Guide to the Centro de Accion Social Autonomo Papers , 1963-1978 M0325

Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by C. Del Anderson

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

1998

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Centro de Accion Social Autonomo Papers

Identifier/Call Number: M0325

Physical Description: 27.5 Linear Feet

Date (inclusive): 1963-1978

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The records of the Centro de Acción Social Autónomo-Hermandad General de Trabajadores (CASA-HGT) document in large part the organization's ten-year transition from a service center designed to aid its members in obtaining legal aid and social services to a Marxist-Leninist political organization dedicated to organizing working-class people of Mexican origin and publishing its views in the bilingual newspaper, Sin Fronteras. Consisting primarily of the Los Angeles office records, the collection's subject strengths include: policy and decision-making processes within the CASA national leadership, the creation and dissemination of Sin Fronteras, the Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance of CASA, immigration reform, the immigration case of Mexican attorney Jose Jacques Medina, Chicano activism in East Los Angeles schools, the narcotics case of Los Tres del Barrio, and domestic and international socialist movements. The collection also includes photographs and tape recordings of CASA activities and its members.

The collection (27.5 linear ft.) is divided into six series: CASA Administrative Records, Federal Bureau of Investigation Reports on CASA, Subject and Organizational Files, Photographs, Ephemera, and Sound Recordings. The series are described below. Types of records include: agendas, articles, correspondence, flyers, legal documents, minutes, newsclippings, newsletters, notes, press releases, reports and statements.

BIOGRAPHY

Founded in Los Angeles in 1968, the Centro de Accion Social Autonomo-Hermandad General de Trabajadores (Center for Autonomous Social Action-General Brotherhood of Workers or simply, CASA) operated for ten years as a vocal and active political group within the Mexican American community. Though short-lived, the organization nonetheless occupied an influential position in a portion of that community, and, in many ways, reflected the growth and development of a distinct Mexican American political consciousness during the 1960s and 1970s. The organization's problems, ranging from internal factionalization and ideological dispute to external repression and financial difficulties, likewise mirrored the obstacles faced by many activist organizations of the era.

Background

Like other ethnic groups, Mexican Americans experienced a resurgence of cultural identity and political autonomy during the 1960s. Influenced by a renewed sense of their own history, turbulent events in the United States, and a powerful student movement in Mexico, Mexican Americans began to reassess their position in American society. Collectively concerned with their depressed status, they organized around such issues as land and labor reform, civil rights, education, and political participation. Together, the increasing political expression and ethnic pride of the Mexican American people helped constitute the "Chicano Movement."

The founding of CASA took place in the midst of this movement. However, CASA differed from most other contemporary Chicano groups in that it was designed as a distinctively working-class organization aimed at providing aid to the Mexican workingman and woman in the United States. Specifically, CASA committed itself to assist the undocumented Mexican laborer. Coming at a time when concern for indocumentados was weak, CASA's commitment was its most distinguishing feature.

In founding CASA in 1968, Bert Corona and Soledad "Chole" Alatorre utilized their experience as longtime organizers of Mexican American labor. Alatorre had been a union organizer for years, and Corona was affiliated with the International Longshoreman's and Warehouseman's Union as well as a founding member and former president of the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA). These two individuals formed CASA (or CASA-MAPA as it was first known) as a local, urban mutual aid organization not unlike the traditional Mexican form of community welfare, the mutualists.

Early Years

CASA's early activities centered around a grass roots program of helping and educating the Mexican worker in the United States. By the early 1970s, independent affiliate CASA groups had been formed in other California cities, in Chicago, and throughout the Southwest. Decision-making and planning radiated down from the Political Commission, a national body of elected members, through the local committees to the largely volunteer rank and file members that constituted the nucleii.* Estimates of membership are difficult to make, but one scholar estimates that by 1972, over 2,000 volunteers made up the nationwide core membership of CASA. Case files indicate that the Los Angeles office assisted some 6,000 indocumentados from 1969 to 1973; such assistance ranged from providing legal aid and counseling to sponsoring social functions.1

Beginning in 1973, the character and orientation of the organization underwent great change. CASA stepped out of the barrio to oppose proposed changes in federal immigration law and increased raids by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). These programmatic changes led, in turn, to a shift in CASA membership. The expansion of the CASA agenda away from localized, working-class roots into wider political

* In July 1975, the National Coordinating Commission was added above the Political Commission to oversee national archives. confrontation attracted more ideologically radical members. Most new CASAmembers were associated with either the Los Angeles-based Casa Carnalismo (a militant group formed to fight drugs in the barrio) or the National Committee to Free Los Tres, a group formed in response to the arrest and conviction of three Casa Carnalismo members for the assault of a federal officer posing as a drug dealer in East Los Angeles.

The inclusion of these new members, many of whom espoused some sort of Marxist-Leninist doctrine, produced division factions within CASA. The "old guard" leadership of Bert Corona and Chole Alatorre maintained that CASA's primary responsibility was to assist unorganized and undocumented workers. Those associated with Casa Carnalismo or the National Committee sought to "deemphasize the social-service aspect of the organization, hoping to transform CASA into a `revolutionary vanguard' dedicated to the `liberation of the Mexican people.'"2 This factionalization culminated in the resignation of both Corona and Alatorre in late 1974.

A New CASA

The new CASA leadership, composed of young, well-educated Chicanos, turned the organization in a decidedly Marxist-Leninist direction. As Carlos Vasquez, a member of the CASA Political Commission and Commissioner of Information and Propaganda, wrote in 1976: We have gone from a defensive organization to an offensive and potentially clandestine organization prepared for a protracted struggle.3

As ideology shifted, CASA embraced a myriad of causes and issues. Members traveled to major socialist and radical conferences, study groups were formed to study revolutionary politics and tactics, and the group developed an effective voice in the newspaper Sin Fronteras. Originally the organ of the National Coalition for Fair Immigration Laws and Practices, Sin Fronteras was moved from the CASA office in San Antonio to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. There, true to its name ("Without Borders"), the newspaper emphasized the solidarity of the Mexican proletariat on either side of the border.

CASA's ideological shifts were not without consequences. The energy of the organization was channeled in new directions. CASA spent time and money on campaigns fighting the deportation of Mexican attorney and activist José Jacques Medina, the University of California reverse discrimination (Bakke) decision, and new immigration restriction proposals. Membership and community support for the group fell as its local presence waned. Several local chapters withdrew from the national organization. The Federal Bureau of Investigation monitored the group quite closely, aided apparently by an internal informant.4

By far the most serious problem stemming from CASA's ideological swing was the increasing factionalization it caused. Externally, CASA came under attack by other Chicano groups for its seeming lack of commitment to Chicano solidarity. Internally, the leadership divided over similar lines. Was the organization to be one primarily concerned with race or class? Was CASA to speak for the workingman and woman in an international context or only to the Mexican laborer? One side favored the former, only to be accused of a lack of devotion to Aztlan, the mythical Chicano homeland of the Southwest. One side favored the latter, only to be accused of chauvinism and racism.

In the end, the fractures within the CASA leadership were enough to disintegrate the group. The membership was neither powerful nor numerous enough to reconstitute the organization following the resignation of the entire Political Commission in 1978.

ABSTRACT

The CASA collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas, notes, press releases, audiotapes, photographs and ephemera documenting the history of CASA, a grass roots social and legal services agency and Marxist-Leninist political organization.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Centro de Accion Social Autonomo Papers , M0325, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Provenance:

Gift of Bert Corona and Antonio Rodriguez, 1980.

Publication Rights:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Access Restrictions:

No restrictions.

SERIES I: CASA ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, 1968 -1978

Scope and Contents note

The first series contains records from CASA's national leadership, from its commissions (major policy-making bodies) and from the local organizations. There are comparatively few records dating from the period 1968-1974, during which CASA founders Bert Corona and Soledad Alatorre built a large membership of undocumented workers who joined the organization to obtain help with their legal problems. The bulk of the records date from 1975-1978, when Antonio Rodriguez rose to prominence in CASA leadership and membership composition shifted to young, mostly UnitedStates-born Mexican Americans with a commitment to socialist theory and politics.

Among the most interesting documents in Series I are a history of CASA written in 1978 when the organization had begun to crumble, the minutes of national meetings which show the increased decentralization and gradual disaffection of local organizations, the planning and evaluative documents of Sin Fronteras, and the papers of Antonio Rodriguez.

Subseries A. General

box 1, folder 1

Articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1969, 1972

box 1, folder 2

Boletin Interno, 1975-1978

box 1, folder 3

Centro Legal, 1975-1977

box 1, folder 4

Correspondence, general, 1972-1978

box 1, folder 5

History of CASA, 1978

box 1, folder 6

National meeting, Nov 28-30, 1974

box 1, folder 7

National meeting, Dec 21-22, 1974

box 1, folder 8

National meeting, 8-Apr-75

box 1, folder 9

National meeting, May 10-11, 1975

box 1, folder 10

National meeting, committee reports July 5, 1975

box 1, folder 11

National meeting, committee reports July 5, 1975

box 1, folder 12

National meeting, manuscript notes and minutes July 5, 1975

box 2, folder 1

National meeting, typed minutes July 5, 1975

box 2, folder 2

National meeting, , Apr 15-19, 1976

box 2, folder 3

National meeting, July 1-4, 1977

box 2, folder 4

National meeting, Dec 17-18, 1977

box 2, folder 5

National meeting, Feb-78

box 2, folder 6

National meeting, May 21, 1978

box 2, folder 7

National meeting, Oct 7-8, 1978

box 2, folder 8

National meeting, undated

box 2, folder 9

National meeting, National Investigatory Committee, Dec 1977-Jan 1978

box 2, folder 10

National meeting, National Investigatory Committee, Feb-78

box 2, folder 11

National membership regulations, description of CASA programs, circa 1976

box 2, folder 12

Notes, 1971

box 2, folder 13

Notes, 1974

box 2, folder 14

Notes, Jan-Jun, 1975

box 3, folder 1

Notes, Jul-Dec 1975

box 3, folder 2

Notes, Jan-Mar 1976

box 3, folder 3

Notes, Apr-Jun 1976

box 3, folder 4

Notes, Jul-Dec 1976

box 3, folder 5

Notes, Jan-Jul 1977

box 3, folder 6

Notes, Aug-Dec 1977

box 3, folder 7

Notes, 1978

box 3, folder 8

Notes, undated 1

box 3, folder 9

Notes, undated 2

box 4, folder 1

Notes, undated 3

box 4, folder 2

Notes, undated 4

box 4, folder 3

Notes, undated 5

box 4, folder 4

Notes, undated 6

box 4, folder 5

Notes, undated 7

box 4, folder 6

Notes, undated 8

box 4, folder 7

Property deeds, 1972-1977

box 4, folder 8

Statements and reports, 1973-1975

box 4, folder 9

Statements and reports, 1976

box 5, folder 1

Statements and reports, 1977

box 5, folder 2

Statements and reports, 1978

box 5, folder 3

Statements and reports, undated 1

box 5, folder 4

Statements and reports, undated 2

box 5, folder 5

Statements and reports, undated 3

box 5, folder 6

Statements and reports, undated 4

box 5, folder 7

Statements and reports, undated 5

box 5, folder 8

Statements and reports, "Jornada de Resistencia," undated

Subseries B. Bylaws and Resolutions Commissions

box 6, folder 1

Bylaws and Resolutions Commissions 1976

Subseries C. Finances Commission

box 6, folder 2

Finances Commission, 1969-1973

box 6, folder 3

Finances Commission, 1974-1975

box 6, folder 4

Finances Commission, 1976-1977

box 6, folder 5

Finances Commission, Account books, bank book, 1975-1977

box 6, folder 6

Finances Commission, Correspondence, 1972-1977

box 6, folder 7

Finances Commission, Fund-raising, 1977

Subseries D. Information and Propaganda Commission

box 6, folder 8

Information and Propaganda Commission, 1974-1975

box 6, folder 9

Information and Propaganda Commission, 1976

box 6, folder 10

Information and Propaganda Commission, 1977

box 6, folder 11

Information and Propaganda Commission, undated

box 7, folder 1

Information and Propaganda Commission, Flyers, undated

box 7, folder 2

Information and Propaganda Commission, Pamphlets, undated

box 7, folder 4

Organization Commission, Secretariat of Student Affairs, 1975-1977

Subseries E. Political Commission

box 7, folder 5

Political Commission, 1975

box 7, folder 6

Political Commission, 1976

box 7, folder 7

Political Commission, 1977

box 7, folder 8

Political Commission, 1978

box 7, folder 9

Political Commission, Report on World Trade Union Conference, Cyprus, 1977

box 7, folder 10

Political Commission, undated

Subseries F. Sin Fronteras Commission

box 7, folder 11

Sin Fronteras Commission, Advertising, 1975-1978

box 7, folder 12

Sin Fronteras Commission, Bookstore proposal, 1976-1977

box 8, folder 1

Correspondence, 1974-1976

box 8, folder 2

Correspondence, 1977

box 8, folder 3

Correspondence, 1978

box 8, folder 4

Correspondence, with Sin Fronteras correspondents, 1976-1977

box 8, folder 5

Correspondence, with Pintos Unidos Mexicano Aztlan; "El Ruido," 1977

box 8, folder 6

Discussion documents for study group, 1975-1976

box 8, folder 7

Draft guide for production of paper, undated

box 8, folder 8

Evaluation by Carlos Vasquez, 1976-1978

box 8, folder 9

Evaluation by Local Committees and Nucleos, 1974-1977

box 8, folder 10

Finances, dues, 1976-1978

box 8, folder 11

Finances, fund-raising, "Festival Sin Fronteras," 1976

box 8, folder 12

Finances, fund-raising, party, 1977

box 8, folder 13

Finances, fund-raising, ticket sales, 1976-1977

box 9, folder 1

Finances, reports, 1974-1978

box 9, folder 2

La Raza Latin Press Association, 1976-1977

box 9, folder 3

La Raza Latin Press Association, undated

box 9, folder 4

Library, 1975-1977

box 9, folder 5

Minutes and agendas, 1975-1978

box 9, folder 6

National campaign, 1975

box 9, folder 7

Notes and miscellany, 1976-1977

box 9, folder 8

Projections, 1976-1977

box 9, folder 9

Reports, 1975-1977

box 9, folder 10

Reports, 1978

box 10, folder 1

Distribution Sub-Committee, correspondence, 1975

box 10, folder 2

Distribution Sub-Committee, correspondence, 1976

box 10, folder 3

Distribution Sub-Committee, correspondence, 1977

box 10, folder 4

Distribution Sub-Committee, correspondence, 1978

box 10, folder 5

Distribution Sub-Committee, financial reports, 1975-1977

box 10, folder 6

Distribution Sub-Committee, mailing lists, 1975-1977

box 10, folder 7

Distribution Sub-Committee, other organizations, 1972-1976

box 10, folder 8

Distribution Sub-Committee, reports, 1975-July 1976

box 10, folder 9

Distribution Sub-Committee, Aug 1976-1977

box 10, folder 10

Distribution Sub-Committee, sales reports, locals, Chicago, 1975-1977

box 10, folder 11

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, El Paso, 1976-1977

box 10, folder 12

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, Greeley, 1975

box 11, folder 1

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, Los Angeles, 1976-1977

box 11, folder 2

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, Los Angeles brigades and nucleos, A-J, 1975-1977

box 11, folder 3

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, L-R, 1975-1977

box 11, folder 4

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, New Mexico Chicano Center, 1975-1976

