Morales de Escárcega Collection

The Escárcega family library was built by, Gildardo G. H. Morales Díaz of Apetatitlán, Tlaxcala, México [b. 1899]. Mr. Morales Díaz was a self-taught bibliophile and was a founding member of the Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia. Having survived a tragic loss as a young man during the Mexican Revolution, Mr. Morales Díaz dedicated his life to the study and understanding of Mexican History. With few possessions including books, the family moved to Puebla. He started collecting more books in the early 1920s, building the library over time by adding important manuscripts and broadsides. The Morales de Escárcega Collection includes over 2000 books, just under 80 broadsides and manuscripts, as well as some photographs. Included in this digital collection are the manuscripts and broadsides included in the collection.

Keywords
19th century, reform, nineteenth century, independence, Catholic, Cerro de Barrabas, Guerra de los Pasteles, French intervention, Maximiliano, Santa Anna, Vicente Guerrero, history, Porfirio, colonial, Benito Juarez, Mexico
  • Veronica Reyes-Escudero, Associate Librarian, University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections
  • Phone: (520) 307-2774
  • Email: reyesv@u.library.arizona.edu
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Páginas de la historia de México

Excerpts from the Morales de Escárcega Collection

A University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections exhibit of select materials, including manuscripts and broadsides from the Morales de Escárcega Collection. This major assemblage of documents uniquely chronicles the history of Mexico.