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Mendez (James and Margarita) Papers, 1918-2003
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Box 1, Folder 1

Printed material 1946-1979

Scope and Contents

Includes: flyer and mimeographed songbook from the Mexican American Youth Conference, 1946; California Youth Authority Quarterly, Winter 1962; The New Republic, 1964-03-28; "Directions," April 1979 (newsletter of the Child Abuse and Neglect Project, New Region IX); program for a reception in honor of Dorcas Hardy.
Box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence 1942-1995

Scope and Contents

Includes: letter explaining that high school student Marguerita Duran had been judged the third best speaker in Southern California, 1942-05-11.
Box 1, Folder 3

Awards and certificates 1948-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes: certificate of appreciation from Harry Truman, 1948-12-29.
Box 1, Folder 4

University documents 1944-1971

Scope and Contents

Includes: UCLA associate degree; USC MSW degree; USC bulletins, 1949; copies of transcripts.
Box 1, Folder 5

USC School of Social Work 1982-2000

Scope and Contents

Includes: Hispanic Caucus material; bulletin, 1994-1996; program for "A Summer Tardeada" benefit in support of the Margarita Mendez/Juan Ramos Endowed Fund.
Box 1, Folder 6

Trabajadores de la Raza 1990-1992

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence regarding the establishment of a School of Social Work at Cal State LA; report "Challenge for Social Work Education in a Multi-Cultural Society in the 21st Century: A Latino Perspective."
Box 1, Folder 7

Trabajadores de la Raza 1976-1995

Box 1, Folder 8

Social work certifications 1969-1979

Box 1, Folder 9

Essays 1950-1991

Scope and Contents

Includes: thesis "The Role of the Worker in Terminating Services to Groups" by Margarita Duran; untitled essay for USC class, 1991.
Box 1, Folder 10

Facilities 1996-1998

Scope and Contents

Includes material on social welfare facilities posthumously named in honor of Margarita Mendez.
Box 2, Folder 1

Thesis 2000

Scope and Contents

"A Case Study of Culture and Social Work Practice" by Erica Rodriguez Bawek.
Box 2, Folder 2

Memorials 1996-2003

Scope and Contents

Includes: eulogies, cards, and other material memorializing Margarita Mendez; also includes information on the Margarita Mendez Lecture in Social Work at Cal State LA, which was instituted in 2003.
Box 2, Folder 3

Miscellaneous 1948-1986

Scope and Contents

Includes: identification cards; wedding announcement; copy of marriage certificate; wedding congratulations from John Anson Ford; resume; letters of recommendation.
Box 2, Folder 4

Panel of Americans 1944-1945

Scope and Contents

Contains material on a group of female UCLA students of different religions and ethnicities who engaged in a state-wide speaking tour. Includes: text of Margarita Duran's speech; program; clippings; photographs with Paul Henreid, Victor Francen, Fletcher Bowron.
Box 2, Folder 5

Photographs of Margarita 1926-1981

Box 2, Folder 6

Photographs circa 1939

Box 2, Folder 7

Photographs circa 1946

Box 2, Folder 8

Photographs circa 1946

Box 2, Folder 9

Photographs circa 1950

Box 2, Folder 10

Photographs - vacation circa 1945

Scope and Contents

Includes Yosemite.
Box 2, Folder 11

Photographs 1940-1947

Box 2, Folder 12

Photographs 1943-1957

Box 2, Folder 13

Photographs 1960s-1970s

Scope and Contents

Includes Margarita with Kenneth Hahn.
Box 3, Folder 1

Schools 1934-1990

Scope and Contents

Includes: James's memory book, inscribed by his classmates; Garfield High School graduation program and diploma, 1939; Garfield High Class of 1940 50th anniversary program.
Box 3, Folder 2

Schools 1938-1941

Scope and Contents

Includes; report cards; Robert Louis Stevenson Junior High yearbooks, 1940 and 1941.
Box 3, Folder 3

Roosevelt High School 1939-1993

Scope and Contents

Includes: student handbooks, 1939 and 1942; literary magazine, 1941; Je Sais Tout French Club publication; Hi-School magazine, February 1942; Ephebian Society initiation program, 1943; commencement program and diploma, 1943; programs for 25th and 50th reunions [the 50th reunion program includes a tribute to the Japanese-American students who could not complete school because of the incarceration].
Box 3, Folder 4

