Gloria Arellanes Papers MS.2010.001

Renee D. James
Special Collections and Archives
2009
Library South, Room 2079, 5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Business Number: (323)343-3960
SpecialCollections@calstatela.edu


Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives
Title: Gloria Arellanes Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.2010.001
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/2/resources/3
Physical Description: 13.75 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1967-1979
Abstract: The East Los Angeles Archives (ELAA) is comprised of collections which document the lives and events of ahistorical community central to the social, political, and cultural history of the Chicano/Latino community in the United States. The ELAA is a program that advances scholarship in Chicano/Latino studies and Los Angeles history through its varied collection of primary research materials. This archives has a special interest in materials documenting the Chicano and Civil Rights movements in East Los Angeles during the 1960s and 1970s.
Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Use

The Gloria Arellanes Papers is the physical property of California State University, Los Angeles, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred Citation

Folder title, Series, Box number, Collection title, followed by Special Collections and Archives, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, California State University, Los Angeles

Arrangement

The collection is organized into eight series: I. Subject/Topical Files; II. Programs, Flyers and Broadsides III. Newspapers; IV. Clippings V. Publications; VI. Photographs; VII. Posters; VIII. Ephemera.

Biographical / Historical

Gloria Arellanes (1946- ) was born in East Los Angeles and raised in El Monte, California. She attended El Monte High School in the early 1960s and in the mid1960s she worked in the Neighborhood Adult Participation Project in South Los Angeles. In the late 1960s she became Minister of Finance and Correspondence of the Chicano Brown Beret organization's founding East Los Angeles Chapter. As Minister of Finance and Correspondence she wrote press releases, letters, and edited La Causa, the East Los Angeles based Brown Beret Newspaper. She also served as administrator of El Barrio Free Clinic and was a member of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee (1969-1970). She attended the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C. (1968), and the Denver Youth Conferences (1969 and 1970). After leaving the Brown Beret organization in early 1970, she organized the women's group, Las Adelitas de Aztlán. She also coordinated la Clínica del Barrio and continued as a health care worker through the late 1970s.
The bulk of the collection includes political flyers and broadsides, newspapers, books, buttons, posters and photographs dating from 1967 to the late 1970s. Documents also include materials related to her role as Minister of Finance and Correspondence and Free Clinic Coordinator, as well as to the founding of Las Adelitas de Aztlán and her involvement in the coordination of La Clínica Familiar del Barrio.

Scope and Contents

This scope and content note represents two initial accessions with the last additions comprising a variety of materials, plus photographs. Gloria Arellanes and Dionne Espinoza [Professor of History, Cal State LA] identified a large percentage of the contents of the files. They placed documents and materials into folders that were assigned topical categories within Series I, Subject Files. The topical categories in Series I were maintained throughout the processing of the collection.
Series I: Subject/Topical Files, 1968-2002, arranged chronologically, Box 1. The Subject Files are arranged in alphabetical order and reflect Gloria Arellanes' associational and activist activities as well as memberships, interests, events and other subjects of interest.
Also includes correspondence when Arellanes served as Minister of Finance and Correspondence for La Causa, the East Los Angeles based Brown Beret Newspaper. Includes letter in which "all of the Brown Beret women" resign from the organization. "Chicano Power" statement, Chicano Moratorium mailing lists, and other related documents.
Series II: Programs, Flyers and Broadsides, 1967-1989, Box 2.
Series III: Newspapers, 1968-1973, arranged alphabetically, Box 2. The newspapers in this series document the Chicano Movement in East Los Angeles. They are unique and offer insight into the issues, concerns and activities of the Chicano Movement during this time period.
Series IV: Clippings, 1963-1999, arranged chronologically, Box 2.
Series V: Publications, 1944-1997, arranged alphabetically, Boxes 3-4.
Publications include El Grito, a literary journal published by University California, Berkeley, and El Espejo, a literary journal. These publications illustrate the variety of literary works dedicated to Chicano studies.
Series VI: Photographs, Boxes 5-6. The bulk of photographs are undated but most date to the 1960s and 1970s.
Series VII: Posters, undated. No arrangement, Box 7 and map cases [Palmer, Room 2081].
Series VIII: Ephemera, 1960s-1970s, no arrangement, Box 8. Included in the Ephemera series are a large number of political buttons, flags, banners, ribbons, brown berets and other textile materials.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Chicano Movement
California--East Los Angeles
East Los Angeles (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)

