Title: Reynalda Carreño Mondragón family papers
Inclusive Dates: 1925-2012

Creators:

• Mondragón

• Carreño

Unique Identifier: uac28

Quantity: Collection includes 4 family photo albums, color and black and white photographs, and 2 Badger yearbooks.

• 4.31 cubic feet
• 2 letter document boxes, 1 record carton, 5 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder

Quantity: Mp3, WAV, DOCX

• 1.512 Gigabytes
• Two oral history interviews and transcript files

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Madison. University Archives and Records Management

Abstract:

Reynalda Carreño Mondragón moved with her parents from Congregación de las Canoas Guanajuato, Mexico at ten months old to Chicago, Illinois and then to Kenosha, Wisconsin when she was seven years old. She attended University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a Bachelor of Science degree in English and Spanish in 1948. She received her Masters of Arts degree in Spanish in 1949. Subsequent members of her family have attended University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her family papers consist of correspondence, family photographs, identity documents, memorabilia, and papers from the Mondragón and Carreño families.

Language: Collection materials are in English and Spanish.

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-ua-uac28

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• Interview with Cristina Mondragón: December 7, 2018 - July 15, 2019

• Oral History Interview, Calixto "Nacho" Mondragón: June 26, 2018

Folders 1-6 in Box 1 are restricted due to personally identifiable information in documents. Please consult with University Archives staff if you wish to access these records.

Gift of Cristina Mondragón, 2018-11.

Reynalda Carreño Mondragón moved with her parents, Jesús and Angelina from Congregación de las Canoas Guanajuato, Mexico at ten months old to Chicago, Illinois and then to Kenosha, Wisconsin when she was seven years old. She attended University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a Bachelor of Science degree in English and Spanish in 1948. She received her Masters of Arts degree in Spanish in 1949. She married Calixto "Nacho" Mondragón on July 1, 1950 in Racine, Wisconsin. Nacho and his brother Andres worked as braceros (Mexican laborers who were allowed into the US for a limited time as seasonal agricultural workers during World War II) beginning in 1945. Nacho had a two-year contract, working in Michigan and California. He then moved to Wisconsin in 1947, where he met Reynalda ("Reyna"). Reyna went on to have a lengthy teaching career in the Milwaukee and Kenosha public school system and became a translator of children's books with Western Publishing Company. She also became a court interpreter for Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth Counties. Subsequent members of her family have also attended UW-Madison, including her daughter, Cristina Mondragón.

The collection contains correspondence, identity documents, and photographs of both Reynalda and Nacho's families. Below is a list of family members whose names appear in the collection. It is not a comprehensive list of family members.

Carreño Side

Jesús Erasto Carreño Rodriguez

Born July 26, 1903, Rincón de Tamayo, Guanajuato, Mexico (listed as Erasto Carreño Rodriguez in Guanajuato, Mexico, Civil Registration Birth Record 1862-1929)

Household members (per Guanajuato Mexico Civil Registration Births 1862-1929): Erasto Carreño, Maximina Rodriguez, José Maria Carreño

Father- José Maria Carreño

Mother- Maximina Rodriguez

US Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records 1935-1970: Father José Carreño. Mother Mansinina Rodrigary. Child Jesús Erasto Carreño. Household members: Jesús Erasto Carreño, Mansinina Rodrigary, José Carreño

Border Crossing From Mexico to US-June 3, 1925, Laredo Texas USA

Border Crossing From Mexico to US-June 5, 1925, Laredo Texas USA

Border Crossing From Mexico to US-March 27, 1926, Laredo Texas USA Departure Contact Francisco Melesio

Border Crossing From Mexico to US-March 27, 1928, Laredo Texas USA

Border Crossing From Mexico to US-January 6, 1942, Laredo Texas USA- Departure Contact Wife Angelina Carreño

Angelina Rodriguez de Carreño

Born May 30, 1905, Las Canoas, Guanajuato, Mexico

Father- Librado Rodriguez

Mother- Ricarda Jimenez

Border Crossing January 20, 1927, age 21, Laredo Texas USA

Border Crossing January 5, 1942, Laredo Texas USA with Reynalda Carreño, Jesús Carreño. Departure Contact Brother in law Ambrosio Arreguin

