Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Devra Weber Papers
Date (inclusive): 1960-1970
Collection number: 61
Creator: Weber,
Devra
Extent:
Approx. 5 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: The collection consists of newspapers,
correspondence, flyers, and magazines collected by Devra Weber from the
1960's to the 1970's. The material primarily pertains to the Chicano
Moratorium, Ruben Salazar, the Labor Movement, the Chicana/o Movement,
women's issues, education, prisons, and politics of the period.
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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: The collection is stored off-site at
the UCLA Southern Regional Library Facility.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English, Spanish
Access
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.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Devra Weber Papers, 61, Chicano Studies
Research Center, UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Devra Weber is currently an Associate Professor in the History
Department for the University of California, Riverside. She teaches the
history of U.S. frontiers, U.S. labor history, oral history, and the
history of California.
Weber began her academic career at the
University of Wisconsin and eventually earned her Masters degree and PhD
at UCLA. Her topics of interest and research include United States West
and United States labor history, with an emphasis on Mexican women,
Mexicano/Chicano workers and immigration, and oral history. Weber has
published numerous articles and books, including "Dark Sweet, White God:
California Cotton" and "Farmworkers and the New Deal." Furthermore,
Weber has worked in documentary films and as a photographer, while
remaining an active member of the Los Angeles community. She has served
as a member of the board of One Stop Immigration and Education Center,
the Los Angeles Museum of Art, History and Culture, and is currently a
member of the board of the Southern California Library for Social
Studies and Research, Los Angeles. She is also an advisor of the Frente
Indigena Oaxquena Binacional (Binational Indigenous Front of Oaxaca).
Scope and Content
The collection consists of five linear feet of newspapers,
correspondence, flyers, and magazines collected by Devra Weber from the
1960's to the 1970's. The material primarily pertains to the Chicano
Moratorium, Ruben Salazar, the Labor Movement, the Chicano/a Movement,
women's issues, education, prisons, and politics of the period.
**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
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Chicano and Chicana Movement
Chicano art
Chicano literature
Chicano Moratorium
Chicano politics
Chicanos - Mexican Americans
Emigration and immigration
Farm Workers
Mexican Americans - Education
Prisons
Ruben Salazar
Small Presses
Women - Social conditions