William G. Mackenzie papers MS.112
Alix Norton, Brittney Jimenez
University of California, Santa Cruz
2024
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: William G. Mackenzie papers
Creator:
Mackenzie, William G.
Identifier/Call Number: MS.112
Physical Description:
11.4 Linear Feet
19 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1960-1990
Abstract: This collection documents the advocacy
work of William Mackenzie and his efforts to support migrant farmworkers and their families
primarily in the Pajaro Valley of central California. This collection covers Mackenzie's
time as co-founder and on the board of directors of Migration and Adaptation in the Americas
(MAIA), his efforts advocating for students, and his research interests in public policy,
finance, immigration, and education. It includes correspondence with academics, politicians,
and students; meeting minutes, organizational documents, and other materials from MAIA; some
personal files; and collected newspaper clippings on his research interests including
domestic and foreign policy, economics, immigration, agriculture, and health.
Physical Location: Collection stored off-site at NRLF:
Advance notice is required for access.
Language of Material:
English .
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research. Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Contact
Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to audiovisual media.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by the creators and their heirs.
Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair
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Preferred Citation
William G. Mackenzie papers, MS 112. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William Mackenzie, 1993.
Biography
William (Bill) George Mackenzie (circa 1913 - circa 1994) was the co-founder of Migration
and Adaptation in the Americas (MAIA), a non-profit organization focused on removing
barriers to higher education for children of migrant farm workers in California's Pajaro
Valley. Mackenzie earned a degree at Princeton University in 1935 before serving in the army
during World War II. After the war, he worked as a farmer in California, which was
influential in his decision to start the MAIA organization and spend his life advocating for
migrant families. Mackenzie also worked as a history teacher, a banker, and an interviewer
for the admissions department at Princeton University for Monterey County. William Mackenzie
lived in Pebble Beach, California, with his wife Shirley, who was also active on the board
of directors of MAIA.
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the advocacy work of William Mackenzie and his efforts to support
migrant farmworkers and their families primarily in the Pajaro Valley of central California.
This collection covers Mackenzie's time as co-founder and on the board of directors of
Migration and Adaptation in the Americas (MAIA), his efforts advocating for students, and
his research interests in public policy, finance, immigration, and education. It includes
correspondence with academics, politicians, and students; meeting minutes, organizational
documents, and other materials from MAIA; some personal files; and collected newspaper
clippings on his research interests including domestic and foreign policy, economics,
immigration, agriculture, and health.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in four series:
- Series 1: Correspondence and subject files
- Series 2: MAIA files
- Series 3: Personal files
- Series 4: Clippings
- Series 5: Audiovisual materials
Materials within each series are arranged chronologically unless otherwise
specified.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Brittney Jimenez with assistance from Alix Norton in the
Center for Archival Research and Training (CART), 2022-2024. Most titles in this collection
were derived from the original folder titles as received from the donor.
Related Materials
The following audio recording is available via UCSC Library Search:
William G.
Mackenzie Archive opening, October 23, 1994.
Call number LS9072.
The following archival collections of Florence Wyckoff's papers contain related materials
on MAIA, education, and advocacy in the Pajaro Valley region:
Florence Richardson Wyckoff papers, MS 96, Special Collections, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Florence Richardson Wyckoff Papers, BANC MSS 78/55 c, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Children of migrant laborers -- Education
-- California -- Pajaro River Valley
Migrant agricultural laborers --
California
Migrant labor -- California
Agriculture -- California
Education, Higher
Minorities in higher education
Universities and colleges
Correspondence and subject files
1976-1992
Scope and Contents
This series consists primarily of Mackenzie's correspondence advocating for students
through MAIA to access higher education. It includes correspondence directly with
students with whom he was connected, as well as with academics and administrators at his
alma mater, Princeton University, and other universities. The correspondence is
primarily student-centered, with a focus on migrant student populations and
Mexican-American student populations. Also included is Mackenzie's correspondence with
politicians and organizations who worked with student populations. Subject files are
arranged with the correspondence in this series, as Mackenzie kept research files on
education and migrant student populations in support of his advocacy work.
Arrangement
Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent or
subject, reflecting the original order.
Box 1, Folder 7
Barrata, Frank Salvador (Barbara)
1976
Box 1, Folder 10
Bernstein, Harry
1978-1979
Box 1, Folder 15
Bressler, Marvin
1978-1979
Box 1, Folder 16
Bribiesca, Sergio
1979-1980
Box 1, Folder 17
Brown, R. Manning Jr.
1982-1983
Box 1, Folder 18
Buricaga, Cecilia Preciado
1981
Box 1, Folder 19
Bustamante F., Jorge A.
1979-1984
Box 1, Folder 21
Camarillo, Albert M.
1981
Box 1, Folder 23
Carlos, Manuel Luis
1979-1980
Box 1, Folder 26
Castillo, Pedro
1978-1979
Box 1, Folder 30
Chatland, Harold
1979-1980
Box 1, Folder 35
Cornelius, Wayne A.
1977-1984
Box 1, Folder 36
Cornelius questionnaire
undated
Box 1, Folder 37
Corredor, Esnaola
1980-1981
Box 2, Folder 8
Deagle, Edwin A. Jr.
1980
Box 2, Folder 10
Ehrlichman, John
1979-1981
Box 2, Folder 11
Epskamp, C. P. (Kees)
1980
Box 2, Folder 14
Friedland, William
1977-1978
Box 2, Folder 17
Gallegas Herman
1977-1978
Box 2, Folder 18
Garamendi, John
1978-1979
Box 2, Folder 23
Gay, Eva - US Department of Interior, Bureau of Census
1978
Box 2, Folder 25
GOH Keng Swee (Third World Development)
1983
Box 2, Folder 27
Gonzales, Caroline
undated
Box 2, Folder 30
Guadalajara (Universidad de)
1978
Box 2, Folder 37
Harris, Huntington
1978-1979
Box 2, Folder 38
Hart, Gary, and colleagues
1982
Box 2, Folder 43
Hill, Richard B., Jr.
1978
Box 2, Folder 44
Houstoun, Marion F.
1979-1980
Box 2, Folder 49
Jasso, Guillermina
1977-1979
Box 3, Folder 2
Kaufman, Henry (Salomon Brothers)
1982
Box 3, Folder 3
Kearney, Michael
1978, 1980
Box 3, Folder 7
Kypuros, George
circa 1979
Box 3, Folder 9
Lauerhass, Ludwig (Larry)
undated
Box 3, Folder 10
Legorreta, Genaro
1987-1990
Box 3, Folder 15
Maccoby, Michael
1977-1978
Box 3, Folder 17
Magunagoicoechea, Juan Pedro
undated
Box 3, Folder 19
Massey, Douglas
1979-1984
Box 3, Folder 20
McCloskey, Paul N., Jr.
1978-1981
Box 3, Folder 21
McCloskey - Comprehensive immigration bill
1981
Box 3, Folder 22
McCloskey - Working papers and readings prepared at his request
1981 January
Box 3, Folder 35
Old address lists
undated
Box 4, Folder 1
Patrick-Stamp, Leslie
undated
Box 4, Folder 8
Reilly, Charles
1983-1984
Box 4, Folder 9-10
Reynolds, Clark
1979-1985
Box 4, Folder 11
Reynolds, Clark - "Labor Market Projections and Their Relevance to Current
Migration Controversies"
1979
Box 4, Folder 12
Reynolds, Clark - Publications
1978
Box 4, Folder 13
Reynoso, Justice Cruz
1981
Box 4, Folder 14
Rico, Carlos Filipe
undated
Box 4, Folder 15
Rochin, Refugio I. (Will)
1978
Box 4, Folder 18
Saenz, Felipe, Jr.
undated
Box 4, Folder 19
San Mateo County Educational Resource Center
1979
Box 4, Folder 22
Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy
1978-1980
Box 4, Folder 23
Select Committee on Population (Scheuer)
1978-1979
Box 4, Folder 25
Social Security funding
1977-1978
Box 5, Folder 1
Southwest Border Regional Commission
1979
Box 5, Folder 9
Thompson, Wayne
1978-1980
Box 5, Folder 10
Thurow, Lester C.
1976-1982
Box 5, Folder 12
United Farm Workers of America (UFW), AFL-CIO
1978
Box 5, Folder 13
University Microfilms
1978
Box 5, Folder 14
University of California Latin American Studies
1980
Box 5, Folder 15
University of San Diego, SD Law Review
1978-1979
Box 5, Folder 16
Urban and Regional Research Center
1982
Box 5, Folder 17
Villalpando, Manuel (Vic)
1978
Box 5, Folder 24
Woodward, Albert B., Jr.
