Port Ayers American G.I. Forum
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Eligio R. Escobar Papers
File — Box 1
Identifier: Coll-113
Abstract
Eligio Escobar is remembered for being a conjunto composer and musician. This small collection contains a personal book, newspaper articles and a program for a 1987 concert at the Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum to honor Eligio Escobar.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1926-1994
Dr. Hector P. Garcia papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll-5
Scope and Contents Note
This collection contains the personal and professional records of Dr. Hector Perez Garcia (1914-1996), a 20th century physician, soldier, political advisor, and civil rights activist. The materials span the years 1910-2015, although the bulk of them date from the time of his World War II service through his death in 1996. Materials dated prior to Dr. Garcia’s birth are family records documenting the lives of his relatives; materials dating after his death consist of obituaries,...
Dates:
1910 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1943 - 1996
Gilberto Garcia Jasso papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-122
Scope and Contents
The Gilberto Garcia Jasso papers consist of 28 cubic foot boxes of materials reflecting much of his tenure as a community activist in California and Texas. They contain reports, speeches, notes, correspondence, clippings, newsletters and assorted publications, photographs, as well as other manuscript items reflecting Mr. Jasso's community service and issues salient to the advancement of Mexican Americans. The Jasso Papers are especially rich in documentation dealing with American G.I. Forum...
Dates:
1960s-1990s
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Civil rights 2
- Mexican Americans 2
- Armed Forces--Minorities 1
- Ben Bolt (Tex.) 1
- Bilingualism 1
- Chicano movement 1
- Conjunto music 1
- Corpus Christi (Tex.) 1
- Discrimination 1
- Discrimination in education 1
- Discrimination in employment 1
- Education, Bilingual 1
- Elections 1
- English-only movement 1
- Hispanic Americans 1
- Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions 1
- Hispanic Americans--Education 1
- Immigration enforcement 1
- Latin Americans--Civil rights 1
- Latin Americans--Employment 1
- Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Music 1
- Mexican Americans--Civil Rights 1
- Mexican Americans--Economic conditions 1
- Mexican Americans--Segregation 1
- Migrant labor 1
- Minority students 1
- Police brutality 1
- Race discrimination 1
- Spanish Americans (Latin America) 1
- Texas -- Naval Air Station Corpus Christi 1
- United States. Circuit Courts 1
- Veterans 1
- Vietnam War (1961-1975) 1
- Voting 1
- World War II 1 + ∧ less
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