OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE
MOUNTAIN VIEW HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Volume XIII Issue II Spring 2023
Page 3 A fond farewell to two fantastic MVHA board mmbers !
Page 4 Los Altos History Museum debuts new permanent exhibit
Page 6 Proposed revisions to our By-Laws
The History of
MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY , 1920-1960
Our Spring 2023 Membership Meeting & Event
For our spring event , the MVHA is pleased to partner with the Before Silicon Valley project , a San Jose State University Library initiative focused on chronicling the history of Mexican American cannery and agricultural workers in Santa Clara Valley from the 1920s through 1960s . The Before Silicon Valley team has invited Professor Gregorio Mora-Torres to join us on May 7 at the historic Adobe Building where he will share a talk on the history of Mexican American Civil Rights in Santa Clara Valley . This event is also being held in partnership with our friends at the Los Altos History Museum . In addition to Dr . Mora-Torres ’ s talk , MVHA Past President Nick Perry will share a brief overview on the history of Mountain View ’ s early 20th century Mexican-American neighborhoods : Castro City and the Washington- Jackson neighborhood . Light refreshments will be provided . We expect a good crowd for this one , so be sure to reserve your seat today on our Eventbrite page . We hope to see you there !
REGISTER ONLINE : http :// mvhistory . eventbrite . com
DR . GREGORIO MORA-TORRES , PH . D .
Our Featured Guest Speaker Professor Gregorio Mora-Torres was born in Michoacan , Mexico , and raised in the Santa Clara Valley . As a youth , he and his siblings worked in agriculture — picking fruit and vegetables in the fi elds and later working in local canneries during high school and college . When Mora-Torres fi rst went to college in 1972 , his goal was to study civil engineering , but he soon discovered a greater talent for history . He graduated from Santa Clara University in 1976 and then went to
the University of California , Irvine to pursue a MA and Ph . D . degrees in Latin American history , emphasizing Mexican history . In 1989 , Dr . Mora- Torres started working as a lecturer at San Jose State University in the Mexican American Studies Department and stayed until his retirement in fall 2020 . In addition to teaching , Dr . Mora-Torres has done extensive research and writing on Northern Mexico and Chicano history . He is now an Emeritus Faculty at San Jose State and a founding board member of the La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley .
Sunday , May 7 , 2023 1:30 to 3:30 p . m . The Historic Adobe Building 157 Moffett Blvd ., Mtn . View CA 1