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3. Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: 3

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

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

Portuguese-American Legal Document collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-146
Scope and Contents

This is an open series: materials and documents will be added to it as they are donated. Please consult the inventory list for specifics.

Dates: n.d.

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

Portuguese American Federation records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-153
Scope and Contents No longer operating, the Portuguese American Federation Inc., was founded on July 5th, 1965 in Bristol, Rhode Island by Dr. Manuel Luciano da Silva, M.D. Robert C. Arruda D.M. L., and Nelson D. Martins, PH. D. The Portuguese American Federation is a non-profit charitable, educational and cultural organization. The Portuguese-American, Inc. purpose is to unite all individuals and organizations who share an interest in Portuguese culture. In 1970, the Federation introduced the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1965 - 2003

Antone Felix papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-154
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprissed of materials related to Felix’s career in teaching and as director of the Center for the Portuguese Speaking World. It includes teaching tools, books, newspaper articles, slide amd artifacts.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1945 - 2010

Goulart-Ladino-Leal collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-156
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of records related to all three generations of the Goulart family; Walter Goulart, Arthur Goulart I, Arthur Goulart Jr. and Arthur Goulart III. In the collection are photographs, albums, marriage, birth certificates, personal items and letters.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1917-2007