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Education, Bilingual -- Texas

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 87 Collections and/or Records:

Edmundo E. Mireles, 1934-1971

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains material that helps to illustrate Mr. and Ms. Mireles’ life-long teaching careers. Mr. Mireles’ career in particular can be traced through his teaching contracts, and his Texas Teacher Retirement System statements in this series.

Dates: 1934-1971

Edmundo E. Mireles’ Balance Sheets, 1950

 File — Box 2, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series:

An address book belonging to Jovita González Mireles contains a signed contract between Jovita González and Margaret Eimer (Eve Raleigh) for the novel “All This is Mine,” [Caballero] “a historical novel of the border during the Mexican War,” May 30, 1939. Also in this series are E.E. Mireles daybook and balance sheets.

Dates: 1950

Edmundo E. Mireles’ Daybook, 1946

 File — Box 2, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series:

An address book belonging to Jovita González Mireles contains a signed contract between Jovita González and Margaret Eimer (Eve Raleigh) for the novel “All This is Mine,” [Caballero] “a historical novel of the border during the Mexican War,” May 30, 1939. Also in this series are E.E. Mireles daybook and balance sheets.

Dates: 1946

Edmundo E. Mireles – incoming

 File — Box 2, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series:

This series includes both correspondence belonging to E.E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles, as well as correspondence between them. Of particular interest are the letters from Ms. Mireles to Mr. Mireles during the summer of 1956, while she was away in Mexico, which offer insight into their relationship.

Dates: 1930-1975, undated

Education, 1921-1963

 Series
Series Description

This series documents the higher education of both E.E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles through records of school work which contain the dates of attendance, grades and classes taken. Their Masters theses are also included in this series and offer insight into the topics of their studies. Ms. González’s thesis, “Social Life in Webb, Starr, and Zapata Counties,” is of particular interest.

Dates: 1921-1963

Financial, 1931-1980

 Series
Series Description

his series documents the financial life of E.E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles from appliances purchases and routine utility payments to E.E. Mireles’ student loans.

Dates: 1931-1980

Finding Literature on the Texas Plains by John William Roger and J. Frank Dobie

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: In this series are the books The Voice of the Coyote by J. Frank Dobie and Finding Literature on the Texas Plains by John William Roger and J. Frank Dobie both of which contain personal inscriptions from Dobie to Jovita González Mireles. There are also three volumes of the Silver Spur, the yearbook from W.B. Ray High School where Ms. Mireles taught. These yearbooks offer a glimpse into her...
Dates: 1934-1966, undated

Jovita González Mireles Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-033
Abstract

Printed material, correspondence, financial and legal documentation, handwritten notes, books and other published material, photographs, artifacts, and sound recordings document the education, teaching careers, and personal and financial lives of Jovita González Mireles and Edmundo E. Mireles.

Dates: 1921-1993; Majority of material found within 1930-1975

Grant application for Mexican American Folklore Series for Radio, undated

 File — Box 1, Folder: 8
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains material that helps to illustrate Mr. and Ms. Mireles’ life-long teaching careers. Mr. Mireles’ career in particular can be traced through his teaching contracts, and his Texas Teacher Retirement System statements in this series.

Dates: undated

Guide to Presidio of La Bahia and Cultural Displays

 Item — Box 6, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: In this series are the books The Voice of the Coyote by J. Frank Dobie and Finding Literature on the Texas Plains by John William Roger and J. Frank Dobie both of which contain personal inscriptions from Dobie to Jovita González Mireles. There are also three volumes of the Silver Spur, the yearbook from W.B. Ray High School where Ms. Mireles taught. These yearbooks offer a glimpse into her...
Dates: 1934-1966, undated

Hat, glove, oval box, handkerchief

 Item — Box 14
Series Description From the Series:

The Artifacts series consists of items which most likely belonged to Ms. Mireles rather than Mr. Mireles, including a sewing box, two wooden boxes with floral decorations, a woman’s hat, glove and handkerchief, a key to the Mireles’ ranch, and a photograph of Ms. Mireles’ sister.

Dates: undated

Immigration papers for Maria Luisa Hinojosa Ramirez (E. E. Mireles’ cousin)

 File — Box 3, Folder: 12
Series Description From the Series:

The legal series contains legal documentation for both E. E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles. Of particular interest are the papers related to E. E. Mireles’ cousin Maria Luisa Hinojosa Ramirez, which document the process though which a Mexican national had to go to legally immigrate to the USA.

Dates: 1935-1993; Majority of material found within 1935-1978

Incoming , 1954-1975, undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Basore, Joe N. (Hot Springs Village), undated.

[Gonzalez], H., undated.

Robertson, Mary, March 6, 1974.

S_____, Maritere, May 30, 1954. Enclosed: two b/w photographs, “Carretas de las fiestos típicas,” and “Juchitecas atviadas.”

Whitmyre, Hilda, October 1, 1974

Whitmyre, Hilda, postmark March 14, 1975

Dates: 1954-1975, undated

Jorge Negrete - Phonograph

 Item — Box 16, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of two magnetic tape reels of Spanish lessons by E. E. Mireles [both tape reels have been transferred unto compact discs for patron use] and two phonographs of mariachi music.

Dates: 1969, undated

Jovita González Mireles, 1921-1930, 1962-1967

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

This series documents the higher education of both E.E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles through records of school work which contain the dates of attendance, grades and classes taken. Their Masters theses are also included in this series and offer insight into the topics of their studies. Ms. González’s thesis, “Social Life in Webb, Starr, and Zapata Counties,” is of particular interest.

Dates: 1921-1930, 1962-1967

Jovita González Mireles, undated

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains material that helps to illustrate Mr. and Ms. Mireles’ life-long teaching careers. Mr. Mireles’ career in particular can be traced through his teaching contracts, and his Texas Teacher Retirement System statements in this series.

Dates: undated

Jovita González Mireles, 1954-1975

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

This series includes both correspondence belonging to E.E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles, as well as correspondence between them. Of particular interest are the letters from Ms. Mireles to Mr. Mireles during the summer of 1956, while she was away in Mexico, which offer insight into their relationship.

Dates: 1954-1975

Jovita González Mireles and Edmundo E. Mireles - incoming

 File — Box 2, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series:

This series includes both correspondence belonging to E.E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles, as well as correspondence between them. Of particular interest are the letters from Ms. Mireles to Mr. Mireles during the summer of 1956, while she was away in Mexico, which offer insight into their relationship.

Dates: 1930-1975, undated

Key to Mireles’ ranch

 Item — Box 15
Series Description From the Series:

The Artifacts series consists of items which most likely belonged to Ms. Mireles rather than Mr. Mireles, including a sewing box, two wooden boxes with floral decorations, a woman’s hat, glove and handkerchief, a key to the Mireles’ ranch, and a photograph of Ms. Mireles’ sister.

Dates: undated

Large Wooden Box with Poinsettia Decoration

 Item — Box 11
Series Description From the Series:

The Artifacts series consists of items which most likely belonged to Ms. Mireles rather than Mr. Mireles, including a sewing box, two wooden boxes with floral decorations, a woman’s hat, glove and handkerchief, a key to the Mireles’ ranch, and a photograph of Ms. Mireles’ sister.

Dates: undated