Photograph of Mexican Ward School in Mathis, Texas. Photograph labeled S-4. Outdoor drinking fountain in foreground. Several people standing outside school building. Annotation reads "One of the other buildings three blocks away from the first building. Again showing the poor type of structures with the same handicaps. Notice playground covered with stones and large rocks. There are no inside fountains and pupils must go outside for a drink of water." See other Mathis photographs for context. Photograph identifier sanmat06.
Creator/Contributor:
Sánchez, George Isidore, 1906-1972 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940s
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
negatives (photographs), still image, and photographs
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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Language:
not applicable
Topic:
Discrimination in education--Texas, Mexican Americans, Mexican American children--Education--Texas, Public schools--Texas, and School buildings--Texas
Place Name:
Mathis (Tex.)
Geographic Coverage:
United States (country), Texas (state), and San Patricio County (county)
General Note:
Part of Series V. Photographs, 1930s-1966 of the George I. Sánchez Papers. Photographs documenting conditions in schools for Mexican American children as part of "A Study of the Educational Opportunities Provided Spanish-Name Children in Ten Texas School Systems" by Virgil E. Strickland and George I. Sánchez (1948). This study preceded a successful District Court decision, Delgado v. Bastrop ISD, which led to desegregation of Texas schools for Mexican American children.
Citation Note:
George I. Sánchez Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin