http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7v19r2x2 No online items Finding Aid for the Candelario Mendoza Music Collection, 1939-1990 CSRC.0062 Processed by CSRC. Chicano Studies Research Center Library 2008 144 Haines Hall Box 951544 Los Angeles, California 90095-1544
[email protected] URL: http://chicano.ucla.edu Finding Aid for the Candelario CSRC.0062 1 Mendoza Music Collection, 1939-1990 CSRC.0062 Contributing Institution: Chicano Studies Research Center Library Title: Candelario Mendoza Music Collection Creator: Mendoza, Candelario 1919 - 2008 Identifier/Call Number: CSRC.0062 Physical Description: 20 linear feet Date (inclusive): 1939-1990 Abstract: This collection of over 2000 vinyl records represents the collected music of educator and dance hall impresario Candelario Mendoza. COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library and Archive for paging information. Language of Material: English , Spanish; Castilian . Access Open for research. Acquisition Information Collection donated by Candelario Mendoza to the UC Regents / Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA. Deed on file at the archivist's office, 180 Haines Hall, UCLA. Biography Candelario Mendoza (1919 - 2008) of Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico, migrated with his family to the United States in 1920 where his father toiled on the railroads near Ogden, Utah, worked in the potato fields of southern Idaho, worked as a farm hand on a dairy farm near Chino, California, worked in a sugar beet factory near Oxnard, California, and picked oranges and lemons in the citrus groves of the Pomona Valley in California. As such, he and his family were constantly moving from place to place where work was to be found to sustain the family.