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Peter Martinez with friends, Robert Magana and Reyes S.B. Hernandez at Camp Zama
The written description on the back of the photo states, "Here's another picture Honey there are not as good but you can see my pals. The guy standing is from San Berdoo and the other one from Riverside. Maybe you know them. Robert Magana? Riverside Reyes S.B. Hernandez." This photograph demonstrates how Mexican American men serving in the U.S. military found and made communites while serving overseas. -
Marion Ashley Moreno Valley Riverside County District 5 Supervisor 1
Marion Ashley discusses the development and changes occurring in Moreno Valley from his perspective as a Supervisor. He indicates that despite Moreno Valley being rural its been experiencing rapid change through urbanization that is affecting certain groups of people drastically. Increasingly, th city is experiencing a struggle between people who are in favor of change and people who aren’t. Which is easily seen throughout the many communities in Moreno Valley. Ashely highlights the importance of community engagement in the city to figure out and understand the needs of the community and how can the city fulfill those needs through reasonable accommodations that can prosper alongside the growth of the city. -
Tom Mazzetti Interview
Interview with Tom Manzetti at the Blue Banner Packinghouse in Riverside. Manzetti the owner of National Oranger, discusses his life in Riverside and work in the citrus industry, focusing particularly on the details of Sunkist and citrus cooperatives. -
Frank Acosta Oral History
Frank Acosta is a retired educator who worked as a junior high teacher for 41 years within the Colton Unified School District. He now serves as a member of the board at the Colton Area Museum, and as one of the three members of the South Colton Oral History Project. Frank grew up in City Terrace, East Los Angeles and moved to the Inland Empire to attend UC Riverside for college. In his interview, Frank shares his experience as an educator in the Colton School District, racial segregation in schools, and the impacts social and environmental impacts of the development of the railroad and later the freeways through the area. -
Benita Ramsey Home Grown Heroes Full Interview
This is an oral history interview with Reverend Benita Ramsey conducted on January 10, 2024. This interview covers Benita's childhood in Liberty City (a suburb in Miami, FL), her religious upbringing, her educational journey through law school at the University of Miami School of Law, and her continued involvement in LGBTQ advocacy and community work as a minister to the Unity Fellowship Church, based out of Riverside, California. -
Gabriel Maldonado Homegrown Heroes Full Interview
This is an oral history interview with Gabriel Maldonado conducted on April 4, 2024. In this interview, Gabriel shares his life story starting with his childhood as a bi-racial African American and Latino boy in Compton, CA. He emphasizes his work as an LGBTQ+ advocate in the Inland Empire, his connection to Riverside and the community he's built, and all the moments that led him to become an activist. He also emphasizes his role as the CEO of TruEvolution, an organization based out of the IE that is dedicated to fighting for health equity and racial justice. Maldonado mentions his work in spreading HIV awareness through his work both in the community and on the Advisory Council on HIV/AIDs for the Obama administration. -
Robert Bland Homegrown Heroes Full Interview
This interview with Robert Bland was conducted on November 8, 2023. In this interview, Bland discusses his early life growing up in segregated Virgina and his experiences as one of the first African American undergraduates at the University of Virgina in the 1950s and eventually moving to California in the 1960s. Bland describes his community activism in Riverside as one in which he was an active member for the local NAACP chapter, where he served as the education chair and collaborated with other local organizers to create Freedom Schools as an alternative to the public school system during a boycott. Towards the end of the interview, Bland discusses his current involvement in issues of public safety and criminal justice reform and expresses hope that the next generation will continue the fight for equality and justice that he and his community have championed. -
Bernell Butler Homegrown Heroes Full Interview
This interview with Bernell Butler was conducted on March 27, 2024. In this interview, Reverend Bernell Butler describes growing up in the Belltown neighborhood of Riverside, California, his military service, and eventual calling into the ministry. He recounts the tragic circumstances around the death of his niece, Tyisha Miller, who was killed by police in 1998. Butler discusses the community's outrage and protests and the challenges he faced in mobilizing support and seeking justice, as Tyisha's story made national headlines and garnered the support of African American leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Butler organized multiple actions for his niece, including a freeway nonviolent protest, and became the spokesperson for the family and continued to advocate for police accountability and community care. -
Judy White Homegrown Heroes Full Interview
This interview with Dr. Judy White was conducted on April 10, 2024. In this interview, Dr. White talks about her childhood being born in Los Angeles in 1955 and growing up in San Bernardino and later attending Occidental College, Cal State San Bernardino, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, and Azusa Pacific, where she received her doctorate. Dr. White details the initiatives and projects that she was instrumental to like the Asterisk Project, AAPAC, and others that have shaped education across the state of California. -
Pete Benavidez Homegrown Heroes Full Interview
This interview with Pete Benavidez was conducted on January 12, 2024. Benavidez recounts his life as someone with low or no vision, being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) at a young age and how this experience influenced him to become one of the leading disability rights advocates and activists in the Inland Empire. After moving and settling in Riverside, California, Benavidez eventually founded Blindness Support Services, a nonprofit organization that provides servides and support for individuals with low or no vision. -
