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3. Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: 3

Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph E. Fernandes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-099
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of photographs, awards, newspaper clippings, Fernandes Supermarkets newsletters, and video recordings.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1947 - 2007

João Rocha papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-100
Scope and Contents

collection consists mostly of photographs, clippings, artifacts and ephemera that document special events in Rocha’s life, associated with his role as publisher of the Diario de Noticias.

Dates: Majority of material found within [192?] - 1977

Emily Motta Sheet Music collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-103
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of sheet music for twenty-six, Portuguese language, songs published between 1915 and 1935.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1915 - 1935

Portuguese-American Businesses (Southeastern Massachusetts) oral history interviews

 Collection
Identifier: MC-121
Scope and Contents

This is an open collection with additional interviews being added at the end of each semester the course is taught in. Completed projects include a term paper, interview transcript, field notes, audio recording of the interview, release form, and photographs. Several projects are missing one or more component, as noted on the project spreadsheet.

Dates: 1998

Dennis Rezendes Azorean Ancestral and Personal Life collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-148
Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials relating to Mr. Rezendes’ career in administration as well as his and his wife Beau’s work in hospice care. Also included in the collection are materials related to his genealogical research and the various endowments he supported. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, books, certificates (birth, marriage and death), personal items and writings. Within the collection are materials relating to family members: Michael Rezendes; Cheryl...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 2014

Azorean vital records microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: MC-151
Dates: Majority of material found within 1541 - 1898

Luis de Figueiredo Corte Real collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-152
Scope and Contents

The collection contains personal correspondence, various scrapbooks, genealogical research, and Luso-American newspapers published in the last 30 years. It also includes comprehensive histories of individual islands and of the archipelago; geographical and geological studies; monographs and various topics related to the Azores; and texts that document religion and cultural practices and rituals specific to the Azores.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1881-2006