Immigration and Naturalization Records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to Affonso’s career and accomplishments as a radio broadcaster and journalist, personal documents and photographs, immigration and naturalization records, and records related to the monarchist cause.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1920-1992
Language of Materials
materials in Portuguese and English
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted until recordings are cleaned and reformatted.
Unrestricted
Extent
From the Collection: 15 Linear Feet (2 manuscript boxes, one drop front box and 5 oversized boxes)
Materials Specific Details
• Naturalization certificates for Affonso Ferreira (1932)and Maria Rose Ferreira (1944)
• Inspection card, Lisbon on the Canada, 1920 (on display)
• Passage ticket for the Canada, 1920 (on display)
• Ministério da Guerra, 2a Direcção Geral, 5a Repartição do Serviço da Saude
Model no13—Ordem do Exercito no15-1916
• Correspondence between Affonso Gil Ferreira Mendes and Alfonso Ferreira [uncle], including telegrams
• Receipts from travel agency for passage
• Remittance for payment for passage from Lisbon
• Remitter’s receipts, 1920
• Purchaser’s receipt from John G. Lage, Fall River for White Star Line, 1921
Obituaries for Ferreira in newspapers (Oversized Box 5)
Repository Details
Part of the UMass Dartmouth Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives Repository
Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA
jfarrar@umassd.edu