Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Phoenix

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This collection houses twenty-four images showing Adam Díaz and his family, including his parents and siblings, the home he grew up in, awards conferred upon him, and Díaz himself.

Abstract This collection houses newspapers, correspondence, subject files, books, and artifacts documenting the Franco family's involvement with central Arizona's Mexican and Mexican American communities between the 1930s and the 1990s. Among the subjects shown are the creation and celebration of the Fiestas Patrias; the founding and publication of El Sol; Jesus Franco's work as Arizona's Mexican Consul; Franco's involvement with the Mexican Blue Cross; and the...

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This collection houses 22 images depicting the Gaxiola and Garcia de la Lama families of Phoenix, Arizona. Among the individuals shown are Carmen (Badilla) Gaxiola, Ralph Gaxiola, Frank Gaxiola, Maria (Bayze) Gaxiola, Concepcion (Garcia de la Lama) Perez, Pedro Diego Perez, Gilbert Gaxiola, Geraldine (Gaxiola) Haynes, Grace (Gaxiola) Shuga, Jesus Franco, Josefina (Carrascoso) Franco, Mary Jo (Franco) French, and Gov. Daniel E. Garvey.

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This collection houses 14 photographs depicting the Muñoz and Perez families, including Esau Perez Muñoz, Febronia Florian Muñoz, Lucinda (Muñoz) Perez, Toby O. Perez, Rebecca (Muñoz) Gutierrez, Elizabeth (Muñoz) Grijalva, Rebecca Elena Perez, and Alicia Evelyn Perez.

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This collection houses 169 images used in an exhibit documenting Mexican-American life in Arizona between 1895 and 1987 entitled Where Worlds Meet: the Mexican-American Experience in Phoenix, 1860-1987.