Luz Moreno Letters to Francisca Moreno Rivera and Juan Rivera: Finding Aid mssMoreno
Kelly Kress
The Huntington Library
July 2023
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San Marino, California 91108
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Title: Luz Moreno letters to Francisca Moreno Rivera and Juan Rivera
Creator:
Moreno, Luz, 1887-1953
Identifier/Call Number: mssMoreno
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1950-1952
Abstract: Letters from Mexican sharecropper Luz Moreno to his daughter and son-in-law in the United States.
Language of Material: Materials are in Spanish.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Luz Moreno letters to Francisca Moreno Rivera and Juan Rivera, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. José Orozco, January 2023
Biographical / Historical
Luz Moreno was a sharecropper from an impoverished background in San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. His daughter Francisca
"Pancha" Moreno was married to Juan Rivera, and the couple left Mexico to immigrate to Stockton, California, in the early
1950s.
Scope and Contents
Letters of Luz Moreno, written in Spanish in the early 1950s from San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico, to his daughter, Francisca
"Pancha" Moreno Rivera, and son-in-law Juan Rivera, after their move to Stockton, California. Letters document Luz Moreno's
responses to immigration to the United States, as well as deep reflections on poverty, Roman Catholicism, aging, and death,
among other matters.
Processing Information
Processed at the time of accessioning by Kelly Kress in July 2023. Letters were originally kept in binders by the donor in
roughly chronological order, housed in annotated plastic sleeves. Letters have been removed from the binders and rehoused
in archival folders next to their sleeves.
Arrangement
Arranged according to the existing order of the materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fathers and daughters -- Correspondence
Mexican American families -- Correspondence
Sharecroppers -- Mexico
San Miguel el Alto (Mexico)
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Letters (correspondence)
Moreno, Luz, 1887-1953
Moreno family
Box 1, Folder 1
Binder 1
April-December 1950
Box 1, Folder 2
Binder 2
August-December 1951
Box 1, Folder 4
Binder 4
March-October 1952
Box 1, Folder 5
Binder 5
June-September 1951
Box 1, Folder 6
Binder 5, continued
June-September 1951
