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California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
M0750
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Description
The records of the California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA) contain administrative files, litigation files, and special
program and subject files, dating from the founding of the organization in 1966 through circa 2000. Materials in the collection
document CRLA's ongoing work to provide legal aid to farmworkers and the rural poor in California.
Background
Founded in 1966 through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA)
was the first federally-funded rural legal services program as well as the first such statewide program. CRLA provides legal
services to farmworkers, particularly migrant farmworkers, and the rural poor in California. James D. Lorenz Jr. was the founding
director of CRLA and organizers César Chávez, Dolores Huerta and Larry Itliong were all members of its founding Board. There
have now been five other directors: Cruz Reynoso, Martin R. Glick, Richard Baca, Alberto Saldamando, and the current director,
José R. Padilla, whose tenure began in 1984.
Extent
420 Linear Feet
(167 manuscript boxes; 214 cartons; 7 half-boxes. From 2016-042: 27 manuscript boxes; 2 half-boxes)
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Availability
A small amount of material with privacy and confidentiality issues has been closed for 75 years from the date the material
was created. Within this guide, this material will be marked with a Restricted Material note at the file level, specifying
the extent of the closure period.