Died December 4, 1973, Racine, WI, USA at age 68 years

Children with Angelina Rodriguez de Carreño

Reynalda Carreño

Born November 11, 1925, Las Canoas, Guanajuato, Mexico

Died December 28, 2002

Rachel Carreño

Born March 31, 1928, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Died August 19, 2015

Ruben Carreño

Born August 11, 1930 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Died August 2, 2018

Abel Ricardo Carreño

Born August 10, 1933 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Jesse Carreño

Born May 28, 1936 in Kenosha, WI, USA

Died June 13, 2001, Racine, Wisconsin USA

Mondragón Side

Juan and Mikaela Mondragón

child: Calixto Mondragón

child: Andres Mondragón

Calixto married Reynalda Carreño on July 1, 1950 in Racine, Wisconsin

child: Cristina Reynalda Carreño

child: Michael Mondragón

child: James Mondragón

https://www.library.wisc.edu/archives/archives/use-the-archives/citing-archives-resources/

The Reynalda Carreño Mondragón family papers consist of correspondence, family photographs, identity documents, memorabilia, and papers from the Mondragón and Carreño families. Files also include materials from Reynalda's time translating children's books for Western Publishing Company and from her time as a court translator in Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth Counties. Of note are three photo albums and a scrapbook of family events and family friends. The collection also includes oral history interviewss with Calixto "Nacho" Mondragón and Cristina R. Mondragón.

Folders 1-6 in Box 1 are restricted due to personally identifiable information in documents. Please consult with University Archives staff if you wish to access these records.

Mexican American families.

