Filipino American families

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

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials collected over the lives of Lily and Pedro Aradanas. Pedro's materials relate to his immigration from the Philippines to America during the manong generation in the early 1920s (reflective of Filipino migration patterns throughout America, specficially along the west coast, based on labor demands). Lily's objects were collected from her work in Lompoc, California from her service in the Catholic church, as an educator in elementary schools, and her...

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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.

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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.