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Letter from Carlos De la Torre to his brother, Ignacio De la Torre. Includes news about the challenges of Jesuit instruction during the war and the opening of a theological college for the Mexican Province in El Paso, Texas

Family members visiting Carlos De la Torre at Ysleta College

Letter of Francisco De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he announces his decision to become a priest and stay living in Sonora

Francisco De la Torre’s responses to the Society of Jesus’ admission questionnaire

Letter of Francisco De la Torre to his mother María Uribarren in which, making the most of his school break spent in the U.S. and without the risks of sending mail via Mexico’s postal service, he describes the Jesuits’ works in Chihuahua and explains…

Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his mother María Uribarren in which he recounts his responsibilities at the San Jose Private Day School, where he was posted in El Salvador. He describes the country’s religious liberty, its geography and the…

Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he writes about his first experiences at the Gregorian University in Rome and the life at the Society of Jesus’ residence halls in Rome. It includes his impression on the…

Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his parents Ignacio De la Torre B. and María Uribarren in which he describes the audience offered by Pope Pius XII to a group of Mexicans at Castel Gandolfo on occasion of the coming Virgin of Guadalupe monument…

Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his sister, María De la Torre, in which he narrates his trip to Hermosillo via the U.S. and discusses some issues regarding the piano used by María

Letter from Father Francisco De la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren, during his time in Port-Townsend, Washington written from Yakima. It describes his experiences tending Mexican immigrants brought there to harvest the apple orchards

Letter from Father Francisco De la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren, in which he narrates his trip from the seminary in Montezuma, New Mexico to Puebla, Puebla, where he will work at the Eastern Institute. Includes an account of his transit…

Letter from Father Francisco De la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren, in which he recounts his return to the Montezuma seminary, the changes it has undergone, its new people, those already gone, his luck driving and the fate of those Jesuit…

Letter from Francisco de la Torre to his sister, María de la Torre, in which he urges Carlos to leave for the seminary in Ysleta, offers instructions on the measures to follow and explains the special conditions under which they will examine him and…

Photograph of Francisco de la Torre's ordination in Rome, San Remo, Italy

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he announces his priestly calling

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he relates his mood, the daily life at the Sonoran seminar in Magdalena and the defections of some of his peers

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre where he recounts his studies’ status at the Sonoran seminar in Magdalena and Luis’ doubts regarding his priestly calling

Residents of Árbol Grande, a village near Tampico

Letter written by María De la Torre relating the fate of Alfonso, Carlos and Luis De la Torre to another one of her brothers, probably Francisco, who at the time lived in Granada, Nicaragua

Excerpts from the album about the life and death of Fidel Muro. Includes photos of Fidel Muro, María and Luis de la Torre and the Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, poems by Amado Nervo, a dedication by María de la Torre; a stamp from San Luis Potosí’s…