Box [89138250785]   1   folder 1	RESTRICTED - Angelina Carreño - Identity Documents, Death Certificate 1927-1973
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 2	RESTRICTED - Jesús Erasto Carreño Rodriguez, 1985
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 3	RESTRICTED - Reynalda Carreño Mondragón - Identity Documents, Death Certificate 1925-2003
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 4	RESTRICTED - Calixto Mondragón - Identity, Work, and Immigration Documents 1946-1963, 1993, 2004
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 5	RESTRICTED - Ignacio Mondragón - Identity Documents, 1940-1945
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 6	RESTRICTED - Jesús Carreño - Identity Documents, Death Certificate 1927-1986
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 7	Cristina Mondragón, 1964-1993
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 8	Michael Mondragón, 1968-1973
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 9	José Jesús Carreño and Angelina Rodriguez Marriage Certificate, 1927
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 10	Birth Certificates: Angela Jimenez Rodriguez, Jesús Erasto Carreño Rodriguez 1968
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 11	Correspondence, 1947-1994 and undated
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 12	Letters from Calixto (Nacho), circa 1940s
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 13	Family Weddings, Funerals, Graduations 1950-1996
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 14	Frances Shimer College Correspondence, 1949
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 15	Greeting Cards, 1977, 1997, and undated
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 16	Mementos, 1965-1978 and undated
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 17	University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorabilia, 1946-1948, 1994
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 18	Reynalda - Western Publishing Company - Coloring Book Edits, 1977-1986
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 19	Bradford High School Class of 1944, 35th Reunion Program 1979
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 20	Frances Shimer College - Frances Shimer Record Vol. XLI no. 1, 1949-1950
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 21	J. I. Case 46th Annual Banquet Pamphlet, 1986
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 22	Kenosha Public Schools Directory, 1962-1963
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 23	Kodak, 1954
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 24	Spanish for Children, 1957
Box [89138250785]   1   folder 25	University of Wisconsin-Madison Commencement Program, 1948
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 1	Reunions, 1964-1969
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 2	Songs, circa 1940s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 3	Cancioneros, 1931-1953
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 4	Writing for Children, 1981
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 5	Writing, 1981
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 6	Research Survey Report of the State Bar of Wisconsin's Special Committee on the Participation of Women In the Bar, 1987
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 7	English as a Second Language, 1979
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 8	Courts, 1989-1997
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 9	Mary D. Bradford High School Class of 1944 50th Reunion, 1994
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 10	Kenosha County Retired Educators' Association, 2001
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 11	Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 1989
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 12	Canoas, circa 1980s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 13	Preparing for the Federal Court Interpreter Oral Certification Examination, 1994
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 14	Court Interpreter, 1994-1996
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 15	Idioms, Grammar (Spanish-English) 1961
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 16	Sesame Street Golden Books English/Spanish, 1986
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 17	Ixtlahuaca, 1973
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 18	University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Spanish and Portuguese Newsletter, 1991-1995
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 19	French, 1979
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 20	National Spanish Examination, 1965-1967
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 21	Advanced Placement Spanish, Poetry 1970-1984
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 22	University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 1948
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 23	Art and Poetry, circa 1940s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 24	Mondragón Coat of Arms, undated
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 25	Spanish Classes, circa 1970s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 26	YWCA: Por-Para Verbs, circa 1970s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 27	School Notes, circa 1970s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 28	Western Publishing Company: Coloring books translated by Reynalda, 1985-1986
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 29	Western Publishing Company: Coloring books translated by Reynalda, 1985-1986
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 30	Western Publishing Company, 1985
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 31	Kenosha Public Schools-Teaching Spanish, 1963-1969
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 32	Marisa Mondragón, circa 1990s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 33	Family History, 2012
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 34	Abel Carreño, 1991-2001
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 35	Letters to Reynalda, 1946-1950
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 36	Jesse Carreño, 2001
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 37	Correspondence, 2000-2001
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 38	Cristina Mondragón, 1981-1984
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 39	Invisible People: Blacks and Mexican-Americans, 1976
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 40	Condorito, 1978
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 41	Reynalda-University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1944-1948
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 42	Poems, circa 1960s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 43	Poetry: University of Wisconsin-Madison, circa 1940s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 44	Teaching Spanish, circa 1970s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 45	Ephemera, 1978-1992
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 46	Family Photographs, circa 1940s-1970s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 47	Photographs - Reynalda, Friends, and Students circa 1940s-1970s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 48	Clippings about Reynalda, circa 1960s
Volume [89138250777]   3   volume 1	The Spy, 1933
Volume [89138250777]   3   volume 2	Badger Yearbook, 1948
Volume [89138250777]   3   volume 3	Badger Yearbook, 1948
Volume [89138250827]   4   volume 1	Family Photo Album, circa 1940s-1990s
Volume [89138250801]   5   volume 1	Weddings and Portraits Scrapbook, circa 1950s-1960s
Volume [89138250793]   6   volume 1	Reyna, Calixto, and Children Photo Album circa 1960s
Volume [89138251833]   7   volume 1	Carreño Family Photo Album, circa 1940s-1960s
Box [89138251817]   8   othertype 1	Plaque for Mrs. Mondragón, undated
Box [89138251817]   8   othertype 2	Reynalda Mondragón - Retirement Plaque, 1988
Box [89138251817]   8   othertype 3	Reynalda Mondragón - Certificate of Appreciation, 1988
Oversize folder [89138251825]   0V1   folder OV1	Oversize Family Photographs/Teaching Certification/Diplomas/Angelina Rodriguez Birth Certificate/ Insight, 1975-11-09 circa 1940s-1990s
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 49	Calixto Mondragón photograph (Braceros in San Diego, CA) 1945-1947 Language: English.
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 50	Carreño family photograph (Mexico), 1940s Language: English.
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 51	Jesse Abel and Rachel Carreño (Racine, WI) photograph 1945 Language: English.
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 52	Jesus Carreño photograph, circa 1927 Language: English.
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 53	Jesus Carreño photograph (Racine, WI) 1950s Language: English.
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 54	Reynalda Carreño Mondragón booklets and postcard, 1940s Language: English.
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 55	Reynalda Carreño Mondragón correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1940s-1950s Language: English.
Box [89138250611]   2   folder 56	Reynalda Carreño Mondragón photographs, 1961-1965 Language: English.