Descriptive SummarySáenz, José de la Luz, 1888-1953
José de la Luz Sáenz Papers
1908-1998
English and Spanish
99-17, 99-18
44071632
2.5 linear feet, 2 oversize boxes
Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin
Personal papers of Mexican American soldier, teacher, and activist José de la Luz Sáenz. Sáenz was an early leader in the formation of LULAC and the author of Los méxico-americanos en la Gran Guerra y su contingente en pro de la democracia, la humanidad, y la justicia.
Biographical Sketch
José de la Luz Sáenz was born May 17, 1888, in Realitos, Duval County, Texas. He was one of eight children of Rosalío Sáenz and Cristina Hernández. Growing up in South Texas, José de la Luz heard stories of his indigenous ancestry from his father, from whom he inherited a strong feeling of pride in his heritage. In 1900 the Sáenz family moved to Alice, Texas, where José de la Luz graduated high school in 1908. After attending business college in San Antonio, Sáenz obtained his teacher's certificate and began his lifelong vocation as an educator in South Texas. He married María Petra Esparza in 1917, and together they were the parents of nine children: Adán, María de la Luz, Enrique, Evangelina, Eduardo, Eva Olivia, Cristina, Beatriz, and José de la Luz, Jr.
Following the entrance of the United States into World War I, Sáenz volunteered in 1918 for service in the armed forces. He served in the 360th Regiment Infantry of the 90th Division from Texas, stationed in France and occupied Germany. During his years in Europe, Sáenz kept a diary which was published in 1933 as Los méxico-americanos en la Gran Guerra y su contingente en pro de la democracia, la humanidad, y la justicia (San Antonio: Artes Gráficas). In his diary, Sáenz linked the American World War I "rhetoric of democracy" with the Mexican American struggle for civil rights. Upon his return from the war, Sáenz translated his experiences and sacrifices—and those of the many other American soldiers of Mexican descent—fighting for democracy into a movement for Mexican American civil rights in Texas. Sáenz had an early involvement in the establishment of LULAC, the League of United Latin American Citizens. He was a member of the LULAC Board of Trustees between 1930 and 1932, and was president of the McAllen chapter in the 1930s. Through his numerous writings and his leadership in local activist organizations, Sáenz continued to battle discrimination.
During the Depression, Sáenz found work through the Federal Works Agency and continued his career as a teacher and school administrator in the South Texas towns of Moore, New Braunfels, Benavides, Premont, La Joya, Oilton, and Edinburg. United States involvement in World War II—and the participation of his own children in the war effort—brought renewed vigor to his belief that these contributions to the defense and promotion of American democracy made Mexican Americans deserving of equal legal and social treatment, and his writings and actions fighting discrimination demonstrate his continued leadership. Professor José de la Luz Sáenz died on April 12, 1953. He is buried in the National Cemetery at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.
Source: "Fighting on Two Fronts: The WWI Diary of José de la Luz Sáenz and the Language of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement" by Emilio Zamora [draft]
Scope and Contents Note
Biographical materials, correspondence, literary productions, photographs, collected printed material and clippings, 1908-1998 (2.5 linear feet, 2 oversized boxes), document the life of World War I veteran, Mexican American civil rights activist, and educator José de la Luz Sáenz. Three subgroups are represented in the papers, the bulk belonging to Sáenz but also including the Sáenz family and other individuals.
Brief biographical materials include teaching certificates, education records, and military papers. Sáenz's correspondence, the largest series among the papers, reflects his professional, family, and activist concerns. Notable are his correspondence with local politicians and such Mexican American leaders as Alonso Perales, Carlos E. Castañeda, J.T. Canales, and newspaper editor Santos de la Paz. Much of the correspondence is with Sáenz's children around the time of World War II.
Professor Sáenz's literary productions concern mainly Mexican American civil rights issues and include published articles from South Texas papers including La Prensa (San Antonio), La Verdad and La Voz (Corpus Cristi), and the McAllen Evening Monitor, as well as La Revista Latino-Americana from San Diego. Works in manuscript form also include biographical material, translations, and his unpublished 1940 book length manuscript Realismo misterioso.
Subject files consist largely of scattered materials and clippings collected by Sáenz. The Memorial Parrochial School of Pharr and his own Sáenz Commercial Academy reflect Sáenz's vocation as an educator. Unique among these materials is a postcard book created by Sáenz containing numerous cards and narrative descriptions that he collected during his World War I military service in Europe.
Smaller subgroups of the papers include the Sáenz family, Alonso Perales, and Adela Sloss de Vento. Sáenz family papers largely include correpondence among the family members, as well as messages of condolence to Mrs. Sáenz following the death of her husband. Perales and Vento papers include brief correspondence and creative works concerning civil rights issues.
ArrangementArranged into three subgroups: José de la Luz Sáenz Papers, Sáenz Family Papers, and Other Individuals' Papers. The José de la Luz Sáenz subgroup is arranged in five series: Biographical, Correspondence, Literary Productions, Subject Files, and Oversized Materials.