box 11, folder 5

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, Oakland, 1975

box 11, folder 6

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, Oakland, 1976

box 11, folder 7

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, San Antonio, 1975-1977

box 11, folder 8

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, San Jose, 1976-1978

box 11, folder 9

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, Santa Barbara, 1976

box 11, folder 10

Distribution Sub-Committee, local sales reports, Seattle, 1975-1976

box 11, folder 11

Production Subcommittee, notes by Lourdes Castaneda, 1974-1977

box 11, folder 12

Production Subcommittee, notes by Lourdes Castaneda ,undated 1

box 11, folder 13

Production Subcommittee, notes by Lourdes Castaneda, undated 2

box 11, folder 14

Production Subcommittee, Peoples Translation Service, press packets, 1974-1975

box 12, folder 1

Production Subcommittee, photograph logs, 1975

box 12, folder 2

Production Subcommittee, production records, Jan-Sep 1976

box 12, folder 3

Production Subcommittee, production records, Oct-76

box 12, folder 4

Production Subcommittee, production records, Nov-76

box 12, folder 5

Production Subcommittee, production records, Dec 1976-Feb 1977

box 12, folder 6

Production Subcommittee, production records, Mar-May 1977

box 12, folder 7

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Oct-75

box 12, folder 8

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Nov 1975 1

box 12, folder 9

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Nov 1975 2

box 12, folder 10

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Dec 1975 1

box 12, folder 11

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Dec 1975 2

box 13, folder 1

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Jan 1976 1

box 13, folder 2

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Jan 1976 2

box 13, folder 3

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Feb 1976 1

box 13, folder 4

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Feb 1976 2

box 13, folder 5

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Feb 1976 3

box 13, folder 6

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Mar 1976 1

box 13, folder 7

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Mar 1976 2

box 13, folder 8

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Mar 1976 3

box 13, folder 9

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Apr 1976 1

box 13, folder 10

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Apr 1976 2

box 14, folder 1

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Apr 1976 3

box 14, folder 2

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, May 1976 (1)

box 14, folder 3

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, May 1976 (2)

box 14, folder 4

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, June 1976 (1)

box 14, folder 5

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, June 1976 (2)

box 14, folder 6

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, June 1976 (3)

box 14, folder 7

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, July 1976 (1)

box 14, folder 8

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, July 1976(2)

box 14, folder 9

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, July 1976(3)

box 14, folder 10

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, July 1976(4)

box 15, folder 1

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Aug 1976 1

box 15, folder 2

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Aug 1976 2

box 15, folder 3

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Aug 19763

box 15, folder 4

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Aug 19764

box 15, folder 5

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Sep 1976 1

box 15, folder 6

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Sep 19762

box 15, folder 7

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Sep 19763

box 15, folder 8

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Sep 19764

box 16, folder 2

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, (2)

box 16, folder 3

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, (3)

box 16, folder 4

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Nov 1976 1

box 16, folder 5

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, (2)

box 16, folder 6

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, (3)

box 16, folder 7

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, (4)

box 16, folder 8

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, Dec 1976 1

box 17, folder 1

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, (2)

box 17, folder 2

Production Subcommittee, story drafts, (3)

box 17, folder 3

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, 1975-1976 (1)

box 17, folder 4

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (2)

box 17, folder 5

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (3)

box 17, folder 6

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, Feb 1977 1

box 17, folder 7

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (2)

box 17, folder 8

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (3)

box 17, folder 9

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (4)

box 18, folder 1

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, Apr-77

box 18, folder 2

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, June 1977 (1)

box 18, folder 3

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (2)

box 18, folder 4

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (3)

box 18, folder 5

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (4)

box 18, folder 6

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, July 1977 (1)

box 18, folder 7

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (2)

box 18, folder 8

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (3)

box 18, folder 9

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, Aug 1977 1

box 19, folder 1

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (2)

box 19, folder 2

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (3)

box 19, folder 3

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (4)

box 19, folder 4

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, Mar 1978 1

box 19, folder 5

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (2)

box 19, folder 6

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (3)

box 19, folder 7

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (4)

box 19, folder 8

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, Apr-May 1978 1

box 19, folder 9

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (2)

box 20, folder 1

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, (4)

