Aradanas, Clarito "Bing" (1960)

Content Description This collection includes original research materials and writing produced and collected by Clarito "Bing" Aradanas in the 1990s and 2000s. Included are digital and physical materials related to the Aradanas family, Lompoc's Filipino American histories and communities from the early to mid 20th century, and Bing's independent research projects. Most of these materials cover Bing's Philippine-American studies over 30 years--topics such as the manong generation, indigenous Filipino ways of...

Scope and Contents

This folder contains 9 sub-folders of photographs, each relating to a specific gathering or family member. These photographs depict Lompoc's Filipino Community from the 1940s until the early 2000's. Photographs were taken at the Philippine Island Market in Pismo Beach, of Filipino fraternities, photographs from military service during WW2, and private family photos.

Abstract

This folder was curated by Bing for Shannon Toribio, the curator of the Manongs exhibit at Casa de la Guerra from 2024-2025. Shannon Toribio is a UCSB PhD candidate studying religion. There are ten items in this folder. Contents include lecture materials, research papers, interviews from the Aradanas family, and a book skeleton from Bing's trip to the Philippines.