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Finding Aid for the Ron Lopez Sleepy Lagoon Research Papers
Ca. 1930 -
1970
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Title: Ron Lopez Sleepy Lagoon Research
Papers,
Date (inclusive): Ca.
1930 - 1970
Collection number: 6
Creator: Lopez, Ron 1930 -
present day
Extent:
2 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: Materials in this collection represent three
chronological periods: 1920s - 1930s; the early 1940s; and the period
ranging between 1969 - 1978.
The 1920s materials are primarily secondary materials from Journals. Much of the 1940s materials are primary, focusing on the sleepy lagoon case and include letters involving the Los Angeles Police Department, the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee as well as original magazine and newspaper clippings.
The 1970s materials consist of Lopez's time as a UCLA student including his papers, personal essays and academic writing. Subjects range from the Chicano Movement to sociological research.
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers.
Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.edu
The 1920s materials are primarily secondary materials from Journals. Much of the 1940s materials are primary, focusing on the sleepy lagoon case and include letters involving the Los Angeles Police Department, the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee as well as original magazine and newspaper clippings.
The 1970s materials consist of Lopez's time as a UCLA student including his papers, personal essays and academic writing. Subjects range from the Chicano Movement to sociological research.
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers.
Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.edu
Physical location: As of November 2005, collection is
stored at the Chicano Studies Archive, 180 Haines Hall, UCLA. In the
future this collection will be stored off site at UCLA's Southern
Regional Library Facility.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English, Spanish
Access is available by appointment for UCLA student and faculty
researchers as well as independent researchers. To view the collection
or any part of it, please contact the CSRC at
http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/
For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by
permission only. Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies
Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and/or the
Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained. Please contact the CSRC at http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/
[Identification of item], Ron Lopez Sleepy Lagoon Research Papers, 6,
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA, University of California, Los
Angeles.
Papers donated by Ronald W. Lopez to the Chicano Studies Research
Center, 2003. Deed on file at the CSRC Archive, 180 Haines Hall, UCLA.
Ron Lopez has had a long career as an educator in Southern
California. He has held teaching posts at UCLA, Occidental College,
Pasadena City College, and Claremont College in Claremont California.
Ron Lopez has served the community as a drug counselor as well as a tax
referee. He has also been a consultant in advertising as well as being
in the food business.
Materials in this collection represent three chronological periods:
1920s - 1930s; the early 1940s; and the period ranging between 1969 -
1978.
The 1920s materials are primarily secondary materials from Journals. Much of the 1940s materials are primary, focusing on the sleepy lagoon case and include letters involving the Los Angeles Police Department, the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee as well as original magazine and newspaper clippings.
The 1970s materials consist of Lopez's time as a UCLA student including his papers, personal essays and academic writing. Subjects range from the Chicano Movement to sociological research.
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers.
Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.edu
The 1920s materials are primarily secondary materials from Journals. Much of the 1940s materials are primary, focusing on the sleepy lagoon case and include letters involving the Los Angeles Police Department, the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee as well as original magazine and newspaper clippings.
The 1970s materials consist of Lopez's time as a UCLA student including his papers, personal essays and academic writing. Subjects range from the Chicano Movement to sociological research.
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers.
Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.edu
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Sleepy Lagoon Research Papers
- Series 2. Related Research Papers
- Series 3. UCLA Research Papers
- Series 4. Correspondence
- Series 5. Images
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Los Angeles Police Department
Pachuco
Sleepy lagoon
Zoot Suit
Zoot Suit Riots