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August 6, 2023. Dr. Aureliano Urrutia often took on surgeries that no other doctor would attempt. He considered this operation in 1917 to be his most challenging and his most inspired. It was an early success in several fields of surgery and solidified his reputation as a great surgeon; continuing a legacy begun in Mexico as that country’s top physician, and bringing pride to San Antonio as a budding medical city…. Read more >>>
June 11, 2023. On the occasion of Dr. Aureliano Urrutia’s birthday this month, here is a tribute given on the occassion of his 48th birthday, in 1920, by the esteemed writer Nemesio García Naranjo, an attorney, writer, and friend of Urrutia’s both in México and in exile here in San Antonio. Feliz cumpleaños y descanse en paz… Read more >>>
April 26, 2023. Join us Saturday, May 13, JUNE 24, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. for the Conservation Society’s Historic Preservation Month Seminar on Miraflores. With Logan Wagner, PhD, FAIA, Anne Elise Urrutia, and Claudia Guerra. We will explore Miraflores’ cultural and historical significance, and motivations and challenges for the garden’s potential restoration. FREE to the community. Read more >>>
Miraflores, San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, June 2022.
KLRN—On the Record. Interview with Randy Beamer, July 28, 2022.
Maverick Book Club. A conversation between Anne Elise Urrutia and John Phillip Santos. Video, June 22, 2022.
Miraflores Symposium. Miraflores at 100 ~ del pasado al futuro. Video, September 18, 2021.
Pecha Kucha 25. Dr. Urrutia and Miraflores. Video, February 28, 2017.
“Dr. Aureliano Urrutia, Surgeon from the Valley of Mexico.” San Antonio Medicine, Bexar County Medical Society, Vol.77 No.1, January 2024.
“Federico Allen Hinojosa.” Handbook of Texas Online and Handbook of Tejano History, Texas State Historical Association, August 30, 2023.
“Book Review of Artisans of Trabajo Rústico: the Legacy of Dionicio Rodríguez” by Patsy Pittman Light. Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol.126, no.4, 2023: 598-599.
Quinta Urrutia: La Familia de Dr. Aureliano Urrutia en San Antonio—a Writing Project. A Blog, with writings and photographs, 2016-2023.
“Aureliano Urrutia.” Handbook of Texas Online, Handbook of Texas Medicine, and Handbook of Tejano History, Texas State Historical Association, October 20, 2022.
“A closer look at Miraflores: A statue of Cuauhtémoc reconnects earth and sky.” San Antonio Report, September 17, 2021.
“South to Freedom clarifies the larger story about the birth of Texas.” Book Review. San Antonio Report, July 17, 2021.
Miraflores. Sidebar article, “300 Years of San Antonio & Bexar County,” Claudia Guerra, ed. (San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 2019), p.54.
A Place in Exile: People Fleeing the Mexican Revolution Enriched San Antonio Life. Essay with co-author Nancy Aguirre, “300 Years of San Antonio & Bexar County,” Claudia Guerra, ed. (San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 2019), pp. 51-56. With photograph of Aureliano Urrutia provided courtesy of Elise Urrutia.
Dr. Aureliano Urrutia (1872-1975). The Cultural Landscape Foundation, November 2018. With photograph of Aureliano Urrutia provided courtesy of Elise Urrutia.
Miraflores. Contributor, The Cultural Landscape Foundation, November 2018.
Local Couple Returns Miraflores Monument. Rivard Report, October 31, 2016.
Miraflores: Dr. Urrutia’s Lost Garden. Rivard Report, October 2, 2016. With historical photographs provided courtesy of Elise Urrutia.
“Jardín de México~Miraflores.” 2023 Preservation Month Seminar, Incarnate Word Seddon Hall, June 24, 2023. Sponsored by the San Antonio Conervation Society.
“Jardín de Afuera ~ the Roots of Miraflores.” 13th Book and Author Luncheon, May 9, 2023. Sponsored by the New Braunfels Public Library Foundation.
“The Indigenous Center of Miraflores.” Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX, November 6, 2022.
“Garden of an Artist-Scientist.” University of Texas at San Antonio, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, October 28, 2022.
“The Legacy of Dr. Aureliano Urrutia.” San Antonio Public Library, Landa Branch, September 27, 2022 and Central Branch, September 17, 2022. Sponsored by the SAPL Latino Collection & Resource Center and Texana & Geneology Department.
“Urrutia’s Arch ~ Passage of Memory.” San Antonio Museum of Art. September 6, 2022.
“Miraflores, San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory.” Book talks, readings, and signings at The Twig, Barnes & Noble, Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery, Dead Tree Books
“Miraflores, Dr. Aureliano Urrutia’s Mexican Garden of Memory.” Miraflores at 100, del pasado al futuro ~ a symposium. September 21, 2021. Sponsored by the San Antonio Botanical Garden, Trinity University, and Trinity University Press.
Ms. Urrutia also speaks at private events, clubs, and neighborhood associations. For more info, email elise@quintaurrutia.com.
San Antonio Express News. The truth behind Miraflores garden. Ed Conroy, July 12, 2022.
Southwest Contemporary. Book Review. Willow Naomi Curry, May 19, 2022.
San Antonio Magazine. A New Book Explores the History and Significance of Miraflores. Kathleen Petty, June 16, 2022.
San Antonio Report. Summer reading list. Nicholas Frank, July 4, 2022.
San Antonio Current. New book painstakingly recreates Miraflores. Bryan Rindfuss, July 14, 2022.
Texas Highways. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with 8 Books by Texas Authors. Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, September 29, 2022.
Commemorative Columns. Re-Installation of two columns. Brackenridge Park Conservancy, site visit to identify location for installation of columns, 2022.
Talavera Bench. Proposed Conservation. Brackenridge Park Conservancy, Extensive documentation of large Urrutia bench at Miraflores for purposes of restoration, 2017-2018.
Miraflores Plaza del Centenario. Restoration Project.
City of San Antonio/Brackenridge Park Conservancy, Site visit to identify object locations along restored walkway, June 2021.
City of San Antonio, Site visit to assist the City in identifying objects found in dig, April 2018.
City of San Antonio/Brackenridge Conservancy, Presentation and discussion of my findings regarding historical walkway, resulting in the City’s successful dig to establish preexisting pathways, October 2017.
Onsite guide at Miraflores. What’s Out There Weekend, sponsored by The Cultural Landscape Foundation / City of San Antonio / Brackenridge Park Conservancy, November 10-11, 2018.