Guide to the Peter Jamero papers CEMA 185
Finding aid prepared by Mari Khasmanyan, Chelsea Lumidao, 2017; revised by Calli Force, 2019.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
Business Number: Phone: (805) 893-3062
Fax Number: Fax: (805) 893-5749
special@library.ucsb.edu
2017 November 9
Title: Peter Jamero papers
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 185
Language of Material: This collection is largely in English with some materials in Tagalog.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
7.51 Linear Feet
(18 document boxes)
Creator:
Jamero, Peter M.
Date (inclusive): 1938-2015
Abstract: Consists of 18 document boxes containing correspondence, organizational records, photographs, audio visual material, and a
variety of ephemera related to Peter Jamero's life as a Filipino American. The collection spans from 1938-2015.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Physical Location: Boxes 1-11: Stacks 1, Aisle 57 / Column 4. (Box 5: Stacks 1, Aisle 39 / Column 3.)
Boxes 12-13: Stacks 1, Aisle 57 / Column 4.
Boxes 14, 15, 18 and 20: Stacks 1, Aisle 57 / Column 3.
Boxes 16-17: S1-A70-C5-R5
Box 19: Stacks 1, Aisle 74 / Column 6.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Peter Jamero papers, CEMA 185. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Peter Jamero, 2017.
Biographical Note
Peter Jamero is a founding member and former Vice President of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS).
Currently residing in Atwater, CA, he is a Bridge Generation (second-generation) Filipino American. Mr. Jamero was born in
1930 in Oakdale, California, the son of Filipino immigrants. He is an educator and has been an administrator in local, state,
and federal government as well as in the private and non-profit sectors.
Mr. Jamero has held high-level executive positions directing health and human services programs throughout the country. These
programs include Assistant Secretary of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Director of the Washington
State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Director of the King County (WA) Department of Human Resources; Vice President
of the United Way of King County; Executive Director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission; Branch Chief in the U.S.
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in Washington, D.C.; and Executive Director of the Asian American Recovery Services
in San Francisco.
Jamero was an Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine of the University of Washington. He is the author of Growing
up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American, (University of Washington Press, 2006) and Vanishing Filipino Americans: The Bridge
Generation (University Press of America, 2011).
The Peter Jamero Papers collection was established in CEMA in 2017.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, organizational records, photographs, audio visual material, and a variety of ephemera
related to Peter Jamero's life as a Filipino American, including materials from Filipino American National Historical Society,
of which Jamero was a founding member and former Vice President.
Most of the materials document Jamero's work with various government and non-profit organizations in the form of newspaper
clippings, organizational meeting agendas, notes, speeches, and photographs. Also in the collection are signed copies of his
books "Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American" and "Vanishing Filipino Americans: The Bridge Generation," chapter
drafts, book reviews, and other ephemera related to Jamero's signings and other events related to his publications.
Arrangement
The container list is arranged by subject with six series and ten sub-series.
Series One: Personal and biographical files
Series Two: Correspondence
Series Three: Organizational files
Series Four: Subject Files
Series Five: Publications
Series Siex: Born-digital files
Sub-series are divided into these subjetcs:
Boys and Girls Club
Department of Social and Health Services
Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS)
King County
Rainbow Valley Group Home
Seattle School Board
Growing up Brown: memoirs of a Filipino American.
Vanishing Filipino Americans: the bridge generation.
Vocational Rehabilitation's Role in Independent Living: Independent Living Issues.
Filipino American Young Turks of Seattle (FAYTS)
Within these subject folders are correspondence, transcripts, agendas, book reviews, marketing strategies, 22 magazines, 2
books authored and signed by Peter Jamero, speeches, presentations, photographs, contents from the Filipino American Grand
Reunions from 2003-2007, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera.
Separated Materials
Archived links to Peter Jamero's website are available in the Manuscript Collections and Faculty Sites collection on the UCSB
Internet Archive.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Asian Americans -- California -- Social life and customs
Asian Americans -- Social conditions
Filipino Americans -- California -- Social life and customs
Filipino Americans -- Ethnic identity
Filipino Americans -- Social conditions
Administrative records
Born digital
Correspondence
Ephemera (general object genre)
Photographs
Publications (documents)
Jamero, Peter M. -- Archives
Filipino American National Historical Society -- Archives
Personal and biographical files
box 1, folder 21
Job applications (CV's and cover letters).
2001-2003
box 3, folder 19-28
Salary and life insurance evaluations
1991-1994
box 18, folder 9-17
Department of Social and Health Services retirement
1979
General
Folders contain correspondences, photographs, greeting notes, and busniess cards in relation to Jamero's retirement from the
Department of Social and Health Services.
flat-oversize 19, folder 4
Peter Jamero family portrait
1939
box 10, folder 28-29
San Jose Students (SJS) Discrimination
undated
General
Folders contain news clippings and case descriptions.
box 15, folder 16
Miscellaneous Photographs
undated
box 15, folder 17
Photographs from Gregg Bambo
2009
box 15, folder 5-8
General correspondence
1994-2004
box 14, folder 6-12
University Press correspondence
2010-2011
box 20, folder 6-19
Asian American Recovery Services
1990-1996
General
Folders include letters, memos, applications, and performance evaluations from Jamero's involvement with the Asian American
Recovery Services and County of San Francisco.
box 1, folder 14-19
Boys and Girls Club, internal files and notes
2004-2005
General
Folders contain rosters, balance sheets, notes, consultant reports, agendas, correspondences, self assessment surveys, proposals,
funding applications, fact sheets, and project forms.
box 5, folder 14-26
Boys and Girls Club, organizational files
2006-2010
General
Folders contain rosters, balance sheets, notes, consultant reports, agendas, correspondence, self assessment surveys, proposals,
funding applications, fact sheets, and project refocus.
box 1, folder 29-33, box 2, folder 1-3
Community Organization Resources for Everyone (CORE)
1997, 2004
General
Folders contain registrations, questionnaires, strategic plans, plan contracts, account payable claims, notes and memorandums.
box 1, folder 26-28
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
2000-2004
General
Folders contain applications, invoices, memos, correspondences, and contracts.
box 11, folder 1-3
County of Merced California Teachers Association (CTA)
2002
General
Folders contain meeting agenda, budgets, correspondences, and board meetings.
Department of Social and Health Services
box 18, folder 20-24
Department of Social and Health Services
1971-1979
General
Folders contain correspondences, photographs, newspaper clippings, and flyers.
box 2, folder 23-31, box 4, folder 4-5
Washington Department of Social and Health Services
1972-1979
General
Folders contain agreements, contracts, memorandums, proposals, requests, amendments, applications and schedules.
box 2, folder 11-13
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
1961-1969
General
Folders contain applications, correspondences, and memorandums.
Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS)
1957-2010
box 9
Filipino American National Historical Society.
Lost generation. San Jose, Calif: Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the Filipino American National Historical Society
1991
General
Two copies of this publication exist in this collection. One of the two is signed.
box 9
Filipino American National Historical Society.
Generation insights: reflected memories. San Jose, Calif: Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
1992
General
Two copies of this publication exist in this collection. One of the two is signed.
box 9
Filipino American National Historical Society.
Filipino American experience: growing up brown. [San Jose, Calif.]: Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
1993
box 9
Filipino American National Historical Society.
Filipino Americans: a patchwork in the American quilt. San Jose, CA: The Society.
1994-1996
box 9, folder 1-2
Filipino American National Historical Society Program
1994
box 7, folder 9-21
Grand Reunion II of Filipino Americans "As Time Goes By…" binder
1997
box 9
Filipino American National Historical Society.
Filipino American National Historical Society journal. Seattle, Wash: FANHS.
1996
box 9
Filipino American National Historical Society.
Filipino Americans: forever our legacy. San Jose, CA: The Society.
1998-1999
box 9, folder 3
Filipino Americans: forever our legacy synopsis of stories
1999
box 9, folder 11-15
11th Biennial Filipino American National Historical Society Conference
2006
flat-oversize 16, folder 12-20
Filipino American Grand Reunion scrapbook
2007
box 10, folder 1-4
13th Biennial Filipino American National Historical Society Conference
2010
General
Folders contain photographs, correspondences, scripts, booklets, flyers, and speeches.
box 10, folder 5-8
14th Biennial Filipino American National Historical Society Conference
2012
box 10, folder 9
15th Biennial Filipino American National Historical Society Conference
2014
box 10, folder 10-16
Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS). Museum
2015
General
Folders contain pamphlets, correspondences, notes, agendas, minutes, balance sheets, and bylaws.
Filipino American Grand Reunions
box 10, folder 7-9
San Ramon, California. Reunion
1997
General
Folders contain financial statements, agendas, correspondence, minutes, and contacts.
box 8, folder 1-12
Stockton, California. Reunion
2002-2005
General
Folder contains account receivable, contact list, balance sheet, table seating, and alpha lists.
box 8, folder 13-15
Sacramento, California. Reunion.
