The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Library
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January 8, 2021
Letters Across the Border
[PRODUCTION/AUDIO EDITING] In this episode, we bring you the stories of two immigrant families who, separated by the border, relied on letters to maintain their relationships: the mid-20th-century Mexican couple José Chávez Esparza and María Concepción Alvarado, whose letters are part of The Huntington’s collections, and José Cervantes, a gardener at The Huntington who came to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 24 years old.