Box GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter)
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Miguel Pro Execution Scrapbook
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter), Folder: 13
Identifier: GTM-20221201
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook documenting the execution of Fr. Miguel Pro Juarez and two other men in Mexico on November 23, 1927, for an alleged attempt on the life of former Mexican President Álvaro Obregón. It includes photographs of the execution and of Pro's funeral. The scrapbook contains notes on the execution and an explanation of the origin of the scrapbook by Mary D. Kenna.The scrapbook was sent to Fr. Nevils, "Archivist of Georgetown University," by Mary D. Kenna of New York City in1942...
Dates:
1927, 1942