Edmundo E. Jovita González Mireles Papers 15 boxes (10 linear feet)

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Edmundo E. Jovita González Mireles Papers 15 boxes (10 linear feet)

Printed material, correspondence, financial and legal documentation, handwritten notes, books and other published material, photographs, artifacts, and sound recordings, 1921 to 1993 (bulk 1930-1975), created and maintained by E.E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles, and further maintained by their friend and employee M. (Maria) Isabel Cruz who inherited the material after Mr. Mireles’ death, help to document the education, teaching careers, and personal and financial lives of E.E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles.

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Cruz, Maria Isabel.

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Mireles, Edmundo E.

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Jovita González was born near the Texas-Mexico border in Roma, Texas on January 18, 1904. Her father was a teacher and her mother a housewife. Her family moved to San Antonio so that the children could be educated in English. After high school, she earned a teaching certificate and taught in Rio Grande City while earning money for college. She attended the University of Texas at Austin for a year, but because of lack of funds she returned to San Antonio to attend Our Lady of the Lak...

Mireles, Jovita González 1904-1983

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Jovita González Mireles was born on January 18, 1904, in Roma, Texas. Educated in Texas institutions of higher learning, González Mireles began her career as an educator at St. Mary's Hall in San Antonio and at Miller and Ray High Schools in Corpus Christi. Her interest in folklore was stimulated after meeting J. Frank Dobie in 1925. She began writing for the Texas Folklore Society and became the first Mexican American to serve as president of that organization during 19...

Pan American Council.

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Mireles, Jovita González 1904-1983

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Jovita González Mireles was born on January 18, 1904, in Roma, Texas. Educated in Texas institutions of higher learning, González Mireles began her career as an educator at St. Mary's Hall in San Antonio and at Miller and Ray High Schools in Corpus Christi. Her interest in folklore was stimulated after meeting J. Frank Dobie in 1925. She began writing for the Texas Folklore Society and became the first Mexican American to serve as president of that organization during 19...

Mireles, Edmondo E.

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