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Gerardo M. Gonzalez papers, 1952-2018, bulk 1961-1963

A Guide to his Papers at the Indiana University Archives

Finding aid prepared by Sara Stefani and Tyler Davis

Summary Information

Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives

Creator
Gonzalez, Gerardo M.

Title
Gerardo M. Gonzalez papers, 1952-2018,  bulk 1961-1963

Collection No.
C694

Extent
.2 cubic feet (1 box)

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
Dr. Gerardo M. Gonzalez is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the Indiana University School of Education. In 1962, when Gonzalez was eleven years old, he and his family immigrated to the United States as refugees from Cuba. The first in his family to graduate from college, Gonzalez has since become a prominent academic leader in the United States and a proponent for higher education leadership, healthy campus environments, and Latino educational concerns. The papers and photos in this collection relate to Gonzalez’s upbringing and his family’s emigration from Cuba to the United States in the early 1960s, as well as Gonzalez' education and academic appointments. Many of the materials in this collection are reproduced or referenced in Gonzalez’s 2018 memoir A Cuban Refugee’s Journey to the American Dream: The Power of Education .

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.

Biographical Note

Dr. Gerardo M. Gonzalez is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the Indiana University School of Education.

Gonzalez was born on September 24, 1950 in Placetas, Cuba. Gonzalez, his parents, and his sister Maritza immigrated to the United States as refugees from Cuba in February 1962, three years into Fidel Castro’s rule, when Gonzalez was eleven years old. The first in his family to graduate from college, he went on to become a prominent academic leader in the United States.

After starting out at Miami Dade Junior College, Gonzalez received his B.A. degree in psychology in 1973 and his Ph.D. in counseling and higher education administration in 1978, both from the University of Florida. He came to Indiana University after serving as the interim dean of the College of Education at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he was also a professor and chair of the Department of Counselor Education and the associate dean for Administration and Finance.

Gonzalez served as dean of the IU School of Education from 2000-2015, directing administrative and budgetary activities and providing academic oversight to education programs on six regional campuses of Indiana University. Upon his retirement from the deanship in 2015, Indiana University President Michael McRobbie presented Gonzalez with the President’s Medal for Excellence.

A recognized expert on drug and alcohol education, in 1977 Gonzalez founded Boost Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students (BACCHUS), the nation’s largest peer-based collegiate organization for the prevention of alcohol abuse.

Gonzalez is also active in multicultural counseling and education issues, and has published scholarly works on the Cuban-American experience and Latino educational concerns. His memoir A Cuban Refugee’s Journey to the American Dream: The Power of Education was published by IU Press in August 2018.

Arrangement

Collection is organized in roughly chronological order.

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of family papers and photos related to Gerardo M. Gonzalez’s upbringing and the emigration of Gonzalez and his family from Cuba to the United States in the early 1960s. It also includes documents and correspondence related to Gonzalez' education at Miami Dade Junior College, the University of Florida, and his academic appointments at UF and Indiana University. The materials in this collection date from 1952 to 2018, with the bulk dating from 1961 to 1963, around the time of the family’s emigration. Types of material present in the collection include photographs, school records, correspondence, boarding passes and flight tickets, and newspaper clippings.

Separated Material

16 photos were removed and are housed with the Archives Photograph Collection. These include Gonzalez’s 1956 passport photo; family photos of a young Gonzalez and his immediate and extended family in the 1950s and 1960s; and his ID card from Miami Dade Junior College. The photos in this collection appear in or are referenced in Gonzalez’s 2018 memoir, “A Cuban Refugee’s Journey to the American Dream: The Power of Education.” For more information, please contact the University Archives staff.

Related Material

Additional publications and research materials may be accessed in IUScholarworks.

Related photographs may be available in the University Archives Photographs Database .

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Accession: 2018/057, 2018/135
Usage Restrictions
The donor(s) of this collection have transferred their copyrights for the materials to the Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.

The Indiana University Archives respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not claim any copyrights for non-university records, materials in the public domain, or materials for which we do not hold a Deed of Gift. Responsibility for the determination of the copyright status of these materials rests with those persons wishing to reuse the materials. Researchers are responsible for securing permission from copyright owners and any other rights holders for any reuse of these materials that extends beyond fair use or other statutory limitations.

Digital reproductions of archival materials from the Indiana University Archives are made available for noncommercial educational and research purposes only. If you are the copyright holder for any of the digitized materials and have questions about its inclusion on our site, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.

Preferred Citation
[Item], Gerardo M. Gonzalez papers, Collection C694, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Files were gathered by Gerardo Gonzalez in the process of writing his memoir A Cuban Refugee’s Journey to the American Dream: The Power of Education .

