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Mexican army officer, Jose Enrique de la Pefia, titled "Eyewitness to the
Texas Revolution: Jose Enrique de la Pefia and His Narrative." Lt. Col.
Jos6 de la Pefia was a Mexican army officer who served under the com-
mand of General Santa Anna and was witness to many pivotal events of
the Texas Revolution. Pefia's narrative is a vivid eyewitness account of
the Mexican army's campaign to suppress the Texas Revolution. A par-
ticipant in the assault on the Alamo, Pefia included a detailed account
of the Alamo siege, in which he claimed that David Crockett was cap-
tured and executed soon after the fighting ended. Defenders of the view
that Crockett died fighting have vigorously challenged Pefia's narrative
and his credibility. Scholars from around the country gathered at the
conference to discuss the controversy and the latest findings on the doc-
ument's authenticity. David Gracy, professor of archival enterprise and a
nationally known authority on archival documents, announced that after
several weeks of evaluation he had found the narrative's paper and
watermarks consistent with the paper used by the Mexican army of the
period. He will be conducting more tests, including ink tests. So far, he
stated, he has found no signs that the memoir is not genuine.
Don Carleton, Admin Benavides, James Crisp, Richard Flores, Dora
Elizonda Guerra, Stephen Harrigan, Brian Huberman, Thomas
Kreneck, and Edward Linenthal also spoke at the conference. The con-
ference was presented by UT-Austin's Center for American History and
the Associates of Winedale with support from the Summerlee Foun-
dation. Charles Tate of Houston and Thomas O. Hicks of Dallas gave
the Pefia narrative to the Center in 1998.
The Center for Big Bend Studies is now accepting papers to be pre-
sented at the 7th Annual Conference, October 20-21, 2000, which will
be held on the Sul Ross campus in Alpine, Texas. Presentations should
focus on prehistoric, historic, and modern cultures of the borderlands
region of the United States and Mexico, with emphasis on the area
encompassed by Trans-Pecos Texas and north-central Mexico. Presen-
tations should be no longer than 30 minutes. Papers accepted will be
considered for publication in The Journal of Big Bend Studies. Please sub-
mit an abstract of 200 words or less by August 15, 2000. Contact Kelly
Garcia, Center for Big Bend Studies, SRSU Box C-72, Alpine, Texas
79832, e-mail kgarcia@sulross.edu.
The Twenty-third Annual North American Labor History Conference
is issuing a call for papers for their meeting at Wayne State University on
October 20-21, 2001. The title of the conference is "Labor, Migration
and the Global Economy: Past, Present, and Future." They are looking2000
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