Chicano and Latino film collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of approximately 34 films relating to the study of the culture, history, and politics of the Chicano community. A scanned inventory listing films in the collection is accessible via the USC Digital Library (see the link on this finding aid). Grover Brooks, Maria Herrera, and Carlos Najera created the inventory in 1974. A circulating copy of the collection's inventory is also available via the USC Libraries catalog: "Peliculas : an annotated list of Chicano films in the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles Chicano Research Libraries" (call number: E184.M5B77).
Dates
- Creation: 1965 - 1973
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. 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
7.875 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Chicano and Latino film collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated and Bo Doub
- Date
- 2022 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2024 March: Bo Doub uploaded a scan of a 1974 inventory listing films in the collection to the USC Digital Library. Bo also created a digital object record to link to the scan from the ArchivesSpace finding aid.
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