Albino Mendoza and the Teatro Casino Luís Mier y Terán collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2013-007
Scope and Content
This collection is organized into Series 1: Photos and Series 2: Documents. The photos and documents primarily relate to Albino Mendoza’s work at the Teatro Casino Luís Mier y Terán. The documents include family and business correspondence, work contracts and budgets, and ephemera. The black and white photos were taken in the early 1900s. They include photos of Albino Mendoza along with photos of his wife and associates, a large building in construction (most likely Teatro Casino Luís Mier y Terán), interior and exterior photos of the Teatro Casino Luís Mier y Terán and photos of other buildings and rooms.
Dates
- 1894-1936
Language of Materials
Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
Albino Mendoza, born June 1, 1867, was an accomplished artist and craftsman. Besides doing artistic work for various churches in Mexico City and Oaxaca he was contracted in 1908 to work on the Teatro Casino Luís Mier y Terán in Oaxaca, Mexico. The theater, which is now called Teatro Macedonio Alcalá, was built in 1903. Mendoza’s decorative plaster and ornamental art on the theater’s foyer and atrium and his painting of the stage backdrop was inaugurated in 1909. Albino Mendoza died in 1936 in Mexico City.
Extent
48 plus items (1 box) : 48 photographs and uncounted documents
Abstract
This collection consists of photos and documents primarily related to Albino Mendoza’s artistic work at the Teatro Casino Luís Mier y Terán in Oaxaca, Mexico.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Albino Mendoza and the Teatro Casino Luís Mier y Terán collection, 1894-1936
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Date
- © 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451