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wa00016. Latinas and their Families

 Record Group
Identifier: wa00016

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Sister Maria Luisa "Molly" Muñoz papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1128
Abstract

Chicana nun, nurse, and activist that worked closely with migrant workers and families.

Dates: 1972 - 2006

West Liberty Latino History collection

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1173
Abstract

History of Latinx people in Iowa from 1938-2011.

Dates: 1938-2010

LULAC Councils #306 and #308 (Des Moines, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0980
Abstract

The League of United Latin American Citizens Councils #306 and #308 provided opportunities for educational, social, and civil rights advancement for Latinos in the area through scholarships, social events, and political activism.

Dates: 1957-2011

Rev. William T. O'Connor papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1184
Abstract

Roman Catholic priest and labor rights advocate who taught at St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: 1922-1984

“Pathways to Iowa: Migration Stories from the Iowa Women’s Archives”

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1221
Abstract

An exhibit focused on migration to Iowa that was hosted at the University of Iowa Libraries in 2012.

Dates: 2012

Ila Plasencia papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0979
Abstract

First president of the women’s LULAC Council #306 in Des Moines, Iowa, served on state commissions, and advocated for civil rights for Iowa’s Latino community.

Dates: 1930-1991

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

Fidencio Martínez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1330
Abstract

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) artist, activist, and co-editor of Invisible Faces: Identity Portrays.

Dates: 2014 - 2015

Women:Hood Project records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1372
Abstract

Oral histories exploring personal experiences of femininity, and images of responsive artworks.

Dates: 2018 - 2023

"Two Miles North of Mason City: Sugar Beet Row, 1930-1935" collection

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1263
Abstract

Local history project on Mexican American migration and agriculture in Mason City, Iowa.

Dates: 1923 - 2021

Otilia Gomez Savala papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0827
Abstract

Davenport woman raised in the Cook's Point neighborhood, whose parents emigrated from Mexico in the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1937-2014

Lucy and Henry Vargas papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0886
Abstract

Mexican American activists from Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: 1930-2013

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

Adella Martinez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0582
Abstract

A former resident of Cook's Point, Davenport, whose parents emigrated from Mexico to the United States in the early 1900s.

Dates: 1922-2005

Alejandra (Hondo) Porrez Lozano papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0771
Abstract

Longtime resident of Fort Madison, Iowa, and leader in LULAC Council 304, the first council in Iowa of the League of United Latin American Citizens.

Dates: 1929 - 2007

Muscatine Migrant Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0745
Abstract

Migrant agency that advocated for agricultural laborers employed temporarily on eastern Iowa farms.

Dates: 1962-2005

La Casa Latina (Sioux City, Iowa)

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0726
Abstract

Non-profit organization that helped recent Latino immigrants and non-English speakers in the Siouxland area obtain human services, healthcare, housing, and other basic needs.

Dates: 1989 - 2007

Maria Rundquist papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0544
Abstract

Sioux City business owner and political activist who emigrated to the United States from Mexico in 1978.

Dates: 1959-2016

Mary Vasquez Olvera papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0559
Abstract

Davenport, Iowa, woman whose parents came to Iowa from Mexico in the 1910s.

Dates: 1923-2003

Estefania Joyce Rodriguez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0569
Abstract

Family photographs taken in Iowa, Alabama, and Mexico.

Dates: 1902-2008