Box 1
Container
Contains 12 Results:
Pancho Villa, 1915 - 1983
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten essay "Pancho Villa and the Raid at Columbus, New Mexico, March 9, 1916," which Maria wrote for Eloy. Maria's father had settled the family in Columbus two or three years prior to the raid. This essay is Maria's first-hand account of Villa's incursion into the United States and the U.S. Army's response. It also relates her meeting with Luz Corral, Villa's widow, years later in Mexico. Also includes: post card written by Maria's father, 1915; photograph of Columbus, 1917;...
Dates:
1915 - 1983
Family portrait photographs, 1918 - 1927
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection includes photographs, mostly from the 1920s to the 1940s. They include portraits and candid shots, including several of Duran's Japanese American neighbors in the years leading up to World War II. There are documents of a personal nature, as well as from the groups Duran was involved in, such as the Alianza Hispano-Americana, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, and the Community Service Organization. There is a small amount of correspondence, and some writings....
Dates:
1918 - 1927