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Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids
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Collection Overview |
| Creator: |
La Alianza Hispana. |
| Title: |
La Alianza Hispana records |
| Dates: |
1960-1999 (bulk 1975-1995) |
| Call Number: |
M55 |
| Location: |
67/1-4, 68/4 |
| Volume: |
86.50 cubic ft. (87 boxes) |
| Scope and Content Abstract: |
The records of La Alianza Hispana document the founding, administration,
and programs of this pioneering Latino social service agency; its
personnel and financial operation; its fund-raising activities; and
its role within the Latino community from 1969 and in the Boston community
at large. |
| Historical Abstract: |
La Alianza Hispana was begun in 1968 by Ana Maria Rodríguez,
teacher of English as a second language at the Winthrop Elementary
School in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Noticing the impoverished conditions
of her Latino students, Rodríguez, along with fellow teacher
Betsy Tregar, started meeting at Denison House in Roxbury with Latino
parents to begin addressing their needs. In the late 1960s and early
1970s, the Latino community of Boston became very active in the city's
civic, social, and political life. Primarily residing in the South
End, Roxbury, and Dorchester, Latinos began organizing to advocate
for their civil rights and access to social services. La Alianza Hispana
was the first Latino organization of the Roxbury/North Dorchester
area of Boston. |
| Arrangement: |
Organized into 8 series: 1. Board of Directors and
Executive Director; 2. Administrative Support Team; 3. Education;
4. Latino Family Counseling Center; 5. Public Health Center; 6. Elder
Services; 7. Youth Development Unit; and 8. Audio/Visual Materials. |
| Subjects and Contributors: |
- Council of Administrators of Hispanic Agencies (Boston, Mass.)
- Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative.
- Hispanic Office for Planning and Evaluation (Boston, Mass.)
- La Alianza Hispana (Boston, Mass.) -- Records and correspondence.
- La Alianza Hispana (Boston, Mass.)
- Puerto Rican Entering and Settling Services (Boston, Mass.)
- Spanish Alliance (Boston, Mass.).
- Adult education -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Community organization -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Education, Bilingual -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Hispanic Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Social conditions.
- Hispanic Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Hispanic Americans -- Services for -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Human Services -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Puerto Ricans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Social conditions.
- Puerto Ricans -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Puerto Ricans -- Mental health services -- Massachusetts --
Boston.
- Vocational education -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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| Restrictions: |
The collection is unrestricted. |
| Processor: |
Finding aid prepared by Maria R. Estorino, Michelle Maing and Kendra
Van Cleave. This collection was processed with funding from the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission., June 2000 |
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