Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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Company records include correspondence, receipt books, loose receipts, and work order books; one photograph portrait of an unidentified woman. English, with some documents in Spanish. The records provide primary labor data on Mexican casual workers recruited from the Plaza area in Los Angeles, California. Many of the workers were placed in urban jobs, however client correspondence also included the employer Los Alamitos Sugar Co. 1924-1931, undated.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Rhoades Employment Agency operated at three locations (Denver, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles) from 1907 to about 1932. It was co-owned primarily by two brothers, Joseph V. and Louis M. Rhoades, both of whom were based in Denver. Joseph Alfredo Pacheco, whose name appeared on the Los Angeles letterhead, owned one-sixth share of the company and served as both Manager and Interpreter at the Los Angeles Office at 606 N. Main Street. The agency specialized in the placement of Mexican laborers.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1924-1931
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Research is by appointment only
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
- Preferred citation:
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J.V. Rhoades Employment Agency Records. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Location of this collection:
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900 Exposition BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
- Contact:
- (213) 763-3359