Portuguese-American calendar collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-199
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of tear-away calendars advertising Portuguese-American businesses in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and California. These calendars were commonly given to customers by businesses as promotional merchandise. It was not unusual within the Portuguese-American community to send these calendars to friends and family in Portugal, where they were displayed in homes.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1913 - 1925
Conditions Governing Access
No known restrictions
Extent
22 items
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Calendars purchased from a variety of vendors
- Title
- MC 199, Portuguese-American calendar collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Sonia Pacheco
- Date
- April 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UMass Dartmouth Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives Repository
Contact:
Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA
jfarrar@umassd.edu
Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA
jfarrar@umassd.edu