Duran (Maria Acosta) Papers

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Duran (Maria Acosta) Papers

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Table of contents

Box 1, Folder 1

Personal documents 1925-1988

Scope and Contents

Includes: marriage certificate for Epimenio Duran and Maria Acosta, 1925; life insurance policy for Epimenio; certificate from the White Sewing Machine Company School of Domestic Art; divorce papers; commencement program and diploma from John H. Francis Polytechnic High School, 1940; marriage certificate for Maria Duran and Charles Lang, 1950; identification cards; notice from the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority that Maria was to receive a History Maker Award for her contributions as an advocate for minorities in the Antelope Valley, 1983; death certificate for Maria, 1988.

Box 1, Folder 2

Programs and printed material 1934-circa 1950

Scope and Contents

Includes: program for a tardeada for the Alianza Hispano Americana, 1934; program for Las Posadas at the Padua Hills Theatre, circa 1934; so'ngbook; parliamentary law booklet from the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, 1936; statement from the Cloak Makers' Union, circa 1950 [in English, Spanish, Italian, and Hebrew].

Box 1, Folder 3

Writings 1922-1986

Language of Material: Materials are in Spanish and English.

Scope and Contents

Includes: correspondence, most interestingly from Eloy Duran; poems (some were written by Maria, and some were written by others and transcribed by her); invitation to a victory dinner for Glenn M. Anderson, who had recently been elected Lieutenant Governor of California; songbook compiled by Eloy.

Box 1, Folder 4

Cards and programs 1922-1989

Scope and Contents

Includes: post cards; program for Diego Rivera exhibit at the Mexican Museum, 1985.

Box 1, Folder 5

Alianza Hispano-Americana 1935

Scope and Contents

Includes: pamphlets; newslettters; insurance documents.

Box 1, Folder 6

Journal 1939-1940

Language of Material: Entries are in Spanish and English.

Scope and Contents

Includes: poems; dirty jokes; essays; notes; names and addresses.

Box 1, Folder 7

Correspondence 1947 and 1975-1984

Scope and Contents

The 1947 letter is typed, from Margarita Duran to Eloy Duran; the rest are handwritten by Maria; includes drafts of a letter to the Lancaster City Council opposing the construction of a prison.

Box 1, Folder 8

Community Service Organization 1948-1983

Scope and Contents

Includes: photographs; program for a fundraiser dance for Edward R. Roybal, 1949.

Box 1, Folder 9

Don Carlos 1955-1980

Scope and Contents

Contains material related to Maria's restaurant and gift shop; includes: photographs; letter to "Honey" about preparations to open the restaurant [probably Margarita Mendez]; matchbooks; business cards.

Box 1, Folder 10

Notebook 1980-1984

Box 1, Folder 11

Pancho Villa 1915-1983

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; photograph of Maria with Luz Corral, signed by Corral, 1973; notes taken by Maria during her 1973 trip to Mexico.

Box 1, Folder 12

Family portrait photographs 1918-1927

Box 2, Folder 1

Photographs 1919-1927

Box 2, Folder 2

Photographs 1920-1941

Box 2, Folder 3

Photo album 1918-1923

Box 2, Folder 4

Photographs 1921-1986

Scope and Contents

Also includes: post card addressed to Harry Truman asking him to veto the Taft-Hartley Act; Maria's membership applicaton for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

Box 2, Folder 5

Photographs 1941-1947

Scope and Contents

Includes portraits of some of Maria's Japanese neighbors, as well as her own family.

Box 2, Folder 6

Photographs 1934-1948

Scope and Contents

Includes: photographs of Margarita with some of her Japanese friends; photographs of the Lancaster Mexican Chamber of Commerce, 1947 [Maria is the only woman].

Box 2, Folder 7

Dismantled scrapbook 1934-1942

Scope and Contents

Includes: photographs taken in Los Angeles and Mexico; clipping about a George Washington play that Margarita appeared in, 1939.

Box 2, Folder 8

Photographs circa 1952-circa 1970

Scope and Contents

Includes photos with Henry B. Gonzalez, Edward Roybal.

Box 2, Folder 9

"Mexican Moratorium" photographs 1970-06

Box 2, Folder 10

Photographs circa 1978

Box 2, Folder 11

Photographs 1986-1987

Box 3, Folder 1

Printed materials 1945-1970

Language of Material: Materials are in Spanish and English.

Scope and Contents

Includes: "La Marcha Hacia la Libertad," a World War II-era propaganda booklet; oversize newspaper clippings, 1945-1950; El Angelino, 1950-09-22 ["Roybal Comunista?"]; poster for the Chicano Moratorium march of August 29, 1970.

Box 3, Folder 2

Oversize photographs 1931-1955

Scope and Contents

Includes: panoramic photo of the Alianza Hispano Americana, 1931; a Japanese wedding party, 1946; panoramic photo of Community Service Organization banquet at the Alexandria Hotel, 1950; panoramic photo of a California State Conference of Operating Engineers at the El Cortez Hotel in San Diego, 1955.

Box 3, Folder 3

Newspaper front pages 1963-1974

Scope and Contents

Includes: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Extra, 1963-11-22 ["Kennedy Slain"]; Los Angeles Times, 1963-11-23 ["Kennedy Assassinated"; includes entire first section]; Los Angeles Times, 1974-08-08 ["Nixon Resignation Appears Imminent"].

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