Series III: History Harvest at UTRGV digital collection, 2017

These digitized materials consist of the following:

Newspaper clippings regarding Jacinto Treviño who killed at least two men in 1910 in Los Indios Texas;

Newspaper clippings regarding Juanita Rosales Cantu’s siblings during Pearl Harbor and World War 2;

A written transcript of U.S. Corp of Engineers member, Patricio Gonzalez. He talks about World War 2 and a wing piece belonging to a P38 American aircraft fighter that he kept as a keepsake;

Files and newspaper clippings that consist of a tribute to World War 2 veterans from Pharr, Texas. Their names are Leo Gonzalez, Johnny Gonzalez, Gilbert Gonzalez, Patricio Gonzalez, Antonio Alvarez, Medardo Perez, Daniel Ramirez, Emmanuel Ramirez, and Esequiel Guajardo. Leo Gonzalez served in the Texas State Guard, it is now known as the National Guard, Johnny Gonzalez served the U.S. Army with the 58th Med. Battalion in 1943, Gilbert served in the U.S. Army with the 4169 Quarter Master Depot Company, Patricio Gonzalez served in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, 46th Engineering Construction Battalion, Antonio Alvarez and Medardo Perez served during World War 2, Daniel Ramirez served in the infantry and was in combat during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of World War 2, Emmanuel Ramirez served with the U.S. Guard Forces that guarded the U.S. Treasury in Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Esequiel Guajardo, a radio operator in the Memphis Belle;

Files including letters and journal articles regarding Irene Ledesma, a graduate of Pan American College who attained a Ph.D. in History from Ohio State. Irene Ledesma and Juanita Rosales Cantu were the first teaching assistants in the history department at Pan American College. Before Irene Ledesma’s untimely death, she studied Chicana women’s work history.