1979
Box 5, Folder 25
World Affairs Council of Northern California
1981
Box 5, Folder 26
Wyckoff, Florence
1978-1984
Box 5, Folder 28
Zero Population Growth
1979
Box 5, Folder 29
Unsorted correspondence
1981
MAIA files
1979-1994
Administrative history
Founded in 1979 by William Mackenzie and Hubert Wyckoff, Migration and Adaptation in
the Americas (MAIA) is a non-profit organization that seeks to support children of
migrant farm workers in their pursuit of higher education. Along with Watsonville High
School counselor Michael Sullivan, William Mackenzie mentored hundreds of college-bound
students from migrant farmworker families in Pajaro Valley through the MAIA
organization. As of 2023, MAIA continues to support students not only in their college
application process, but also in setting up a network of support for students upon
arrival to their campuses. Some projects funded and facilitated by MAIA include the
Michael Sullivan Memorial Scholarships, Middle School College Tours, College Application
Fee Sponsorships, and the Girls STEM Conference Transportation. MAIA supports students
through collaborations with the Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD), Pajaro
Valley Scholars, the Watsonville Ivy League Project (WILP), UC Santa Cruz, Cabrillo
College, and Digital Nest. Some early directors and officers of MAIA included Florence
Wyckoff, William Mackenzie, Michael Sullivan, Carlos Rico, Harold A. Hyde, Richard
Allen, Sigrid Banks, Shirley Mackenzie, Janet Mayou, Luis Libreros, Fidelia Moreno,
Silas Warner, and Horace Wilson. Florence Wyckoff, who presided over the board of
directors for many years, saw MAIA's work as "helping with the process of migration and
adaptation by providing seed money to assure that a steady flow of migrant children will
go on to a university and come back to us as highly competent professionals."
Scope and Contents
This series contains administrative files from Mackenzie's work with the organization
Migration and Adaptation in the Americas (MAIA). Files include meeting minutes and
agendas, reports on MAIA's work, correspondence with stakeholders, information on the
organization's tax and non-profit status, and research files for MAIA's advocacy
efforts. Also included are some materials from a UC Santa Cruz Library exhibition and
event in 1994 honoring the Mackenzie archive.
Box 6, Folder 3-4
Correspondence
1980-1994
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Ruben Urquidi.
Box 6, Folder 5-6
Meetings
1980-1992
Scope and Contents
Includes meeting minutes, agendas, and supplemental materials.
Box 6, Folder 7, Box 7, Folder 1-3
Research files
1980s-1990s
Box 7, Folder 4
Tax information
1979-1985
Box 7, Folder 6
"New Perceptions of Mexican Immigration to the United States"
1985
Box 7, Folder 7
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
1988-1990
Box 7, Folder 8
Merrill scholarships
1989
Box 7, Folder 9
MAIA information report
1991-1992
Personal files
1900-1994
Scope and Contents
This series includes photographs from Mackenzie's early life and travels, as well as
documents from his military service during World War II.
Box 7, Folder 11, Box 8, Folder 1-11
Photographs
circa 1900-1990
Physical Description: Contains mostly photographic
prints, with some slides, negatives, and postcards.
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Mackenzie's family, time at Princeton University, military
service, travels to Scotland, trains and airplanes, and landscapes.
Box 8, Folder 12
Biographical materials and military documents
circa 1930-1990
Box 8, Folder 13
Will and antenuptial agreement
1958, 1975
Box 8, Folder 14
Princeton University Father's Day Picnic
1981
Box 8, Folder 15
Florence Wyckoff's remarks at UC Santa Cruz Special Collections
event
1994
Clippings
1979-1993
Scope and Contents
This series contains a collection of newspaper clippings that Mackenzie collected and
organized for his research on various topics including U.S. domestic and foreign policy,
immigration, politics, and economics. Publications represented include the Economist,
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, Stanford Observer,
Register-Pajaronian (Watsonville), San Jose Mercury News, and San Francisco
Chronicle.
Audiovisual materials
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Contact Special Collections and
Archives in advance to request access to audiovisual media.
Scope and Contents
This series contains video tapes (VHS) and one audio cassette used by Mackenzie in his
work and research.
Box 19
Tolerance ms0112_rec_0001
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette
Conditions Governing Access
This audio cassette has been digitized and is available upon request. Contact Special
Collections and Archives to request access to the digital file.
Box 19
Education - Aerial view ms0112_vid_0001
undated
Physical Description: VHS
Box 19
Reflections of Pajaro Valley (working title) by Carlos Anzaldua ms0112_vid_0002
undated
Physical Description: VHS