MANA de Kansas City Collection

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Kids line up in the Mana de Kansas City booth during the Hispanic Heritage Festival
Mexican American children line up in an outdoor booth that is sponsored by MANA de Kansas City during Hispanic Heritage Festival. There are fountains behind the booth. A man stands outside the booth on the left. There are two Mexican American women in the booth and a child size basketball goal. A banner hangs in the back of the booth that reads, "MANA. Mexican American women's national [association]. Kansas City, [Missouri].", September 1987, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten note on back in green ink, "Fiesta Hispana 9/88." [8/87 marked over with 9/88]. Handwritten note at top of photo album page, "Fiesta Hispana, Sept 1987 [1988 marked through].
Kids line up in the Mana de Kansas City booth during the Hispanic Heritage Festival
Mexican American kids line up to enter the MANA de Kansas City booth to shoot a basketball through a child-sized basketball hoop during Hispanic Heritage Week. A Mexican American woman stands next to the goal. A banner hangs in the back of the booth that reads, "mana. Mexican American women national association. Kansas City Chapter.", September 1987, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten note on back in green ink, "Fiesta Hispana 9/88." ; Handwritten note at top of photo album page, "Fiesta Hispana, Sept 1987 [1988 marked through].
Kids line up in the Mana de Kansas City booth during the Hispanic Heritage Festival
Mexican American kids line up to enter the MANA de Kansas City booth to shoot a basketball through a child-sized basketball hoop during Hispanic Heritage Week. A Mexican American woman, possibly Anna Maria Bellatin, stands next to the goal. A banner hangs in the back of the booth that reads, "mana. Mexican American women national association. Kansas City Chapter." A label attached to the top of the photograph handwritten in blue ink, "HISPANIC HERITAGE WEEK MANA BOOTH, 1988.", 1988, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back in black ink, "Hispanic Heritage Mana Booth, 1988."
Kids line up in the Mana de Kansas City booth during the Hispanic Heritage Festival
Mexican American children line up in an outdoor booth that is sponsored by MANA de Kansas City. There are fountains behind the booth. A man stands outside the booth on the left. There are two Mexican American women in the booth and a child size basketball goal. A banner hangs in the back of the booth that reads, "MANA. Mexican American women's national [association]. Kansas City [Chapter].", 1987, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Laughter at the 1988 Posada del Sol Christmas event
Six Mexican American women are laughing and animated as they stand in a line together in front of a Christmas tree and decorations. A handwritten label attached to the lower left-hand corner says, "Posada del Sol Christmas 1988." Esther Wolf is third from the left. Mazine Alvarez is second from the right and is motioning up in the air with her right arm and hand., 1988, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Linda Reyes is given a Teddy bear during a MANA de Kansas City event
Linda Reyes, a Mexican American woman seated at a conference table, is given a Teddy bear that is wrapped in cellophane during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event. Another Mexican American woman sits at the conference table behind Linda. The woman who is handing the bear to Linda is in profile and is standing on the other side of the table., September 30, 2006, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Linda Reyes is given a Teddy bear during a MANA de Kansas City event
Linda Reyes, a Mexican American woman seated at a conference table, is given a Teddy bear that is wrapped in cellophane during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event. Another Mexican American woman sits at the conference table behind Linda. The woman who is handing the bear to Linda is in profile and is standing on the other side of the table., September 30, 2006, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Linda Reyes is given a Teddy bear during a MANA de Kansas City event
A grinning woman hands a Teddy bear wrapped in cellophane to Linda Reyes, a Mexican American woman who is seated at a conference table with another Mexican American woman seated behind her during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event. Linda's name placard sits on the table in front of her., September 30, 2006, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Long tables filled with seated participants at a Posada del Sol Christmas party for retirees
Long tables filled with seated Mexican American men and women and one African American woman during a Posada del Sol Christmas party for retirees., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Lou Bowersox, Freda M. Smith, and Bertha Estrada attend the Customer Service Awards event
Lou Bowersox, Freda Mendez Smith, and Bertha Estada, all Mexican American women, stand together and smile at the camera during the Community Service Awards event for MANA de Kansas City. A handwritten label attached to the top center of the photograph reads, "CSA, 1984 ['4' marked through with a '7']. Lou Bowersox, Freda M. Smith, Bertha Estrada.", 1987, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
MANA chapter presidents
MANA Chapter Presidents stand six in the back row and sit three in front for a group photograph in Washington, DC in 1989. The woman seated farthest to the left of the photograph is Mary Lou Jaramillo. A handwritten label attached to the top right-hand corner of the photograph states, "MANA CHAPTER PRESIDENTS, WASHINGTON, DC, 1989.", 1989, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back in black ink, "Chapter Pres., Washington DC [Albuquerque is marked through]. 1989."
