Guide to the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department Records
Finding Aid Authors: Amanda Lanthorne.
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2010-05-14
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Guide to the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department Records
1968/2003
Special Collections & University Archives
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Chicana and Chicano Studies Department Records
Dates: 1968-2003
Bulk Dates: 1970-1979
Identification: MS-0442
Creator:
Chicana and Chicano Studies Department
Physical Description: 1.67 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Spanish;Castilian
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Note:
Other Information:
This collection was processed as part of the Chicano Studies Archives Project, made possible by a grant from the President's
Leadership Fund.
Historical Note:
Initially developed in 1968 by students and faculty inspired by the Civil Rights and Chicano movements, San Diego State College
(SDSC) officially established the Mexican-American Studies Department, now known as the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department,
in 1969, and offered both a major and a minor. SDSC faculty and students followed
El Plan de Santa Barbara as a blueprint for the codification of Chicana/o Studies at the university level, which had been created at the 1969 UC Santa
Barbara Conference of Chicano students, professors, and activists. The purpose of the newly-formed department was to teach
an accurate and complete history of Chicanos and Mexican-Americans and their contributions to the United States. In addition,
the department hoped to recruit more Chicana/o students to the campus, and teach and develop skills that students could use
to help their communities politically and economically.
Initially, students under the guidance of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) ran the department. They actively
participated in departmental meetings and decisions, taught classes, hired and fired faculty, and helped to develop the curriculum.
In 1975, however, with San Diego State College's change to university status, SDSU incorporated the Mexican-American Studies
Department into the College of Professional Studies. As a result of this institutionalization, the department's decision-making
process became faculty and staff centered. Later, in 1980, the department became part of the College of Arts and Letters.
Today, the department maintains a multi-disciplinary curriculum offering classes in film, history, anthropology, sociology,
literature, and politics. The curriculum also features classes in immigration and border studies, and encourages community
outreach through internships, cultural exchanges, research, and advocacy. Faculty and students participate in cultural documentation
projects, such as the Chicano Park Historical Documentation Project, oral interviews, and original research.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Genre/Form of Material:
Institutional Archives
Title:
San Diego State University. Chicana and Chicano Studies
Topical Term:
Chicano movement--California--San Diego
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information:
This collection was acquired from the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department (date unknown); material was added in October
2006 from Barbara Friedrich, wife of Dr. Will Kennedy, one of the founders of the Mexican American Studies Department.
Accruals:
2006-029
Conditions Governing Use:
The copyright interests in some of these materials have been transferred to or belong to San Diego State University. The nature
of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine.
Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish
must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted,
permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are
made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the
materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Chicana and Chicano Studies Department Records, Special Collections and
University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State Universit
Related Materials:
Rene Nuñez Memorial Collection, 1968-2008
Carmen Sandoval Fernandez Poster Collection, 1974-1983
Arturo Casares Papers, 1968-2007
Maria Garcia Papers, 1968-1997
Chicano Federation of San Diego County Records, 1968-1980
Center for Women's Studies and Services Records, 1947-1997
Scope and Contents
The
Chicana and Chicano Studies Department Records (1968-2003) document the development and administration of the department and its curriculum. Highlights include materials
relating to the department's incorporation into the College of Professional Studies and the resulting backlash from students.
The majority of the material dates from the 1970s and details early department organization and curricula. The collection
includes correspondence, syllabi, memorandums, course files, faculty meeting minutes, and reports. The collection is filed
alphabetically.
Detailed List of Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Academic Planning Database Report
Fall 1975
Box 1, Folder 2
Academic Reviews
1991, 1998, 2000
Box 1, Folder 3
Annual Progress Report
1975
Box 1, Folder 5
Bibliographies and Articles for Mexican American Studies (MAS) courses
Box 1, Folder 7
Centro de Estudios: Budget
1972-1973
Box 1, Folder 8
Centro de Estudios Meeting
June 7, 1972
Box 1, Folder 9
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica A.C.
1984
Box 1, Folder 10
Changes in Department Administration/Policy
1974
Box 1, Folder 11
Chicano Affairs Advisory Board
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 12
Chicano Athletic Association
1974
Box 1, Folder 13
Chicano Book: Outline, Introduction, Articles
Box 1, Folder 14
Chicano Faculty and Administrators Organization, San Diego State University
1975
Box 1, Folder 15
Chicano Studies Faculty Conference
October 1971
Box 1, Folder 16
Correspondence: Administrative
1974
Box 1, Folder 17
Correspondence: Chairperson
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 18
Correspondence: General
1970, 1974-1975
Box 2, Folder 2
Correspondence: General
1975-1976
Box 2, Folder 3
Correspondence: General
1975-1976
Box 2, Folder 4
Correspondence: General
1976
Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence from Dean Howell and Dean Rost
1975-1976
Box 2, Folder 6
Correspondence from Jane Smith's Office
1975
Box 2, Folder 7
Correspondence from Lois W. Sisson, Director of Personnel Services
1975-1976
Box 3, Folder 1
Denver's Chicano Youth Liberation Conference
1969
Box 3, Folder 2
Departmental Self Study
February 2000
Box 3, Folder 3
Faculty Meetings
1973-1975
Box 3, Folder 4
Faculty Meetings
1975-1976
Box 3, Folder 5
Faculty Meeting Minutes
1977-1978
Box 3, Folder 6
Faculty Meeting Minutes
1978-1979
Box 3, Folder 7
Grievance Committee of Victor Salandini
1977-1978
Box 3, Folder 8
Leaflets, Announcements, Newsletters
Box 3, Folder 9
Master's Degree Proposal Appendices
circa 2003
Box 3, Folder 11
Memorandums from Payroll
1975-1976
Box 3, Folder 12
Mexican American / Chicana/o Studies Course Brochures
1970-1972
Box 3, Folder 13
Mexican American Studies (MAS) 10: Mexican Americans in Transition course
early 1970s
Box 3, Folder 14
Mexican American Studies Graduation
1995
Box 4, Folder 1
Mexican American Studies New Major Proposal
Box 4, Folder 2
Mexico-United States Border Program American Friends Service Committee Newsletter
January - February 1981
Box 4, Folder 4
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA)
1975-1979
Box 4, Folder 5
MEChA: Plan of Organization
September 27, 1973
Box 4, Folder 6
National Hispanic Scholarship Fund
1986-1987
Box 4, Folder 7
Personnel Advisory Committee
1975-1976
Box 4, Folder 8
Personnel File Policy Implementation
1975
Box 4, Folder 9
Promotional Material
Fall 1978
Box 4, Folder 10
Rationale and Justification for Mexican American Studies
Box 4, Folder 11
San Diego County Ad Hoc Committee Newsletter volume 2
May 1976
Box 4, Folder 12
Semana de la Raza
May 3-7, 1971
Box 4, Folder 13
Socioeconomic Conditions of Mexican Americans
Box 4, Folder 15
Syllabi: Dr William Kennedy Courses
Box 4, Folder 16
Teaching Materials
1969-1984
Box 4, Folder 17
Travel Policies, Procedures, Advances
1974-1975
