Alvarado Family Letters mssAlvarado
Finding aid prepared by Gina C Giang.
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Finding aid last updated on January 13, 2022, by Maggie Hughes.
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The Huntington Library
Title: Alvarado family letters
Identifier/Call Number: mssAlvarado
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1920-1954
Abstract: This collection consists of 41 letters
primarily from Ysidro Alvarado, living in Mexico, to his family in California, dating from
1926-1954.
Language of Material: The material is in
Spanish.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Alvarado family letters. The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mark Moore, May 2019.
Processing Information
Processed by Gina C Giang in August 2019. A summary of the letters was provided by Clay
Stalls.
Biographical / Historical
Antonio and Clara Alvarado were both born in Mexico in the late 1800s. The couple had at
least two sons: Ysidro and José. The couple later moved to Southern California with their
son José, who was born on June 13, 1905 in León, Mexico. He was an agricultural employee for
Grether Ranch in the Las Posas Valley for 45 years. La Sandia was a hacienda outside of the
city of León (Guanajuato) Mexico, and is now a part of León.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 41 letters primarily from Ysidro Alvarado, living in Mexico, to
his family in California, dating from 1926-1954. The letters touch on the route and
difficulties of going to the United States border from Guanajuato, Mexico; turning away of
persons at the U.S. border in 1928; remittances from persons in the U.S. to relatives in
Mexico; motivations for migration; the emotional and financial ties between relatives across
the U.S. and Mexico border; and other aspects of life. Most of the letters include
envelopes; some of the letters were accompanied with receipts and printed ephemera.
Existence and Location of Copies
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Agricultural laborers
Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929
Migrant remittances
Immigrants -- California -- Correspondence
Mexican Americans -- California -- History -- 20th century --
Sources
Mexican Americans -- California -- Social aspects --
Correspondence
Mexicans -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Transnationalism -- History
Guanajuato (Mexico) -- Economic conditions
Guanajuato (Mexico) -- Emigration and immigration
Guanajuato (Mexico) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects --
Correspondence
Guanajuato (Mexico) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects --
Sources
Guanajuato (Mexico) -- Social life and customs
Mexico -- Economic conditions
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects --
Correspondence
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects --
Sources
Mexico -- Social life and customs
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Mexico -- 20th century
Alvarado family
Alvarado, Antonio -- addressee
Alvarado, José -- addressee
Alvarado, Ysidro
Carpio, Leonor
Box 1, Folder 1
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1926 March 6
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 2
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda, California) and
Alberta Alvarez (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda, California)
1927 April and 1927 May
15
Scope and Contents
Includes: 1943 September 5 receipt for rent and envelope.
Box 1, Folder 3
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to José Alvarado (Reseda, California)
1928 June 13
Scope and Contents
Envelope addressed to Antonio Alvarado.
Box 1, Folder 4
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1928 June 13
Scope and Contents
Includes: 1928 January 28 receipts for groceries and empty envelope from a jeweler.
Box 1, Folder 5
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1928 June 26
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 6
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to José Alvarado (Reseda, California)
1928 June 26
Scope and Contents
Envelope addressed to Antonio Alvarado.
Box 1, Folder 7
Ylaria Jacovo (León, Guanajuato, Mexico) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1928 July 12
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 8
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to José Alvarado (Reseda, California)
1928 August 8
Scope and Contents
Envelope addressed to Antonio Alvarado.
Box 1, Folder 9
Encarnación Lira (Brawley, California) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1928 August 8
Scope and Contents
Includes: Cards of spiritualist, a receipt from Lorano's Market in Oxnard, California,
and envelope.
Box 1, Folder 10
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1928 August 10
Box 1, Folder 11
Pascual Carpio (Hacienda de La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California?)
1928 August 20
Box 1, Folder 12
Leonor Carpio (Brawley, California) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1928 August 22
Box 1, Folder 13
Leonor Carpio (Brawley, California) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1928 August 31
Box 1, Folder 14
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1928 September 2
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 15
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to José Alvarado (Reseda, California)
1928 September 5
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 16
Leonor Carpio (Brawley, California) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1928 September 14
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 17
Ylaria Jacobo (San Miguel de León, Guanajuato, Mexico) to Antonio Alvarado
(Reseda, California)
1928 November 13
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 18
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1929 January 13
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 19
Francisco Torres (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1929 February 24
Scope and Contents
Includes: Discount card for pearls at Win's Rexall Drug Store in Reseda, California and
envelope.
Box 1, Folder 20
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1929 February 26
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 21
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1929 March 26
Scope and Contents
Includes: Undated letter from Alberta Alvarez to Juanita Lira and envelope.
Box 1, Folder 22
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1929 April 18
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 23
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1929 May 26
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 24
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1929 June 13
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 25
Leonor Carpio (Brawley, California) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1929 June 17
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 26
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1929 June 27
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 27
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1928 July 9
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 28
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1929 July 14
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 29
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Reseda,
California)
1929 August 23
Scope and Contents
Includes: Envelope and card.
Box 1, Folder 30
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to José Alvarado (Reseda, California)
1930 January 28
Box 1, Folder 31
Ysidro Alvarado, Soledad Alvarado (Antonio's granddaughter), and a third person
(?) (La Sandia), to Antonio Alvarado (Oxnard, California)
1937 May 28
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 32
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Oxnard,
California)
1937 October 4
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 33
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Oxnard,
California)
1940 December 14
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 34
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Oxnard,
California)
1942 January 26
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 35
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado
1942 February 28
Box 1, Folder 36
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado (Oxnard,
California)
1948 March 18
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 37
Augustina Torez (sic for Torres; León) to Clara Torez (sic for Torres;
Oxnard)
1949 January 15
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 38
Ysidro and Alberta Alvarado (La Sandia) to Antonio Alvarado
1951 August 9
Box 1, Folder 39
Ysidro Alvarado (La Sandia) to Clara Torres de Alvarado (El Río,
California)
1954 July 27
Scope and Contents
Includes: 1950 Clara Torres de Alvarado's medical receipts, 1947 grocery bills, and
envelope.
Box 1, Folder 40
Postcard.
Scope and Contents
Blank.
