Education, Bilingual -- Texas

Collection Overview From the Collection: Small Manuscript Collections consists of material acquired by the Wittliff either through gift or purchase that are not part of larger collections. They are often indiidual items or small groups of items relating to a particular author, musician, photographer, or topic. Types of material include: manuscripts; letters; photographs; ephemera such as pamphlets, brouchures or cataloges; reports; historical documents; and other printed material. Each item or group of items is assigned a unique...

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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.

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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: 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...

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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: 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...