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Señor de Papantla

Monthly showcase

The collections that the Tecnológico de Monterrey safeguards include works of art and documents from different periods and origins, mostly related to Mexican history and culture. In this section we present the featured object of the month, that is, a work from our collection selected to spread among our students and the community in general. For more information regarding the works included as the featured object of the month and their availability for consultation, please write to: patrimonio_cultural@servicios.itesm.mx

 

June 2024

Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002), The Man from Papantla, 1977. Gelatin silver print, 39 x 46.2 cm. Campus Estado de México. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

Manuel Álvarez Bravo is one of Mexico's most important photographers and a pioneer of modern photography in Latin America. His career spanned much of the 20th century, and his work is know for capturing the essence of Mexican life through his poetic and symbolic images.

The picture shows a man in rural attire posing in front of a rustic wall. The central composition is broken by the diagonals of light and shadow, which highlight the details of the surroundings and the character. The title refers to Papantla, a city in the state of Veracruz, famous for its cultural traditions, such as the Voladores de Papantla, a ritual dance of this indigenous community.

This photographer's work has been fundamental to the understanding and appreciation of imagery in Mexico due to this ability to combine photographic technique with a deep sensitivity to the cultural surroundings. Photographs like this are not only visual representations, but also a testament to the cultural roots and identity of México.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: https://hdl.handle.net/11285/638747

 

May 2024

"Why do you like your job?" Interview with Rosaura Barahona published in Panorama, 1977. Memoria Tec Fund. Monterrey. "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

Panorama (1966-2017) was a weekly publication of the Monterrey Campus that reported important news to the entire community.

Interview with Rosaura Barahona Aguayo (1942-2017), journalist, writer and academic, published in the magazine Panorama (1966-2017), where she talks about the enjoyment of the work as a teacher and director of the Departament of Humanities at Tec de Monterrey.

Barahona was a promoter of gender equality at the institution, where she is renowned for her drive for Tec to be the first institution in Latin America to issue academic degrees in feminine.

 

April 2024

Autographed Picture of Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957). Monterrey. Agustín Basave Fund. Photolibrary of Tecnológico de Monterrey. "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

The profile portrait of the poet Gabriela Mistral, 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a meaningful testimony of her worldwide importance, as the first Latin-American woman poet to obtain such Prize.

The photograph was signed and dedicated to the director of the newspaper El Norte, who made up the documentary collection that includes autographs, photographs and portraits of prominent protagonists in world history of the 20th century. Agustín Basave donated this fund to the Tecnológico de Monterrey in 1955.

Lucila de María Godoy Alcayaga, real name of Gabriela Mistral, was born in Chile on April 7th, 1889. In addition to being a diplomat, she worked as a teacher, collaborated with the Government of Mexico in the training of teachers and in the design of what became the Secretariat of Public Education. Her poetic work influenced great writers such as Rosario Castellanos, Pablo Neruda and Octavio Paz.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: http://hdl.handle.net/11285/625062

 

March 2024

The Violet. Biweekly of Literature, Social, Moral and Variety. Monterrey, 1887-1894. Collection donated by Martha Nualart Sánchez, great-granddaughter of Josefa Cornada Eligia Jiménez García (1865-1911), collaborator of "The Violet. Biweekly of literature, social, moral and variety". Exchanges and donations Fund.  "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

This nineteenth-century magazine is one of the first prints to be managed, written and published by women from Monterrey. So far, only three other Mexican magazines with these same characteristics have been located.

This copy of The Violet is made up of a binding that preserves three volumes of said publication. In total, it contains fifty-nine editions in newspaper paper and ink.

This publication allowed the Porfirian women of Northern Mexico to disseminate their literary writings in varius genres, express their ideas about cultural management, among other topics, which generated the interweaving of female networks of readers with content created and designed for women.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: https://hdl.handle.net/11285/650987

 

February 2024

Summer School Students, 1972. Printed in duotone, 5 x 7 inches. Campus Monterrey. Tec Memory Fund. Photo Library of Tecnologico de Monterrey. "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

This black and white photograph portrays three schoolgirls during the 70's. The portrait shows the coexistence, recreation and style of dress of those who participated during their stay at the Summer School at Campus Monterrey.

Tec Memory Fund guards historical images that show us a window to the past in order to understand how was the students' experience during that time.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: http://hdl.handle.net/11285/584573

 

January 2024

Letter from Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada to Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, 1875. Historical Archive Fund of Real Caja de Zacatecas 1576-1936. Collection of the Society of Friends of Zacatecas, A.C. on loan to Tecnologico de Monterrey©. Memory of the World Registry of Mexico, UNESCO, 2021. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

In this letter, two personalities from the last quarter of the 19th century stand out, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada and Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta. The first, for assuming the presidency of Mexico after the death of Benito Juarez and the second, for being secretary and later director of the Mexican Academy of Language.

The beauty of this document lies in the initials or acronym of the letterhead with Art Nouveau style floral details in blue, in which Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada responds to Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, as well as the rubric of the president of Mexico.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: https://hdl.handle.net/11285/643441

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