![Drawing of Vasconcelos by Izquierdo. Undated. Benson Latin American Collection.](/sites/default/files/2023-02/vasconcelos-izquierdo-copy.jpeg)
The Benson Latin American Collection is home to the archive of Mexican politician, writer, and philosopher José Vasconcelos (1881–1959).
In a short essay, Diego Godoy describes a man of contradictions, “the personification of both the brightness and darkness” of post-revolutionary Mexico.