MSS-159
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Overview of the Collection | |
| Creator: | Club Sonorense |
| Title: | Club Sonorense Records |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1865-2001 |
| Quantity: | 8 Boxes (5.0 Linear Feet) |
| Abstract: | This collection houses minutes, correspondence, maps, photographs, a 1940 Ray-Sonora baseball team uniform, and a 1928 medallion of the Benito Juarez Logia #30 documenting Sonora, Arizona and the establishment of the Sonora, Arizona Historical Marker at the ASARCO-Ray Mine viewpoint on Arizona Highway 177 near the original town of Sonora. Also included are family records (including birth, death, marriage, baptism, employment, and school records dating back to 1875) and property deeds showing land in Mexico documenting the family of Sonora natives Virgina and Amador Flores. The collection is divided into five series. |
| Identification: | MSS-159 |
| Language: | Material in English and Spanish |
| Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Chicano Research Collection P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist! |
In the early 1900s, Mexican and Mexican American workers and their families came to the Arizona region to work for the Ray Consolidated Copper Company. They founded the community of Sonora in 1907 and a post office was established by 1912. The town of Sonora, which at one time numbered 6,000 residents, was located one mile south of Ray. At that time, residential segregation was common: Euro-Americans lived in Ray, Spaniards lived in Barcelona, and Mexican and Mexican Americans lived in Sonora. A dual wage system was also common, meaning that Mexican and Mexican American workers were paid less than Euro-Americans for the same type of work. Mexican and Mexican American workers relied on their union, the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW) and their local #915 to rid themselves of such iniquities.
Sonora prospered as a copper mining community until 1965, when the Kennecott Copper Corporation, Ray Mines Division, destroyed it to develop its open pit operation. Many residents settled in communities nearby, including Kearny, Winkelman, Hayden, and Superior. Former residents of Sonora formed Club Sonorense by 1966 to document and preserve their town's history and to maintain community and familial ties to Sonora, Arizona. The Club became a non-profit organization in 1999 and is registered with the Arizona Corporation Commission.
This collection houses minutes, correspondence, maps, photographs, a 1940 Ray-Sonora baseball team uniform, and a 1928 medallion of the Benito Juarez Logia #30 documenting Sonora, Arizona and the establishment of the Sonora, Arizona Historical Marker at the ASARCO-Ray Mine viewpoint on Arizona Highway 177 near the original town of Sonora. Also included are family records (including birth, death, marriage, baptism, employment, and school records dating back to 1875) and property deeds showing land in Mexico documenting the family of Sonora natives Virgina and Amador Flores. The collection is divided into five series.
Series I: Administrative Papers contains the organizations minutes. Discussions center on the importance of preserving the community's history and on the goals, objectives, and interests of the organization. The minutes range from 1967 to 1996.
Series II: Virginia and Amador Flores Family documents a family rooted in Sonora. Included in this series are birth and death certificates, marriage license records, religious records, 1920 Sonora, Arizona census information, and information about Virginia Granillo Flores and her family. These records date from 1875 to 1996.
Series III: Memorabilia includes a certificate from a Mexican fraternal organization, a marriage license, and land records from Mexico. These items date from 1924 to 1960.
Series VI: Miscellaneous houses copies of Sanborn maps of Sonora, Arizona, silk screen prints of townsites, information about the Sonora, Arizona Historical marker dedication, materials regarding town reunions, recollections of former residents, a medallion from a Mexican fraternal organization, and a Ray-Sonora Tigers baseball uniform. These items date from 1918 to 1999. Also included is Susana Campos Caldera's tribute to her brother, Albert "Boydie" Mercado, a popular baseball player in Sonora.
Series V: Photographs houses images of weddings, Mexican Independence Day celebrations, patriotic parades, baseball teams, school children, street scenes, social activities, and veterans who served in wars ranging from World War II to the Persian Gulf. These images date from 1941 to 1991.
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of the Arizona State University Library. Requests to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.
[Identification of item], Club Sonorense Records, MSS-159, Arizona State University Library.
Presidents Steve Chiquete and Jessie Gomez Hill donated official records of Club Sonorense in 1997 (ACC #1997-01839) and 1999 (ACC #1999-02142) respectively. Club member Roy G. Flores donated his coming-of-age account of Sonora, his list of Sonora residents compiled from the 1920 census, and the family records of his mother, Virginia Villa Granillo Flores, in 2000 (ACC #2000-02206).
