wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Record Group
Identifier: wa00004
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Florence Vallejo Terronez papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0577
Abstract
The family came to Horton, Kansas, from Mexico in 1910 and moved to West Des Moines in 1941.
Dates:
1913-2006
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Maria Cano Martinez papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0537
Abstract
Maria Cano came to Iowa from Guanajuato, Mexico, with her parents in 1928. She established a Spanish language interpreter program at the University of Iowa Hospitals in 1975.
Dates:
1975-2017
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Maria Mercedes Aguilera papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0558
Abstract
Factory worker who was among the first Latinas to be hired at the International Harvester Company Farmall plant in Rock Island, Illinois.
Dates:
1950-2013
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Mujeres Latinas Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: IWA0822
Abstract
Oral histories with Latino women and family members conducted by the staff of the Iowa Women's Archives through its Mujeres Latinas project.
Dates:
2003-2017
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives