Jovita González Mireles Manuscripts and Works
Scope and Contents Note
Handwritten manuscripts and printed textbooks. Manuscripts consist of twenty-one poems, essays, and short stories describing life in the Lower Rio Grande Valle. Eight textbooks, publication dates 1941-1949, are designed to teach Spanish skills to children. Organized into two series, Manuscripts and Textbooks. The manuscripts are arranged according to a list supplied by the Mrs. González Mireles. The textbooks are arranged chronologically.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1925-1980
Language of Materials
Spanish
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Unrestricted.
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Biographical Sketch
Jovita González Mireles was born on January 18, 1904, in Roma, Texas. Educated in Texas institutions of higher learning, González Mireles began her career as an educator at St. Mary's Hall in San Antonio and at Miller and Ray High Schools in Corpus Christi.
Her interest in folklore was stimulated after meeting J. Frank Dobie in 1925. Jovita received her Master's from the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) in 1930. Her thesis is titled Social Life in Cameron, Starr, and Zapata Counties. She began writing for the Texas Folklore Society and became the first Mexican American to serve as president of that organization during 1936-1937. Mrs. Mireles' stories have been published in anthologies such as We Are Chicanos (1973) and Mexican American Authors (1972).
González Mireles became involved, with her husband Edmundo E. Mireles, in the teaching of the Spanish language to elementary school students. She also published with her husband a series of textbooks on the subject during the 1940s.
Full Extent
4 linear inches
Abstract
Manuscripts and printed works of the South Texas folklorist and Spanish language educator Jovita González Mireles.
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- Title
- Jovita González Mireles Manuscripts and Works
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Alicia Koundakjian
- Date
- 2005
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 May: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
- 2026: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu