Voces Oral History Project Archive

Administrative History

The Voces Oral History Project, formerly the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project, was begun in 1999 by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, a professor with the School of Journalism and the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) at the University of Texas at Austin. More information about the project, including background stories of individuals interviewed, can be found at https://voces.lib.utexas.edu/.

Voces holdings include collections of recordings donated by community members. A subset of those recordings are assigned a Voces interview number and are noted in the inventory.

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Scope and Contents Note

Oral history interviews, including audio and video tapes and DVDs, transcripts, indexes to the interviews, narrative stories produced from the interviews, photographs, correspondence, and other documents from the Voces Oral History Project, formerly the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project. The files are described alphabetically by last name of the interviewee and arranged by the number assigned to each interviewee by the project.

These files are only part of the total in production. The Voces History Project continues to transfer materials from its more than 900 interviews.

Collection also includes press and publications related to the Voces Project, as well as research materials related more generally to Latinos and war. Included with these materials are press related to the Ken Burns documentary The War, and criticism of that production by many Latinos, including Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez.

Part 2: Additions of Administrative Files

The Part 2 Voces additions consist of administrative and organizational records which reflect how the Voces Oral History Project operates as an organization. Part 2 additions are organized into twelve series: Administrative, Correspondence, Clippings, Voces Events, Events, Interview Material, Projects, Voces Publications, Educational Material, Collected Publications and Material, Photographs and Audiovisual Material, and Oversize.

The Administrative series includes material such as finances, funding, meeting materials, notes, information about Voces as an organization, IT material, and material relating to Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, the founder of Voces. This series mainly consists of funding material that includes partnerships, grants, sponors, and donations.

The Correspondence series includes general and miscellaneous correspondence as well as correspondence with potential interview subjects. This series also includes correspondence concerning the Defend the Honor Campaign and Ken Burns' The War. The last part of this series contains Christmas cards that were sent between Voces and interviewees, veterans, and others who were involved in the oral history project.

The Clippings series contains miscellaneous clippings from primarily Texas, but also the United States spanning from the 1940s through the beginning of the 21st century. The series also contains tributes and obituaries of Latino and Latina war veterans.

The Voces Events series contains material from Voces events such as conferences, forums and symposiums, workshops and trainings, contests, and other miscellaenous events.

The Events series contains material from events that were not hosted or coordinated by Voces. This includes memorials, summits, conferences, symposiums and presentations.

The Interview Material series includes material used to conduct and plan interviews for the oral history project. This includes information about locations, planning and logistical material, forms, and training material.

The Project series includes Voces projects, oral history projects, StoryCorps projects, surveys, and projects about Voces such as the play, Voices of Valor.

The Voces Publications series contains Voces newsletters, newsletter planning material, publications and promotional material, and material from books published by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and Voces. This series includes material from the Voces newsletter titled Narratives which was renamed Narratives Insider in 2005. The "Narratives" newspaper series was created to showcase interviews gathered and to keep supporters updated on the progress of the project. A total of 8 issues were published between fall 1999 and summer 2004. Includes the following issues: Vol. 1, No. 1-2, Vol. 2, No. 1-2, and Vol. 3, No. 1. Several of the newsletters are oversized and are located in Box 38.

The Educational Material series contains educational publications and tools and course material relating to the oral history course affiliated with Voces.

The Collected Publications and Material series contains published material that was collected by Voces such as articles, magazines, programs, journals, and newsletters.

The Photographs and Audiovisual Material series contains photographs donated by veterans and their families as well as photographs of events. The audio visual material in this collection contains VHS tapes on World War II as well as the Voces production Legacy of Honor. This series also contains a tribute VHS tape to the Galindo Brothers who all served in the military. The CDs in this collection are primarily produced and created by Voces as well as staff files and material.

The final series in this collection is the Oversize Material series. This series contains oversize newsletters, photographs, art work, and a Voces bag.

The collection also includes material from veterans, including the WWII Navy uniform of Antonio F. Moreno (Interview # 145) and a photograph album and medals from Arnold F. Garcia (Interview # 622).

Part 3: Jesús Treviño Recordings

Additions received in 2017, include Latinopia/Voices of Aztlán and Visions of Aztlán video recordings produced by Barrio Dog Productions. Jesús Salvador Treviño was born in 1946 in El Paso, Texas and is the owner and copyright holder of Barrio Dog Productions Inc. Mr. Treviño originally planned to produce a documentary titled Voices of Aztlán, the project was not finished, and he eventually combined that content under the Latinopia project. Latinopia.com is a website where material on Latino arts, history, music, literature, cooking and cinema is shared and discussed. Visions of Aztlán (2010) documents the Chicano art movement in America told through the voices of Mexican American artists inspired by the generation of Chicana and Chicano artists of the 1960s and 1970s.

Treviño is a film and television director, known for Prison Break (2005), Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1992), and Seguín (1982).

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Access to some materials may be temporarily restricted due to preservation or technical issues.

Use Restrictions

Standard copyright restrictions apply. Materials are copyrighted to the Voces Oral History Project, The University of Texas at Austin.

Latinopia/Voices of Aztlán and Visions of Aztlán recordings are copyrighted to Jesús Salvador Treviño, Barrio Dog Productions.

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Related Material

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Cite as: Voces Oral History Project Archive, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.

Acquisition Information

Donation.

Accession numbers: 2005-32, 2005-39, 2006-05, 2007-25, 2013-16, 2015-59, 2016-58, 2017-32, 2018-10, 2018-21, 2019-23

Processing Information

Processing by Christian Kelleher, Kelly Kerbow Hudson, Josephine Ragolia, and other Benson staff, between 2005-2014.

Part 2 of the collection processed by Alexandria Suarez, June 2019.

Part 3 of the collection processed by Carla O. Alvarez, Fall 2019.

Additions

Further materials are expected for this collection.

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Box and Folder Inventory