Access RestrictionsUnrestricted
Use RestrictionsStandard copyright restrictions
Preferred CitationJosè de la Luz Sáenz Papers. Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Sáenz, José de la Luz, 1888-1953.
Subjects (Organizations)
League of United Latin American Citizens.
Subjects
Mexican Americans--Civil rights--Texas.
World War, 1914-1918--Mexican Americans.
Teachers--Texas.
Other Authors
Perales, Alonso S., 1898-1960.
Sloss-Vento, Adela.
José de la Luz Sáenz Papers
1Biographical, 1908-1954, n.d.
11Teaching Certificates (3 items), 1914-1919
1World War I Documents (26 items), 1918-1919
1Education (6 items), 1938, n.d.
1Employment (19 items), 1942-1950
1“Short Diary” (3 pages), 1951
1Miscellaneous Identification Cards (5 items), n.d.
1“In Memoriam” by Gilberto Díaz (1 item), [1953]
1257th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, TX, Citation (1 item), 1940
1Various Legal-Style Documents (8 items), 1940-1952, n.d.
13Banking Records (46 items), 1922-1953
14Tax Records (38 items), 1922-1954
15Receipts (31 items), 1943-1950, n.d.
1Life Insurance (3 items), 1942
1Miscellaneous Financial Documents (4 items), 1943-1950
16Photographs, José de la Luz Sáenz and Family (24 items), [c.1908]-1948
17Photographs, Various (21 items), 1908-1936
Correspondence, 1930-1953, n.d. [bulk 1940-1952]
18UnknownLetters from José de la Luz Sáenz, correspondent unknown:
1“A few days ago I went to Oilton...” (1 item), n.d.
1“Dear Editor” (1 item), 1952
1“Mis Estimados Conraciales” (1 item), 1952
1“My dear fellow associates” (1 item), n.d.
1“Queridos mios” and “My dear ones” (2 items), 1946-1946
1“Author” (1 item), 1945
1[Death announcement, Anita Flores de Araguz] (1 item), 1942
1“Luz querido hermano...” (1 item), n.d.
1“Mr. Saenz, I am writing just a little...” (1 item), 1945
1“Note. Dear Parents, We shall be glad to have your daughter...” (1 item), n.d.
1
19“Adeline,” 1946(1 item)
1Alvarez, Father Angel, 1943-1944 (2 items)
1American Legion, 1940-1944, n.d. (9 items)
1American Red Cross, 1944 (3 items)
1Arbel-Chavarri, Manuel de, 1938-1940 (3 items)
1Arredondo, José (Joe), 1943-1944 (3 items)
1Associated Publishers of North America, 1941 (1 item)
1Atascosa County, TX, Assessor and Collector, 1946 (1 item)
110Bentsen, Lloyd M. Jr., 1950 (6 items)
1Beckworth, Lindley, 1950 (1 item)
1Bishops’ Committee for the Spanish Speaking, 1952 (1 item)
1Bookman Associates, 1949-1950 (12 items)
1Bradley, Margaret, 1948 (1 item)
1Brook County, TX, School Board of Trustees, 1941 (1 item)
1Brownsville, TX, Chamber of Commerce, 1941 (1 item)
1Brownsville, TX, Immigration Office, 1943 (1 item)
1Byrne Publishing Company, 1941-1942, n.d. (12 items)
111Caballera, Celeste, n.d. (1 item)
1Camacho, Ramiro, 1944 (1 item)
1Canales, J.T., 1952-1952 (10 items)
1Castañeda, Carlos E., 1946-1952 (4 items)
1Chapa, David C., n.d. (1 item)
1Civilian Conservation Corps, Commanding Officer, n.d. (1 item)
1Contreras, Adán, 1952 (1 item)
1Cook, Vannie E., 1945 (1 item)
1The Crime Club, Publishers, 1945 (1 item)
1Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1942 (1 item)
1Cuéllar, Benjamin F. Sr., 1952 (1 item)
1Daniel, Price, 1952 (1 item)
1Díaz, Severo, n.d. (1 item)
1Díaz, Jesús V., 1948 (1 item)
1Durán, Leo N., 1952 (1 item)
1Dutton, E.P. & Co. [publishers], 1945 (2 items)
112Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, 1942-1951 (4 items)
1Edinburg, TX, Office of County Judge, 1943 (1 item)
1Edinburg, TX, Sheriff’s Office, 1943 (1 item)
1Editorial Polis, S.A., 1941-1942 (9 items)
1Elizondo, Concepción (Concha?), 1949 (2 items)
1Ellis, J.T. Jr., 1948 (1 item)
1Emergency Education [organization], 1941 (1 item)
1Escuela Normal Rural “Lauro Aguirre” de Tamatan, Tamps., 1947 (2 items)
1Esparza, Gregoria, 1941 (1 item)
1Esparza, Pedro F., 1943 (1 item)
113Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1945 (1 item)
1Felps, Jettie, 1942 (2 item)
1Field, Mary M., 1942 (1 item)
1Flores, P.M., 1952 (1 item)
1Foreign Service [magazine], 1944 (1 item)
1Fortuny’s Publishers, Inc., 1940-1942 (39 items)(SEE ALSO: Milkman, Walter B.)