box 20, folder 2

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, 1977-1978

box 20, folder 3

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, undated 1

box 20, folder 4

Production Subcommittee, miscellany, undated 2

Subseries G. Worker and Union Affairs Commission

box 20, folder 5

Worker and Union Affairs Commission, 1976

Subseries H. Local Casa Organizations

box 20, folder 6

Chicago Local Committee, 1974-1977

box 20, folder 7

Estudiantil Nucleo, 1975-1977

box 20, folder 8

Greeley Local Committee, 1974-1975

box 20, folder 9

Joaquín Murrieta Nucleo, 1976-1977

box 20, folder 10

Los Angeles Local Committee, 1974-1975

box 21, folder 1

Los Angeles Local Committee, 1976

box 21, folder 2

Los Angeles Local Committee, 1977-1978

box 21, folder 3

Los Angeles Local Committee, undated

box 21, folder 4

Los Angeles Local Committee, financial records, 1975-1976

box 21, folder 5

Los Angeles Local Committee, internal bulletins, 1975-1977

box 21, folder 6

Luisa Moreno Nucleo, 1975-1976

box 21, folder 7

Miguel Enríquez Nucleo, 1976-1977

box 21, folder 8

Oakland Local Committee, 1975

box 21, folder 9

Oakland Local Committee 1976-1977

box 21, folder 10

Oakland Local Committee undated

box 21, folder 11

Oakland Local Committee, financial records, 1975-1976

box 22, folder 1

Primero de Mayo (Santa Barbara) Local Committee, 1975-1977

box 22, folder 2

Ricardo F. Magón Nucleo, 1976-1977

box 22, folder 3

San Antonio Local Committee, 1975-1977

box 22, folder 4

San Antonio Local Committee, undated

box 22, folder 5

San Antonio Local Committee, financial records, 1975-1976

box 22, folder 6

San Diego Nucleo, 1975-1977

box 22, folder 7

San Jose Nucleo, 1974-1976

box 22, folder 8

San Jose Nucleo, 1977-1978

box 22, folder 9

Santa Ana Center, 1974-1975

box 22, folder 10

Seattle Nucleo, 1975-1976

box 22, folder 11

Seattle Nucleo, 1977

box 22, folder 12

Seattle Nucleo, financial records, 1976

box 22, folder 13

Seattle Nucleo, "La Expresión," 1976-1977

box 22, folder 14

Teatro Nucleo, 1975

Subseries G. Papers of Antonio Rodriguez (Casa Officer)

box 23, folder 1

Correspondence, notes and miscellany, 1968-1974

box 23, folder 2

Correspondence, notes and miscellany, 1975

box 23, folder 3

Correspondence, notes and miscellany, 1976

box 23, folder 4

Correspondence, notes and miscellany, 1977

box 23, folder 5

Correspondence, notes and miscellany, 1978

box 23, folder 6

Notes, undated 1

box 23, folder 7

Notes, undated 2

box 23, folder 8

Notes, undated 3

box 23, folder 9

Notes, undated 4

box 24, folder 1

Notes (notebook), undated 1

box 24, folder 2

Notes (notebook), undated 2

box 24, folder 3

Notes (notebook), undated 3

box 24, folder 4

Notes (notebook), undated 4

box 24, folder 5

Notes (notebook), undated 5

box 24, folder 6

Notes (notebook), undated 6

box 24, folder 7

Notes (notebook), undated 7

SERIES II: FEDEREAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REPORTS ON CASA, 1972 -1978

Scope and Contents note

Through the Freedom of Information Act CASA members obtained copies of documents resulting from the FBI's surveillance of CASA. The FBI memoranda and reports date from April, 1972 to February, 1977. Both local CASA chapters and the national organization were being watched closely, presumably because of their advocacy of Marxist thought and their outspoken support for undocumented workers and for the Los Tres del Barrio defendants.

box 24, folder 8

Correspondence, 1975-1978

box 24, folder 9

Memoranda and reports, Apr-Nov 1972

box 24, folder 10

Memoranda and reports, Jan-Dec 1973

box 24, folder 11

Memoranda and reports, Jan-Jun 1974

box 24, folder 12

Memoranda and reports, Aug-Dec 1974

box 25, folder 1

Memoranda and reports, Jan-Jun 1975

box 25, folder 2

Memoranda and reports, Jul-Dec 1975

box 25, folder 3

Memoranda and reports, Jan-May 1976

box 25, folder 4

Memoranda and reports, Jun-Nov 1976

box 25, folder 5

Memoranda and reports, Feb-77

box 25, folder 6

Memoranda and reports, undated

box 25, folder 7

Political surveillance, miscellany, 1972-1973

SERIES III: SUBJECT AND ORGANIZATIONAL FILES, 1963 -1979

Scope and Contents note

The third series is further divided into seven sub-series: Chicano Movement, Education and Chicano Student Activism, Immigration Reform, Los Tres del Barrio Narcotics Case, Protest and Political Movements (United States), Protest and Political Movements (International), and Socialist Political Theory. It seems likely that at least some of these files were maintained by the Sin Fronteras staff as reference files to be used by the newspaper's writers. Representative topics within the Chicano Movement sub-series include the August 29th Movement, a rival Marxist-Leninist organization with which CASA was at ideological odds; La Raza Unida Party; and such issues as the Coors Beer Boycott and the police slaying of Los Angeles Times reporter Rubén Salazar, killed while covering the Chicano Moratorium Day riots in East Los Angeles in August, 1970.

The major issues in the second sub-series, Education and Chicano Student Activism, include the Alan Bakke reverse discrimination decision for admission to the University of California and the events andconditions which led to the Chicano student walk-outs ("blowouts") at Los Angeles high schools in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This sub-series also contains the papers of Jorge Rodriguez, Antonio Rodriguez's younger brother, who led several student strikes and attempted to coordinate other protest activities at high schools and East Los Angeles Community College.

The Immigration Reform Sub-series contains both CASA-generated records and records from organizations in which CASA participated, as well as reference files and information on the deportation case of Mexican lawyer José Jacques Medina. Although by 1975 CASA was spending less time helping individuals with their immigration problems, it had formed coalitions with other organizations, notably the National Coalition for Fair Laws and Practices, to keep immigration reform in the public eye. CASA organized and took part in rallies, marches, press conferences and campaigns designed to convince its members and others that the United States and its Latin American neighbors should enact legislation making them `sin fronteras' (without borders). Another major effort was support for the political asylum request of Medina, who was fighting deportation to Mexico for fear of reprisals for his participation in demonstrations at the Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México in 1973.

Another case in which CASA was actively involved was that of Los Tres del Barrio. The papers concerning Los Tres form the next sub-series. The three men --Juan Ramón Fernandez, Alberto Ortiz Sanchez and Rodolfo Peña Sanchez --were convicted of narcotics charges while serving as drug counselors in East Los Angeles. Antonio Rodriguez served as legal counsel, and Sin Fronteras waged a campaign to have their sentences overturned.

The next two sub-series deal with a wide range of domestic and international protest and political movements. These include anti-Vietnam War activities, Native American activism, industrial and farm labor union strikes in the United States, as well as socialist movements in Cuba, Mexico, and particularly Puerto Rico.

The Socialist Political Theory Sub-series consists entirely of reprints of articles used by CASA members in their study groups and by Sin Fronteras writers as background for political articles.

Subseries A: Chicano Movement

box 25, folder 8

August the 29th Movement, undated

box 25, folder 9

Brown Berets, 1969-1972

box 25, folder 10

Casa Blanca Barrio, Riverside, California, 1975

box 25, folder 11

Catolicos Por La Raza, 1969-1970

box 25, folder 12

Chicanos in the media, 1969-1977

box 25, folder 13

Chicanos Unidos, El Paso, 1976

box 25, folder 14

Community development in Los Angeles, 1972-1978

box 25, folder 15

Community organizations. "Revised Directory of Organizations in South and East Los Angeles, Jan. 20,1969"

box 26, folder 1

Community-police relations, 1970-1977

box 26, folder 2

Community-police relations, Jacobo Hernandez Rodriguez, 1971-1977

box 26, folder 3

Community-police relations, newsclippings, 1969-1977

box 26, folder 4

Coors Beer Boycott, 1973-1977

box 26, folder 5

General: flyers, pamphlets, 1974-1978

box 26, folder 6

La Raza Unida Party, 1971-1977

box 26, folder 7

La Raza Unida Party, undated

box 26, folder 8

Mexican American history and culture, 1968-1973

box 26, folder 9

Mexican American history and culture, 1974-1975

box 27, folder 1

Mexican American history and culture, 1976 (1)

box 27, folder 2

Mexican American history and culture, 1976 (2)

box 27, folder 3

Mexican American history and culture, 1977

box 27, folder 4

Mexican American history and culture, n.d. (1)

box 27, folder 5

Mexican American history and culture, n.d. (2)

box 27, folder 6

Mexican American history and culture, bibliographies, 1972-1975

box 27, folder 7

Mexican American history and culture, poetry, undated

box 28, folder 1

Miscellaneous organizations, 1970-1977

box 28, folder 2

Newsclippings, 1968-1978

box 28, folder 3

Prensa Sembradora, Oakland, undated

box 28, folder 4

Racism, articles, 1967-1977

box 28, folder 5

Reies Tijerina/Alianza Federal de los Pueblos Unidos, 1967-1969

box 28, folder 6

Rubén Salazar's death, East Los Angeles riots, 1970

box 28, folder 7

Teatro Movimiento Primavera; Teatro Nacional de Aztlan (TENAZ), circa 1976-1977

box 28, folder 8

Women's issues, 1974-1977

Subseries B: Education and Chicano Student Activism

box 28, folder 9

Alan Bakke Case, legal documents, 1976-1978

box 28, folder 10

Alan Bakke Case, miscellany, 1976

box 28, folder 11

Alan Bakke Case, National Committee to Overturn the Bakke Decision, 1977-1978

box 28, folder 12

Alan Bakke Case, press releases and newsclippings, 1976-1978

box 28, folder 13

Alan Bakke Case, statements and reports, 1976-1977

box 28, folder 14

Alan Bakke Case, Statewide Conference on Minority Admissions, "Implications of the Bakke Case," 1977

box 29, folder 1

Articles, 1965-1971

box 29, folder 2

Articles, 1972

box 29, folder 3

Articles, 1973-1977

box 29, folder 4

Chicano curriculum materials, 1974

box 29, folder 5

Miscellany, 1963-1975

box 29, folder 6

Preschool facilities, 1972-1977

box 29, folder 7

School busing, circa 1976-1977

box 29, folder 8

Statement and Reports, 1968-1977

box 29, folder 9

Statements and Reports, undated

box 30, folder 1

University of California, Berkeley, Chicano Studies, 1971-1974

box 30, folder 2

University of California, Berkeley, Riverside, student organization meeting, 1973

box 30, folder 3

University of California, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, El Congreso, 1977

