Scope and Content Note
The Mexican Revolution Newspaper Clippings Archive is an archive of English language news clippings compiled by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace documenting the early years of the Mexican Revolution. The articles capture many of the important events that spurred the revolution, including the rise of the revolutionaries and the fall of dictator Porfirio Díaz. The archive includes chronological daily updates on the revolution and many events are covered multiple times in a variety of different newspapers. Although the majority of the articles document basic information on the status of the revolution each day, there are also several articles that announce important events including specific rebel attacks in Mexico, Díaz’s consideration of exile to Spain, and the election of President Francisco I. Madero. Some articles were written with headlines that could incite fear and anger (1912 April 26 – New York American. "Unprotected Americans Protest an Incompetent Chief Executive"), while others were written with the intent to dispel those emotions (1912 March 30 – New York Times. "Needless Alarm About Mexico"). Many articles reference José Yves Limantour, the Mexican Secretary of Finance under the Díaz regime. Limantour was an advocate for the economic interests of foreigners in Mexico and appears frequently in the clippings archive. Although the majority of the clippings are from New York publications, sources from other locations are included. New York financiers would have been very interested in the developments in the economic condition of Mexico throughout the revolution. Overall, the archive offers a comprehensive review of the events of the revolution as they occurred from early 1911 until early 1913.
The publications included in the archive include the New York Times, the New York Sun, the New York Tribune, the New York Herald, New York World, the New York Press, the New York American, the Brooklyn Eagle, the Brooklyn Citizen, the Washington Post, the Washington Herald, the Washingon Star, the London Times, the Kansas City Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Buffalo Courier, and the Financial Times of London.