114García, (?), 1925 (1 item)
1García, Dominga S., 1947 (1 item)
1Garza, Ancelmo, 1952 (1 item)
1Garza, Gonzalo, 1952 (1 item)
1Garza, Rebecca, 1944 (1 item)
1“Gilberto,” 1952 (1 item)
1Godines, F.B., 1946 (1 item)
1González, F., 1952 (1 item)
1González, Hesiquio N., 1952 (3 items)
1González, Luis, 1950 (1 item)
1The Gregg Publishing Company, 1944-1946 (3 items)
1Grulla School Board, Grulla, TX, 1947 (1 item)
1Guarantee Reserve Life Insurance Company of Hammond, IN, 1951 (1 item)
1Guerra, F. M. (Fidencio), 1943-1948 (5 items)(SEE ALSO: Latin-American Business Men’s Club)
1Guerra, Frank, 1952 (1 item)
1Guerrero Amaya, Ezequiel (SEE: Escuela Normal Rural “Lauro Aguirre”)
1Hammond, IN, Chamber of Commerce, 1947 (1 item)
1Harper & Brothers [publishers], 1945 (2 items)
1Hernández, Soledad T. de, 1951-1952 (2 items)
1Hidalgo County, TX, Office of the County Clerk, 1944, n.d. (2 items)
1Hoey, Robert, 1936-1948 (2 items)
1Home of the Holy Infancy, 1945 (1 item)
1Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, 1941 (1 item)
115Idar, Eduardo, Jr., 1947 (1 item)
1The Inter-American., n.d. (1 item)
1Investors Syndicate of America, 1950 (1 item)
1Investors Diversified Services, Inc., 1950 (4 items)
1Jackson, Harley E., 1943 (1 item)
1Jenkins, Walter, 1949 (1 item)
1Jester, Beauford H., 1947 (2 item)
1Johnson, Lyndon B., 1949-1950 (6 items)
1Juan Diego Revista Mensual Guadalupana. [envelope only], n.d. (1 item)
116Kazen, Philip, 1948, n.d. (3 items)
1Kelley, Rogers, 1950 (1 item)
1Kilgore, Joe. M., 1947-1952 (4 items)
1Laidlaw Brothers Inc., 1948 (1 item)
1Latin-American Business Men’s Club, n.d. (1 item)
1León, Tomás de, Jr., 1951 (1 item)
1Leonard, Homer, 1941 (1 item)(SEE ALSO: West, Milton H.)
1Liberty [publishers], 1943 (1 item)
1Librería “Mexico,” 1941 (1 item)
1Little, Brown & Company, Publisher, 1940 (2 items)
1Loftis Jewelry Company, 1943 (1 item)
1Lone Star School-Book Depository, Inc., 1942-1945 (8 items)
1López, Matías, 1952 (1 item)
1Longoria, Eugenio, 1941 (1 item)
1Luz y Fuerza de Reynosa, S.A., 1952 (2 item)
1Lozano, Mr. & Mrs., 1952 (1 item)
117Mancha, G., 1947 (1 item)
1The Mangan Company, 1944 (1 item)
1Martínez, Arnulfo S., 1947 (1 item)
1McAllen City School Board, n.d. (1 item) [2 drafts]
1McAllen Citrus Association, 1944 (1 item)
1Méndez, A., 1945 (1 item)
1Méndez, Consuelo, 1946 (1 item)
1Mendoza, M., 1952 (1 item)
1The Messenger, n.d. (1 item)
1México, Consul General de, 1943-1944 (2 items)
1Milkman, Walter B., 1942 (2 items)
1Monrreal, Lucile Cruz, 1950 (1 item)
1Montalvo, Poncaino [sic], 1942 (1 item)
1Montero, F., 1936-1948, n.d. (10 items)
1Mora, Robert R., 1950 (1 item)
1Múzquiz, Francisco (Frank), 1942-1948, n.d. (5 items)
1Naylor Publishing Co., 1950 (2 items)
1Newsweek, 1944-1945 (2 items)
1Noyola, John, 1952 (3 items)
21Olano, M.A., 1945 (1 item)
2O’Shea, Elena Zamora, 1946, n.d. (2 items)
2Oviedo, Telesforo, 1948, n.d. (2 items)
2Paz, Santos de la, 1950-1952 (9 items)
2Peña, Genovevo, 1941 (1 item)
2Perales, Alonso S., 1940-1952 (27 items)
2Pérez, Melesio, 1945 (2 items)
2La Prensa, 1943-1947 (2 items)
2Putnam’s, G.P. & Sons, 1943 (2 items)
22The Quarrie Corporation, 1946-1948 (2 items)
2Ramírez, Father Agustín, 1942-1944 (4 items)
2Ramos, Raymundo, 1948 (2 items)
2Raymond, M.J., 1952 (1 item)
2Records Indexing and Inventory Program, 1942 (2 items)
2Remigius, Sister, 1944 (1 item)
2Revell, Fleming H. Company Publishers, 1939-1943 (4 items)
2Reyes, Ing. Cadelario [sic], 1947 (1 item)
2Reyner, Gertrudis de, 1950 (1 item)
2Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc. Publishers, 1945 (1 item)
2Richardson, Milton, 1950 (2 items)
2Richardson Insurance Company, 1950 (1 item)
2Riojas, Ralph, 1947 (1 item)
2Ríos, Miguel, 1947 (1 item)
2Rivera, Arminda, 1952 (1 item)
2Roach-Fowler Company, Inc., 1942-1945 (3 items)
2Rottenstein, Dr. Max, 1945 (1 item)
2Roy Publishers, 1945 (1 item)
2Rul, Elvira, 1948 (1 item)
23Salinas, Valentín, n.d. (1 item)
2San Elizario Independent School District, 1951 (1 item)
2Sánchez, Joe Ausencio, 1944 (2 items)
2Shivers, Allen, 1950 (2 items)
2Simon and Schuster, Inc. Publishers, 1945 (1 items)
2Smith, Jeff D., 1937 (1 item)
2Sociedad Católica Mutualista, 1947 (1 item)
2Sociedad Mutualista Pablo L. Sidar, 1942 (1 item)
2South-Western Publishing Co., 1941-1945 (8 items)
2Spell, W.B. (SEE: Monrreal, Lucile Cruz)
2Station Hospital, Camp Callan, San Diego, CA, 1944 (1 item)
2Stephenson, Robert, Referee in Bankruptcy, 1942, n.d. (3 items)
2Sul Ross State Teachers College, 1946-1952 (7 items)
2Swanson, Fred (SEE: The Messenger)
24Sáenz, Adán (“Mali”), 1941-1945, n.d. (33 items)
25Sáenz, Cristina (“Tita”), 1947-1948, n.d. (34 items)
26Sáenz, Eduardo (“Rongo”), 1942-1948, n.d. (40 items)
27Sáenz, Enrique (“Coico”), 1940-1947, n.d. (42 items)
28Sáenz, Eva Olivia ("Nena,""Lanie"), 1943-1946, n.d. (52 items)
29Sáenz, Evangelina (“Viche”), 1945-1947, n.d. (9 items)
210Sáenz, Beatriz (“Gerdis”), 1947-1948, n.d. (3 items)
2Sáenz, María ("Chata,""Beba"), 1947-1948, n.d. (6 items)
2Sáenz, J.G., 1944-1948, n.d. (5 items)
2Sáenz, Joe (“Bud”), 1953, n.d. (3 items)
2Sáenz, Teresa, 1944 (1 item)
211T.S.T.A., 1946 (1 item)
2Tamayo, Gregorio, 1947 (2 items)
2"Ted," 1943 (1 item)
2Texas. Relief Commission, 1934 (1 item)
2Texas. State Board for Vocational Education, 1948 (5 items)
2Texas. State Department of Education, 1943-1950, n.d. (11 items)
2Texas. State Department of Health, 1930-1946 (10 items)
2Texas. Teacher Retirement System, 1946-1948 (4 items)
2Texas College of Arts and Industries, 1947-1949 (4 items)
2Texas Good Neighbor Commission, 1947 (2 items)
2The Texas Outlook, 1946-1947 (4 items)
2Texas State College for Women, 1947-1948 (5 items)
2Texas State Teachers Association, 1941-1948, n.d. (7 items)
2Time Magazine, 1943-1944 (3 items)
2Treviño, Fortino, 1941-1952 (6 items)
2Trinity University, San Antonio, 1949 (1 items)
212Unitarian Service Committee, 1948 (3 items)
2United States. Civil Service Commission, 1941-1942 (2 items)
2United States. Department of Commerce, 1950, n.d. (2 items)
2United States. Department of Justice, 1947, n.d. (5 items)
2United States. Employment Service, 1943-1944, n.d. (4 items)
2United States. Federal Security Agency, 1942, n.d. (3 items)
2United States. Federal Works Agency, 1941-1942 (25 items)
2United States. International Boundary and Water Commission, 1949 (1 item)
2United States. Navy, 1945, n.d. (2 items)
2United States. Office of Censorship, 1944, n.d. (2 items)
2United States. Post Office, n.d. (1 item)
2United States. Treasury Department, 1943-1947 (6 items)
2United States. Veterans Administration, 1946-1953 (5 items)
2United States. War Department, 1939-1945 (12 items)
2University of San Antonio, 1938 (1 item)
2Urbina, M.A., 1944 (2 items)
213Valley Vitamins, Inc., 1944 (2 items) (ON REVERSE: Office of Dependency Benefits, 7 Mar. 1944)
2Valley Evening Monitor., 1941-1948 (5 items)
2Vantage Press, Inc. Publishers, 1950 (7 items)
2Vela, Armandina, 1948 (1 item)
2Vela, Adolfo, 1946 (1 item)
2Vento, Adela (Sloss de), 1948-1952, n.d. (6 items)
2La Verdad Publishing Company (SEE: Paz, Santos de la.)
2Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1947 (1 item)
2La Voz, 1948 (1 envelope)
214West, Milton H., 1940-1942 (9 items) (ON REVERSE of letter dated 14 March 1942: Leonard, Homer, 1942)
2Wiener, Henry Burroughs, 1948 (1 item)
2William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1945 (1 item)
2Woodfin, Anna, 1941 (2 items)
2Woods Implement Co., 1943 (1 item)
2Ximenes, Waldo E., 1950 (1 item)
3Literary Productions, 1911-1951, n.d.
3Manuscripts
31“A las sociedades,” 1928 (1p.)
3“A los veteranos de mi raza de la Guerra Mundial o á sus deudos,” 1936 (1p.)
3“A los veteranos de la Gran Guerra Mundial,” 1928 (1p.)
3“A los veteranos y á los votantes de Texas,” 1946 (10pp.)
3“American soldiers of Mexican extraction in World War No. One,” n.d. (2pp.)
3“Am. soldiers of Mex. Ext. in W.W.#2,” 1943 (1p.)
3“Antes de dejar la tierra,” 1949 (4pp.)
3“Arnoldo Diaz: ante sus restos que fueron traidos de Puerto Rico,” 1948 (3pp.)
3“Attention World War veterans,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Atencion! veteranos de la guerra,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Blue stars, letters, photos, and bitter tears,” n.d. (2pp.)
3“Broche de la victoria,” 1946 (10pp.)
3“El burlador de Sevilla,” n.d. (13pp.)
3“La Cámara de Comercio para el Condado de Zapata,” 1948 (2pp.)
3“Chrisantemas: un capítulo de mi vida,” 1911 (17pp.)
3“Cinco de Mayo,” 1945 (2pp.)
3“Con el alma,” 1911 (3pp.)
3“Consecuencias de las campañas politicas,” 1948 (2pp.)
3“Conciudadanos,” 1928 (1pp.)
3“Convención general de los American GI Forums en Corpus Christi,” 1949 (3pp.)
3“Cuento de Navidad,” 1911 (2pp.)
32“Deductive Americanism,” 1944 (6pp.)
3“El discriminación racial,” n.s. (6pp.)
3“Does racial discrimination exist?” n.s. (4pp.)
3“Dolores y gozos de San José,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Dos almas que sufren,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Existe la discriminación racial en Texas,” 1948 (4pp.)
3“Extravagant modernism,” n.d. (2pp.)
3“From the UGO series: Railway station,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Glosando lo que leemos en El Mañana,” 1951 (3pp.)
33“Los héroes de nuestra raza que vuelven envueltos del silencio impenetrable, pero aún así nos hablan con una elocuencia insuperable,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Himno a San José,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Holocausto mudo,” 1943 (2pp.)
3“Honremos la memoria de los nuestros,” 1928 (2pp.)
3“How to designate people of Mexican extraction,” 1949 (4pp.)
3“I am an American,” 1941 (3pp.)
3“Legislation, representation, and racial discrimination,” 1947 (6pp.)
3“Legislación, representación, y discriminación racial,” 1947 (4pp.)
3“El Lic. Ramond censura el folleto ‘Los Mojados’,” 1951 (2pp.)
3“Life of General Juan Nepomuceno Cortinas”by Elena Zamora O'Shea [translation], 1947 (10pp.)
34"Life of Christ our savior; volume I” by Dr. Ramiro Camacho [translation], 1947 (100+pp.)
35“Madre,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Mexico’s synarchist national union,” n.d. (4pp.)
3“Mi linaje azteca,” n.d. (3pp.)
3“Mi vocación,” n.d. (7pp.)
3“El monumento,” 1928 (2pp.)
3“My old town,” n.d. (2pp.)
3“Los niños Católicos,” 1941 (2pp.)
3“Noche de paz,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Nuestra obligación Méxicana” por Anna Woodfin [translation], 1941 (4pp.)
3“Nuestro último recuerdo,” 1944 (4pp.)
3“Numancia por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra,” n.d. (16pp.)
3“Oración de San Francisco de Asis,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Our cultural mission to Victoria, Tamaulipas,” n.d. (7pp.)
3“Our gloss of the GI Forum convention,” n.d. (16pp.)
36“Panamericanismo por convicción o por conveniencia” by Philip A Kazen [translation], 1947 (13pp.)
3“Pequeño incidente,” 1941 (2pp.)
3“Por la educación de nuestros hijos,” 1927-1952 (6pp.)
3“Porqué [sic] muchos no pagan el poll tax,” 1959[?] (2pp.)
3“Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Racial discrimination,” n.d. (11pp.)
3“Recordación,” 1952 (3pp.) (ON REVERSE: “Numancia”)
3“Religión que he visto practicar,” 1943 (13pp.)
3“Recordando la obra inmortal de un cura,” 1945 (4pp.)
3“Respetable auditoro [sic],” 1928 (2pp.)
37“Realismo misterioso,” 1940 (100pp.)
38“Schools and school children of Mexican descent,” 1948 (4pp.)
3“La segregación escolar en 1949,” 1948 (1p.)
3“Short autobiographical sketch from ‘I’ by my myself [sic],” 1947 (6pp.)
3“Soldado que vuelve con la paz de Díos,” 1948 (2pp.)
3“Some of Herr Hitler’s notable lies,” 1943 (2pp.)
3“Star, photos, letters, and bitter tears,” 1946 (5pp.) (SEE ALSO: “Blue star...”)
3“The State Executive,” 1951 (7pp.)
3“Supporting contents of our last August resolution in regard to prohibition of opening any other new saloon or beer garden on South 17th Street,” n.d. (1p.)
3“Unfair discrimination,” n.d. (1p.)
3“La unificación de los veteranos de nuestra raza,” 1945 (4pp.)
3“Unidad local de veteranos,” n.d. (4pp.)
3“Veteranos y votantes de Texas,” 1946 (6pp.)
3“Victoria sin laureles,” n.d. (2pp.)
3“La vida es sueño por Don Pedro Calderon de la Barca,” n.d. (5pp.)
39“Welcome address to Governors of Chihuahua...” 1949 (9pp.)
3“The work of the state legislature,” 1951 (8pp.)
3“Ya podeis maldecir a tu padre y a tu madre,” n.d. (6pp.)
3“Yo, Paula Chavez de Moreno...” n.d. (8pp.)
3“Zaragoza,” 1945 (5pp.)
310Various Untitled
3Letters to editors, 1947-1951 (7 items)
3“Gentlemen...” 1945 (2pp.)
3“Honorable concurrencia...” n.d. (1p.)
3“Ladies and gentlemen, fellow teachers, and students...” 1947 (1p.)
3“Muchos de lo que vamos repitiendo lo hemos leído...” n.d. (2pp.)
3“My dear friends...” n.d. (2pp.)
3“Edward I, unlike his father...” n.d. (1p.)
3“Estamos aún distantes de la meta...” n.d. (1p.)
3“For 114 years Texas exploited...” n.d. (1p.)
3“Las palabras de la Sra.Kibbeal...” n.d. (1p.)
3“Livertad [sic]...” n.d. (1p.)
3“Mrs. Hibbe’s words...” n.d. (1p.)
3“No es la muerte...” n.d. (1p.)
3“No te cases...” 1944 (2pp.)
3“Todos los pueblos que han habitado...” n.d. (2 pp.)
3“What is to admire...” n.d. (2pp.)
311Published Works
3"About Pearl Harbor and Armistice Day" El Paso Times, 1952.
3“Acerca de nuestro mismo problema,” El Eco, n.d.
3“Antes de....” [fragments], 1949.
3"Apuñaleando por la espalda," 1951.
3“Cartas abiertas,” La Verdad, 1951.
3“Changes for the better,” n.d.
3“Democracia y libertad para muchos,” 1947.
3“Un día para el Lic. José T. Canales,” Revista Latino Americano, vol. 4, no. 12
3“Discurso pronunciado la noche del día 7 del presente en una muy concurrida asamblea en la ciudad de McAllen, Texas, por el Prof. J. Luz Sáenz,” La Verdad, 1949.
3“En la Convención de Alice,” Revista Latino Americano, vol. 4, no. 11.
3“La escuela laica ‘Vicente Lozano',” La Verdad, 1951.
3“La ley contra la discriminación racial,” Revista Latino Americano, vol. 4, no. 9.
3“¿Quién dará el primer paso?” La Verdad, 1949.
3“Los vicios sobajan la posición social que merecen los México-americanos,” El Tiempo, 1951.
3“Vigorosas frases de un viril luchador: la verdad,” n.d.
3“La vuelta de un héroe,” El Mirador, 1944.
312Notebooks, 1940-1949, n.d. (6 items)
4Subject Files
41“Album de la Victoria” (1 item)
4American GI Forum (6 items)
4American School (5 items)
4American School of Photography (1 item)
4Bentsen for Congress Headquarters (1 item)
4Book of the Month Club (1 item)
4Book Supply Company (1 item)
4Bookman Associates (2 items)
4Brewster School (5 items)
4Byrne Publishing Company (2 items)
42Canales, J.T., “Juan N. Cortina: Bandit or Patriot?” (1 item)
4Catholic Conference on the Spanish Speaking People of Texas (1 item)
4Cavalry Guild “Valor Infinito de la Santa Misa” (1 item) [2 copies]
4Colegio Artes e Industrias Club Amado Nervo (1 item) [2 copies]
4Comité [unknown] Re: The Wet Back in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas” (4 items)
4Comité Ejecutivo Pro-Monumento (1 item)
4Comité Nacional Alemanista (1 item)
4Comité Pro-Mejoramiento Escolar (1 item)
4Dean W. Geer Company (4 items)
4Donohue, M.A. & Company (1 item)
4Ellis, J.T., Candidato al Congreso (1 item)
4Escuela Normal Rural “Lauro Aguirre” (3 items)
4Evans, C.E. (1 item)
4Fathers of the Holy Cross (1 item)
4Fauve, Adrian E., MD (1 item)
4Ferree, F. “Atención Mexicanos!” (1 item) [2 copies]
4Father Flanagan’s Boys Home (1 item)
4Farmacia Garza (1 item)
4García, Rafael; Garza, Abraham; Saenz, Jesús; Harms, Gilberto; and Macías, Aristeo [invitation to a dance] (1 item)
4González, Angelita (1 item)
4Good Neighbor Commission of Texas (1 item)
43Hidalgo County, Texas (1 item)
4Hidalgo School (1 item)
4Juan Diego [magazine] (6 items)
4“Junior High Graduation, January 14, 1944” (1 item)
4Kazen for Congress Club (1 item)
4Kazen, Philip A. (1 item)
4Laidlaw Brothers, Educational Publishers (1 item)
4League of United Latin-American Citizens (5 items)
4Lessenberry, D.D. [typing manual] (1 item)
4Lists of Names (8 items)
4List of Recommended Books in Spanish (1 item)
4Lozano, Raúl (1 item)
4L.R.G.V. Council (1 item)
4Mangan Company (1 item)
4Martínez, José Guadalupe Chapa (1 item)
4McAllen High (2 items)
4Montgomery Ward (1 item)
4National Council [Scouting] (1 item)
4National Republic Lettergram (2 items)
44Memorial Parrochial School
4Correspondence, 1947 (11 items) [Correspondence is among: J.R. Alamia, Father Jose M. Azpiazu, Jesús Cortes, Bishop Mariano .S. Garriga, and Fortino Godinez]
4Constitution and By Laws, Pro Education Committee
45Oilton Junior High (1 item)
4Pan American College (1 item)
4Pan American Optimist Club, San Antonio (1 item)
4Parroquia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (3 items)
4Patti Welder High School (1 item)
4Peniche López, Ricardo (1 item)
4Penrose, Neville G. (1 item)
4La Perla Barber Shop (1 item)
4Pittsburgh Typewriter & Supply Co. (3 items)
4Practical Drawing Company (1 item)
4“Program” [for award to A. Perales, and for musical performance] (2 items)
4"Programa," Festival Charro, Festival en el Estadio, 1946 (2 copies)
4Quarrie Corporation (Lone Star News)(3 items)
4Revell, Fleming H. Company (1 item)
4Revista Latino-Americana (1 item)
4Rodríguez, Martin y Carolina (1 item)
4Rodríguez, Gustavo González (1 item)
4Rubank, Inc. (1 item)
46Sáenz Commercial Academy
4Financial Documents, 1944-1945 (11 items)
4Printed Material, 1944-1945, n.d. (7 items)
4Various, 1943, n.d. (3 items)[SEE ALSO: Correspondence: The Gregg Publishing Company; Lone Star School-Book Depository, Inc.; South-Western Publishing Co.]
47Salinas, Fidencio (1 item)
4Scouting/Scoutmaster (2 items)
4Sociedad Católica Funeraria “San José” (2 items)
4Sociedades Católicas Mutualistas (1 item)
4Sociedad Gonzalitos [Cementario “La Piedad”] (11 items)
4Sociedad Mutualista Católica (1 item)
4Song Lyrics/Poems (3 items)
4Southwest Security Life Insurance Company, et al (5 items)
4Stenso (2 items)
4Sul Ross State College (1 item)
4Summer School of Catholic Action (1 item)
4Texas College of Arts and Industries (1 item)(SEE ALSO: Colegio Artes e Industrias)
4Texas Legion Auxiliary (2 items)
4Texas State College for Women (2 items)
48Texas Pro-Human Relations Committee
4Legal-Style Document (1 item)
4Printed Materials (2 items)[SEE ALSO: Correspondence, Unknown “Dear Editor,” 1952]
49Unitarian Service Committee (11 items)
4United States. Civil Service Commission (1 item)
4United States. Congressional Record, 1948 (1 item)
4United States. Department of Army (5 items)
4United States. Department of Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics (1 item)
4United States. Office of Price Administration (2 items)
4United States. Treasury Department (1 item)
4United States. War Department (8 items)
4United States. Western District Court of Texas (1 item)
4U.S. School of Writing (1 item)
4Universidad [magazine] (1 item)
4University of Texas Laredo Club (1 item)
4Veterano (El) [magazine] (1 item)
4“When the child says ‘I won’t,’ what should you do?” (2 items)
4White Chickery, Shell City, MO (1 item)
4Whitemore, John J. (1 item)
4Wise, Wm. H. & Co. (1 item)
4Zapata County (1 item)
4
410Clippings [re: Sáenz, LULAC, and Mexican and Mexican-American issues]
51Clippings [re: World War II]
52Clippings [various]
53Clippings. Preservation photocopies of selected clippings from folder 4.10 and Scrapbook A. Selected based on José de la Luz Sáenz as author or subject.