box 30, folder 4

University of Southern California, Centro Chicano and MEChA, 1973-1977

Subseries C: Papers of Jorge ("Coky") Rodriguez

box 30, folder 5

California State University, Los Angeles, 1968-1977

box 30, folder 6

Castro, Sal, newsclippings, 1968-1969

box 30, folder 7

Chicano schools, 1970-1972

box 30, folder 8

Conferences and seminars, 1969-1970

box 30, folder 9

Correspondence, 1969-1970

box 30, folder 10

East Los Angeles College, 1969-1977

box 30, folder 11

East Los Angeles College, Upward Bound, 1976-1977

box 30, folder 12

Ephemera, 1969-1970

box 30, folder 13

Flyers, miscellaneous groups, undated

box 30, folder 14

Garfield High School, Los Angeles, undated

box 30, folder 15

Legal documents, 1970-1977

box 30, folder 16

Los Angeles School District, 1969-1972

box 30, folder 17

MEChA-Carnalismo, 1970

box 30, folder 18

Notes, 1969-1977

box 31, folder 1

Notes, undated

box 31, folder 2

Roosevelt High School, Los Angeles, 1969-1970

box 31, folder 3

Student movements, other high schools, 1968-1974

box 31, folder 4

United Mexican American students, circa 1970

Subseries D: Immigration Reform

box 31, folder 5

Carter Plan, circa 1977

box 31, folder 6

Correspondence, 1975-1976

box 31, folder 7

Correspondence with U.S. consuls concerning immigration, May-Aug. 1972

box 31, folder 8

Correspondence with U.S. consuls concerning immigration, Sept. 1972-1977

box 31, folder 9

Drafts and notes, 1977-1978

box 31, folder 10

Notes on INS Commissioner Leonel Castillo, undated

box 31, folder 11

Press releases, 1975-1977

box 31, folder 12

Publicity file, 1972-1976

box 31, folder 13

Reports, statements, 1976-1977

box 31, folder 14

Rodino Bill, 1975

box 32, folder 1

Teach-in Kit on the Undocumented Worker and Economic Crisis, 1975

Subseries E: Organizations in which CASA Participated

box 32, folder 2

Coalition Against the Rodino Bill, 1975-1976

box 32, folder 3

Coalition to Stop Repressive Immigration Legislation, 1976

box 32, folder 4

Comité Obrero en Defensa de los Indocumentados in Lucha (CODIL), 1976-1978

box 32, folder 5

July 4th Coalition, 1976-1977

box 32, folder 6

National Campaign of Solidarity with the Immigrant Worker, 1975

box 32, folder 7

National Coalition for Fair Immigration Laws and Practices, correspodence, 1977-1978

box 32, folder 8

National Coalition for Fair Immigration Laws and Practices, internal evaluations, 1976

box 32, folder 9

National Coalition for Fair Immigration Laws and Practices, mailing lists, notes, 1977-1978

box 32, folder 10

National Coalition for Fair Immigration Laws and Practices, position papers, reports, 1976-1978

box 32, folder 11

National Coalition for Fair Immigration Laws and Practices, publicity file, 1973-1978

Subseries F: CASA Reference Files

box 32, folder 12

Academic reports on immigration, 1965-1978

box 32, folder 13

American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, 1975-1978

box 32, folder 14

California Conference on Immigration and Public Policy, 1977

box 32, folder 15

Cornelius Report on illegal immigration, 1976-1977

box 33, folder 1

Health care for illegal immigrants, 1976-1979

box 33, folder 2

Immigration law, analyses of legislation, undated

box 33, folder 3

Immigration law, Centro de Immigracion, Georgetown University, 1977

box 33, folder 4

Immigration law, Illinois Migrant Council v. Pilliod, et. al., U.S. District Court opinion, Appeals court decision, 1975-1976

box 33, folder 5

Immigration law, Illinois Migrant Council v. Vandersall, U.S. District Court complaint, 3 1976

box 33, folder 6

Immigration law, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, 1977

box 33, folder 7

Immigration law, miscellany, 1975-1978

box 33, folder 8

Immigration law, National Center for the Study of Aliens' Rights, 1976-1977

box 33, folder 9

Immigration law, National Lawyers Guild, "Immigration Newsletter," 1974-1977

box 33, folder 10

Immigration law, Rubio v. Superior Court of California, amici curiae brief, 1978

box 33, folder 11

Immigration law, Torres-Guerrero v. INS, brief, 1976

box 33, folder 12

Miscellaneous organizations, correspondence, press releases, statements, 1974-1979

box 33, folder 13

Miscellaneous organizations, meeting information, 1973-1977

box 33, folder 14

Miscellaneous organizations, publicity, 1975-1977

box 34, folder 1

Immigration law, reports and position papers, 1975-1977

box 34, folder 2

National Chicano/Latino Conference, 1977

box 34, folder 3

National Conference of Christians and Jews, Conference on Employment of Aliens, 1977

box 34, folder 4

Newsclippings, 1967-1976

box 34, folder 5

Newsclippings, 1977-1979

box 34, folder 6

Organized labor, statements on immigration policy, 1973-1976

box 34, folder 7

United States Government, 1974-1978

box 34, folder 8

United States Government, Dept. of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1974-1977

box 34, folder 9

United States Government, Dept. of Labor, 1975-1977

box 34, folder 10

United States Government, Texts of immigration bills, 1973-1977

Subseries G: Jose-Jacques Medina Deportation Case

box 34, folder 11

Medina Defense Committee, correspondence, general, 1976-1977

box 34, folder 12

Medina Defense Committee, correspondence, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1975-1977

box 35, folder 1

Medina Defense Committee, evidence supporting Medina's asylum request, correspondence, 1976

box 35, folder 2

Medina Defense Committee, evidence supporting Medina's asylum request, legal documents, 1973-1977

box 35, folder 3

Medina Defense Committee, evidence supporting Medina's asylum request, newsclippings, 1974-1976

box 35, folder 4

Medina Defense Committee, evidence supporting Medina's asylum request, statements by Medina, 1973