2007
General
Folders contain programs, balance sheets, correspondences, contacts, budgets, and minutes.
box 8
Grand Reunion 2010 Legends: Honoring the Journey souvenir book
2010
box 7, folder 6-8
Grand Reunion II Of Filipino Americans organizational files
1997
box 7
Grand Reunion II of Filipino Americans "As Time Goes By..." booklet, San Ramon, California
September 26-27, 1997
box 8, folder 16-20
Filipino American Grand Reunion "A Celebration of Generations"
2007
box 3, folder 4-13, box 15, folder 1-4
Department of Human Resources files
1982-1986
General
Folders contain applications, correspondences, and memorandums. Jamero was the Director of the Department of Human Resources.
box 3, folder 14-21
United Way of King County correspondence
1986
box 1, folder 20
Merced County Arts Council
2000
General
Folders contain applications, correspondences, questionnaire and fact sheets.
box 1, folder 22-25
Mental Health Association
1998-2000
General
Folders contain contracts, correspondences, notes, job applications, and job reports.
box 9, folder 8-10
National Conference Virginia Beach
2000
General
Folders contain memorandums, correspondences, itineraries, and informational booklet.
Rainbow Valley Group Home
box 11, folder 4-7
Rainbow Valley Group Home financial statements
1999-2004
box 12, folder 5-17
Rainbow Valley Group Home
2004
General
Folder contain schedules, correspondences, strategic plans, organizational plans, drafts, minutes, hour sheets, meeting agendas,
balance sheets, timelines, incident reports, and budgets.
box 1, folder 1-13
Rainbow Valley Group Home
2005
General
Folders contain budget proposals, agendas, correspondences, job applications, memos, job descriptions, bylaws, minutes, balance
sheets, and evaluations.
box 9, folder 4-7
Resolutions Committee
1999
General
Folders contain notes, resolutions, and information packets.
box 2, folder 14
Sacramento County Welfare Advisory Commission
1966-1967
General
Folders contain applications and correspondences.
box 2, folder 15-17
Sacramento Department of Social Welfare
1957-1999
General
Folders contain applications, evaluations, and newspaper clippings.
box 4, folder 1-28
San Francisco Human Rights Commission
General
Folders contain memorandums, description of unit responsibilities, contracts, staff assignments, investigations, transcripts,
resignations, correspondences, notes, clippings, forms and applications.
box 20, folder 1-5, flat-oversize 17, folder 4
San Francisco Asian American Recovery Services
1991-1996
General
Folders contain newspaper clippings, photographs, and flyers.
box 18, folder 1-5, flat-oversize 17, folder 4
Seattle Filipino Community
1971-1987
General
Folders contain various newspaper clippings related to Jamero's work with the Seattle Filipino Community.
box 2, folder 18-22
Seattle School Board
1972-1979
General
Folders contain flyers, newspaper clippings, schedules, and pamphlets regarding Jamero's campaign for Seattle School Board
Position 7.
flat-oversize 19, folder 1
Newspaper clippings on the Seattle School Board election
1975
box 18, folder 18-19
University of Washington
1979-1983
General
Folders contain newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondences.
box 18, folder 6-8
United Way
1986-1987
General
Folders contain photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondences related to the United Way organization.
flat-oversize 17, folder 3
Promotion posters
2007-2014
box 15, folder 18
Certificates and awards
1993
box 15, folder 21
An Untold Triumph America's Filipino Soldiers
undated
box 1
California.
Facts you need to know: Group Home Board of Directors [Sacramento, Calif.]: The Community Care Licensing Division
1999
box 10, folder 25
Filipinas magazine. Ethnic Newswatch. San Francisco, Calif: Filipinas Pub.
October 1994
box 10, folder 26
Filipinas magazine. Ethnic Newswatch. San Francisco, Calif: Filipinas Pub.
October 2002
box 10, folder 27
Filipinas magazine. Ethnic Newswatch. San Francisco, Calif: Filipinas Pub.
October 2006
box 10, folder 21-24
Hagedorn, H. Scottie.
Visayan Filipinos of the Central Valley of California: some ethnographic observations. California State College, Stanislaus
1981
box 6
Herbert, Annalissa Arangcon.
Growing up brown in America: the Filipino-Mango Athletic Club of San Francisco, 1938-1955.
1996-1997
General
Copy of thesis given to Jamero. Taped inside the front page is a thank you card from the author.
box 10, folder 17-18
Newsletter: Central Valley Voice
2002
box 10, folder 19-20
Newsletter: Central Valley Voice
2003
box 13, folder 33-37, box 14, folder 1-5
Life Stories
undated
General
Folders contain photographs and brief biographies from various Filipino Americans
box 15
Liwanag: literary and graphic expressions. San Francisco: Liwanag Publications
1975
box 20
Raymundo, Angeles Monrayo, and Rizaline R. Raymundo.
Tomorrow's memories: from the diaries of Angeles Monrayo-Raymundo, January 10, 1924-November 17, 1928. San Jose, Calif: R.R. Raymundo.
1998
box 15, folder 22
San Francisco Mango Athletic Club
1999
box 12
Telltale Signs Filipinos in America
1991
box 2, folder 4-10
Professional development and training materials
2003-2004
General
These folders contain management, budget, and grant related guides and articles.
box 15, folder 19-20
Who's Who Among Generation Filipino Americans
undated
flat-oversize 19, folder 3
National Examiner, November 18, 1987.
18 Nov 1987
flat-oversize 19, folder 2
Merced Sun-Star Newspaper, March 20, 2000.
20 March 2000
box 14, folder 16-20
Jamero Berganio, T. Jacqueline, Tacata, A. Leo, Jr., and Peter M. Jamero. "The prevalence and impact of alcohol, tobacco,
and other drugs on Filipino American communities" in
Filipino Americans: transformation and identity edited by Root, Maria P. P. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
1996
General
Folders contain correspondence, and drafts of a collaborative chapter written by Jacqueline T. Jamero Berganio, Leo. A. Tacata,
and Peter M. Jamero. Includes correspondence with Maria T. Root, editor of the publication, and letters from Peter Jamero
to daughter Jacqueline regarding the chapter.
Jamero, Peter M.
Growing up Brown: memoirs of a Filipino American. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
box 5, folder 6-12
Correspondence
2006-2008
General
Folders contain congratulation cards, letters, photos, and reviews on
Growing up Brown: memoirs of a Filipino American. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
box 5, folder 27-33
University of Washington press revision correspondence
2005
box 6, folder 1-4
Notes and research materials
undated
box 13, folder 26-32
Book signing materials
2006-2007
flat-oversize 16, folder 1-11
box 6, folder 27
Notes and paragraphs
1997
Jamero, Peter M.
Vanishing Filipino Americans: the bridge generation. Lanham, Md: University Press of America, Inc.
2011-2012
box 13, folder 16-25
Book signing materials
2011-2012
box 12, folder 22-36, box 13, folder 1-15
flat-oversize 17, folder 1
Jamero, Peter M.
Vocational Rehabilitation's Role in Independent Living: Independent Living Issues. The University of Kansas
1979-1982
box 3, folder 1-4
Panel presentation speech, monographs, research materials, and additional publications
1979-1983
General
Includes copy of article: Jamero, Peter M. and Dundore, Diana E. (1982). "Three common neuromuscular diseases. Considerations
for vocational rehabilitation counselors.
Journal of Rehabilitation. 48 (1).
Also includes copy of article: Jamero, Peter M. and Wilkerson, Deborah. (1983). "Independent living program evaluation: the
Washington State approach."
Journal of Rehabilitation Administration
box 11, folder 24-29
Presentation transcripts and slides
2012-2015
box 15, folder 14
7th National Conference Portland transcript
undated
box 11, folder 17-18
People of Color presentation notes
undated
box 10, folder 30-35
Speeches Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS)
1978
box 7, folder 3-5
Santa Maria keynote presentation
1995
box 11, folder 8-16
Filipino speeches and presentations
undated
box 11, folder 19-23
Building Comprehensive Culturally Competent Services Presentation
1993
Filipino American Young Turks of Seattle (FAYTS)
General
Jamero published the chapter "The Filipino American young turks of Seattle : a unique experience in the American sociopolitical
mainstream" in Root, Maria P. P. 1997. Filipino Americans: transformation and identity. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
box 15, folder 9-12
Filipino American Young Turks of Seattle (FAYTS) publishing files
1996
box 15, folder 13
Filipino American Young Turks of Seattle (FAYTS), printed drafts
undated
flat-oversize 17
Merced Sun-Star Newspaper clippings
2006
flat-oversize 17, folder 2
Merced Sun-Star Newspaper clippings
2006
flat-oversize 17, folder 2
Jamero presentations flash drive
2013-2014
Vanishing Filipino Americans draft 2G flashdrive
undated
PeteMMCM floppy disk
03/28/2005
Peter.doc floppy disk
09/02/2004
Dupont Gai Interview - P. Jamero
1992-07-27
KSJX, September 1992
1992-09
KNBR - Peter Jamero and Gimmy Park Li
1995-10-31
Filipinos - The Forgotten Asians
1982-11-28
Material Specific Details: Written on the front of the cassette is a list of the interview participants: Dorothy Cordova, Fred Cordova, Terri Jamero,
Pete Jamero, Dominic Cordova, Cecelia Cordova-Sanchez, Jeanette Tiffany, Ernest Umali
HRC 25th Anniversary
1989-06
Viewpoint: #632
1990-06-21
Interview - Ben Menor, n.d.
Faces of America SIS-196 10-Cuts - Connie
1985-05-28