MANA de Kansas City Presidents Honor Roll plaque during a MANA de Kansas City event
Photo of the Presidents Honor Roll plaque for MANA de Kansas City with individual name tags for each name., June 25, 2006, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
MANA de Kansas City banquet
A Mexican American woman speaks into a microphone attached to a podium that sits atop a table while five other Mexican American women sit or stand behind the table at an unidentified MANA banquet event at the Hilton Plaza Inn in Kansas City, Missouri. A banner hangs on the wall behind the table that reads, "MANA de Kansas City. Hispanic Women Creating a Better Future." A table of attendees are in the foreground of the photograph of one woman, one white man, and two Mexican American men., No date; likely 1980s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
MANA de Kansas City booth
Two Mexican American women talk outside of a MANA de Kansas City booth at possibly Fiesta Hispana on Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri. Two Mexican American women inside the booth lean in toward each other to be heard as they talk. Mexican American men are in the parking lot behind the booth. A sign on the booth reads, "T-Shirts 8.00. Ballons [$].50 & 1.00.", No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
MANA de Kansas City booth
Two Mexican American women talk across the MANA de Kansas City booth wall at, possibly, Fiesta Hispana, on Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri as another Mexican American woman and Mexican American girls stand by., No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
MANA de Kansas City booth
Two Mexican American women talk inside the MANA de Kansas City booth at possibly Fiesta Hispana on Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri. Four Mexican American men stand in a group together talking in the parking lot behind the booth. A sign on the booth reads, "T-Shirts 8.00. Ballons [$].50 & 1.00." A white T-shirt with read printing that hangs on the side of the booth reads, "MANA de Kansas City. Hispanic Women Creating a Better Future." A red balloon and a pink balloon are in the booth. People are around the booth but mostly obscured or out of the sides of the photograph., No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
MANA de Kansas City booth during the Hispanic Heritage Week festival
Mexican American children line up in an outdoor booth that is sponsored by MANA de Kansas City during the Hispanic Heritage Week festival. There are fountains behind the booth. A man stands outside the booth on the left. There is one Mexican American woman at the booth and a child size basketball goal. A banner hangs in the back of the booth that reads, "MANA. Mexican American women's national [association]. Kansas City, [Missouri].", September 1987, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten note on back in green ink, "Fiesta Hispana 9/88." ; Handwritten note at top of photo album page, "Fiesta Hispana, Sept 1987 [1988 marked through].
MANA de Kansas City event in a diner
Mexican American women sit in a diner while a white woman stands in profile looking to the left and a Mexican American man leans against a support post during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event. One seated Mexican American woman has her hand raised., No date; likely early 2000s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
MANA de Kansas City holiday event photographed from above
A MANA de Kansas City holiday event at Posada del Sol photographed from above shows a large group of Mexican American women (one holding a baby) standing around a table with a Christmas tablecloth and in front of a Christmas tree as they read from sheets of paper they hold in their hands. A seated audience of both Mexican American men and Mexican American women and a table of food are visible in the bottom of the photograph., No date; likely 1980s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
MANA de Kansas City installation 1990
Seven Mexican American women stand in a business office during the MANA de Kansas City Installation Service. Other Mexican American men and women look on. The woman farthest to the right is Freda Mendez-Smith. The woman third from the left is Rose Vest. The woman standing fifth from the left is Mary Lou Jaramillo. A handwritten label attached to the bottom center of the photograph reads, "INSTALLATION 1990.", 1990, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back in black ink, "Installation, 1990."
MANA de Kansas City participants in the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas on Hispanic Day on the Hill
A large group of Mexican American women who belong the MANA de Kansas City and participated in the Hispanic Day on the Hill stand together in elevated rows for a photograph in a room in the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas., March 3, 2006, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
MANA de Kansas City participants in the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas on Hispanic Day on the Hill
A large group of Mexican American women who belong the MANA de Kansas City and participated in the Hispanic Day on the Hill stand together in elevated rows for a photograph in a room in the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas., March 3, 2006, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
MANA de Kansas City participants in the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas on Hispanic Day on the Hill
A large group of Mexican American women who belong the MANA de Kansas City and participated in the Hispanic Day on the Hill stand together in elevated rows for a photograph in a room in the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas., March 3, 2006, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Manny Lopez congratulates an award winner
Manny Lopez, a Mexican American man, presses a woman's hand, Dawn Williams, between his as she holds a MANA de Kansas City award with her other hand at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner. The recipient's back is to the camera., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Manny Lopez speaks during a MANA de Kansas City event
Manny Lopez, a Mexican American man, closes his eyes and spreads his hands and fingers wide as he speaks from behind a lectern at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City community service awards dinner., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Many people crowd into a room in the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas on Hispanic Day on the Hill
Mexican American women, men, and teenage girls sit, stand and visit in a large room in the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas Hispanic Day on the Hill. There is a large circular bannister in the center of the room. All of the walls are painted in murals., March 3, 2006, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Many people eat in Manny's restaurant during a Mother's Day celebration
Many Mexican Americans sit around tables and in booths at a Kansas City, Missouri restaurant called Manny's during a Mother's Day celebration., 1988, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on the top of the photo album page in green ink, "MANA Mother's Day Reception 1988." Handwritten on the back in green ink, "Mother's Day '88 at Manny's."
Many women sit and stand around a circular dining table during the community services awards event for MANA de Kansas City
Four Mexican American women are standing behind a round dining table. Two are trying to talk to each other even though they are separated and bend toward each other as if they may not be able to hear each other well. The woman standing with a cane second from the left side of the photograph is Sonia Rosario. Also there are seven Mexican American women sitting and talking around the dining table filled with drinks and plates of food, including Rita Jaramillo, Estella Morales, and Mary Lou Jaramillo, who are all three facing the camera, during Community Services Award event at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri., 1988, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back in blue ink, "Maria Antonia, Sonia Rosario, Esther Wolf, Mary Lou Jaramillo."

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