Photograph of Santiago Tafolla. His memoir, handwritten in 1908, was eventually published in 2009 as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion, edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections. For more information about the Santiago Tafolla archive see the Wittliff's press release at: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/stafolla.html
One of the tablets used by Santiago Tafolla to write his memoir in 1908. His memoir was eventually published in 2009 as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion, edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections. For more information about the Santiago Tafolla archive see the Wittliff's press release at: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/stafolla.html
A page from Santiago Tafolla's memoir, originally writtten in 1908, that was eventually published in 2009 as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion, edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections. For more information about the Santiago Tafolla archive see the Wittliff's press release at: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/stafolla.html
Santiago Tafolla and his sons on Houston Street in San Antonio after his daughter Anita’s funeral, 1910. Santiago Tafolla's memoir, originally writtten in 1908, was eventually published in 2009 as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion, edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections. For more information about the Santiago Tafolla archive see the Wittliff's press release at: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/stafolla.html
Santiago Tafolla and his sons on Houston Street in San Antonio after his daughter Anita’s funeral, 1910. Santiago Tafolla's memoir, originally writtten in 1908, was eventually published in 2009 as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion, edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections. For more information about the Santiago Tafolla archive see the Wittliff's press release at: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/stafolla.html
Santiago Tafolla at a camp meeting, ca. 1890s. (Santiago is seated on the bench at the right)
Santiago Tafolla's memoir was published in 2009 as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion, edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections. For more information about the Santiago Tafolla archive see the Wittliff's press release at: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/stafolla.html
A page from Santiago Tafolla's memoir, originally writtten in 1908, that was eventually published in 2009 as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion, edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections. For more information about the Santiago Tafolla archive see the Wittliff's press release at: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/stafolla.html
A page from Santiago Tafolla's memoir, originally writtten in 1908, that was eventually published in 2009 as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion, edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections. For more information about the Santiago Tafolla archive see the Wittliff's press release at: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/stafolla.html
Obituary for James [Santiago] Tafolla in San Antonio Express October 31, 1911. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Newspaper clipping- Santiago Tafolla (also known as James Tafolla) obituary. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Obituary for James [Santiago] Tafolla in San Antonio Light October 31, 1911. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Obituary for Santiago Tafolla in El Evangelista Mexicano : “Muerte de un Veterano en la Frontera” by Pedro Grado. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
page 2 of the obituary for Santiago Tafolla in El Evangelista Mexicano : “Muerte de un Veterano en la Frontera” by Pedro Grado. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
page 3 of the obituary for Santiago Tafolla in El Evangelista Mexicano : “Muerte de un Veterano en la Frontera” by Pedro Grado. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
page 1 of an obituary in El Evangelista Mexicano: “El Rev. Santiago Tafolla” by Alejandro H. Sutherland —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
page 2 of an obituary in El Evangelista Mexicano: “El Rev. Santiago Tafolla” by Alejandro H. Sutherland —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
page 3 of an obituary in El Evangelista Mexicano: “El Rev. Santiago Tafolla” by Alejandro H. Sutherland —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
page 4 of an obituary in El Evangelista Mexicano: “El Rev. Santiago Tafolla” by Alejandro H. Sutherland —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
page 5 of an obituary in El Evangelista Mexicano: “El Rev. Santiago Tafolla” by Alejandro H. Sutherland —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
A la Sentida Muerte Del Rev. Santiago Tafolla-poem about Santiago’s death by Pedro Grado, 1911 [Spanish, copy] —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Photo- Santiago Tafolla and his sons after the funeral of his daughter, Anita, in 1910. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Newspaper clipping: 1910 Anastacia Tafolla obituary. (daughter of Santiago Tafolla) —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Newspaper clipping- Rev E.A. Tafolla obituary. (son of Santiago Tafolla) —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Department of the Interior letter to Santiago (James) Tafolla, March 10, 1903. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Department of the Interior letter to Santiago (James) Tafolla, March 10, 1903. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Department of Interior form acknowledging receipt of Gustav Frasch letter, March 16, 1904.—From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Department of Interior form acknowledging receipt of Gustav Frasch letter, March 16, 1904.—From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Marriage certificate for Santiago Tafolla and Anastacia Mercado [copy] —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Gustav Frasch letter verifying that James [Santiago] Tafolla served in the Calvary of the U.S. Army from 1855 to 1860. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Fidel Tafolla photographed in 1960s-1970s. As the grandson of Santiago Tafolla, Fidel worked for years to research and translate the original 1908 memoir. Santiago Tafolla's memoir was eventually published in 2009 as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections
Page 1 of handwritten original of Fidel Tafolla’s translation of Santiago Tafolla’s memoir. Pencil on notebook paper. Santiago Tafolla's memoir was eventually published in 2009 as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion, edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections. For more information about the Santiago Tafolla archive see the Wittliff's press release at: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/stafolla.html
A 1970 letter to Reader’s Digest from Fidel Tafolla, grandson of Santiago Tafolla, suggesting that Santiago Tafolla's life story would be a good fit for the magazine. Reader's Digest declined, but Santiago Tafolla's complete memoir was eventually published in book form in 2009 under the title A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion, edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections. For more information about the Santiago Tafolla archive see the Wittliff's press release at: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/stafolla.html
Page 2 of a 1970 letter to Reader’s Digest from Fidel Tafolla, grandson of Santiago Tafolla, suggesting that Santiago Tafolla's life story would be a good fit for the magazine. Reader's Digest declined, but Santiago Tafolla's complete memoir was eventually published in book form in 2009 under the title A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion, edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. —From the Santiago Tafolla Collection/Wittliff Collections. For more information about the Santiago Tafolla archive see the Wittliff's press release at: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/stafolla.html
