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This series consists of three subseries, arranged chronologically, each representing a project that Rita M. Cacas has worked on to document Filipino American history and culture.

Scope and Contents Luis Buena (1906-1964) joined the U.S. Navy in the 1930s and served in World War II. He married Teresa Mendez in 1948 and they first lived near Hadley Hospital in southeast Washington, D.C. before moving to Glassmanor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, with their three daughters, Geraldine, Antoinette (Mary) and Loretta. Teresa was a nursing director for geriatric patients at the D.C. Village Hospital in southeast Washington, D.C. (1). This series consists of nursing class photos from the...

Scope and Contents Maximino Cacho Cacas (1907-1944) arrived in the United States in 1926 and received a degree from the University of California, Berkeley in accounting. He moved to Washington, D.C., in the late 1930s, but died while fighting in World War II. Maximino's brother Clemente Cacas (1910-1995) followed his brother to California in 1929 and later moved east, eventually settling in Washington, D.C., after briefly staying in Chicago in 1933. After serving at a military hospital in California during...

Scope and Contents Florentine Calabia (1898-1980) left the Philippines at age 16 to join the U.S. Navy during World War I and moved to Washington, D.C. in the 1930s. He returned to the Philippines to marry Nestora Monfero, a schoolteacher, and returned to the U.S. Nestora was an auditor at the General Accounting Office for more than 30 years and served as the first president of the Filipino Women's Club of Washington, D.C., which formed in 1943. Florentine and Nestora had two sons, Florentine (Tino) and...

Scope and Contents Evangeline "Vangie" Abellera Paredes was the daughter of Tomas Rulloda Abellera, who left the Philippines to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War I, and Francisca Estrada, who was born in Asturias, Spain and worked as a translator on Wall Street in New York City. Vangie was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 26, 1916 and the family moved to Washington, D.C. when Tomas became a chief master mechanic at the Navy Yard in 1921. After attending Congress Heights School and Eastern High School,...

Scope and Contents Melchor Quidangen (1909-1986) joined the U.S. Navy in the 1930s and married Felixberta Amigable (1912-1979) before WWII. Melchor served as chief steward for Admiral Glenn Davies and the couple lived in the Bellevue (Military) Housing Project on Bolling Air Force Base from 1946-1950 when they bought a house on Chesapeake Street in Washington, D.C.. The couple's daughter, Clavelina (Lee) Quidangen married Pedro Sarmiento (See Series 12 below) (1). This series is a collection of...

Scope and Contents Leonardo Fuñe (b. 1922) was a photographer's mate in the U.S. Navy from 1945-1965 and then was a photographer for the United States. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from 1965-1979. In 1955 he married Filomena (1929-2005) who had been a dentist in the Philippines but worked as a central files supervisor at the USDA and was a member of the V.F.W. Vincente Lim Post #5471 Ladies Auxiliary. The couple raised their two children, Roy and Kay, in Glassmanor, Maryland (1). This series...

Scope and Contents Juliana Ordonio Panganiban (1912-2000) arrived in the United States in 1941 and served as a nanny for Lt. Charlie Morton's family until 1950. She lived near St. Mary's Church on Fourth Street in Washington, D.C. Juliana married Rudy Panganiban in 1944 and bought a house next to Riverdale Mansion in Riverdale, Maryland (1). This series includes many photographs from the Panganiban family on the streets of Washington, D.C., at family parties and at community dances and events. This...

Scope and Contents This series depicts the life of the Puyot family through photographs. Hilariona "Leona" (1918-2001) married Lucelo Puyot (1903-1959) and had a daughter, Mina (1942-1988) (1). Lucelo died in 1959, and in 1980 Leona married Januario Sevilla (1910-1999) who had arrived in the U.S. in 1929 and served in the Navy for 31 years. Januario also worked as a cab driver and a barber (2). Mina Puyot (1942-1988) is in a majority of the photographs. Leona Puyot (1917-2001) was the cousin of Ana Puyot Alcoy...

Scope and Contents Asuncion Santos and her five-year-old sister Fermina moved from the Philippines to Washington, D.C. in 1915. Fermina married Mariano Peji and they opened several restaurants, including the Light House Café in Portsmouth, Virginia. Asuncion married Generoso Gaudiel and adopted Doris Eleanor Relucio (1926-2001), whom they renamed Amparing Santos Gaudiel. Asuncion later married Gil Esposo and they opened the restaurant Manila House in Washington, D.C.. Amparing married Leonilo Toribio in 1949....