MS 742
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: |
Sociedad Mutualista de Obreros Mexicanos |
| Collection Name: | Sociedad Mutualista de Obreros Mexicanos records, |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1900-2012 |
| Bulk Dates: | 1920-1949 |
| Physical Description: | 6 Linear Feet |
| Abstract: | The Sociedad Mutualista de Obreros Mexicanos records contain membership ledgers, record books, accounting books, expense reports, meeting attendance ledgers, society rule books and guidelines, correspondence, Spanish publications, audiovisual materials, and club flags. |
| Collection Number: | MS 742 |
| Language: | Materials are in Spanish. |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
The Sociedad Mutualista de Obreros Mexicanos (Mutual Aid Society of Mexican Worker) was founded in 1923 by Presciliano Rodriguez. Rodriguez was inspired to start the society after his friend, a worker with Southern Pacific Railroad, broke both of his feet on the job. Rodriguez and others at the Copper Queen Smelter began donating in order to help the injured worker, as the company only covered the man's hospital stay (after he paid for the visit up front!). As scholar Josiah Heyman explains, the "mutualista served an illness, injury, and death-benefit function in an era when Mexican American industrial workers had little or no work coverage and were subject to numerous assaults to their health" (198).
Mutualistas focused on creating a strong community bond, strengthening the rights of labor workers, and fought inequality. Often opening lodges, mutualistas became popular and found their memberships increasing throughout the 1920s through the 1940s. Sociedad Mutualista de Obreros Mexicanos had a large following in the Douglas, Arizona region.
For further reading see: "The Oral History of the Mexican American Community of Douglas, Arizona, 1901-1942." Journal of the Southwest, Summer, 1993, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Summer, 1993), pp. 186-206. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40169884
The Sociedad Mutualista de Obreros Mexicanos records have been divided into four separate series. Series I, which makes up a majority of the collection, includes society records. These records include membership ledgers, receipt books, membership forms, expense ledgers, record books and acts, meeting attendance ledgers, and society related correspondence. Series II includes a small collection of Spanish books and publications housed at the Mutualista for reference. Series III includes 1/4" audiotape reels of interviews. Please note, these reels have not yet been digitized and are not currently accessible. Series IV includes ephemera, in this case, two flags that were hung outside of the Mutualista building.
There are no restrictions on this collection.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from theowner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Sociedad Mutualista de Obreros Mexicanos records (MS 742). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries
Processed by Michelle Nicole Boyer-Kelly in 2021.
| Series I: Society Records, 1923-2012 | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| This series includes records relating the the mutualista and its daily operations. Items include membership ledgers (ledgers with names of enrolled members and their payments to the society), expense ledgers (ledgers recording money coming in and out of the mutualista), membership receipt books (slips that were given to members to show they were active members -- most of the examples in the collection are blank), meeting attendance books (ledgers with attending members and meeting dates), record books (books containing multiple different types of previously mentioned records), correspondence ledgers (ledgers containing letters discussing society business), and rules and regulations pamphlets. Items within this series are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 1 | Membership ledger, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Expenses ledger, undated | |||||||||
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| 3 | 12 | Records book, undated | |||||||||
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| 4 | 17 | Membership receipt book [blank], undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | Blank membership forms, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 13 | Statutes and regulations rule book, 1923 | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | Regulations book, 1923 | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 | Statutes and regulations book (additional copies), 1923 | |||||||||
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| 3 | 10 | Membership ledger, 1923-1924 | |||||||||
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| 1 | 3 | Membership receipt book, 1925 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Records book, acts, rules, etc., 1926 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Membership ledger, 1927 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Membership ledger, 1927 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Expenses ledger, 1927 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Membership ledger, 1927-1928 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Membership ledger, 1928 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Expenses ledger, 1928 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Expenses ledger, 1929-1932 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Meeting attendance ledger, 1929-1934 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Records book, acts, rules, etc., 1930 | |||||||||
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| 3 | 9 | Correspondence ledger, 1930s | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Policies/beneficiaries paperwork, 1930s-1940s | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Membership receipts, 1931-1932 | |||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Correspondence ledger, 1931-1932 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Membership ledger, 1931-1932 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Expenses ledger, 1931-1932 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Records book, acts, rules, etc., 1931-1932 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Expenses ledger, memberships, 1931-1932 | |||||||||
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| 3 | 15 | Correspondence ledger, 1933 | |||||||||
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| 4 | 1 | Correspondence ledger, 1934 | |||||||||
