Bruce Aiken interview about Fort Brown History, Part 1 of 4
Title:
Bruce Aiken interview about Fort Brown History, Part 1 of 4
Description:
An interview with Bruce Aiken, a local historian in Brownsville, who talks about the history of Fort Brown in the second half of the 19th century. Aiken explains the land conflict between Mexico and United States, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in the Brownsville area. Fort Brown became a permanent post along the border of United States in 1848.
Creator/Contributor:
Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (collector) and Aiken, Bruce (interviewee)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1998-04-07
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Mexican Americans, Texas--Social conditions, Mexicano americanos, and Texas--Condiciones sociales
Place Name:
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States of America and Brownsville, Texas, United States of America
General Note:
Assigned production number 246. Duration of content within the file is 30 minutes, 40 seconds. All intellectual property rights are retained by the legal copyright holders. The University of Texas at Austin does not hold the copyright to the content of this file. Formal permission to reuse or republish this content must be obtained from the copyright holder. Material copyrighted to Dr. Manuel F. Medrano and The University of Texas at Brownsville. The assets of UT Brownsville are now held by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
Origin Note:
Los del Valle oral history recordings transferred from The University of Texas at Brownsville to The University of Texas at Austin in 2015. Digitized with funds from the Latin American Materials Project (LAMP), Center for Research Libraries.