Chicano and Latino ephemera collection
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains various pieces of ephemera and periodical issues related to Latinos, chiefly focused on Chicanos in California from the 1970s to 2000s. Materials include programs, fliers, brochures, clippings, and magazine issues related to various subjects including the Chicano movement, Cesar Chavez and farm labor, community organizing, strikes and boycotts, community organizing, journalism and journalist Ruben Salazar, and cultural events including plays, museum exhibits, and Día de los Muertos events.
The collection is organized into series based on general subject area, though there is overlap among the series. Oversize materials are held in Boxes 8 and 9.
Among the items are a set of 20 photographs of migrant farm workers (Documentary Photo Aids series, ca. 1970) (Box 8) and scattered issues of various newspapers and magazines including:
- El Grito del Norte (Espanola, NM), 1969-1972 (13 issues in Box 9)
- El Malcriado (Delano, CA), 1965-1968 (6 issues in Box 3)
- La Raza, 1970-1972 (2 issues in Box 6, 1 issue in Box 9)
- Regeneracíon (Los Angeles, CA), 1970-1971, (6 issues in Box 6)
- Tin Tan (San Francisco, CA) (5 issues in Box 9)
Dates
- Creation: 1930s-2006 (bulk 1970s-2000s)
Language of Materials
Materials in the collection are in English and Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from the material must be submitted in writing to the Boeckmann Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
5.73 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Abstract
This collection contains various pieces of ephemera and periodical issues related to Latinos, chiefly focused on Chicanos in California from the 1970s to 2000s. Materials include programs, fliers, brochures, clippings, and magazine issues related to various subjects including the Chicano movement, Cesar Chavez and farm labor, community organizing, strikes and boycotts, community organizing, journalism and journalist Ruben Salazar, and cultural events including plays, museum exhibits, and Día de los Muertos events.
Acquisition
The collection began in the 1990s with the gift of a small file from Los Angeles bookseller Alan Adrian. The collection has been acquired through both gift and purchases and continues to be added to regularly.
Subject
- Salazar, Ruben, 1928-1970 -- Archives (Person)
- Raza Unida Party (Calif.) -- Archives (Organization)
- Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 -- Archives (Person)
- Barrio Defense Committee (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives (Organization)
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund -- Archives (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Chicano and Latino ephemera collection
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Author
- Barbara Robinson and Luis Eduardo Leonardi in 2012; Diann Benti in 2022
- Date
- 2022 February
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu