Abstract
The Maria and Pedro Ortiz Family Papers (approximately 1950-2024) contain documents, photographs, and oral histories that document the Ortiz family's experience as a migrant family living in Southern Nevada. The photographs depict family gatherings, celebrations, work life as migrant farm laborers, and the Moapa Valley region of Nevada. The papers included in the collection include earning statements and pay stubs for Pedro Ortiz Sr., letters of recommendation from the family's employer (Paul and Mitzi Ozaki), correspondence, and funeral programs and prayer cards for various family members and community members. Oral history interviews with Ortiz family members document their experiences growing up in a family of migrant farm workers, living in Logandale, Nevada, and being a part of the Latino community in Southern Nevada.
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The Maria and Pedro Ortiz Family Papers (approximately 1950-2024) contain documents, photographs, and oral histories that document the Ortiz family's experience as a migrant family living in Southern Nevada. The photographs depict family gatherings, celebrations, work life as migrant farm laborers, and the Moapa Valley region of Nevada. The papers included in the collection include earning statements and pay stubs for Pedro Ortiz Sr., letters of recommendation from the family's employer (Paul and Mitzi Ozaki), correspondence, and funeral programs and prayer cards for various family members and community members. Oral history interviews with Ortiz family members document their experiences growing up in a family of migrant farm workers, living in Logandale, Nevada, and being a part of the Latino community in Southern Nevada.
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Collection is open for research.
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This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. The donor, Delfina Anchondo, transferred all right, title and interest they had in the Marta and Pedro Ortiz Family Papers (MS-01198) to UNLV. However, some material may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproductions and use or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.
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Marta and Pedro Ortiz Family Papers, approximately 1950-2024. MS-01198. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2024 by Delfina Anchondo; accession number 2024-116.
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In 2024, Sarah Jones accessioned the collection, enhanced the donor-provided inventory, foldered the material, and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. In 2024, Tammi Kim ingested the oral history interview files off a flash drive. Sarah Jones created edited transcripts and organized the access files.
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Acquired by Visual Materials Curator, Aaron Mayes, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on the Latino migrant experience in Southern Nevada. All material that formed the original gift has been retained.