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Note from the Editor
by Tamara Gaskell Miller
Note from the President: Old Collections and New
by David Moltke-Hansen
Merchants and Diplomats: Philadelphia's Early Trade with Cuba
by Linda K. Salvucci
Manuel Torres: The "Franklin of the Southern world"
by Anne Arsenault
Tobacco, Trains, and Textiles: Philadelphia's Early Spanish-Speaking Enclaves, 1920–1936
by Víctor Vázquez
Philadelphia's Mexican War Workers
by Maria Möller
Building El Barrio: Latinos Transform Postwar Philadelphia
by Kathryn E. Wilson
Book Reviews
From Puerto Rico to Philadelphia: Puerto Rican Workers and Postwar Economies, by Carmen Teresa
Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell, by Jane Golden, Robin Rice, and Monica Yant Kinney; photography by David Graham and Jack Ramsdale
Strangers Among Us: How Latino Immigration is Transforming America, by Roberto Suro
Hidden from History: The Latino Community of Allentown, Pennsylvania, by Anna Adams
LEGACIES for Kids: Parrandas and Posadas: Christmas Traditions in Philadelphia Latino Communities
LEGACIES for Kids: Book Reviews
by S. Chris Saad
Behind the Mountains, by Edwidge Danticat
How My Family Lives In America, by Susan Kuklin
Esperanza Rising, by Parn Muñoz
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares
Frida, by Jonah Winter; illustrated by Ana Juan
Cuban Kids, by George Ancona
Food for Thought: Can History Tell Our Stories?
by Johnny Irizarry
Cover image: Dancer for Estampas Colombianas, Colobmian dance troupe established in Philadelphia in about 1987. Estampas Colombianas Records, Balch Institute Collections.
