Finding Aid for the Pedro J. Gonzalez Papers, 1890-1995 CSRC.0060
Processed by Lorena Parlee and Michael Stone.
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
2009
144 Haines Hall
Box 951544
Los Angeles, California 90095-1544
librarian@chicano.ucla.edu
Contributing Institution:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Title: Pedro J. Gonzalez Papers
Creator:
Gonzalez, Pedro J.
Identifier/Call Number: CSRC.0060
Physical Description:
15 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1890-1995
Abstract: A telegraph operator for Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution; a radio personality and popular recording artist in Los
Angeles; an immigration activist framed for political purposes and sent to San Quentin prison; and finally, a man fighting
for the rights of his fellow veterans of the Division Del Norte in Mexico for plots of land (ejidos) that they could call
their own. Pedro Gonzalez played all these roles and this collection consists of his papers, correspondence, music, serialized
fiction about him, and many photographs and photo montages documenting his interests and those who participated in his active
life.
Physical Location: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library
and Archive for paging information.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
Open for research.
Acquisition Information
Collection donated to UCLA by Pedro J. Gonzalez; letter of gift on file at the CSRC archive office, 144 Haines Hall.
Arrangement
The material is organized in the following series:
- Series 1. Correspondence and ephemera
- Series 2. Spanish-language radio and music
- Series 3. Court case and imprisonment
- Series 4. Veterans of the Mexican Revolution
- Series 5. Subject files
- Series 6. Photographs
- Series 7. Audio recordings
The files are in the order determined by the previous archivists.
Biography
Pedro Jose Gonzalez Ramos was born on April 28, 1895 in Carrizal, Chihuahua, Mexico. In his youth, his schoolteacher mother
emphasized the importance of education and sent him to school in Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas. In 1909, at the age of
14, Pedro became a telegraph operator with the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (Mexican National Railroads). One year later,
the Mexican Revolution erupted, but Pedro continued his work with the railroads until 1914 when he was drafted into Francisco
Pancho Villa's Division del Norte (the Northern Division). Pedro served as Villa's telegraph operator under the command of
Raul Madero (brother of former Mexican president Francisco Madero). In 1916 the United States recognized Venustiano Carranza
instead of Pancho Villa as the legitimate leader of Mexico. Villa and his troops fell out of favor in both the U.S. and Mexico.
Pedro found work loading mail at the train station in El Paso, Texas and later across the border as a telegraph operator in
Ciudad Juarez. In 1921 he returned to work as a telegraph operator with the Ferrocariles Nacionales de Mexico in Tampico,
Taumalipas, Mexico, and then in Chico, Chihuahua, Mexico.
In 1924 he was working as a telegraph operator with the Mexican and Northwest Railroad in El Paso, Texas. Three years later
he left his job in El Paso to take his family to Los Angeles. They settled in Wilmington, CA, where Pedro worked as a longshoreman
on the docks in San Pedro. Shortly after, he began to exploit his musical talent and recorded Spanish-language songs for the
Columbia, Okeh, and Maya record companies.
Pedro's experience as a telegraph operator along with his fascination with new technologies led him into the early years of
radio broadcasting in Los Angeles. Working at KMTR, KFBD, KMPC and KELW in Los Angeles, he broadcast and recorded commercials
in Spanish for U.S. companies and products. Soon Pedro sought out commercial accounts and formed his own radio show, becoming
one of the first Spanish-speaking radio announcers in the United States. By 1930 his immensely popular show was broadcast
daily between 4 and 6 a.m. and featured his own musical group, Los Madrugadores (The Early Risers). In Los Angeles in the
1930s many new Spanish-speaking singers and musicians made their debuts on Pedro's radio program. Pedro J. Gonzalez fan clubs
sprung up over the Southwest and thousands of radio listeners clamored to attend the show.
By the mid-1930s the Great Depression intensified anti-immigrant attitudes in Los Angeles. Pedro's immense popularity made
some Los Angeles city officials fearful of Pedro's potential influence among the Mexican and Spanish-speaking population.
They feared Pedro might rally his listeners against the Anglos in the city. After unsuccessfully trying to revoke his broadcasting
license, city officials found a young woman who had had problems with the law and pressured her into accusing Pedro of rape.
The trial drew the immediate attention of the media. The key witness perjured herself, but in 1934 the all-Anglo jury sent
the Mexican community's most popular recording star to San Quentin prison for 50 years. Novels and plays were written about
his case. In Los Angeles, the young victim said she had lied because the city officials had promised to keep her out of reform
school if she accused Pedro. The judge refused to admit her affidavit. In prison, Pedro served as a translator and de facto
liaison helping fellow Spanish-speaking inmates and was instrumental in a hunger strike that led to the reforms in the California
penal system. Pedro J. Gonzalez defense committees sprung up throughout the Southwest and northern Mexico. Pedro's family,
fans, and the Mexican consul in Los Angeles worked tirelessly on his behalf until 1940, when he was released from prison on
the condition that he be deported from the United States.
Pedro and his family settled in Tijuana where Pedro was instrumental in the development of the radio broadcasting industry.
He formed a new group of Madrugadores and broadcast daily. While living in Tijuana, Pedro became active in forming a national
organization to recognize and defend the rights of the veterans of the Mexican Revolution. The organization was able to get
land grants for veterans as well as health and pension benefits. The land grants were given in the form of ejidos, and Pedro
kept detailed records of their activities and of the owners of each of the land parcels. His activities frequently put him
at odds with the ambitions of local politicians and land speculators.
In 1973 Pedro and his wife moved to San Ysidro, California to escape the opposition against Pedro in Tijuana and to be near
their children, all U.S. citizens who had settled in southern California. He continued his activities in support of the Mexican
veterans and of the civil rights of people of Mexican heritage in the U.S. until his death on March 17, 1995.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Pedro J. Gonzalez Papers, 60, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA, University of California, Los
Angeles.
Processing Information
Processed by Lorena Parlee and Michael Stone, 2009. Finding aid edited by Doug Johnson, June 2018.
Scope and Content
This collection contains material spanning the long life and various careers of Pedro J. Gonzalez. It documents his service
with Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution, his time as a radio personality and recording artist in Los Angeles, his
imprisonment at San Quentin on a trumped-up rape charge, and his activism on behalf of veterans of the Mexican Revolution.
It consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, song lyrics, court documents, ephemera, and material on music copyright
and royalties. There are several 78 rpm audio recordings, mostly of Gonzalez's band Los Madrugadores. There is also a great
deal of material on ejidos, the communal farms that were often granted to veterans of the Mexican Revolution.
Publication Rights
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The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California State Prison at San Quentin
Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920
Veterans
Collectivization of agriculture
Ejidos
Agriculture, Cooperative--Mexico
Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923
Madrugadores (Musical group)
Series 1. Correspondence and ephemera
1895-1988
Box 1, Folder 1
Immigration status correspondence
1980-1982
Box 1, Folder 2
Personal papers
1895-1969
Scope and Contents
Birth certificate: 1895; Gonzalez's half sister's marriage certificate: 1895; temporary driver's license, 1969.
Box 1, Folder 3
Singers and their songs
1959-1970
Scope and Contents
Typed lists of singers and the songs they sang. Radio Acuna, XEAU, Tijuana, Mexico.
Box 1, Folder 4
Miscellaneous
1962-1982
Scope and Contents
Various letterheads, cards, correspondence, citizen's groups.
Box 1, Folder 5
Brown Berets
1976-1977
Scope and Contents
Typed manuscript with handwritten notes.
Box 1, Folder 6
Railroad Retirement Board
1981
Box 1, Folder 7
Miscellaneous correspondence
1903-1955
Box 1, Folder 8
Miscellaneous correspondence
1980-1988
Box 1, Folder 9
Miscellaneous correspondence
1973-1980
Box 2, Folder 1
Telegraph operator correspondence
1906-1920
Scope and Contents
Various correspondence with Ferrocarriles Constitucionales de Mexico, et al.
Box 2, Folder 2
Miscellaneous correspondence
1909-1922
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with and about Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico, railroad workers strike, and Mexican Gulf Oil Co.
Box 2, Folder 3
Letters of recommendation
1917-1921
Scope and Contents
Four letters of recomendation.
Box 2, Folder 4
Telegraph operator correspondence
1921-1925
Box 2, Folder 5
El Paso, TX correspondence
1927
Box 2, Folder 6
Mexican Revolution correspondence
1949
Box 2, Folder 7
Mexican Revolution correspondence
1961-1973
Box 2, Folder 8
Certificates
1973-1979
Scope and Contents
Mexican Revolution Recognition of Service; certificates and photographs with autograph notes; includes a dedication from General
Raul Madero, brother of Mexican president Francisco Madero.
Box 2, Folder 9
Mexican Revolution correspondence
1978-1979
Related Materials
See Box 10A for related newspaper articles.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico.
Box 2, Folder 10
Pancho Villa statue
1974-1982
Scope and Contents
Contains material on the Pancho Villa statue in Tucson, Arizona; includes correspondence and speech from Guadalupe Villa,
granddaughter of Pancho Villa.
Box 2, Folder 11
Pancho Villa Days at Pilares correspondence
1981-1982
Box 2, folder 12
Mexican Revolution anniversary commemorative material
1982
Related Materials
See Box 10A for related newspaper articles.
Box 17, Folder 2
Robles, Joaquin Aguilar to Ernesto C. Shuster
1941
Box 17, Folder 3
Amenzcua, Pbro. C. to Blanca Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 4
Buelta, Ola to H.B. Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 5
Cruz, Enjinio to Blanca Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 7
Fouce, Frank to Blanca Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 8
Gonzalez, Pedro
1935-1937
Box 17, Folder 9
Guerrero, Maria Luisa to Blanca Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 10
Guzman, Luis and Felipe Torres to Hector M. Escalona
1937
Scope and Contents
Sent from San Quentin.
Box 17, Folder 11
Hickock, Harry C. to Maria Jimenez
1939
Box 17, Folder 12
Hidalgo, Farmacia to Maria Jimenez
1939
Box 17, Folder 13
Huerta, Adolfo to Rodolfo Sandez Taboada
1941
Box 17, Folder 14
Jimenez, Blanca Maria
1940
Box 17, Folder 15
Juarez, Santiago L. to Hortencia Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 16
Mendez, Ramon and Carmen to Mayor de Caballeria
1978
Box 17, Folder 17
Mosk, M. Stanley
1939-1940
Box 17, Folder 18
Noon, Mark E. to Maria S. Gonzalez
1936
Scope and Contents
Sent from San Quentin.
Box 17, Folder 19
Gibson, Daniel Perez to H.B. Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 20
Ricardo, Jichila to H.B. Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 21
Ruilas, Euselio to H. Blanca Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 22
Ruiz, Maria L. to H. Blanca Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 23
Rubio, Paulina E. to H. Blanca Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 25
Salazar, Rosa to Blanca Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 26
Salcedo, Julia and Luca to Blanca Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 28
Schuster, Ernest and Eleanor
1939-1941
Box 17, Folder 30
Smith, Court (warden at San Quentin)
1938-1940
Box 17, Folder 32
Yarwood, Paul to H.B. Maria Jimenez
1940
Box 17, Folder 34
Zascek, Anna and Kate O'Hare
1940
Box 17, Folder 35
Zambrano, Eduardo A. to Maria Gonzalez
1938
Box 17, Folder 36
Illegible names
1933-1937
Box 17, Folder 38
Letters stuck together
1934-1936
Scope and Contents
Includes: Angel Perez to Johnny Soto; Anna Zacsek to Board of Prison Terms and Paroles.
Box 19
Remington typewriter
undated
Series 2. Spanish-language radio and music
1919-1978
Box 3, Folder 1
Gonzalez y sus Madrugadores
1929-1933
Scope and Contents
Includes program cards for Pedro Gonzalez's band; list of band members.
Box 3, Folder 2
Circulo Artistico Radio
circa 1929-1933
Scope and Contents
Includes material on Spanish-language radio broadcasters, musicians, and fans.
Box 3, Folder 3
Maria Gonzalez fund
circa 1929
Scope and Contents
Includes a list of contributors to a burial fund for Maria Gonzalez (no relation), who was found dead in Los Angeles. Pedro
Gonzalez initiated the contribution drive on his radio show.
Box 3, Folder 4
List of radio show listeners
circa 1929
Box 3, Folder 5
Show cards
circa 1942-1951
Scope and Contents
Cards for "Banda de Policia" and Pedro J. Gonzalez y sus Madrugadores.
Box 3, Folder 6
Song lyrics by Pedro J. Gonzalez
1919
Box 3, Folder 7
Song lyrics by Pedro J. Gonzalez
1929-1934
Box 3, Folder 8
Song lyrics by Pedro J. Gonzalez
1929-1934
Box 3, Folder 9
Song lyrics by Pedro J. Gonzalez
1929-1934
Box 3, Folder 10
Song lyrics
1934-1940
Scope and Contents
Song lyrics by and about Pedro Gonzalez, his court case, and his imprisonment at San Quentin.
Box 3, Folder 11
Song lyrics by Pedro J. Gonzalez
1969-1978
Box 3, Folder 12
Contracts
1949 - 1950
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies of music copyrights and contracts; one original contract with Discos Columbia de Mexico.
Box 3, Folder 13
Contracts with Mundo Musical S.A.
1969-1970
Box 3, Folder 14
Royalties
1950-1972
Scope and Contents
Royalty documents from Mundo Musical and Discos de Columbia.
Box 3, Folder 15
Copyright
1968-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Mundo Musical S.A. and Azteca Pelaez Music Company (formerly Esther Orozco).
Box 3, Folder 16
Copyright
1973-1978
Scope and Contents
Includes lists with addresses of music publishing houses, managing agents, and recording companies in Mexico City.
Box 3, Folder 17
XEAU radio
1949-1950
Scope and Contents
Papers related to the radio station; includes fan mail to Gonzalez.
Series 3. Court case and imprisonment
1935-1983
Box 4, Folder 1
Serial
1941-1942
Scope and Contents
El Detectivo Internacional, serialized version of the Pedro Gonzalez case: "El Caso de Pedro J. Gonzalez" episodes 5 and 10 by Joaquin Aguilar Robles.
Box 4, Folder 2
A los ocho me matare
1982
Scope and Contents
Program card and publicity for the play by Joaquin Aguilar Robles at the Teatro Intimo in Los Angeles.
Box 4, Folder 4
San Quentin Prison correspondence
1937-1941
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between Gonzalez and Adolfo de la Huerta, secretary of foreign relations, and former president of
Mexico.
Box 18, Folder 9
Petition for writ of habeas corpus
1935
Box 18, Folder 15
Petition for Clemency in Favor of Pedro J. Gonzalez
undated
Series 4. Veterans of the Mexican Revolution
1920-1983
Scope and Contents
This series contains material from a number of different veterans' orgnizations. It also has material about the ejidos, the
communal lands that were often granted to veterans.
Box 5, Folder 1
Correspondence A-C
1957-1971
Scope and Contents
Also includes photographs.
Box 5, Folder 2
Correspondence D-H
1920-1978
Scope and Contents
Also includes photographs.
Box 5, Folder 3
Correspondence I-L
1970-1974
Box 5, Folder 4
Correspondence M
1950-1970
Box 5, Folder 5
Correspondence N-P
1968-1971
Box 5, Folder 6
Correspondence Q-S
1946-1973
Scope and Contents
Also includes photographs.
Box 5, Folder 7
Correspondence T-Z
1933-1971
Scope and Contents
Also includes photographs.
Box 5, Folder 8
False claims of veteran status
1948-1971
Box 6, Folder 1
Vazquez, Jesus Villalobos
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes list of veterans who received land from Vazquez.
Box 6, Folder 2
Confederacion de Veteranos Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte, La Legion de Honor Mexicana
1951-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes: Moral Code for the Mexican Legionnaire; instructions for veterans organizations.
Box 6, Folder 3
Ramirez, Ernesto M.
1949-1951
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence regarding the formation of a confederation of Division del Norte veterans.
Box 6, Folder 5
Confederacion de Veteranos Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte, Tijuana B.C.
1941-1959
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and related materials on the formation of the group.
Box 6, Folder 6
Confederacion de Veteranos Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte, Tijuana, BC
1961-1969
Scope and Contents
Contains: correspondence and related materials on the formation of the group, including internal memos, letters to veterans,
government correspondence.
Box 6, Folder 7
Confederacion de Veteranos Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte, Tijuana, BC
1970-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and materials related to the formation of the group.
Box 6, Folder 8
Confederacion de Veteranos Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte, Tijuana, BC
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and materials related to the formation of the group; 1972 New Year's card with pictures of Gonzalez
and other Mexican military officers.
Box 6, Folder 9
Confederacion de Veteranos Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and materials related to the formation of the group; materials from veterans of the Mexican Revolution
in San Jose, CA.
Box 6, Folder 10
Confederacion de Veteranos Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1977-1979
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence related to the formation of the group; correspondence regarding a statue of Pancho Villa in Selma
CA.; correspondence from General Roberto Fierro Villalobos and General Raul Madero Gonzalez (brother of President Francisco
Madero).
Box 6, Folder 11
Confederacion de Veteranos Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1980-1982
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence and materials related to the formation of the group; correspondence with General Roberto Fierro Villalobos,
and veterans of the Mexican Revolution in Selma, Fresno and Madera CA.
Box 7, Folder 1
Ejido Chilpancingo, Tijuana, B.C.
1952
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence regarding the property rights of veterans of the Mexican Revolution.
Box 7, Folder 2
Ejido Matamoros, Tijuana, B.C.
1950-1962
Scope and Contents
Includes internal correspondence and memos of Ejido Matamoros members and executive members, in a book bound by Gonzalez.
Box 7, Folder 3
Ejido Matamoros, Tijuana, B.C.
1946-1974
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and materials related to the rights of veterans to lands.
Box 7, Folder 4
Ejido Matamoros, Tijuana, B.C.
1962-1968
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence and materials related to the legalization of land grants and the rights of veteran's children born
as citizens of the U.S.A; photographs [in a book bound by Gonzalez].
Box 7, Folder 5
Ejido Matamoros, Tijuana, B.C.
1950-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and related materials regarding the land title of Albino Briones, the rights of his widow, a Mexican
citizen and his children, U.S. citizens.
Box 7, Folder 6
Ejido 18 de Marzo, Ensenada, B.C.
1953-1959
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence related to Major Ernesto M. Ramirez making land grants to veterans.
Box 7, Folder 7
Ejido 18 de Marzo, Enseneda, B.C.
1961-1967
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Major Ernesto M. Ramirez regarding land grants; map; list of succession of lands.
Box 7, Folder 8
Colonia General Francisco Villa, Tijuana, B.C.
1954
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and memorandum listing recipients of land grants.
Box 7, Folder 9
Colonia General Francisco Villa, Tijuana, B.C.
1960-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and related materials regarding land grants in a book bound by Gonzalez.
Box 7, Folder 10
Colonia General Francisco Villa, Tijuana, B.C.
1954-1960
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and deeds of property.
Box 7, Folder 11
Colonia General Francisco Villa, Tijuana, B.C.
1959
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and land deeds.
Box 8, Folder 1
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1953 February 8
Scope and Contents
Includes
Diario Oficial, official publication of the Mexican government.
Box 8, Folder 2
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1954 May 15
Scope and Contents
Contains invitation for the inauguration of the Colonia Division del Norte by Luz Corral De Villa (Pancho Villa's widow).
Box 8, Folder 3
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1956-1971
Scope and Contents
Contains official publications of the state government of Baja California, all with reference to land grants.
Box 8, Folder 4
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1971-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on and with: veterans issues; land grants; Maria de los Angeles Viallreal de Gutierrez; Governor
Milton Castellanos; Governor Raul Sanchez; President Luis Echevarria Alvarez.
Box 8, Folder 5
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1959-1960
Scope and Contents
Includes material on: governmental decrees; pensions; land and benefits for veterans.
Box 8, Folder 6
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and papers related to the defense and rights of veterans.
Box 8, Folder 7
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1975
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with: Baja California governor Milton Castellanos; General Raul Madero; various attorneys and judges,
Box 8, Folder 8
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1978-1980
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with General Roberto Fierro Villalobos on the rights of veterans.
Box 8, Folder 9
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1978
Related Materials
See Box 10A for related newspaper articles.
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence and supporting materials in defense of veterans' rights; correspondence from General Roberto Fierro
Villalobos.
Box 8, Folder 10
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1979
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with: President of Mexico Jose Lopez Portillo; General Roberto Fierro Villalobos; Jose Line Ortiz,
Joaquin Aguilar Robles; Roberto de la Madrid.
Box 8, Folder 11
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1979
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with General Roberto Fierro Villalobos, Joaquin Aguilar Robles, Enrique Olivares Santana; lists of
families living in the Division.
Box 8, Folder 12
Colonia Division del Norte, Tijuana, B.C.
1980-1983
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with: Roberto Fierro Villalobos; President Jose Lopez Portillo; Joaquin Aguilar Robles; Gilberto Izquierdo
Arzate.
Box 9, Folder 1
Land grants in Tijuana
undated
Box 9, Folder 2
Legion de Hijos y Descendientes de Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte - members
undated
Box 9, Folder 3
Legion de Hijos y Descendientes de Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte - applications
1969-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 9, Folder 4
Legion de Hijos y Descendientes de Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte - correspondence
1972-1978
Box 9, Folder 5
Legion de Hijos y Descendientes de Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte - receipts
1972
Box 9, Folder 6
Legion de Hijos y Descendientes de Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte - miscellaneous
1970 - 1971
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 9, Folder 7
Correspondence - A
1949-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes documentation of Jose E. Araiza.
Box 9, Folder 8
Correspondence - B
1971-1972
Box 9, Folder 9
Correspondence - C
1936-1972
Box 9, Folder 10
Correspondence - C
1925-1972
Box 10, Folder 1
Correspondence - D
1959-1976
Scope and Contents
Includes: materials on Lt. Matilde Dominguez; photographs.
Box 10, Folder 2
Correspondence E-F
1954-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 10, Folder 3
Correspondence G-I
1942-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 10, Folder 4
Correspondence - G
1954-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 10, Folder 5
Correspondence H-J
1955-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 10, Folder 6
Correspondence - K-L
1965-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 10, Folder 7
Correspondence - M
1922-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 10, Folder 8
Correspondence - M
1956-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 11, Folder 1
Correspondence - M
1963-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes three land surveys for parcels of land in Colonia Division del Norte; photographs.
Box 11, Folder 2
Correspondence O-Q
1924-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 11, Folder 3
Correspondence - R
1941-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 11, Folder 4
Correspondence - R
1962-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 11, Folder 5
Correspondence S-T
1933-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Box 11, Folder 6
Correspondence - V
1933 - 1971
Box 11, Folder 7
Correspondence - Z
1942-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
Series 5. Subject files
1930-1995
Box 10A
Oversize newspaper clippings
1968-1981
Scope and Contents
Includes: song lyrics and related newspaper articles; El Sol: Cooperativa Campesina, 1973 June 13; LA court case articles;
A Las Ocho me Matare and related playbill; Pedro Gonzalez and his participation in the Mexican Revolution; U.S.-Mexico relations;
brown berets take over Santa Catalina, 1972; LULAC article, 1976; California resloution honoring Cinco de Mayo; personal interest
articles.
Box 12, Folder 1
Centro Popular Revolucionarios
1970-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence; material on election activities; lists of members.
Box 12, Folder 2
Legal papers
1970
Related Materials
The newspaper article in question is in Box 10A.
Scope and Contents
Includes material on a lawsuit by Gonzalez against the Ramos Brothers in Tijuana for defamation of character for a newspaper
article in "Extra," 1970 May 17.
Box 12, Folder 3
Tijuana State Penitentiary
1960-1961
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and related papers regarding the incarceration of Pedro J. Gonzalez.
Box 12, Folder 4
Tijuana
1965-1966
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Gloria Cardenas of Tijuana and Ralph Ruiz of Delano, CA.
Box 13, Folder 1
Watsonville, CA Strawberry Cooperative
1976
Related Materials
Related articles are in Box 10A.
Scope and Contents
Contains: newspaper articles; correspondence.
Box 13, Folder 2
Watsonville, CA Strawberry Cooperative - correspondence
1973-1974
Box 13, Folder 3
Watsonville, CA Strawberry Cooperative
1974
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and related papers regarding the Mexican Confederacion de Campesinos, Obreros, y Similares; photographs.
Box 13, Folder 4
Watsonville, CA Strawberry Cooperative - correspondence
1974-1976
Box 18, Folder 1
Ballad of an Unsung Hero
1984
Scope and Contents
Includes: press release; photographs.
Box 18, Folder 2
"The Life of Pedro J. Gonzalez" mural
1984
Scope and Contents
Includes: photographs; clipping.
Box 18, Folder 3
Parlee, Lorena M.
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes: resume; "Moving History" by Parlee.
Box 18, Folder 4
"Pedro Gonzalez and the Origins of Spanish-language Broadcasting in Los Angeles, 1928-1934" by Lorena M. Parker
1984
Box 18, Folder 5
Parker, Lorena M.
1982
Scope and Contents
Includes grant applications and related materials.
Box 18, Folder 6
Ballad of an Unsung Hero
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes audiocassettes; lists of songs.
Box 18, Folder 7
Comite Pro Pedro Gonzalez
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of book.
Box 18, Folder 10
Clippings and photographs
1930-1935
Box 18, Folder 11
"Statement made by the mother of the deceased, taken by the authorities"
undated
Box 18, Folder 12
Ballad of an Unsung Hero
1983-1984
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings and reviews.
Box 18, Folder 13
Clippings
1983-1985
Scope and Contents
Includes: "Revolutionary Times" by Kathyrn Phillips; "Pedro Gonzalez 'The Quintessential Unsung Hero'" by Jack Williams; "Story
of a Mexican Immigrant Hero" by Jesus Rangel.
Box 18, Folder 14
Clippings
1983-1995
Scope and Contents
Ballad of an Unsung Hero reviews; obituary.
Series 6. Photographs
1890-1980
Box 11A
Photograph album
1920-1980
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings and photos on Mexican and Mexican American singers, family photos, San Quentin photos.
Box 12A
Photograph album
1890-1980
Scope and Contents
Includes photos and clippings on: Chihuahua Mexico 1890-1940, Mexican Revolution 1909-1920; Los Angeles California 1920s-1930s;
San Quentin Prison, 1930s; Tijuana, 1940s-1970s; California, 1920s- 1970s; Mexican railroad station/telegraph operator, 1900-1920;
family and friends, 1890-1980.
Box 13A, Folder 1
Photomontage
circa 1914-1923
Scope and Contents
Body of Pancho Villa after assassination; meeting between Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata in Mexico City 1914; Villa with
officers (Estado Mayor); Villa's troop Los Dorados; unidentified photos.
Box 13A, Folder 2
Photomontage
1913-1940
Scope and Contents
Gonzalez in Chihuahua; Mexican Revolution veterans in Tijuana, 1940; Gonzalez with brother; Gonzalez's mother; telegraph operator.
Box 13A, Folder 3
Photomontage
1929-1958
Scope and Contents
Josefina Caldera (LA singer), circa 1930; General Ramon B. Anaiz, circa 1958; veterans; Circulo Artistico de Radio.
Box 13A, Folder 4
Photomontage
circa 1913-1960
Scope and Contents
XEAU radio audience 1950s; Gonzalez and employees of XEAU radio, Tijuana, 1960s; Mexican Revolution, circa 1915; Gonzalez
with Villas's troops in Chihuahua and other Chihuahua photos, circa 1915; Gonzalez on horseback Mexican, circa 1917.
Box 13A, Folder 5
Photomontage
circa 1914-1960
Scope and Contents
Publicity photo of Gonzalez in Tijuana, 1958; near El Paso - Ciudad Juarez; telegraph operators, circa 1920; Gonzalez in El
Chico Chihuahua, 1960s; Maria Gonzalez; Pedro Gonzalez as telegraph operator standing in front of locomotive, 1920; XEAU recording
studio, 1950s; other photos of Pedro Gonzalez.
Box 13A, Folder 6
Photomontage
circa 1912-1970
Scope and Contents
Pascual Orozco, Mexican revolutionary leader; General Raul Madero; family photos.
Box 13A, Folder 7
Photomontage
circa 1895-1970
Scope and Contents
Family photos.
Box 13A, Folder 8
Photomontage
circa 1910-1970
Scope and Contents
Gonzalez with musicians and with his family; Maria Gonzalez with her children; Pedro Gonzalez in uniform; Pancho Villa, 1912;
Emiliano Zapata and troops, circa 1914; Confederacion de Veteranos Revolucionarion de la Division del Norte.
Box 13A, Folder 9
Photomontage
various dates
Scope and Contents
Family photos; reunion of Los Madrugadores.
Box 13A, Folder 10
Photomontage
circa 1914-1984
Scope and Contents
Gonzalez in his office, San Ysidro, CA; plane shot down during Mexican Revolution; Chihuahua; Villa's troops; telegraph operator;
veterans of the Mexican Revolution.
Box 13A, Folder 11
Photomontage
circa 1914-1950
Scope and Contents
Telegraph operator, 1914; LA county jail, 1934; with Los Madrugadores; Gonzalez with his brother in Chihuahua; fisherman,
San Pedro, CA 1928; Veteranos Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte; dedication of statue of Pancho Villa; Gonzalez on
horseback; Pancho Villa's troops, circa 1915; parade of Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte, Tijuana, 1950; Gonzalez
driving car; Gonzalez in Chihuahua, 1915; Villa's soldiers, Chihuahua, 1914.
Box 13A, Folder 12
Photomontage
circa 1915-1950
Scope and Contents
San Quentin prison 1934-1940; Los Madrugadores at San Quentin talent show; Gonzalez in Tijuana, 1950s, Major Hendrick's Big
Band [autographed]; Pancho Villa; Villa's troops, Mexican Revolution; parade of Revolucionarios de la Division del Norte,
Tijuana, 1950.
Box 14, Folder 1
Family photographs
1890-1920
Scope and Contents
Includes photos taken in Chihuahua, Mexico City, Tijuana, and Wilmington, CA.
Box 14, Folder 2
Mexican Revolution
1914-1920
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Pancho Villa, General Ochoa, telegraph office, trains, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Tampico, Mexico City.
Box 14, Folder 3
Family photos
1920-1950
Scope and Contents
Includes photos taken in San Pedro, CA, Wilmington CA, Los Angeles, and Tijuana.
Box 14, Folder 4
Los Angeles singers and musicians
1928-1944
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Major Hendrick's Big Band, Tony Saiz, Cacioneros Acosta, Pedro J. Gonzalez y Los Madrugadores, Ray Avila,
Circulo Artistico de Radio, Salvador Casanova, Jose Mujica, Alberto Sergio Gutierrez, Ruben Reyes, Cuates Castilla, Pedro
J. Gonzalez y Compania Anunciadora Mexicana, M. Gillette, Joaquin Rodriquez, Hermanos Avila.
Box 14, Folder 5
Court case and San Quentin
1934-1944
Box 14, Folder 6
Ejido Matamoros
1940-1975
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Luz Corral de Villa, President Luis Echevarria, General Raul Madero, friends and family.
Box 14, Folder 7
Tijuana radio
1950-1970
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Ramon B. Arnaiz, Cuatitas Gasca, Javiar Cacian, Victor Lavarez Renteria, Los Madrugadores, Joaquin Aguilar
Robles, Carmelita Baratrita [?], "Jardin Canalas," Fresno, CA.
Box 15, Folder 1
Spanish-language radio and music
1922-1934
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Pedro and Maria Gonzalez with their children and his brother, Los Madrugadores, Vivian Sanchez, Jesus Sanchez,
Ismael Hernandez, Lupe Albino.
Box 15, Folder 2
Mexican Revolution and family photos
1890-1921
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Chihuahua, telegraph operators.
Box 15, Folder 3
Family photographs
1920-1970
Scope and Contents
Includes photos taken in Wilmington, CA, Catalina Island, Tijuana, Palmdale, CA.
Box 15, Folder 4
Miscellaneous
1914-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes: family photos; telegraph operators; Mexican Revolution; Ejido Matamoros; Raul Madero.
Series 7. Audio recordings
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
This series consists of 78 rpm records.
Box 16, Folder 1
Los Madrugadores: "Un Marinero en el Golfo" / "Dos Seres Que se Aman" (Columbia Records)
undated
Physical Description: Blue lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 2
Los Madrugadores: "Tu Recuerdo" / "A Mi Madre" (Okeh Records)
undated
Physical Description: Black lacquer 10-inch record [broken].
Box 16, Folder 3
Los Madrugadores: "Corrido de los Temblores" / "Cielo Nevado" (Columbia Records)
undated
Physical Description: Black lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 4
Los Madrugadores: "La Vida Infausta" / "El Residiario" (Columbia Records)
undated
Physical Description: Black lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 5
Cancioneros "Acosta": "Los Voluntarias" / "Indita Mia" (Columbia Records)
undated
Physical Description: Black lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 6
Los Madrugadores: "Corrido de Pedro" / "Corrido de Pedro" (Columbia Records)
undated
Physical Description: Blue lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 7
Los Madrugadores: "Mananitas Tapatias" / "El Muchacho Alegre" (Columbia Records)
undated
Physical Description: Black lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 8
Los Madrugadores: "La Voz de Mi Madre" / "Que Importa el Mundo" (Columbia Records)
undated
Physical Description: Black lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 9
Pedro J. Gonzalez y sus Madrugadores: "Cuando Yo Muera" / "Sonora Querida" (Discos Maya)
undated
Physical Description: Black lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 10
Los Madrugadores: "No les Pido de Amor Caridad" / "Me Piden" (Columbia Records)
undated
Physical Description: Black lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 11
Valles y Hernandez: "Corrido de Feliciano Villanueva" / P.J. Gonzalez y M. Cuevas: "Estoy Haciendo tu Nido"
undated
Physical Description: Blue lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 12
Pedro J. Gonzalez y sus Madrugadores: "Mateo Magdaleno" / "Por tus Puertas" (Discos Maya)
undated
Physical Description: Black lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 13
Los Madrugadores: "Sonora Querida" / "Asencion"
undated
Physical Description: Blue lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 14
Juan Reyna: "1a Parte" / "2a Parte" (Okeh Records) [broken]
undated
Physical Description: Black lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 15
Pedro J. Gonzalez y sus Madrugadores: "Que Tendre Yo" / "Amor Sincero" (Discos Maya) [broken]
undated
Physical Description: Black lacquer 10-inch record.
Box 16, Folder 16
Gonzalez y Valles: "La Cruz Azul" / "Mi Juventud Paso" (Columbia Records)
undated
Physical Description: Blue lacquer 10-inch record.
