Chiapas (Mexico)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Indians of Chiapas and Oaxaca (Mexico) Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-994-047
Abstract
Color photographs of Indians of Chiapas and Oaxaca States, Mexico.
Dates:
1971
Photographs of Mexico and Mexican People by Contemporary Photographers
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2001-029
Abstract
The collection consists of exhibition quality prints of Mexico by contemporary photographers.
Dates:
1964-2001
Rubber Plantation Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-990-001
Abstract
Photographs of the Florida and Philadelphia plantations in Chiapas, Mexico; trip along the Lumija and Tulija Rivers by steamboat to the plantations where tropical crops--rubber, pineapple, vanilla, and bananas-- were grown.
Dates:
1900-1913
Weaving for Justice records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0565
Abstract
Founded in 2003 by Jean Bergs, Sophia’s Circle, later to be named Weaving for Justice is an all-volunteer organization based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The organization works with Maya women’s weaving collectives in Chiapas, Mexico with the goal to allow the members to continue living on their ancestral lands and avoid being forced to migrate. Sophia’s Circle’s initial goal was to create and support women’s art and cultural organizations on the U.S.- Mexico border. In 2023, the organization had...
Dates:
1988 - 2022