Transferred by Gerardo Gonzalez to the University Archives in August 2018.

Processing Information
The files in this collection remain in the order in which they were originally received, with the exception of moving the folder “Ivy Tech Bloomington Commencement Address, 2012” to the end of the box to preserve chronological order.

Processed by Sara Stefani and Tyler Davis.

Completed in 2018

Container List

Series: Gerardo M. Gonzalez papers, 1952-2018
Box 1 Cuba documents, 1956-1973  and undated [image]View item(s)

This file includes photographs that appear in or are described in Gonzalez's book, as well as a University of Florida certificate and a NCWC Catholic Relief Services button.

Separated Material

Original photographs have been photocopied and removed to the Archives Photograph Collection. Contact University Archives staff to request access.

Baptismal certificate, February 3, 1952

(photocopy)

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Birth certificate, Gerardo Gonzalez, October 28, 1956 [image]View item(s)

While Gonzalez was born in 1950, this is a copy of his birth certificate that was certified in 1956 (presumably as part of the paperwork for Gonzalez’s passport).

Colegio San Antonio grade school certificates, 1958-1960 [image]View item(s)
Visa waiver, 1961 [image]View item(s)
Money order receipts for flight from Havana to Miami, September 1961 [image]View item(s)
Dr. Onelio Fleites Diaz, diet regimen in Cuba, November 1961 [image]View item(s)
Telegrams, February 1962 [image]View item(s)
Cuban Refugee Program, March 1962
Pan Am tickets, 1962 [image]View item(s)
Cuban Relocation Center letter and Catholic Charities certification, 1962-1963 [image]View item(s)
United boarding passes, flight from Miami to Pittsburgh, 1963 [image]View item(s)
Gerardo's promotion to 7th grade and Maritza's to 3rd in Pittsburgh, 1963  [image]View item(s)
New Jersey Public School vaccination record, 1963 [image]View item(s)
Elio Gonzalez's work recommendations and record of money borrowed to buy tools in New Jersey, 1956-1963  [image]View item(s)
First attempt at writing poetry at Miami Dade Jr. College, circa 1969 [image]View item(s)
Certificate of Academic Achievement from Miami Dade Jr. College 1969 – 1970 [image]View item(s)
Manuel Gonzalez (Abuelo) letter, January 2, 1971 [image]View item(s)
“Note from my sister Maritza right after I left Miami to attend UF", January 1972 [image]View item(s)
“Note from my father reminding me to sign a card (presumably an insurance or tax card) and put it in the mail, sent to me after I moved to Gainesville”, 1972 [image]View item(s)
Statement of professional goals, recommendation from Dr. Swanson, notification of admission from Dr. Harold Riker for M.Ed and Ed.S. degrees, 1973 [image]View item(s)
Statement of Professional Goals, Letter of Recommendation from Dr. Tom Goodace, Notification of Admission, Acceptance of Admission, Appointment of Ph.D. Committee, 1975-1976 [image]View item(s)

Separated Material

One application photograph has been photocopied and removed to the Archives Photograph Collection. Contact University Archives staff to request access.

Letters of Recognition and Appointment to the Faculty at UF, 1986-1987 [image]View item(s)
History of BACCHUS outline for 10th Year Anniversary, September 1990 [image]View item(s)
Announcement and letters of congratulations related to Gonzalez’ appointment as Associate Dean of the College of Education at UF, 1993 [image]View item(s)

This file includes correspondence related to Gonzalez’ appointment as Associate Dean of the College of Education at UF in 1993 and as Interim Dean in 1999; documents related to his nomination and application for the permanent deanship in 1999; and a June 2000 newspaper clipping about Gonzalez’ departure for the deanship of the Indiana University School of Education.

Separated Material

One photograph of Gonzalez presenting UF graduates at the 1999 commencement has been removed to the Archives Photograph Collection. Please contact Archives staff for access.

IU School of Education announcement about Gonzalez’ appointment as Dean, July 2000 [image]View item(s)

Separated Material

Original photograph has been photocopied and removed to the Archives Photograph Collection. Contact University Archives staff to request access.

Photos of UF Deans of Education Portrait Dedication, November 2001 [image]View item(s)

Separated Material

Original photographs have been photocopied and removed to the Archives Photograph Collection. Contact University Archives staff to request access.

Ivy Tech Bloomington Commencement address, May 11, 2012 [image]View item(s)
A Cuban Refugee’s Journey to the American Dream book launch comments and brochure, September 28, 2018  [image]View item(s)
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