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...

Abstract The collection consists of display samples of Latino, Chicano, lowrider and gangbanger t-shirt designs, decals, patches, and cards from the 1980s to the 1990s. Some of the designs were supplied by Francisco's Exotic T's, Photo-Lith International, and SSI. Many of the designs draw on gang-related street art forms--tattoo flash and graffiti placas. There are also designs inspired by Christian iconography; album cover design; and lowrider artwork. Some designs reference Latin music; others are...

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This collection contains the research files, bibliographic records, publications, exhibit proposals, and various committee and organization materials of Chicano Movement scholar and activist Dr. Antonio Ríos-Bustamante.

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Collection consists of 17 black and white photographs from Daily Trojan coverage of the first Festival de Flor y Canto hosted at USC in 1973.

Abstract A collection of 43 issues of Teen Angels magazine, spanning approximately 1981 to 2006. Teen Angels was founded in 1979 by San Jose-based artist David Holland. Teen Angels was a popular magazine that celebrated and featured art and writing relating to Chicano culture, cholo street culture, lowriders, pachuco culture, prison art, Southern California gangs, varrios, tattoos, and other themes....

Abstract The William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles consist of four 16mm films and one U-matic videotape of neighborhood footage of Watts and East Los Angeles, recorded by Dr. William Yee in the 1960s and 1970s. The videotape of Watts focuses on street scenes circa 1963, just prior to the Watts Riots of 1965, including footage of the Watts Towers. The East Los Angeles footage, which Yee titled "East LA Estrada," was filmed circa 1970-1971. The East Los Angeles footage shows Chicano murals in...