Virginia Rodriguez with a car
A black and white photo of Mexican American woman, presumably Virginia Rodriguez, sits posing sternly on the front bumper of what appears to be a Ford. She is wearing a blouse, skirt, and boots while looking into the camera. They appear to be off the road somewhere -
Andy Melendrez and Simona Valero
A photo in color of Andy Melendrez and Simona Valero posing at an outdoor park area by the fairgrounds. Melendrez is on the right of Simona, and he is wearing a navy blue polo with tan khakis. Simona is wearing a blue cardigan with a purple shirt and pants. A boy can be seen in the background. -
Woman giving a speech
A photo in color of a woman wearing a black Christmas long sleeve and pants standing amid the event hall speaking into a microphone. She is standing in front of band equipment and holding a microphone in her hand to speak. The light chandelier on the ceiling is on, and there are other men in the background of the photo. -
Tony Lopez and Sarah Vasquez's wedding
A black and white photo of a group Men Standing behind a decorative table. There are seven men, and one of the men in the middle is a priest. The table includes candles and flowers. The back wall includes a shelf of small figurines. -
A Young Victor Mendoza
Victor Mendoza stands posing for a photo while wearing a hat, suit, and bow tie. -
Henry and Maria Bermudez
Black and white photo of Henry and Maria Bermudez. They both were important members of the Riverside citrus business. -
2011 Calendar page 18, Ilaria (Lala) Alfaro (September/Septiembre)
The September calendar page consists of photographs and a postcard about Ilaria (Lala) Alfaro by Linda Salinas-Thompson. From the calendar text: "Lala was raised in the East Side community of Riverside. She recalls her growing-up years so well. She remembers what her parents went through just for the family's welfare during the hard times. She grew up working, quitting school at a very young age to help her family. In those years it was very common to work in the fields doing migrant farm labor work. She worked in Hemet, California cutting apricots. She worked picking potatoes, filling the bag that was tied onto her waist, weighing sixty pounds when it was full. The loading crew would load the bags of potatoes onto a truck, where the potatoes would be washed, and (?) and put into hundred-pound bags, and taken to markets to sell. She picked grapes with her sister working alongside her side. Lala is a woman of many hats ... working all her life and not complaining about it." - Linda Salinas-Thompson. -
Family Memorial Wall
A color photo of a family memorial constructed of their deceased service member's belongings and photographs depicting honorable military service. Henry and Fidel Pasillas' photos that were used in the RCMAHS 2010 calendar can be seen. The picture is dated 9/16/2009 on the bottom right corner. -
USS Fulton document
A yellowish document for a USS Fulton assignment for Johnny Sotelo, which is filled in with handwriting. The top of the document is print "USS FULTON (AS 11)/ WATCH, QUARTER, AND STATION ASSIGNMENTS." The next line has the date stamped "17 APR 1945." The two lines afterwards is filled out with the name "SATELO J. M.," rate "F 1/C," the bunk no. is left blank, division 8 section 1, and billet no. 8167. Under the section "BATTLE STATION," Condition 1: General Quarters Stations is "AMM. CARRIER TOP/HOIST FR84 STBD;" Condition 2: Watch & Watch Stbd-Port and Condition 3: Watch in Four-Sect are "Same as I (1)." The "DAMAGE CONTROL SECTION" is left blank. In the "EMERGENCY SECTION," Fire is "Qtrs. (Mach Shop)," Collision is "Qtrs.," and the raft number is filled out as "24FR68-P." The rest of the document is not filled out. -
Casa Blanca Aces Baseball Team
A black and white picture featuring two rows of Mexican boys dressed in baseball uniforms standing in front of the baseball stands. A description of the photo reads: "Late 1940s 'Casa Blanca Aces' baseball team." -
Casa Blanca Band
A picture of a row of men who all, except for one, are in white band uniforms and are posing with their instruments. One of the men is posing with a drum that says "Casa Blanca Band C.P.M" on the front. A description of the picture reads: "Casa Blanca had a marching band in the early 1900s which performed in parades and fiestas. Photo courtesy of Dennis Garcia." -
Vasquez family portrait
A black and white photo of the Vasquez family in the yard of their home. A description of the photo reads: "The Vasquez family in the spring of 1942. This picture was taken at home, 2522 Eleventh Street, on the E-Side. Photo courtesy of Gilbert Vasquez." -
Casa Blanca Depot
Photo of Casa Blanca Depot. A description of the photo reads: "Santa Fe established its first ticket and telegraph office in Casa Blanca in the summer of 1890. The depot was built in 1897; the picture taken in 1931. Photo courtesy of Alfred Garabito." The depot is made of wood, has three roof lines, a covered porch entry, and 3 glass ticket windows in the front center of the building with the name Casa Blanca above the windows. In front of the building are rail tracks and a tall post with a windsock. -
Casa Blanca Girls Baseball Team
A picture of nine players on the Mexican girl's baseball team, standing in a line with one hand on a rail and the other hand behind their back. The girls are all wearing the same outfit of pants with a belt and a light-colored button-up short-sleeved shirt that is tucked in. The girls depicted were from Casa Blanca and played baseball from 1945 to 1949. Jessie, Mary Louise (Pastie) Gutierrez, Stella Galvan, Mercy Chavez, Emma Galvan, Vera Rodriguez, Jennie Gomez, Kinny Galvan. -
First Communion Class of St. Anthony's Catholic Church
A black and white photo of the first communion class of St. Anthony's Catholic Church posing for a picture on the steps of The Casa Blanca Elementary School. Men stand to the side in suits, the boys wear dress pants, white button-up shirts, and bowties, and the girls wear light-colored dresses and hair accessories. All individuals are kneeling or standing around the priest who is sitting at the front center of the photo. A description of the photo reads: "In 1937, the first communion class of St. Anthony's Catholic Church took their picture on the steps of The Casa Blanca Elementary School. Photo courtesy of Cruz Palmerin."