Felipe and Blandina (Guerrero) Rodriguez Family Collection, 1913-1955

Summary

Creators:

Rodriguez, Felipe and Blandina

Abstract:

This collection of family photographs and personal papers document the migration of one family from Mexico to Arizona and then to the City of Los Angeles, and includes individual family members' records, correspondence, and employee information, property records, and travel information.This documentation gives insight into the struggles and successes that helped develop the Mexican American community in Los Angeles.

Extent:

0.46 linear feet

Language:

English Spanish;Castilian

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Background

Scope and content:

The Felipe and Blandina (Guererro) Rodriguez Family Collection documents the lives of an immigrant family over the course of more than forty years. The collection is divided into three series. Series I: Personal Family Records (1914-1955), contains individual family members' records, correspondence, and employee information. Series II: Property Records (1913-1936), consists of documents primarily related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company. Series III, Miscellaneous Records (1916-1922), contains documentation regarding specific travel information mainly from Arizona to California.

Series I, Personal Family Records, consists of correspondence, employee benefit information, certificates, citizenship papers, union membership, and pay rate documentation. The family members included in this section are Anselmo, Blandina, Carmel, Felipe, Juan Martin, and Valentin Rodriguez. The files are arranged in alphabetical order by name.

Series II, Property Records, consists of property agreements, receipts, and payment records. This section contains a personal agreement between Felipe Rodriguez and Jubencio Guerrero, dated 1913 Jul 25, and primarily focuses on receipts between the family and Huntington Land and Improvement Company. The files are arranged in alphabetical order by title.

Series III, Miscellaneous Records, contains two folders detailing with the family's travel expenses from Arizona to California area. This section is arranged alphabetically by category.

Acquisition information:

Jorge and Irene García

Processing information:

Sandra L. Fernandez, 1993

Arrangement:

Series I: Personal Family Records, 1914-1955

Series II: Property Records, 1913-1936

Series III: Miscellaneous Records, 1916-1922

Related resources

Alternative form available:

Digital reproductions of selected items in this collection are available electronically as a part of the Latina(o) Cultural Heritage Archives project.

Other descriptive data:

Other Information:

This collection was processed under a U.S. Department of Education Title V Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Grant.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Documents

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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Location of this collection:

California State University, Northridge, Urban Archives

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91330, US

Contact:

(818) 677-4594

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