Guide to the Felipe and Blandina (Guerrero) Rodriguez Family
Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Felipe and Blandina (Guerrero) Rodriguez Family Collection
Creator:
Rodriguez, Felipe and Blandina
Identifier/Call Number: URB.FBR
Extent:
0.46 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1913-1955
Abstract: This collection of family photographs
and personal papers document the migration of one family from Mexico to Arizona and then to
the City of Los Angeles, and includes individual family members' records, correspondence,
and employee information, property records, and travel information.This documentation gives
insight into the struggles and successes that helped develop the Mexican American community
in Los Angeles.
Language of Material: English
Spanish;Castilian
Scope and Contents
The
Felipe and Blandina (Guererro) Rodriguez Family Collection
documents the lives of an immigrant family over the course of more than forty years. The
collection is divided into three series. Series I:
Personal Family
Records
(1914-1955), contains individual family members' records, correspondence,
and employee information. Series II:
Property Records
(1913-1936), consists of documents primarily related to the Huntington Land and Improvement
Company. Series III,
Miscellaneous Records (1916-1922), contains
documentation regarding specific travel information mainly from Arizona to California.
Series I,
Personal Family Records, consists of correspondence,
employee benefit information, certificates, citizenship papers, union membership, and pay
rate documentation. The family members included in this section are Anselmo, Blandina,
Carmel, Felipe, Juan Martin, and Valentin Rodriguez. The files are arranged in alphabetical
order by name.
Series II,
Property Records, consists of property agreements,
receipts, and payment records. This section contains a personal agreement between Felipe
Rodriguez and Jubencio Guerrero, dated 1913 Jul 25, and primarily focuses on receipts
between the family and Huntington Land and Improvement Company. The files are arranged in
alphabetical order by title.
Series III,
Miscellaneous Records, contains two folders
detailing with the family's travel expenses from Arizona to California area. This section is
arranged alphabetically by category.
Arrangement of Materials:
Series I: Personal Family Records, 1914-1955
Series II: Property Records, 1913-1936
Series III: Miscellaneous Records, 1916-1922
Electronic Format:
General
Other Information:
This collection was processed under a U.S. Department of Education Title V Hispanic-Serving
Institutions (HSI) Grant.
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Jorge and Irene García
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Sandra L. Fernandez, 1993
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Series I: Personal Family Records, 1914-1955
Box 1, Folder 1
Anselmo Rodriguez: baptismal certificate,
1919 April 21
Box 1, Folder 2
Blandina Guerrero Rodriguez: Allied Canning Company; pay stubs,
1940, 1945
Box 1, Folder 3
Blandina Guerrero Rodriguez: union membership; dues receipt,
1948, 1949
Box 1, Folder 4
Blandina Guerrero Rodriguez: Immigration Naturalization Services; application
form,
1952 May 14
Box 1, Folder 5
Blandina Guerrero Rodriguez: Immigration Naturalization Services;
correspondence regarding citizenship,
1952 August 26
Box 1, Folder 6
Blandina Guerrero Rodriguez: Immigration Naturalization Services; letter from
Douglas Senior,
1955 April 27
Box 1, Folder 7
Blandina Guerrero Rodriguez: Logia Benito Juarez; receipts,
1922, 1923
Box 1, Folder 8
Blandina Guerrero Rodriguez: pay stubs-Sunny Sally Vegetable
Growers,
Box 1, Folder 9
Blandina Guerrero Rodriguez: tax forms,
1943, 1945-1947
Box 1, Folder 10
Carmel Rodriguez: Button Funeral Parlor's account statement,
1923 November 17
Box 1, Folder 11
Felipe Rodriguez: automobile certificate of ownership,
1930
Box 1, Folder 12
Felipe Rodriguez: Confederation de Sociedades Mexicanas; receipt,
1929 June 29
Box 1, Folder 13
Felipe Rodriguez: Copper Queen-Phelps Dodge Corporation; employee
booklet,
1919 June 30
Box 1, Folder 14
Felipe Rodriguez: Employees' Benefit Association; membership
certificate,
1917 March 27
Box 1, Folder 15
Felipe Rodriguez: Employees' Benefit Association; dues receipts,
1917, 1921-1923
Box 1, Folder 16
Felipe Rodriguez: Employees' Benefit Association; letter referencing: mine
closing,
April 1921
Box 1, Folder 17
Felipe Rodriguez: Logia Benito Juarez; letter,
1922 June 25
Box 1, Folder 18
Felipe Rodriguez: Logia Benito Juarez; letter,
1922 August 5
Box 1, Folder 19
Felipe Rodriguez: Logia Benito Juarez; letter,
1922 August 21
Box 1, Folder 20
Felipe Rodriguez: Logia Benito Juarez; letter,
1923 January 16
Box 1, Folder 21
Felipe Rodriguez: Logia Benito Juarez; letter,
1923 January 29
Box 1, Folder 22
Felipe Rodriguez: Logia Benito Juarez; letter,
1923 April 23
Box 1, Folder 23
Felipe Rodriguez: Logia Benito Juarez; letter,
1923 May 9
Box 1, Folder 24
Felipe Rodriguez: Logia Benito Juarez; receipts,
1922, 1923
Box 1, Folder 25
Felipe Rodriguez: Logia Suprema; estatutos (statute),
January 1921
Box 1, Folder 26
Felipe Rodriguez: certificates-Mexican Consulate,
1917
Box 1, Folder 27
Felipe Rodriguez: certificates-Mexican Consulate,
1918
Box 1, Folder 28
Felipe Rodriguez: certificates-Mexican Consulate,
1929
Box 1, Folder 29
Felipe Rodriguez: Pirtleville Association; correspondence,
1923 April 7
Box 1, Folder 30
Felipe Rodriguez: Pirtleville Association; correspondence,
1923 June 5
Box 1, Folder 31
Felipe Rodriguez: Ramirez Funeral Service; account, receipts,
December 1950, October 1951
Box 1, Folder 32
Juan Martin Rodriguez: baptismal certificate,
1917 March 7
Box 1, Folder 33
Juan Martin Rodriguez: permit for burial,
1918 April 10
Box 1, Folder 34
Valentin Rodriguez: death certificate,
1914 April 10
Series II: Property Records, 1913-1936
Box 1, Folder 35
Douglas Furniture Store: receipts,
1917, 1920
Box 1, Folder 36
Griffith Corporation: receipts,
1928 January 27
Box 1, Folder 37
Huntington Land and Improvement Co.: receipts,
1923
Box 1, Folder 38
Huntington Land and Improvement Co.: receipts,
1924
Box 1, Folder 39
Huntington Land and Improvement Co.: receipts,
1925
Box 1, Folder 40
Huntington Land and Improvement Co.: receipts,
1926
Box 1, Folder 41
Huntington Land and Improvement Co.: receipts,
1927
Box 1, Folder 42
Huntington Land and Improvement Co.: statements of payments due,
1924-1926
Box 1, Folder 43
Huntington Land and Improvement Co.: tax statements,
1924-1925, 1927
Box 1, Folder 44
Improvement of DeSoto Property: receipts,
1925
Box 1, Folder 45
Jubencio Guerrero and Felipe Rodriguez: property agreement,
1913 July 25
Box 1, Folder 46
LA Popular Outfitting Co., Inc.: account book,
1936
Box 1, Folder 47
Whiting-Mead Corporation: merchandise note, receipts,
May 1936
Series III: Miscellaneous Records, 1916-1922
Box 1, Folder 48
Road Tax: receipts,
1917-1922
Box 1, Folder 49
School (or Poll) tax: receipts,
1916-1919, 1922
