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Letter from Bernardo F. Garza to Alonso S. Perales dated Corpus Christi, Texas, August 22, 1928.
Letter from Bernardo F. Garza to Alonso S. Perales dated Corpus Christi, Texas, August 22, 1928.
TitleLetter from Bernardo F. Garza to Alonso S. Perales dated Corpus Christi, Texas, August 22, 1928.
CreatorGarza, Bernardo F., 1892-1937
DescriptionTypewritten letter signed by Ben Garza, dated Corpus Christi, Texas, August 22, 1928, on letterhead stationery of his Metropolitan Cafe, to Alonso S. Perales in Managua, Nicaragua, discussing the difficulties of merging the various councils of the Order of Sons of America (Orden Hijos de America) to form an alliance with the League of Latin American Citizens. Ben (Bernardo F.) Garza was one of the founding members of the OSA in the early 1920s and later became the first president of The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).
DateAugust 22, 1928
Genreletters (correspondence)
ConferenceIn Defense of My People: Alonso S. Perales and the Development of Mexican American Public Intellectuals
Subject (Name)Perales, Alonso S., 1898-1960
Garza, Bernardo F., 1892-1937
Subject.Topical (AAT)activists
Subject.Topical (LCSH)Mexican Americans
Order of Sons of America
League of United Latin American Citizens
Subject (Geographic)Corpus Christi, Texas
Managua, Nicaragua
Original CollectionAlonso S. Perales Papers, 1898-1991 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=436
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item LocationID 2010-002, Box 4, Folder 18
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