[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 113 (Thursday, September 21, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1551]
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     IN RECOGNITION OF THE GOYA FOODS' DONATION TO THE SMITHSONIAN

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 21, 2000

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowledge Goya Foods, Inc., 
and its CEO Joseph A. Unanue, for contributing the company's historical 
archive to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American 
History. The Goya Collection will further the public's education in 
important and unique ways, illustrating not only Goya's history, but 
also representing the histories of the thousands of enterprises started 
by new immigrants and their contributions to America.
  The Goya Collection tells the story of how this company, which was 
founded in 1936 by Spanish immigrants Prudencio Unanue and his wife, 
Carolina Casal de Unanue, has come to occupy its present position as 
the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the U.S.
  The Goya Collection, including scores of photographs, calendars, 
sales promotional materials, cookbooks, recipes, product labels, 
scrapbooks and news clippings, is now housed at the National Museum of 
American History's Archives Center and its Division of Cultural 
History.
  This collection, the first from a Hispanic-owned business, is a 
significant addition to the Smithsonian Institution's holdings. It 
affords researchers and the public the opportunity to learn not only 
about the growth of a Latino enterprise, but to see how Latino culture 
has enriched American history. The Goya Collection tells more than the 
story of one company--it also chronicles an important Chapter in the 
living history of the Hispanic community in the United States.
  Today, I ask that my colleagues join me in acknowledging Goya Foods' 
wonderful donation to the Smithsonian.

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