 

Subject/Topical Files, 1968-2002 /repositories/2/archival_objects/410

Arrangement

Chronologically

Scope and Contents

The Subject Files are arranged in alphabetical order and reflect Gloria Arellanes' associational and activist activities as well as memberships, interests, events and other subjects of interest.
Also includes correspondence when Arellanes served as Minister of Finance and Correspondence for La Causa, the East Los Angeles based Brown Beret Newspaper. Includes letter in which "all of the Brown Beret women" resign from the organization. "Chicano Power" statement, Chicano Moratorium mailing lists, and other related documents.
box 1

Brown Beret Movement, 1969-1971 /repositories/2/archival_objects/411

box 1

Resume, circa 1970 /repositories/2/archival_objects/439

box 1

Business Cards, Note Cards, and Invitations, 1968-1969 /repositories/2/archival_objects/440

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Calendar, 1970 [with annotations] /repositories/2/archival_objects/441

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Cantares (Chicano Movement Song Lyrics), u.d. /repositories/2/archival_objects/442

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Chicanos Adelitas de Aztlán, 1970-1972 (Women in the Chicano Movement, includes early material on the inception of this group). /repositories/2/archival_objects/453

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Chicano Moratorium, 2002 /repositories/2/archival_objects/454

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Chicano Movement: Organization and Activism, 1970, (Includes: How to Present the Issues; Poor People's March Instructions, I am Joaquin, and Mexican Americans in Vietnam). /repositories/2/archival_objects/455

box 1

El Barrio Free Clínica [La Clínica Familiar Del Barrio], 1972-1978 /repositories/2/archival_objects/456

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Notebooks, 1970, (Chicano Moratorium Committee, Art Workshop, Chicano Movement Recruitment and Volunteers, Health Issues). /repositories/2/archival_objects/457

 

Programs, Flyers and Broadsides /repositories/2/archival_objects/458

box 2

Flyers and Broadsides, 1967-1968, 1970-1972, 1976 /repositories/2/archival_objects/459

box 2

Programs, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1989 (Includes a program from the Ghetto Freedom Awards August 26, 1968). /repositories/2/archival_objects/460

 

Newspapers /repositories/2/archival_objects/461

Arrangement

Alphabetically

Scope and Contents

The newspapers in this series document the Chicano Movement in East Los Angeles. They are unique and offer insight into the issues, concerns and activities of the Chicano Movement during this time period.
box 2

El Gallo, El Grito and La Raza, 1968-1970 /repositories/2/archival_objects/462

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Hijas de Cuautemoc [Cuahtemoc], u.d. La Causa, 1969 /repositories/2/archival_objects/463

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La Gente [UCLA], 1971-1973 /repositories/2/archival_objects/464

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The Militant, October 17, 1969 People's Press, u.d. /repositories/2/archival_objects/465

 

Clippings /repositories/2/archival_objects/466

Arrangement

Chronologically
box 2

Clippings, 1963, 1968-1969, 1990, 1995, 1999 /repositories/2/archival_objects/467

 

Publications /repositories/2/archival_objects/1006

Arrangement

Alphabetically

Scope and Contents

Publications include El Grito, a literary journal published by University California, Berkeley, and El Espejo, a literary journal. These publications illustrate the variety of literary works dedicated to Chicano studies.
box 3

Chicano! Mexico and Mexican-Americans, Keith Revere, 1969 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1007

box 3

Chicano Movement. 1944, 1965, 1997 ( The Chicano Movement and the Vietnam War, Lourdes of the The Mexican-Americans of South Texas, Venceremos Colegio de Aztlan). /repositories/2/archival_objects/1008

box 3

Chicano Underground, 1970-1971, ( Con Safos [The Brown Buffalo Magazine], El Alambre, El Piramide, La Cucaracha, La Palabra, Regeneracion, El Rudio) /repositories/2/archival_objects/1010

box 3

Directory of Spanish Speaking Community Organizations, 1970 Mexican-American Community Directory, KRLA Radio, u.d. /repositories/2/archival_objects/1011

box 3

El Espejo, The Mirror, 1969 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1012

box 3

El Grito, A Journal of Contemporary Mexician-American Thought, 1967-1969, 1971 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1013

box 4

El Pacho Che, 1970 True [ How the U.S. Got Che Guevara], 1969 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1014

box 4

El Tratado De Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 [The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848], 1968 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1015

box 4

La Raza [Magazine] Volume 1, Nos. 1, 2, 4; Volume 2 Nos. 1, 3 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1016

box 4

La Vida Neuva, East Los Angeles College, June 5, 1970 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1017

box 4

The Mexican-American: A New Focus on Opportunity. Testimony Presented at the Cabinet Committee Hearings on Mexican-American Affairs, October 26-28, 1967. The Mexican-American: Quest for Equality, 1968 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1018

box 4

Mexican-American Community in Washington,D.C January 1971 Mexican –American Education: A Search for Identity, 1968 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1019

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Political participation of Mexican-Americans in California, 1971 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1020

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Report of the Southwest States Chicano Consumer Conference on Health, January 26-29, 1972 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1021

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We The Mexican-American, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1970 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1022

 

Photographs /repositories/2/archival_objects/1023

 

Events /repositories/2/archival_objects/1024

box 5

Brown Beret Recruitment /repositories/2/archival_objects/1025

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Anti-Police Community Demonstration /repositories/2/archival_objects/1026

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Hunger Strike/Protest, 1969 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1027

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Protest – Killing of Tommy Valles in Albuquerque /repositories/2/archival_objects/1028

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Protests – includes Fresno Gathering /repositories/2/archival_objects/1029

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New Mexico Poor People Campaign, 1965 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1030

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Brown Beret Wedding, Bonnie and Sabu /repositories/2/archival_objects/1031

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Press Conference /repositories/2/archival_objects/1032

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Presentations /repositories/2/archival_objects/1033

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Parties /repositories/2/archival_objects/1034

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David Sanchez Birthday Party /repositories/2/archival_objects/1035

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Fund Raiser Clinic (Clinicia Familiar Atlantic) /repositories/2/archival_objects/1036

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Blood Drive /repositories/2/archival_objects/1037

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Episcopal Church Event (Brown Beret Conference) /repositories/2/archival_objects/1038

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Commemoration of the Walkouts and The "13," /repositories/2/archival_objects/1039

 

March 1969 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1040

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Brown Berets of Santa Fe and Albuquerque /repositories/2/archival_objects/1041

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L.A. and Fresno Brown Berets /repositories/2/archival_objects/1042

 

People /repositories/2/archival_objects/1043

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David Sanchez /repositories/2/archival_objects/1044

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Father Luce /repositories/2/archival_objects/1045

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Ralph Ramirez /repositories/2/archival_objects/1046

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Gloria Arellanes/Madelyn /repositories/2/archival_objects/1047

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Rene Nunez /repositories/2/archival_objects/1048

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Connie Carlos /repositories/2/archival_objects/1049

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Grace Reyes /repositories/2/archival_objects/1050

 

Places /repositories/2/archival_objects/1051

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El Barrio Free Clinic /repositories/2/archival_objects/1052

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La Causa Paper /repositories/2/archival_objects/1053

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La Piranya Coffee House /repositories/2/archival_objects/1054

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Soto Street Office [Brown Beret Headquarters], 1968 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1055

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Sacramento /repositories/2/archival_objects/1056

 

Other /repositories/2/archival_objects/1057

box 5

Che! promotional or publicity photo for the 20th Century Fox Film /repositories/2/archival_objects/1062

box 5

Mexican Rurales /repositories/2/archival_objects/1063

box 6

Slides – unidentified /repositories/2/archival_objects/1064

 

