La Historia’s Mission to Preserve El Monte’s Heritage

Authors

Bianca Sosa-Phal, La Historia Historical Society and Museum
Rosa Peña, La Historia Historical Society and Museum
Nena Delgadillo, La Historia Historical Society and Museum

Presented on

Fall 10-3-2025

Files

Streaming Media

Description

The El Monte nonprofit, La Historia, has a mission of preserving Mexican American history through community engagement and collaboration. Join us in hearing how Nena and Bianca accomplish this as either someone also working full time in a public library, or as someone who has needed to master the rules of archival practice in order to realize when its important to bend them.

Keywords

Archival Studies, Archives, Museums, Nonprofits, Material Handling, Collection Development, Outreach

Disciplines

Archival Science | Collection Development and Management | Communication Technology and New Media | Critical and Cultural Studies | Library and Information Science | Organization Development

Recommended Citation

Sosa-Phal, Bianca; Peña, Rosa; and Delgadillo, Nena, "La Historia’s Mission to Preserve El Monte’s Heritage" (2025). SLA Student Chapter Events Archive. 58.
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slasc/58