The Mary Vasquez Olvera papers date from 1923 to 2005 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The biographical information contains Augustine Olvera's obituary, a condolence letter from one of Albert's fellow soldiers following the death of Mary Olvera's brother, Albert Vasquez, in World War II and a copy of a baptismal certificate in Spanish. The Albert Olvera materials pertain to the work of Mary Olvera's son, Albert, with the Equal Employment Opportunity program for the Army Corps of Engineers in Seattle, Washington. The photographs include family snapshots, a color photograph of Mary Olvera at age eighteen, and a black and white photograph of Mary and Augustine Olvera and Juanita and Ernest Rodriguez with Robert Kennedy at the 1963 American G.I. Forum convention in Chicago. The photograph album contains black and white photographs of Mary Olvera's friends and family. Several of the photographs are labeled with first names and dates.