Posters /repositories/2/archival_objects/1065

case A; Drawer 2

Black Panther Party Presents Elaine Brown in Concert, Undated /repositories/2/archival_objects/1066

case A; Drawer 2

Aztec Style Calendar (2 copies) /repositories/2/archival_objects/1067

case A; Drawer 2

Daniel Valdez in Concert, May 25th [undated], Saturday, 8 P.M., Cantos En Primavera, San Gabriel Civic Auditorium /repositories/2/archival_objects/1086

case A; Drawer 2

National Chicano Moratorium, East Los Angeles, August 29, 1970 La Familia (3 copies) /repositories/2/archival_objects/1087

case A; Drawer 2

UNIDAD /repositories/2/archival_objects/1088

case A; Drawer 2

M.E.CH.A. La Union Hace La Fuerza /repositories/2/archival_objects/1089

case A; Drawer 2

Che –Photograph with a Che quote, Young Socialist Alliance /repositories/2/archival_objects/1090

case A; Drawer 2

Hasta La Victoria Siempre [image of Che] /repositories/2/archival_objects/1091

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Capitol Records Presents Leo Kottke, Mudlark Health First Available, March 1971 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1092

case A; Drawer 2

Capitol Records Presents Goose Creek Symphony, Welcome to Goose Creek, Available March 1971 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1093

case A; Drawer 2

Capitol Records Presents The Move Looking On, Available March 197 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1094

case A; Drawer 2

Aztlan Cesar Chavez Siempre /repositories/2/archival_objects/1095

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Adelita /repositories/2/archival_objects/1096

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The Spirit of Che Lives in the New Evergreen! /repositories/2/archival_objects/1097

case A; Drawer 2

Aztec Style Large Calendar /repositories/2/archival_objects/1098

case A; Drawer 2

Tierra y Justicia! [autographed/signed by Reies Lopez Tijerina] /repositories/2/archival_objects/1099

case A; Drawer 2

Ross Munoz Society, Chicano Moratorium, Saturday August 29, 1970 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1100

case A; Drawer 2

Shouting Pheasant, Ruler for Twenty Days, copyright 1968, Demaine /repositories/2/archival_objects/1101

case A; Drawer 2

Bumper Sticker, Last Chance for Non-Violence, Support Poor People's Campaign /repositories/2/archival_objects/1102

case A; Drawer 2

Bumper Sticker, Custer Had it Coming (United Native Americans) /repositories/2/archival_objects/1103

case A; Drawer 2

E. Zapata, It is better to die on my feet, than to continue living on my knees /repositories/2/archival_objects/1294

case A; Drawer 2

Chicano Moratorium, August 29 [undated] – 2 copies /repositories/2/archival_objects/1295

 

Ephemera /repositories/2/archival_objects/1104

Scope and Contents

Included in the Ephemera series are a large number of political buttons, flags, banners, ribbons, brown berets and other textile materials.
box 8

Woman's Cotton Dress – royal blue with pink embroidered Flowers; traditional Mexican style /repositories/2/archival_objects/1105

box 8

Brown Berets /repositories/2/archival_objects/1106

box 8

Red Banner with Black Print – "Chicano Moratorium Against the War in S.E. Asia" /repositories/2/archival_objects/1107

box 8

Red Banner/Flag – Image of Che Guevara /repositories/2/archival_objects/1108

box 8

Orange, Green and White Striped Fabric with Fringe /repositories/2/archival_objects/1109

box 8

Mexican Flag – cotton /repositories/2/archival_objects/1110

box 8

Mexican Flag – silk or acetate /repositories/2/archival_objects/1111

box 8

Political Buttons /repositories/2/archival_objects/1112

box 8

Event Ribbons and Patch: Congress of Mexican-American Unity Convention. /repositories/2/archival_objects/1113

box 8

East Los Angeles College, February 14-15, 1970. /repositories/2/archival_objects/1114

box 8

One "Delegate" ribbon and one "Guest" Ribbon. /repositories/2/archival_objects/1115

box 8

Patch - Mexican flag /repositories/2/archival_objects/1116

box 8

Arm Patch – Brown Beret /repositories/2/archival_objects/1117

box 9

Mexican Flag on Dowel [2]; silk or acetate. /repositories/2/archival_objects/1118

box 9

Record Album: Che! ; Music for the 20th Century Fox Motion Picture. Composed and Conducted by Lalo Schifrin. /repositories/2/archival_objects/1119

box 9

A Mexican-American Coloring Book /repositories/2/archival_objects/1120