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  • Long running Spanish-language newspaper from Tucson now on the Arizona Memory Project

Long running Spanish-language newspaper from Tucson now on the Arizona Memory Project

PRESS RELEASE
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For Immediate Release
Thursday, September 19, 2019

PHOENIX – Published for over 40 years, El Tucsonense was an important newspaper for Mexican communities in southern Arizona. The newspaper highlighted the local art community, Mexican owned businesses, and featured a literary column. It also reported on state, national and international news, such as the Mexican Revolution, labor issues, World War I and II.

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“El Tucsonense was an influential voice for the Mexican American community in Southern Arizona,” said Verónica Reyes-Escudero, the Katheryne B. Willock Head of Special Collections at the University of Arizona Libraries (UAL).

"El Tucsonense is part of the UAL’s Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press digital collection, and we are pleased to share this respected newspaper with the Library of Congress' Chronicling America and the Arizona Memory Project," said Chris Kollen, Data Curation Librarian at UAL.

“El Tucsonense was one of the longest-running Spanish-language newspapers in Tucson, published from 1915 until the early 1960s. It is an important part of Tucson’s and Arizona’s history,” said Mary Feeney, News Research Librarian and NDNP grant project lead at the UAL.

This is just one of the 7 Spanish-language newspaper titles that were digitized and added to the Arizona Memory Project by the Arizona State Library in partnership with the University of Arizona Libraries, thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities and Library of Congress’ National Digital Newspaper Program. El Tucsonense issues from 1915-1929 will be available indefinitely and can be viewed for free on any digital device at https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/eltucsonense.

For questions about this or any digital collection, or for cultural institutions interested in sharing collections on the Arizona Memory Project, contact [email protected].


The Arizona Memory Project provides free online access to the wealth of primary sources in Arizona archives, museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions. The Arizona Memory Project is supported by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

 

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19 de septiembre de 2019

Un periódico en español de larga duración de Tucson ahora está en el Proyecto de Memoria de Arizona

PHOENIX – Publicado por más de 40 años, El Tucsonense fue un periódico importante para las comunidades Mexicanas en el sur de Arizona. El periódico destacó la comunidad artística local, los negocios de propiedad Mexicana, e incluyó una columna literaria. También informó sobre las noticias estatales, nacionales e internacionales, como la Revolución Mexicana, temas laborales, la Primera y Segunda Guerra Mundial.

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“El Tucsonense fue una voz influyente para la comunidad Mexicano-Estadounidense en el sur de Arizona”, dijo Verónica Reyes-Escuerdo, la jefa de las colecciones especiales del departamento de Katheryne B. Willock en la Universidad de Bibliotecas de Arizona.

“El Tucsonense es parte de la histórica colección digital de Prensa Mexicana y Mexicana-Estadounidense de la Universidad de Bibliotecas de Arizona, y nos complace compartir este respetado periódico con Crónica América de la Biblioteca del Congreso y el Proyecto de Memoria de Arizona”, dijo Chris Kollen, el Bibliotecario de Curaduría de Datos en la Universidad de Bibliotecas de Arizona.

“El Tucsonense fue uno de los periódicos en español con la más larga duración en Tucson. Fue publicado desde 1915 hasta los principios de la década de 1960. Es una parte importante de la historia de Tucson y Arizona”, dijo Mary Feeney, la Bibliotecaria de Investigación de Noticias y la líder del Proyecto del Programa Nacional de Periódicos Digitales en la Universidad de Bibliotecas de Arizona.

Este es sólo uno de los 7 títulos de periódicos en español que fueron digitalizados y agregados al Proyecto de Memoria de Arizona por la Biblioteca Estatal de Arizona en asociación con las Bibliotecas de la Universidad de Arizona, gracias a la Dotación Nacional para las Humanidades y el Programa Nacional de Periódicos Digitales de la Biblioteca del Congreso. Las ediciones de El Tucsonense de 1915 a 1929 estarán disponibles indefinidamente y se pueden ver de forma gratuita en cualquier dispositivo digital en https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/eltucsonense.

Para preguntas sobre esta o cualquier colección digital, o para instituciones culturales interesadas en compartir colecciones con el Proyecto de Memoria de Arizona, comuníquese con [email protected].


El Proyecto de Memoria de Arizona proporciona acceso gratuito en línea a la gran cantidad de fuentes primarias en los archivos, museos, bibliotecas y otras instituciones culturales de Arizona. El Proyecto de Memoria de Arizona está respaldado por la Biblioteca, Archivos y Registros Públicos del Estado de Arizona, una división de la Secretaría de Estado, con fondos federales del Instituto de Servicios de Museos y Bibliotecas.

 

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