H-Borderlands

I'm trying to locate a hand drawn map done in 1847, "El Plan. 119 miles from distant from Vera Cruz Mexico." It gives the location of Lt. Thomas Davis's grave and I'd like to use the map as an illustration in a forthcoming work.

David Nevin's Mexican War (Alexandria, VA: Time Life, 1978), 145, cites as the source as "Courtesy Dr. Carl S. Dentzel Collection.” There are three repositories for Dentzel collections--California State University, Northridge; the Autry Museum; and the Huntington Library. I've written to CSUN's archivist and she has no record of the map. Searches in the Autry's catalog

With apologies for cross-posting, I am pleased to announce the publication of my book, Japan Reborn: Race and Eugenics from Empire to Cold War (Columbia University Press, 2025).  The book is available with a 20% discount with the code CUP20 when you order directly from the publisher at this website: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/japan-reborn/9780231555517/

Here's a description of the book:

At the peak of imperial expansion throughout Asia and the Pacific circa 1931-1945, Japan touted itself as a multiracial paradise. The state, eugenicists, and media supported intermarriage and adoption as tools

Hello & Happy New Year to all, 

I appreciate this forum & I'd like to express my interest in organizing or joining a panel for AHA 2025 (deadline 15 Feb. 2024) or OAH 2025 (1 Mar. 2024). 

I am an ABD History student at Penn State Uni & have a fully drafted dissertation on the twin histories of Texas and Yucatán from 1821-1860. I deal in the course & limits of US expansion, the Gulf of Mexico region, systems of unfree labor in Texas & Yucatán, Texas Republic & Yucatán alliance (Yucatán secessionist efforts), the contingencies of the US-Mexico War, and the start of the Caste War in Yucatán