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Alicia Quesada Interview

ContributorsMelcher, Mary S. (Interviewer) / Quesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Interviewee)

Created1998-05-07

Description

In this interview, Alicia Quesada discusses the Ocampo family's settlement in Wickenburg, Teodoro Ocampo's cattle ranch, her childhood memories, her family's involvement in the Wickenburg community, her professional life, her work to oppose the Gosnell land swap, and her interest in and efforts to preserve Arizona's Mexican-American history.

League of Mexican American Women Awards Presentation in Los Angeles

ContributorsFlores, Francisca, 1913-1996 (Depicted) / Sanchez, Leopoldo (Leopoldo Gonzalez), 1926-2013 (Depicted) / Marin, Ramona (Depicted) / Solario, Bertha (Depicted)

Created1963 (year uncertain; year approximate)

Judge Leopoldo Sanchez Awarding Bertha Solario With a Plaque from the League of Mexican American Women

ContributorsSanchez, Leopoldo (Leopoldo Gonzalez), 1926-2013 (Depicted) / Solario, Bertha (Depicted)

Created1963

Graciela Olivarez at an Awards Ceremony for the League of Mexican American Women

ContributorsSolario, Bertha (Depicted) / Costa, Octavio (Depicted) / Tafoya, Richard, ca. 1924- (Depicted) / Olivarez, Graciela, 1928- (Depicted)

Created1963

José Quesada and a Woman on Horseback

ContributorsQuesada, José Franco, 1875-1954 (Depicted)

Created1915 (year uncertain)

Description

Castle Hot Springs, Arizona.

José Quesada Standing Next to Calf During Rodeo Calf Roping Competition at Remuda Ranch

ContributorsQuesada, José Franco, 1875-1954 (Depicted)

Created1934 (year uncertain)

Description

Wickenburg, Arizona.

Carlos Fuentes Autographing "Old Gringo" for Alicia Quesada at the Mercado During a Reception Held in His Honor

ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted) / Fuentes, Carlos (Depicted) / Munoz, Jose (Photographer)

Created1989-09

Attaches of the House of Representatives, 16th Legislature, Regular Session, Arizona

ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted)

Created1943 (year uncertain)

Description

Phoenix, Arizona.

Women at First Spring Formal

ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted) / Marquez, Juanita Casares, 1925-1980 (Contributor)

Created1946-05-10

Description

Back row, 3rd from left, Maria Rodriguez; 5th from left, Juanita Casares. Front row, 2nd from left, Alicia Quesada. The Flamingo Club was initiated during the World War II period as a patriotic organization to support the war effort because Mexican American [?]. Flamingo Club, Westward Ho Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona.

Alicia Quesada, Annie Contreras O'Shannen, and Mary Contreras Sitting in a Yard

ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted) / O'Shannon, Annie (Annie Pauline Contreras), 1924-2000 (Depicted) / Macias-Giorgio, Mary Contreras, 1922-2003 (Depicted) / Contreras, Raymond (Ramon Andres), 1928-2013 (Depicted)

Created1938

Description

Wickenburg, Arizona.