6Oversized Materials
6Postcard Book, "Much of what I saw during the calamitous epoch of the World War, in America and in Europe," 1917-1919
7Scrapbook A, [c.1950-1953] [clippings re: the Valley region, Mexicans, and Mexican-Americans, including published works and letters by José de la Luz Sáenz]
7Scrapbook B, [c.1933-1936] [clippings re: the buildup of tensions prior to World War II]
7Scrapbook C, [c.1941-1943] [clippings re: World War II]
Sáenz Family, 1934-1998, n.d.
54Unknown, Obras Salesianas de Don Bosco to "Muy recordado señor Sáenz," 1965 (1 item)
55Sáenz, Adán, 1941-1975, n.d.
5Biographical and Financial, 1975, n.d. (3 items)
5Correspondence, 1941-1945, n.d. (7 items)
56Sáenz, Beatríz, 1930-1947, n.d.
5Biographical, 1930, n.d. (4 items)
5Letters Sent, 1947, n.d. (2 items)
57Sáenz, Cristina, 1947-1949, n.d.
5Biographical and Financial, 1947-1949, n.d. (8 items)
5Correspondence, 1947-1948 (2 items)
58Sáenz, Eduardo, 1942-1948, n.d.
5Biographical, 1942-1943, n.d. (15 items)
5Financial and Legal-Style Documents, 1942-1945, n.d. (8 items)
5Correspondence, 1942-1948 (22 items)
5Drawings, n.d. (2 items)
59Sáenz, Enrique, 1930-1946, n.d.
5Biographical and Financial, 1930-1943, n.d. (15 items)
5Correspondence, 1941-1946 (19 items)
510Sáenz, Eva Olivia, 1941-1945, n.d.
5Biographical, 1943, n.d. (6 items)
5Financial Documents, 1943-1945 (6 items)
5Printed Material, U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, n.d. (6 items)
5Correspondence, 1941-1945, n.d. (15 items)
511Sáenz, Evangelina, 1922-1947, n.d.
5Biographical, 1922, n.d. (3 items)
5Financial and Legal-Style Documents, 1942-1947 (11 items)
5Letters Sent, 1945, n.d. (2 items)
512Sáenz, José de la Luz Jr., 1944-1951, n.d.
5Biographical, 1950-1951, n.d. (10 items)
5Letters Sent, 1944-1945 (2 items)
513Sáenz, María de la Luz, 1944-1947, n.d.
5Biographical and Financial, 1944-1947, n.d. (7 items)
5Letters Received, 1947 (4 items)
514Sáenz, María Petra (Esparza), 1923-1959
5Death Certificate, 1958 (1 item)
5Financial Documents, 1923-1959 (20 items)
515Letters Received, 1934-1953 (19 items)
516Sáenz, Teresa, 1945-1998
5Letters Sent, 1945-1998, n.d. (3 items)
3Other Individuals, 1940-1952, n.d.
517Perales, Alonso S., 1948-1952, n.d.
5Literary Production, “Un decidido defensor de nuestra raza en Texas en 1859,” n.d. (2 pp)
5Correspondence, 1948-1952 (9 items)
5Bravo, Manuel B.
5García, Dr. Hector
5Rodríguez, C.A.
5Rodríguez, Filiberto R.
5Sánchez, George I.
5Smith, Clyde
5Vento, Adela
518Vento, Adela (Sloss de), 1940-1951, n.d.
5Literary Production
5“Awakening of the real needs of our country and of America,” n.d. (3pp)
5“Carcel del Condado de Hidalgo,” 1940 (3pp)
5Letters, 1951 (3 items)
5García, Dr. Hector
5Perales, Alonso S.
519Various
5Gómez, Andrés, n.d.
5Certificado de Bautismo (1 item)
5González, Ernest, 1944
5Letters (2 items)
5Lozano, Ed. G., 1944
5Letters (2 items)
5Luna, Samuel Eusaquio, n.d.
5Birth and Baptism Records (2 items)
5Ramírez García, Mrs. Pedro, n.d.
5Letter (1 item)