Juneteenth Celebrations

File — Folder: 9

Identifier: Folder 9

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

File includes local celebrations of Juneteenth (June 19th) commemorating the ending of slavery.

Dates

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Majority of material found in June 30 - July 2, 2006
Other: Date acquired: 20060000

Creator

From the Collection: Vela Family (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Portions of this collection are not available for use pending processing. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley assumes no responsibility.

Extent

From the Collection: 27 Records boxes

From the Collection: 1 Folders (Miscellaneous Photographs)

Language of Materials

English

Subjects

African Americans -- Black Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Celebrations Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
Enslaved peoples--Emancipation--United States Subject Source: Local sources
Slavery--Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings