TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Historical Note
Scope and Contents
Arrangement
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Biographical Information
Photographs
Miscellaneous Materials
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Frank and Ventura Alonzo Collection:
An Inventory of Records at the Houston Metropolitan
Research Center, Houston Public Library
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| Creator | Alonzo, Frank and Alonzo, Ventura |
| Title | Frank and Ventura Alonzo Collection |
| Inclusive Date | 1920's-1970's |
| Identification | MSS 202 |
| Extent | 1 box |
| Language | Materials are
in English. |
| Repository | Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public
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Frank and Ventura Alonzo (husband and wife) were longtime residents of Houston and Magnolia Park, and were big band musicians from the 1930's until they retired in the late 1960's. Originally fron San Antonio, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas respectively, they met in Houston and married in 1931. Discovering a mutual love of music, they began their first band in the late 1930's and played for local gatherings in Magnolia Park. Frank played guitar and Ventura played the accordian. Their orchestra developed into "Alonzo y Sus Rancheros" during the 1940's with Frank as the leader and Ventura as lead vocal. From the 1940's through the 1960's the band was popular in Houston as well as in many other areas of Texas where they travelled to perform. They specialized in música ranchera, a form of music from Texas roughly equivalent to a Mexican American country western sound. Over these three decades few Mexican American dance bands enjoyed the popularity and acclaim of "Alonzo y Sus Rancheros".
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The collection is mainly composed of photographs with a folder of biographical data compiled by their granddaughter Linda Alonzo Saenz and Thomas H. Kreneck, and a handbill announcement and page from a Woodmen of the World publication. Some of the photos deal with their sons, Frank Jr. and Alonzo Alonzo, and various community activities in which the family participated. There is also an oral history with Frank and Ventura Alonzo in the oral history collection under number OH 344.1.
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Arrangement
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| The visuals are roughly in chronological order by subjects. Each visual has its own identification sheet. |
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Access Restrictions
None.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Frank and Ventura Alonzo Collection must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.
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| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Alonzo, Frank |
| | Alonzo, Ventura |
| Subjects (Organizations) |
| | Alonzo y Sus Rancheros (Musical group) |
| Subjects |
| | Musicans--Texas--Houston |
| | Mexican Americans--Texas--Houston |
| | Mexican American musicians--Texas--Houston |
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Frank and Ventura Alonzo Collection. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston
Public Library.
Donated by Frank and Ventura Alonzo.
Processed by Linda A. Saenz and Thomas H. Kreneck.
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Biographical Information
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | | Biographical and Family History re Frank and Ventura Alonzo, 1920's-1970's |
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Photographs
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 2 | | Photographs, MSS 202 1-5 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-1 | | | | Alonzo's first band, 1930's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-2 | | | | Community dance, Union Fraternal, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-3 | | | | Woodmen of the World dance, Eagles Hall, 1936 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-4 | | | | Ventura Alonzo, 1940's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-5 | | | | Azteca Theatre, 1940's |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 3 | | Photographs, MSS 202 6-10 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-6 | | | | Frank Alonzo, Jr. at Salon Juarez, 1940's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-7 | | | | Ventura Alonzo and Alonzo H. Alonzo, 1940's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-8 | | | | Azteca Theatre, 1951 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-9 | | | | The Paladium, Benefit Dance, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-10 | | | | Lee Norton, KPRC, 1950's |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 4 | | Photographs, MSS 202 11-15 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-11 | | | | Alonzo as Cantinflas at KPRC, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-12 | | | | Alonzo as Cantinflas at KPRC, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-13 | | | | Union Fraternal Hall, 1940's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-14 | | | | American Legion Hall, 1940's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-15 | | | | Union Fraternal Hall, 1940's |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 5 | | Photographs, MSS 202 16-20 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-16 | | | | Blossom Heath, 1940's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-17 | | | | Blossom Heath, 1940's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-18 | | | | El Tropical Night Club, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-19 | | | | La Terraza, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-20 | | | | La Terraza, 1950's |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 6 | | Photographs, MSS 202 21-25 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-21 | | | | La Terraza, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-22 | | | | Children from an orphanage perform at La Terraza, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-23 | | | | La Terraza, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-24 | | | | La Terraza, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-25 | | | | Alonzo's band photographed at Cantu Studio, 1950's |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 7 | | Photographs, MSS 202 26-30 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-26 | | | | Blossom Heath, 1940's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-27 | | | | Photography Studio, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-28 | | | | Photography Studio, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-29 | | | | Photography Studio, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-30 | | | | Cantu Studio, 1950's |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 8 | | Photographs, MSS 202 31, 33-36 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-31 | | | | Cantu Studio, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-33 | | | | Frank and Ventura Alonzo with Gonzalo Moya of KLVL, 1960's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-34 | | | | Eduardo Aguilar |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-35 | | | | Alonzo H. Alonzo was a member of "The Big Band with Zapata", 1960's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-36 | | | | Alonzo H. Alonzo was a member of "Larry and Marilyn and the Brass Connection", 1970's |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 9 | | Photograph MSS 202-32 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-32 | | | | Photographed at Cantu Studio, 1950's |
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Miscellaneous Materials
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 10 | | Handbills, Magazine, and Photos |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-37 | | | | Handbill for performance in Three Rivers, Texas, 1950's |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-38 | | | | Woodmen of the World Magazine 1951 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-39 | | | | Grocery Store of Isidoro Castenada, Alice, Texas, 1908 |
| Photograph |
| MSS 202-40 | | | | Jose Martinez, late 19th century, father of Ventura Alonzo |
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