https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/files/original/2cc7a3897f187cd017862bc603f54b6a.jpg fc004cd690502d6f4ed7c0b00ef56637 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tuzon Family Collection Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Modesto Orlando Tuzon Rita Louise Tuzon Description An account of the resource Modesto Jarmillo Tuzon was born in the municipality of Santo Domingo in the province of Ilocos Sur in the Philippines on June 15, 1907. In 1926, he immigrated to the United States to study music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He specialized in the mandolin and eventually toured the Pacific coast playing at Filipino dance halls and other small venues. Later in life, he played with a small band composed of other Filipino men at Filipino community events in Watsonville. Until the late 1950s, Modesto was also a migrant farm laborer. He primarily worked in the fields alongside his cousins, Leon and Cipriano Lazo and Leon and Paul DeOcampo, in the Pajaro Valley and Arroyo Grande, California. Linda Ardell (Kyle) Craner was born in Idaho on June 11, 1937. The Craner family migrated through California from San Francisco to Arroyo Grande before settling in Pacific Grove. During the 1950s, Modesto met Ardell at a diner in Arroyo Grande. In 1954, the two traveled to Mexico to get married. The exact dates of their meeting and marriage are unknown. After their marriage, the Tuzons moved to the Pajaro Valley where they lived in rural Pajaro off Lewis Road before eventually moving to a neighborhood in Las Lomas. They had three children: Modesto Orlando Tuzon (b. 1956), Denise Lane Tuzon (b. 1958 - d. 1959), and Rita Louise Tuzon (b. 1959). After settling in the Pajaro Valley, Tuzon farmed sugar pea fields on the Lazo family property and then transitioned to a job as a tractor driver for Sears Schumann Farms. Linda Ardell was a reading specialist at Hall School in Las Lomas where the library is now named in her honor. Music filled the Tuzon household. Modesto played mandolin for his entire life and was often accompanied by his wife, who was a singer, and his children. While growing up, Modesto Orlando and Rita worked in Watsonville before attending college and pursuing careers outside of agriculture and the Pajaro Valley region. Rita has two children: Jared Kyle Stone (b. 1998) and Sophia Denise Stone (b. 2002). Modesto passed on October 19, 1981, and Ardell on January 31, 2013. The Tuzon Family Collection was contributed to Watsonville is in the Heart by Modesto and Ardell Tuzon's children, Modesto Orlando and Rita Tuzon, in 2021. The collection contains forty-three items in total. It includes two oral history interviews with Modesto Orlando and Rita during which they reflect on their father's migration and labor histories, his passion for music, and their family's experiences navigating mixed-race identity. It also contains forty-one material culture items including photographs of Modesto playing music and his Philippine bandurria. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Striking teachers, school district resume bargaining" Description An account of the resource A clipping from the Register Pajaronian describing a teachers' strike at Pajaro Valley School District in 1973. Modesto Orlando Tuzon organized a student walkout at Watsonville High School in support of the teachers' strike. At the time, the teachers' union of the Pajaro Valley School Distrct was negotiating a new contract. The walkout was orchestrated to get students out of school. The strike ended the weekend after the walkout. Linda Ardell Tuzon (a reading specialist at Hall School in Las Lomas) crossed the picket line and was heckled by the striking union. She was in CSEA (California School Employees Association) for non-certificated employees. It was an acrimonious time in Watsonville on the heels of agricultural labor organizing. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Andre Neu Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Register Pajaronian Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Modesto Orlando Tuzon and Rita Tuzon Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH) is a community-driven public history initiative to preserve and uplift stories of Filipino migration and labor in the city of Watsonville and greater Pajaro Valley. Images were donated and digitally reproduced from private collections of individuals and families. Copyright remains with original owners. All images included herein are intended for personal or educational use only. Any reproduction, redistribution, publication, or other use, by any means, without prior written permission is prohibited. Please note that the images on this website are not included at their full resolution. For permission to publish or reproduce and for higher resolution files, please contact the project director at wiith@ucsc.edu. If you are the rightful copyright holder of this item and its use online constitutes an infringement of your copyright, please contact the project director to discuss its removal from the archive. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 14.5x22 inches Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context TUZ.2021.26