Guide to the Papers of Henry Santiestevan, 1975-2012
M1868
Finding aid prepared by Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California, 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
March 2012
Title: Henry Santiestevan Papers
Identifier/Call Number: M1868
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.5 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1975-2012
Abstract: Reports, memorandums, meeting minutes, pictures, invoices, grant proposals, press releases, newspaper clippings, notes, correspondence
with prominent Mexican American civil rights and labor figures. Also contains various copies of Santiestevan’s resumes, work
applications, writings for magazines, journal articles, and letters of recommendation supporting the hiring of Santiestevan.
Numerous documents pertaining to the management of his public relations firm, Santiestevan & Associates.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36-48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html.
Creator:
Santiestevan, Henry
Creator:
Santiestevan, Stina
Processing Information note
Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez processed this collection, December, 2011 - March, 2012.
Biography
Henry Santiestevan was born Enrique Santiestevan on July 7, 1915 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Henry is English for Enrique.
His parents were Enrique J. Santiestevan and Maria Victoria Morel Santiestevan. His wife was Marystina Ellen Sternlov Santiestevan.
Santiestevan graduated from John H. Francis Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California in 1934. Due to an illness
his entrance into Occidental College was postponed. He graduated from Occidental college in 1940. Between 1943 and 1946 he
served in the US Army and was honorably discharged in 1946. After his service in the US Army he went to work for the Hollywood-Citizen
News. Eventually he would join the CIO and run its Western edition of the CIO news as its editor. In the late 1940s he became
politically active and assisted Ed Roybal in becoming the first Mexican American elected to the Los Angeles City Council.
Mr. Santiestevan would go on to serve as the President of the Newspaper Guild and became a political director for the CIO
in Los Angeles. In 1958 he took a position with United Auto Workers (UAW) and worked alongside their President, Walter Reuther.
Later Mr. Santiestevan would become the editor of Solidarity the monthly magazine of the United Auto Workers, and Agenda with
the Industrial Union Department. Through Mr. Santiestevan’s position as an editor he became a close confidant of labor organizer
Cesar Chavez and assist with public relations and media campaigns for the United Farm Workers.
In 1970 Mr. Santiestevan became the director of the Southwest Council of La Raza (SWCLR) today’s National Council of La Raza
(NCLR). After leaving SWCLR he established his own public relations consulting firm. He had numerous clients from across the
country and was revered as a prominent writer. He retired in 1997. Mr. Santiestevan passed away on January 22, 2000.
Stanford also holds over eight hours of recorded interviews by Yale historian Stephen Pitti. Pitti was a doctoral candidate
at Stanford when he conducted the interviews. They are located in the Special Collections department at Stanford University.
Access to Collection
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.
Publication Rights
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 94304-6064. 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.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Acquisition Information
This collection donated by Henry Santiestevan to Stanford University, Special Collections in December, 2011.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Henry Santiestevan Papers (M1868). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AFSCME.
Alatorre, Richard
Babbitt, Bruce, Governor
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993
Hispanic Policy Development Project.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968, --Friends and associates
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
National Opinion Research Center.
Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
Samora, Julian, 1920-
Santiestevan Associates.
Santiestevan, Henry
Santiestevan, Stina
Southwest Council of La Raza.
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project. (U.S.)
Spanish speaking social action council.
United Farm Workers
Velázquez, Willie
Box 1, Folder 1
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Box 1, Folder 2
Labor Council for Latin Ameircan Advancement (LCLAA): Memos and newspaper clippings
Box 1, Folder 3
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) : Correspondence and newsletters circa 1995
Box 1, Folder 4
Hispanic Policy Devlelopment Project (HPDP) : Meeting of the Board of Directors 1985
Box 1, Folder 5
Hispanic Policy Development Project (HPDP) includes by-laws
Box 2, Folder 1
Hispanic Policy Devlelopment Project (HPDP)
Box 2, Folder 2
Hispanic Policy Devlelopment Project (HPDP)
Box 2, Folder 3
Hispanic Policy Devlelopment Project (HPDP) Memo to Siobhan O.Nicolau
Box 2, Folder 4
The Hispanic Policy Development Project (HPDP) : Contracts
Box 2, Folder 5
Industrial Union Department (IUD)
Box 2, Folder 6
Industrial Union Department: Memos and Reports
Box 2, Folder 7
Industrial Union Department: Correspondence 1967-1968
Box 2, Folder 8
An Initial Proposal to the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Box 3, Folder 1
United Farm Workers (UFW) : Photographs and Clippings
Box 3, Folder 2
1986 Edward R. Murrow selection Committee
Box 3, Folder 3
Harvard Law School Center for Criminal Justice: 1975, 1994
Box 3, Folder 4
Santiestevan Associates: 1982-1993
Box 3, Folder 5
Miscellaneous Material: Resume and Correspondence: 1988-1994
Box 3, Folder 6
Southwest Voter Registration Project : A Project Director's Handbook, 1978
Box 3, Folder 7
Citizens Participation Project, Board Meeting, March 1986
Box 3, Folder 8
A Communication Strategy for the Hispanic Policy Project : 1982
Box 3, Folder 9
Southwest Voter Registration Edcuation Project. 1978-1979
Box 3, Folder 10
Identity, Assimilation and The Social Question: The Mexican Americans in Los Angeles by Jennifer Hurstfield. 1968-1969
Box 4, Folder 1
The Empleo Organization. 1967
Box 4, Folder 3
Instant Aliens in their own land. A Report on Chicano Organizational Development by Henry Santiestevan
Box 4, Folder 4
Henry Santiestevan Vs Sports Committee. 1976
Box 4, Folder 6
Ford Foundation Proposal. 1974
Box 4, Folder 7
Hispanic Policy Development Project. 1982
Box 4, Folder 8
Santiestevan Associates Correspondence 1979
Box 4, Folder 9
The Role of the Undocumented Alien in Small Business in Region IX.
Box 4, Folder 10
Mexican American Political Association 1967-1968
Box 4, Folder 11
National Hispanic Reporter article with picture. 1991.
Box 4, Folder 12
National Opinion Research Center 1982
Box 4, Folder 12
National Opinion Research Center 1982
Box 4, Folder 13
Crusade for Justice, I am Joaquin
Box 4, Folder 14
Community Service Organization (CS) 1980
Box 5, Folder 5
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund 1967
Box 5, Folder 6
The Missing Half. Correspondence with William Velasquez.
Box 5, Folder 7
The Missing Half Board Meeting. March 1987
Box 5, Folder 8
Marine corporal William Gallegos
Box 5, Folder 9
Eric Simon, Correspondence
Box 5, Folder 13
The Weatherhead Foundation. Aspen conference. August 1972
Box 6, Folder 2
National Latino Communications Center 1992
Box 6, Folder 3
Ted Kennedy Campaign 1979
Box 6, Folder 4
Spanish Speaking Social Action Council 1967
Box 6, Folder 5
Spanish Speaking Social Action Council
Box 6, Folder 6
The Office of The United States Permanent Representative to UNESCO
Box 6, Folder 7
Hispanics in Education: 1986
Box 6, Folder 8
Wire to Cesar Chavez; 1968
Box 6, Folder 9
Santiestevan Column: Me and Jack
Box 6, Folder 11
Santiestevan and Associates
Box 6, Folder 12
Ted Kennedy Campaign: 1979
Box 6, Folder 14
Congress of Industrial Organizations : 1950-1957
Box 6, Folder 15
Mexican Americans and Labor Organizations, Jobs and Income by Henry Santiestevan
Box 6, Folder 16
Correspondence with Julian Samora. 1979
Box 6, Folder 17
Henry Santiestevan, montly colmns. 1991
Box 6, Folder 19
Press Release. Round the clock vigil to mark the end of Cesar Chavez's fast. March 1968
Box 6, Folder 20
A Perspective on Mexican American Organizations, by Henry Santiestevan. September 1975.
Box 6, Folder 21
Columb by Henry Santiestevan. Twisted Logic: 1992
Box 6, Folder 22
Report to the Second Constitutional Convention: August 1975
Box 6, Folder 23
Southwest Voter Registration Project: 1988-1979
Box 6, Folder 24
Inequality, Jobs, Income and Latinos. By Henry Santiestevan.
Box 7, Folder 1
A Brief look at Hispanic Union History
Box 7, Folder 2
A call to la raza for a personal pledge to Non-Violence
Box 7, Folder 3
Correspondence with Bruce Babbitt, Governor of Arizona
Box 7, Folder 4
Ford Foundation Grant Application, 1975
Box 7, Folder 5
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, Alameda County Chapter
Box 7, Folder 6
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, August 1996
Box 7, Folder 7
Industrial Union Department
Box 7, Folder 8
Letter requesting Baptism certificate
Box 7, Folder 11
Personal Qualifications Statement :Office of Management and Budgett Approval
Box 8, Folder 1
Miscellaneous Photographs
Box 8, Folder 2
Obreros Unidos, Workers United, Correspondence, printed material
Box 8, Folder 3
Hispanic Policy Development Project, 1966
Box 9
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS: Deinstitutionalization, Out of their beds and into the streets; LCLAA at FIFTEEN; Early Childhood
Development (two variant copies); Windows of Opportunity, Volume I and Volume II; Cinco Anos; Hispanic Policy Development
Project, Multiple volumes, The Hispanic Almanac, 2nd edition; Organize Today, Officers' Report, 1986; Closing the Gap for
U.S. Hispanic Youth, 1998; Make Somthing Happen, Volume I; Three Aspects of Diversity, 1995; Equitable Access, 1996, Miscellaneous
Brochures