"Select photos" 1940-1996

Box 3, Folder 5

Japanese incarceration 1943-1946

Scope and Contents

Includes: "A Year at Gila Anniversary Booklet"; "The Displaced Japanese Americans"; "Poston Notes and Activities"; copy of James's honorable discharge from the Army.
Box 3, Folder 6

Mendez family documents 1918-1988

Scope and Contents

Includes: registration cards for the draft and the Alien Poll Tax; Frank Wiggins Trade School documents; certificates of naturalization for Santiago and Concepcion Mendez, James's parents; Garfield High School diploma; ballots for Mexican legislative elections, circa 1950; press release and photograph of James presenting a scholarship.
Box 3, Folder 7

General American Life insurance 1956-1968

Scope and Contents

Contains material relating to James's career as a life insurance salesman; includes convention programs and photographs; certificates.
Box 4, Folder 1

Duran, Eloy - Pacific 1944-1946

Language of Material: Material is in Japanese and English.

Scope and Contents

Contains material relating to Margarita's younger brother's service with the 127th infantry regiment during and after World War II. Includes: a few photographs from the Philippines and Papua New Guinea; many photographs from postwar Japan; post cards; War Department Japanese phrase book; Japanese flag; letter from Eloy discussing his work in intelligence in Fukuoka during the Occupation; Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors, a Meiji-era code of conduct for the Japanese military.
Box 4, Folder 2

Miscellaneous 1953-1991

Scope and Contents

Includes: photographs; insurance company planning calendars; Ruben Salazar column reprints.
Box 4, Folder 3

Photographs - James in uniform 1944-1946

Box 4, Folder 4

32nd Infantry Division 1942-1946

Scope and Contents

Includes: booklet "The 32nd Division: The Red Arrow Division"; memo from Major General W. H. Gill; booklet "13,000 Hours"; notebook with notes on various weapons and pieces of equipment; cards for the Domain of the Golden Dragon and the Domain of Neptunus Rex; U.S. Navy postcard book; booklet "I Am a Doughboy"; essay "Noose that Tied Japs on Luzon" by Russell Brines; booklet "Ninety-Fourth Infantry Training Battalion"; program for Easter Sunday service aboard the U.S.S. General W.F. Hase; program for Christmas mass in New Guinea; newsletters; memorial program for Staff Sergeant Ysmael R. Villegas, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
Box 5

Among the Valiant by Raul Morin 1963

Box 5

Glass plaque 1992

Scope and Contents

Awarded to Margarita by the Latino managers at the Department of Child Services.
Box 5

Realia circa 1972-2003

Scope and Contents

Includes: pins; brass business card holder monogrmmed for Margarita from ELAMHS [East Los Angeles Mental Health Services?]; Elks Lodge nameplate for James.
Box 6

Yearbooks 1938-1943

Scope and Contents

Four Garfield High yearbooks; four Roosevelt High yearbooks.
Box 7, Folder 1

UCLA diploma 1946

Box 7, Folder 2

Certificates of appreciation 1961-1996

Box 7, Folder 3

Publications 1945-1946

Scope and Contents

Icludes: Yank, 1945-08-31; Pacific Stars and Stripes, 1946-12-25;
Box 7, Folder 4

Photographs 1919-circa 1940

Box 7, Folder 5

Retirement card 1981

Box 7, Folder 6

National Chicano Moratorium poster 1990

Box 8, Folder 1

Publications 1939-1945

Scope and Contents

Includes: Santa Ana Register, 1939-11-21 and 1939-12-11; Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1941-12-07 [reprint]; Sixth Army News, circa 1945; Los Angeles Daily News, 1945-04-14 [front page only; FDR funeral]; San Francisco Chronicle, 1945-08-15 [incomplete; "PEACE"]; Pacific Stars and Stripes, 1945-12-08 and 1945-12-30 [incomplete].
Box 8, Folder 2

School newspapers and photographs 1936-1945

Scope and Contents

Includes: Belvedere Jr. High panoramic photograph, 1936; Stevenson Jr. High panoramic photograph, 1940; Roosevelt High Rough Rider, 1941-10-08 and 1942-12-10; Long Beach Poly High Life, 1945-10-19.
Box 8, Folder 3

Business 1958-1971

Related Materials

The original photograph used in the newspaper is in Box 3, Folder 6.

Scope and Contents

Includes: photographs from General American Life Insurance Conventions, 1958 and 1959; The Huntington Park Bulletin, 1971-06-03, with cover photo of James presenting scholarship awards.
Box 8, Folder 4

Clippings and certificates of appreciation 1982-1999

Box 9

Plaques and trophies 1957-1994

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