Spanish letter accompanied with English translation by Dr. Maria Teresa Venegas. Handwritten family correspondence from Dolores Venegas in Los Angeles to her mother-in-law Julia Venegas in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, regarding her failure to write due to fatigue from work with her family and the store, the children's desire to return home to Jalisco to see family, and inquiries about family members including Alfonso Venegas' wife Maria Refugio (Cuca) and daughter Lucita in Jalisco.
Venegas, Dolores Dávalos de, 1900-1991 Venegas, Julia Cárdenas de, 1881-1961 Venegas, Miguel, 1897-1994 Venegas, Eduardo, 1926-1999 Venegas, José Miguel, 1920-2015 Dávalos, Silviano, 1870-1963 Martinez, Ana María Dávalos de, b. 1901 Venegas, Juan, 1872-1955 Venegas, Alfonso, 1899-1927 Mexicans--California, Southern--Social conditions Mexican American Catholics--California--Los Angeles Mexican American families--California--Los Angeles Mexico--Emigration and immigration Immigrants--California--Los Angeles Venegas family--History--20th century Venegas, María Teresa, 1930- Letters Manuscripts
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.) Guadalajara (Mexico) Jalisco (Mexico)
Source
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
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