Logo for the Migrant Action Program, Mason City Iowa
Irene & José Guzman papers, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa Iowa Digital Library, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/latinas/id/1971
Herrera, Basilisa
Basilisa Herrera papers, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa Iowa Digital Library, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa (http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/latinas/id/1575)
Photograph of Basilisa Herrera in the 1920s.
Basilisa Herrera papers, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa Iowa Digital Library, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa (http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/latinas/id/1542)
Photograph of Basilisa Herrera and her family
Basilisa Herrera, known as "Mama Bacha," in her home in Davenport, Iowa. Basilisa left with her son Marcelino, His wife Lupe, and their children. Valerie Ramriez bottom left.
Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa Iowa Digital Library, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa (http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/latinas/id/1527)
Macias, David
Macías, Manuel
Photographs of David & Manuel Macías, from the state of Zacatecas in Mexico, emigrated to the U.S. in 1914 and 1915 respectively to work in the foundry of the Bettendorf Company.
David & Manuel Macías papers, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
Photograph of workers at the Rock Island Railroad yard located in Silvis, Illinois, 1925
Photograph of some of the early Mexican immigrants who migrated to the Silvis yards to work in the Rock Island Railroad shops. More than half of these Mexican men were recruited by the Macias brothers who taught them music and to play in the musical organization. Some of them would bring their instruments to work and play for workers during their noon hour. (Description provided by Pete Macias, the son of Manuel Macias).
Recruitment poster for the Mexican Revolution, 1913.
War recruitment poster for the Mexican Revolution and World War 1, 1913.
Photograph of the mexican band Corporacion Musical Miguel Hidalgo, in Silvis, Illinois in 1923
Manuel Macias, Director, David Macias, Asistente. The band played a potpourri of American tunes, European classics and Mexican folk music. David Macias standing far right.