Lozano family and La Opinión collection

The personal correspondence consists of outgoing and incoming letters from Ignacio Eugenio Lozano, Sr.; his wife, Alicia Elizondo de Lozano; his son, Ignacio Eugenio Lozano, Jr.; and his daughter, Maria Alicia Lozano. The letters are written in Spanish, and occasionally, in English. For the majority of Maria Alicia Lozano's letters, she simply signs "Neta" and Jr. is referred to as "Nacho". The bulk of the family correspondence is written in the 1940s when Jr. is attending the University of Notre Dame to study journalism.

The bulk of the outgoing and incoming correspondence of Ignacio Eugenio Lozano, Sr. is to a Mexican reporter and researcher, Jose C. Valadés (1901-1976). The correspondence is in Spanish. Other correspondence includes letters to and from employees of La Prensa and La Opinión including Horacio Martinez, La Opinión's manager. In addition to the typical work-related correspondence, letters to literary authors, politicians, and military leaders are also present. The majority of these letters are in Spanish.

Note: There are two oversize letters in Oversize Ephemera Box 42 (4 and 5).

The manuscripts and documents are loosely organized by genre; the bulk of the documents relate to particular persons, such as Ignacio E. Lozano, Sr. and employees of La Prensa and La Opinión. Many of these documents are photostats and include duplicates. There are also a number of unidentified typewritten manuscripts.

Box 24 consists of bound volumes related to La Prensa and La Opinión from 1928 to 1986. They include bylaws, account books, and minute books.

Boxes 25-29 consist of financial and legal documents. They are loosely organized by genre, including agreements, contracts, copyright certificates, deeds, financial records, leases, and insurance policies related to the Lozano family and their company. Many of these items include correspondence pertaining to that particular document. The financial and legal documents are in Spanish and English.

Boxes 30-34 consist of ephemera, which are loosely organized by genre. Some of the ephemeral items include clippings, empty envelopes, greeting cards, invitations, illustrations, journals, magazines, printed matter, report cards, and telegrams. Box 35 consists of audio and visual materials, including compact discs relating to La Opinión's 75th anniversary. Box 36 includes 3-D objects, such as small commemorative items, plaques, and medals. In addition to the newspaper clippings found in Box 30, there are also newspapers in Boxes 43-45. These issues may or may not be complete.

The bound newspaper volumes are restricted, due to their physical condition. There are two La Prensa volumes, which span from 1927 to 1938. There are 47 La Opinión volumes, which span from 1926 to 1983. There is also a volume from El Manana 1911-1913 and a volume of advertisers for the Metro Newspaper Service with the accompanying index. Please visit for digitized issues of La Opinión. There are currently 23,971 issues available from 1920s-2008.

In Boxes 37-41 are twenty-three books, which are roughly organized by title. A few of these books are in fragile condition. They are mostly in Spanish.

Box 42 consists of oversize ephemera, including awards, certificates, an autograph book, correspondence, empty envelopes, magazines, and printed matter.

Photographs are found in Boxes 47-58. Box 47 consists of company photographs, including celebratory events, headshots, and proof sheets related to La Prensa and Opinión. The corresponding negatives to the proofs are housed separately. There are also some reproductions of photographs from the 1930s, which are from the Bill Mason Collection.

Box 47 includes photographs of Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr., which are roughly organized chronologically. The majority of these images were shot in 1976 when Jr. was the United States Ambassador to El Salvador. Also in this box is a folder with personal family photographs.

Boxes 48-54 consist of unsorted news photographs. These were taken by La Opinión photographer, Octavio Gomez in the 1970s and 1980s, mostly but not all unidentified. Subjects found in the news photographs include sports (professional and local), politicians, public demonstrations, buildings, people, car accidents, celebrities, crime scenes, natural disasters, law officials, and press conferences. These photographs may have been used for publication.

Box 55 includes more miscellaneous photographs. Some of these photographs include captions and studio/credit information. They also appear to have been used for publication because of the mock-up details. The last three folders include miscellaneous headshots/portraits of celebrities, politicians, and writers.

Box 56 includes printed matter and postcards that were possibly used for publication because of the mock-up details. The bulk of this box is images and printed matter from United Press International (UPI), including images of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and other significant historical events and people.

Box 57 consists of two photo albums of La Opinión's 60th anniversary.

Box 58 consists of oversize photographs. There are images of Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr., the La Opinión building, and other miscellaneous photographs. Oversize framed photographs are in box 67, and negatives are in boxes 68 and 69. Boxes 59-61 and 70-72 consist primarily of books, awards, and commemorative objects.

The 2021 addendum is housed in boxes 62-66, whhich are primarily photographs, as well as ephemera, books, and some historical materials. Photographs include many images of staff and the original print room and offices of La Prensa.