The collection also includes scarce bio-bibliographical studies of Medina. T. Lynn Smith Rural Sociology Archive Printed items and manuscript material collected by Smith during a lifetime of studying the sociology of rural life. The holdings concentrate on the years 1920 to 1970 and have a strong Latin American focus. A web-searchable database of the pamphlets is currently under development. Latin American Travel Narratives Contemporaneously published accounts of American, British, and Continental travelers to Latin America from colonial times to 1900.
Holdings are strongest for Brazil and Mexico.
Several hundred vols. Mexican Bookplate Collection Individual and institutional bookplates as well as booksellers' and bookbinders' adhesives, dating from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. A large and varied collection of prints, broadside and illustrated books, magazines, newspapers, and penny press publications from hte mid-nineteenth century through the 1970s. Collectively, the material offers a rich and unified portrait of Oaxacan life from pre-Columbian times through the early twentieth century. All major Mexican printers of this material are represented.