Mexicana Items Available Online

Select items from the Lou Emma Wilson Mexicana Collection have been digitized and are available online via ExploreUK.

• The manuscript portion of the Lou Emma Wilson Mexicana Collection (dated circa 1750-1783; 0.1 cubic feet; 2 items) consists of two broadsides produced by the Inquisition in Mexico during the eighteenth century.
• Arte Novissima de Lengua Mexicana, 1753
• Breve Practica, y Regimen del Confessionario de Indios, en Mexicano, y Castellano: para instruccion del confessor principiante, habilitacion, y examen del penitente: que dispone para los seminaristas, 1761
• Cathecismo de la Doctrina Christiana, en Lengua Zaapoteca, 1776
• Espeio Divino en Lengua Mexicana: en que pueden verse los padres, y tomar documento para acertar a doctrinar bien a sus hijos, y aficionallos alas virtudes, 1607

The Lou Emma Wilson Mexicana Collection includes manuscripts, books, other printed materials, and photographs representing all aspects of Mexican culture from the 16th century through the present. This growing collection is made possible through a special endowment established by Dr. Alberta Wilson Server, Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Kentucky, in 1963 to honor her mother Lou Emma Wilson. More of the collection, including several rare books, can be found through the library catalog.