Education, Bilingual -- Texas

Series Description

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.

Series Description From the Series:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Series Description

This small series consists mostly of medical records and receipts for Jovita González Mireles.

Series Description From the Series:

This small series consists mostly of medical records and receipts for Jovita González Mireles.

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.

Series Description

This series contains material that documents the start of the Pan American Council of Texas which was briefly called the Pan American Council of Corpus Christi. The Council was started in 1943 by E. E. Mireles to work with the Spanish program in the Corpus Christi public schools where Pan American Clubs had already been started. The Coastal Bend Television Co. minutes, also in this series, document E.E. Mireles’ participation in its beginnings.

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The clippings in this series pertain to educational issues in Texas, legal and political news, discrimination, as well as local Corpus Christi news. There are also several obituaries including that of Mr. Mireles.

Scope and Contents

July 11, 1954

July 23, [1955]

July 4, 1956

July 8, [1956]

July 10, [1956]

August 2, 1956

August 4, 1956

August 6, 1956

Series Description From the Series:

This series contains material that documents the start of the Pan American Council of Texas which was briefly called the Pan American Council of Corpus Christi. The Council was started in 1943 by E. E. Mireles to work with the Spanish program in the Corpus Christi public schools where Pan American Clubs had already been started. The Coastal Bend Television Co. minutes, also in this series, document E.E. Mireles’ participation in its beginnings.

Series Description From the Series:

This series contains material that documents the start of the Pan American Council of Texas which was briefly called the Pan American Council of Corpus Christi. The Council was started in 1943 by E. E. Mireles to work with the Spanish program in the Corpus Christi public schools where Pan American Clubs had already been started. The Coastal Bend Television Co. minutes, also in this series, document E.E. Mireles’ participation in its beginnings.

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.

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.

Series Description

The majority of the snapshot style color, and black and white photographs in this series are unidentified. One image of particular interest included in this series is a matted photograph of E.E. Mireles at age twenty-six which is inscribed to Jovita.

Scope and Contents

“Pre-school English,” 5 negatives, 1959

Unidentified gas station, undated

Unidentified women (2) on porchIn memoriam card for Adela G. Mireles, 1974

“Party at Nita Clark’s, Sept 1960

”Servico Medina truck, 4 b/w photographs, undated.

Unidentified castle, undated

[E.E. Mireles] playing pool, 196

6E.E. Mireles portrait, c. 1930s

Series Description

The postcard collection is made up of mostly travel post cards consisting of photographs and drawings of locations, hotels, and art works.

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...