Series 3. Business Development Office Records, 1970-1982.

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Series 3. Business Development Office Records, 1970-1982.

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These materials document the work of the Business Development Office which the Spanish Merchants Association operated under contracts from the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE), 1972-79, and OMBE's successor, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), from 1979-81. Documentation of many aspects of federal minority assistance programs during the 1970s is found here. Subseries 1, Contracts, 1971-81, details the relationship between SMA and its funding agencies. Included is correspondence (c. 200 items) between federal officials Allan A. Stephenson, Regional Director of OMBE's Washington Regional Office, and his successor in that post, Luis G. Encinias, to SMA executive directors César R. Miranda, Nelson A. Diaz, and Guillermo Salas, concerning grant applications, project evaluations, and budget reviews of contracts awarded to SMA. Also included are letters of endorsement of SMA written by individuals such as U.S. Sen. Hugh Scott (Pennsylvania) for use in SMA's grant applications and support letters which SMA solicited from Latino businessmen on behalf of OMBE, 1975-76. Subseries 2: SMA-BDO Office Files, 1973-81, is made up of files maintained by BDO staff. Included are correspondence of business analysts Moisés Montalvo and Emil G. Nuñez, 1980-81; manuals prepared by senior business analyst Anthony J. Mina; information about services provided to SMA clients; and reports on individual contracts. Additionally, there are files on projects which BDO staff researched on behalf of the SMA including a food cooperative (the Delaware Valley Wholesale Grocery Company); a housing counseling consultant program, and a proposed Philadelphia/Wilmington business development office.

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