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| 1 | 18 | Records book, acts, rules, etc., 1935 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Expenses ledger, 1935-1937 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Membership ledger, 1935-1937 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 1 | Records book, acts, rules, etc., 1935-1937 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Expenses ledger, 1936 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Expenses ledger, memberships, 1936 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Membership ledger, 1936 | |||||||||
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| 4 | 2 | Correspondence ledger, 1936 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 5 | Records book, acts, rules, etc., 1937-1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Correspondence ledger, 1940s | |||||||||
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| 4 | 3 | Correspondence ledger, 1940s | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Correspondence ledger, unbound, 1940s | |||||||||
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| 2 | 7 | Membership ledger, 1941-1942 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Membership ledger, moves/transfers, 1941-1942 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Membership ledger, expenses, 1942 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Records book, acts, rules, etc., 1942 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Expenses ledger, 1942-1943 | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Expenses ledger, 1944 | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Records book, acts, rules, etc., 1945 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Expenses ledger, 1945 | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | Expenses ledger, 11946-1948 | |||||||||
| 2 | 16 | Membership ledger, 1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 17 | Membership ledger, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Meeting attendance ledger, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Records book, acts, rules, etc., 1952 | |||||||||
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| 3 | 1 | Membership ledger, 1952-1953 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Membership ledger, 1954-1955 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Expenses ledger, 1954-1955 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Meeting attendance ledger, 1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Records book, acts, rules, etc., and membership ledger, 1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Membership ledger, 1967 | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Meeting attendance ledger, 1968 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Attendance ledgers, 1977-1981 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Attendance ledgers, 1981-1986 | |||||||||
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| 3 | 8 | [Empty ledger], 1984 | |||||||||
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| 4 | 16 | Attendance guest book, 1988-1989 | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | Attendance ledgers, 1997-1999 | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | Attendance ledgers, 1999-2005 | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | Attendance ledgers, 2003-2006 | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | Attendance ledgers, 2006-2009 | |||||||||
| 4 | 11 | Attendance ledgers, 2006-2012 | |||||||||
| Series II: Book Collection, 1900-1986 | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| This series includes a grouping of books that were housed at the Douglas location and pertain to labor issues. These materials are in Spanish. Items are arranged by author's last name. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 18 | Caldas, Julio Cuadros. Catecismo Agrapio, second edition, 1924 | |||||||||
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| 4 | 19 | Comision Nacional de Irrigacion. Resumen de las Opiniones y Comentarios de Instituciones Cientificas, Periodicos, Profesionistas, y Particulares, "Irrigacion en Mexico" , 1932 | |||||||||
| 4 | 20 | El Libro y el Pueblo, no. 3, 1931 | |||||||||
| 4 | 21 | El Libro y el Pueblo, no. 4, 1931 | |||||||||
| 4 | 22 | George Lauterer Company. Banners and Flags , undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 23 | Leroy, Maximo. El Derecho Consuetudinario Obrero , 1922 | |||||||||
| 4 | 24 | Loria, Francisco. Nociones de Economia Rural , 1911 | |||||||||
| 4 | 25 | Navarro and Velazquez. El Problema de la Apropiacion de la Tierra , 1923 | |||||||||
| 4 | 26 | Pani, Alberto J. La Higiene en Mexico, partial, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 27 | Perez, Juan Garza. Sistema Mexicano de Escritura Vertical , 1900 | |||||||||
| 4 | 28 | Ponton, Luis Sanchez. Lad Deudas Exteriores , 1934 | |||||||||
| 4 | 29 | Roa, Fernando Gonzalez. El Caracter de la Legislacion Colonial Española en America , 1933 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Secretaria de Educacion Publica. Buletin, no. 6, April 1931 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores. Correspondencia Oficial , 1926 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores. La Doctrina Continental en el Senado de Mexico , 1941 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores. Indice de los Informes Comerciales , 1931 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores. Indice de los Informes Economics , 1932 | |||||||||
| 5 | 6 | United Steelworkers of America. Making Your Local Union Work through Planning Organization Action , 1986 | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Villegas, Daniel Cosio. Aspectas Concretos del Problema de la Moneda en Montevideo , 1934 | |||||||||
| Series III: Audiovisual Materials, undated | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| This series includes a group of 1/4" audiotapes on 7" reels all labeled "Bicentennial". Due to the fragile nature of the reels, there are not accessible to researchers. There are no digital copies of these tapes avialable at this time. Please contact an archivist for further questions. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 8 | Bicentennial tape #1, undated | |||||||||
| box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Bicentennial tape #2, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Bicentennial tape #3, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Bicentennial tape #4, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | Bicentennial tape #5, undated | |||||||||
| Series IV: Ephemera, undated | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| This series includes two flags that were hung outside of the Mutualista building. One flag is a hand painted Mexican flag. The second flag is a large flag with the Mutualista name and embriodery. | |||||||||||
| box | item | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Rolled calendar, no notations, undated | |||||||||
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| 7 | 1 | Society flag, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Hand painted Mexican flag, undated | |||||||||