Sunday Speaker Series - “The Plan de San Diego”
Sunday September 15, 2013
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2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
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Archival Documents Examined in Drs. Harris and Sadler’s Latest Book “The Plan De San Diego: Tejano Rebellion, Mexican Intrigue”
Authors to present Sunday Speaker Series program at MOSTHistory on Sept. 15, 2013 at 2 p.m.
The Museum of South Texas History welcomes authors Charles H. Harris
III, Ph.D. and Louis R. Sadler, Ph.D. as they present their latest work,
“The Plan de San Diego: Tejano Rebellion, Mexican Intrigue” (University
of Nebraska Press, 2013). Drs. Harris and Sadler’s
book about a rebellion proposed in 1915 to overthrow the U.S. government
in the Southwest and establish a Hispanic republic was researched in
part using newly available archival documents, known as the Agustín S.
Garza Collection, recently acquired by MOSTHistory
with assistance from the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg
Foundation and The Summerlee Foundation. During this Sunday Speaker
Series program, audience members will be able to view original Plan de
San Diego documents, participate in a question and
answer session and meet the authors during a book signing where copies
of “The Plan de San Diego” will be available for purchase in the Museum
Store.
Location: Courtyard Gallery
Cost*: included in regular museum admission
* Free for current museum FRIENDS
About Museum of South Texas History
The Museum of South Texas History is located in downtown Edinburg at 200
North Closner Boulevard on the Hidalgo County Courthouse square. Hours
of operation are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday. Founded in 1967 as the Hidalgo County
Historical Museum in the 1910 Hidalgo County Jail, the museum has grown
over the decades through a series of expansions to occupy a full city
block. In 2003 following the completion of a 22,500 square foot
expansion, the museum was renamed the Museum of South
Texas History to better reflect its regional scope. Today, the museum
preserves and presents the borderland heritage of South Texas and
Northeastern Mexico through its permanent collection and the Margaret H.
McAllen Memorial Archives and exhibits spanning
prehistory through the 20th century. More information about the museum,
including becoming a FRIEND, is available at www.mosthistory.org or by
calling +1-956-383-6911.
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