Bring Latina/o Images to Light

Voces Oral History Center

Voces is best known for its oral history interviews and is stablished as the leading oral history program dedicated exclusively to the Latino experience in the U.S. Since our earliest days, photographs have played a central role in including the Latino perspective in our country’s historical narrative.

What many people don’t know ... 
is that Voces interview subjects over the years have also allowed us to digitize their photos, letters, diaries.

Photos have come from family photo albums, shoe boxes, and picture frames. 

These priceless photos have deep historical significance such as men and women in military uniform.

People campaigning for political office,mariachis performing with famous entertainers of the 1950s.

Some of the photos are included on our website, but most are hidden from public view and we’re trying to change that now and make them accessible and searchable. 

Our goal is to raise $5,000 … and we need your help today.

With your donation, Voces can do initial technical work necessary to make our photos searchable. 

The Latino story deserves the very best presentation and ease of discovery. Since 1999, the Voces Oral History Center has done everything possible to make our materials accessible. 

Today, we ask for your help.

Every photo tells a story and gives voice to the Latino experience.

#VocesCenter #Latinos #Latinas #oralhistory

Voces Ambassadors

John David Devirgiliis, Ivan Roman, Mario Lewis, Lupe Morin Joe Morin