Emigration and immigration
Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Antonia and Federico Lopez papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0808
Abstract
Mexican couple from the state of Guanajuato who settled permanently in Iowa in the 1910s.
Basilisa Herrera papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0868
Abstract
Mexican immigrant to Iowa in the 1910s, member of the Cook's Point community in Davenport, and matriarch of a large family.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Basilisa Herrera papers
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.
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0733
Overview
The members of Davenport LULAC Council 10 engaged in a wide range of social and political activities including annual fiestas, civil rights and fair housing.
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.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Maria Cano Martinez papers
Mary Terronez papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0497
Abstract
Davenport area community activist and leader in its Mexican American community.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Mary Terronez papers
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.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Otilia Gomez Savala papers