| Series I: Administrative Papers | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Minutes, 1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Minutes, 1989-1991 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Minutes, 1992 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Minutes, 1993 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Minutes, 1994 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Minutes, 1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Minutes, 1996 | |||||||||
| Series II: Virginia and Amador Flores Family | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Amador Garcia Flores: Su Historia, 1902-1981 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Virginia Flores Vera, 1865-1999 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | "Tell Me About Other Activities", 1999-2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Early Sonora, Arizona Residents According to 1920 Census, 1920-1921 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Marriage License and Certificate: Vicente Granillo and Martina Billa, 1905 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Birth Certificate: Virginia Villa Granillo, 1908 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Certificate of Baptism: Virginia Bia, 1908 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Birth Certificate: Jose Villa Granillo, 1918 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Baptism Certificate: Jose Villa Granillo, 1918 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Birth Certificate: Amador Flores, 1902 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Marriage License: Amador Flores and Virginia Granillo, 1937 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Application for Retirement Allowance: Amador G. Flores, 1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Virginia Granillo: Family Tree, 1875-1996 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Death Certificate: Amador G. Flores, 1976 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Notification of Birth Registration: Rojelio Flores, 1938 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Confirmation Certificate: Rogelio Flores, circa 1940 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Notification of Birth Registration: Hector Ramon Flores, 1940 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Death Certificate: Hector Granillo Flores, 1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Birth Certificate: Jose Daniel Flores, 1944 | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Birth Certificate: Robert Cruz Flores, 1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Birth Certificate: Pedo Vera, 1910 | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Marriage License: Pedro Donate Vera and Virginia Villa Flores, 1979 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Correspondence: Felipe Vera, 1927 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Civilian Conservation Corps: Pedro Vera, 1934-1935 | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Ray Public Schools: Pedro Vera, 1942 | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Correspondence: Pedro Vera, 1942-1943 | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Employment: Pedro Vera, 1933-1943 | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Correspondence: Virginia Flores, 1957-1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Marriage License: Rogelio Granillo Flores and Jennie Belen Cantarella, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Greenwood Memorial Park: Burial Space for Flores Family, Undated | |||||||||
| Series III: Memorabilia | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2/OV2 | 1 | Deed of Land: Sonora, Mexico, 1960 | |||||||||
| 2/OV2 | 2 | Sociedad Benito Juarez Logia #30, 1928 | |||||||||
| 2/OV2 | 3 | Sociedad Mexicana-Americana Logia Principal, #10, Sonora, Arizona, 1926 | |||||||||
| 2/OV2 | 4 | Marriage License: Felipe Vera and Mercedes Madrid, 1924 | |||||||||
| Series VI: Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3/OV2 | 1 | Silk Screen Prints: Sonora, Arizona, Undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Sonora, Arizona Reunion, 1988 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Ray-Sonora Tigers Reunion, 1988 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Boydie Mercado, 2001 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Correspondence: Sonora, Arizona Historical Marker, 1998 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Copper Basin News: Sonora, Arizona Marker, 1999 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Photographs: Sonora, Arizona Historical Marker Dedication, 1999 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Recuerdos de Sonora, 1999 | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | Sanborn Map: Sonora, Arizona, 1945 | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | Telephone Directory, 1962 | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | Ephemera, 1952-1996 | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | Lodge Medallion: Sociedad Benito Juarez Logia, Sonora, Arizona, 1928 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5/OV2 | 1 | Maps and Photograph Proof Prints: Sonora, Arizona, 1919-1954 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6/OV3 | 1 | Ray-Sonora Tigers Baseball Uniform, 1940 | |||||||||
| Series V: Photographs | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Ray-Sonora Baseball Teams, 1940-1951 (Photographs) | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Baseball Fans, 1950-1960 (Photographs) | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 16th of September and Patriotic Parades, 1919-1950 (Photographs) | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | Mexican Independence Day Celebrations, 1947-1950 (Photographs) | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | Weddings and Quinceañeras, 1943-1960 (Photographs) | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | School Children, 1919-1950 (Photographs) | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | St. Helen's Catholic Church, 1930-1960 (Photographs) | |||||||||
| 7 | 8 | Ray Copper Mines, 1940-1950 (Photographs) | |||||||||
| 7 | 9 | Sonora-Ray Street Scenes, 1900-1965 (Photographs) | |||||||||
| 7 | 10 | Social Activities, 1940-1950 (Photographs) | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Veterans' Names, 1941-1991 | |||||||||
| 8 | 2 | Veterans: Abril-Avenetti, 1941-1991 | |||||||||
| 8 | 3 | Veterans: Bartlett-Coury, 1941-1991 | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | Veterans: Delgadillo-Fontes, 1941-1991 | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | Veterans: Garcia-Gutierrez, 1941-1991 | |||||||||
| 8 | 6 | Veterans: Hernandez-Lopez, 1941-1991 | |||||||||
| 8 | 7 | Veterans: Macias-Murillo, 1941-1991 | |||||||||
| 8 | 8 | Veterans: Navarro-Romo, 1941-1991 | |||||||||
| 8 | 9 | Veterans: Salcido-Soto, 1991-1941 | |||||||||
| 8 | 10 | Veterans: Tovar-Zavala, 1941-1991 | |||||||||