With the publication of these three volumes, Stanley Ross concludes the quarter-century newspaper-periodical bibliographical project on “sources” for study of the great Mexican Revolution (1910-40). His first two volumes, covering materials printed during the years 1908-58, were published by the Colegio de México in 1965 and 1967. Work on these three volumes, covering materials published during the decade 1959-68, commenced in 1959 and continued through 1978. Ross directed this project under the auspices of UNAM’s Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas at the Biblioteca Nacional and the Hemeroteca Nacional in Mexico City. Unhappily, there has been no updating of the three companion 1908-58 “libros y folletos” bibliographical volumes, which were directed by Luis González y González and published by the Colegio de México in 1961 and 1962.
Researchers on the Mexican Revolution over the past generation, and for generations to come, owe and will owe a monumental locating and timesaving debt to Ross and his able team of Mexican investigators; these three volumes not only contain a comprehensive listing (46,125 items) of the 1958-68 newspaper and periodical articles, but also, each item is accompanied by a succinct annotation. In addition, the 265-page index in volume V lists all authors, persons cited, source locations, and cross references. No serious scholar of the Mexican Revolution can afford to be without access to this invaluable, one-of-a-kind bibliographical reference tool. These volumes have just recently become available to the public at approximately $13.00 each.
