and many others. El Paso Muralists

  • Margarita "Mago" Orona Gandara, muralist. El Paso Muralists

  • Carl Hertzog (1902–1984), typographer, book designer, and publisher. Literary Topics

  • Thomas Callahan Lea, III 1907-2001  artist/journalist/historian  Literary Topics

  • Ernesto Pedregon Martinez El Pasoan muralist and WWII veteran one of the nation’s leading Mexican-American artists. El Paso Muralists

  • Diana Molina native El Pasoan photographer  Women Artists

  • Gloria Osuna Perez (1947-1999)  Women Artists

• Engineers

  • Bill Crombie WW II Flying Ace from El Paso 1920-2001. Men in Military

  • Ruth Deerman, early aviator First woman inducted into the El Paso Aviation Hall of Fame. Women aviators

  • Lois Hailey, aviator with the WASPs and Congressional Gold Medal of Honor winner, Women aviators

  • John Olivas, astronaut Men in Medicine and Science

• Medicine & Science

  • Ira Pearl Gunn  renowned military nurse anesthetist buried in Arlington Cemetery  Women in Medicine

  • Romy Ledesma scientist and university leader. The only woman in the country to administer a Materials Research Center of Excellence  Women at UTEP

  • Dr. J. D. Love Nationally known Ysleta physician who had a mobile office and delivered babies in the lower valley, 1930s-1940s. Men in Medicine and Science

  • Dr. Mariano Samaniego Juarez pioneer physician, governor of Chihuahua, health officer, soldier.   Men in Medicine and Science

• Movie/Film/TV Makers, Starts and Entertainers

  • F. Murray Abraham (El Paso actor most famous for his role in the movie Amadeus)  Men Performers

  • Cassandro (Saul Armendariz) professional lucha libre/Mexican wrestler  Men Performers

  • Lupe Ontiveros actress Women Performers

• Scholars

• • Maceo C. Dailey (1943-2015) Renowned historian who established the African American Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso  Literary Topics

  • Mimi Reisel Gladstein John Steinbeck scholar, author of books on Ayn Rand and local histories.  Long time UTEP professor.  Literary Topics

  • Leon Metz (1930-2020) beloved southwest historian   Literary Topics

  • Charles Leland Sonnichsen  professor Emeritus at UTEP, noted historian who wrote over 30 books  Literary Topics

  • W. H. Timmons   Historian and long time Texas Western professor.  Literary Topics

• Writers

  • Ana Castillo El Paso times interview with Ana Castillo

  • John Rechy award-winning gay writer from El Paso.  His book City of Night was significant for its time.  Literary Topics

  • Sergio Troncoso award winning novelist, essayist and short story writer from Ysleta  Literary Topics