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Pedro Supelana papers
Pedro Supelana was born in the Philippines in 1929. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1964 and became a U.S. citizen in 1964. In 1967 he moved to Philadelphia, where he worked as an advertising manager. Supelana held leadership positions in a number of Filipino-American and Asian-American comm...
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| Collection: | Pedro Supelana Papers |
| Collection Number: | MSS147 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Supelana, Pedro |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Pedro Supelana papers |f 1971-1992 | |
| 300 | |a 1.4 Linear feet |f 4 boxes, 1 flat file | ||
| 520 | |a Pedro Supelana was born in the Philippines in 1929. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1964 and became a U.S. citizen in 1964. In 1967 he moved to Philadelphia, where he worked as an advertising manager. Supelana held leadership positions in a number of Filipino-American and Asian-American community organizations in Philadelphia and elsewhere, and supported national efforts to win Filipino veterans equal rights to benefits and the right to naturalize as U.S. citizens. The collection encompasses papers related to community organizations, veterans organizations, and a few personal records, including correspondence, minutes, flyers, printed materials, and other items. | ||
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Filipino Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Filipino Executive Council of Greater Philadelphia. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Pan Asian Association of Greater Philadelphia. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Philadelphia (Pa.). Commission on Asian-American Affairs. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Philadelphia (Pa.). Mayor's Asian American Advisory Board. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Tomas Claudio Post No. 1063 (Philadelphia, Pa.). | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Pedro Supelana Papers |c MSS147 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/mss/finding_aid_MSS147_Supelana.pdf |