University of Texas at El Paso
Jose Cisneros Collection
Jose Cisneros was a world class illustrator specializing in Mexican, Spanish, and Southwest history. This small collection includes many of his images published in different sources. His first works were done in pen and ink. Horsemen and horses were among his favorite subjects. His book he is best known for is the Riders Across the Centuries: Horsemen of the Spanish Borderlands.
Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
Joe Stanley Graham, professor of Anthropology and folklore at Texas A&M University-Kingsville from 1988 until shortly before his death in 1999 lived and worked on ranches in southwest Texas ultimately studying at the University of Texas, Austin with Dr. Amerigo Paredes, a leading folklorist from south Texas. Dr. Graham continued Dr. Paredes work of collecting materials about the rural Mexican and Mexican American communities, the people and their folkways. Hundreds of photographs, interviews, student term papers, and research materials used for museum exhibits have been saved for future researchers of his favored topic.