box 35, folder 5

Medina Defense Committee, legal documents, 1976

box 35, folder 6

Medina Defense Committee, legal staff, memoranda, 1975-1978

box 35, folder 7

Medina Defense Committee, Liberty Hill Foundation Grant, 1977

box 35, folder 8

Medina Defense Committee, list of possible witnesses, undated

box 35, folder 9

Medina Defense Committee, minutes, notes, 1976-1977

box 35, folder 10

Medina Defense Committee, newsclippings about Medina, 1977

box 35, folder 11

Medina Defense Committee, petitions supporting Medina, undated

box 35, folder 12

Medina Defense Committee, press releases, 1976-1977

box 35, folder 13

Medina Defense Committee, publicity file, 1976-1977

box 35, folder 14

Medina Trial, legal documents, 1976-Feb. 1977

box 36, folder 1

Medina Trial, legal documents, May-June 1977

box 36, folder 2

Medina Trial, legal documents, July-Dec. 1977

box 36, folder 3

Medina Trial, legal documents,.- Feb. 1978

box 36, folder 4

Medina Trial, legal documents, Exhibits A-W, undated

box 36, folder 5

Medina Trial, legal documents, transcript of hearings, May-Sept. 1976

box 36, folder 6

Medina Trial, notes on strategy, circa 1976

box 36, folder 7

Medina Trial, related cases, 1975-1977

Subseries H: Los Tres del Barrio Narcotics Case

box 36, folder 8

Community Concern Corporation, 1976-1977

box 36, folder 9

Correspondence, Fernandez, Juan Ramon, 1976-1977

box 37, folder 1

Correspondence, Ortiz Sanchez, Alberto, 1973-1976

box 37, folder 2

Correspondence, Sanchez, Rodolfo Peña, 1972-1979

box 37, folder 3

Drug abuse, 1972-1974

box 37, folder 4

National Committee to Free Los Tres, drafts of articles, undated

box 37, folder 5

National Committee to Free Los Tres, minutes, 1973-1975

box 37, folder 6

National Committee to Free Los Tres, notes and miscellany, 1974-1975

box 37, folder 7

National Committee to Free Los Tres, petitions, undated

box 37, folder 8

National Committee to Free Los Tres, publicity file, 1971-1976

box 37, folder 9

National Committee to Free Los Tres, reports and statements, 1974-1975

box 37, folder 10

National Committee to Free Los Tres, roll sheets, 1973-1974

box 37, folder 11

National Committee to Free Los Tres, Sin Cadenas (newsletter), 1974-1975

box 37, folder 12

United States of America v. Juan Ramón Fernandez, Alberto Ortiz Sanchez, Rudolfo Peña Sanchez, (U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, 8778), amicus curiae briefs, 1973, undated

box 37, folder 13

National Committee to Free Los Tres, legal documents concerning bail, 1970-1975

box 37, folder 14

National Committee to Free Los Tres, reporters transcript of proceedings, Nov. 2, 1971

box 38, folder 1

National Committee to Free Los Tres, reporters transcript of proceedings, Nov. 4, 1971

box 38, folder 2

National Committee to Free Los Tres, reporters transcript of proceedings, Nov. 9, 1971

box 38, folder 3

National Committee to Free Los Tres, reporters transcript of proceedings, Nov. 10, 1971

box 38, folder 4

National Committee to Free Los Tres, reporters transcript of proceedings, Nov. 11, 1971

box 38, folder 5

Juan Ramón Fernandez, Alberto Ortiz Sanchez, Rodolfo Peña Sanchez v. United States of America (U.S. Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit, San Francisco, 72-2088, 72-1408,72-2089), appellants' consolidated opening brief, undated

box 38, folder 6

National Committee to Free Los Tres, reporters transcript of proceedings, appellants' motion for permission to travel out of state, Mar. 15, 1974

box 38, folder 7

National Committee to Free Los Tres, reporters transcript of proceedings, appellants' reply brief, circa 1974

box 38, folder 8

National Committee to Free Los Tres, reporters transcript of proceedings, appellee's brief, undated

box 38, folder 9

National Committee to Free Los Tres, reporters transcript of proceedings, opposition to appellants' motion, circa 1974

Subseries I: Protest and Political Movements (United States)

box 38, folder 10

Anti-Vietnam War movement, 1975-1977

box 38, folder 11

Black protest, 1969-1977

box 39, folder 1

California Originals Strike, circa 1975-1976

box 39, folder 2

Coalition for Economic Survival, 1976-1978

box 39, folder 3

Communist League, 1974

box 39, folder 4

Farm Labor Organizing Committee, 1975-1977

box 39, folder 5

International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1976-1981

box 39, folder 6

Miscellaneous unions, 1971-1978

box 39, folder 7

National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, 1975-1978

box 39, folder 8

National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case, 1973-1977

box 39, folder 9

Native American organizations, 1972-1978

box 39, folder 10

Native Americans, Skyhorse-Mohawk Defense Committee, 1977-1978

box 39, folder 11

Native Americans, Wasichu, The Continuing Indian Wars, draft, undated

box 39, folder 12

New American Movement, 1975-1976

box 39, folder 13

People's Alliance, National Committee, 1977-1978

box 40, folder 1

Political repression, political prisoners, 1971-1978

box 40, folder 2

San Quentin Six, circa 1975

box 40, folder 3

Senate Bill One-revision of the Federal criminal code, 1975-1977

box 40, folder 4

Socialist parties, 1970-1977

box 40, folder 5

Solar Company, Campbell-San Diego Marine Strikes, 1974

box 40, folder 6

Teamsters Union, 1975-1977

box 40, folder 7

Texas Farm Workers Union, 1974-1976

box 40, folder 8

United Farm Workers Union, 1969-1977

Subseries J: Protest and Political Movements (International)

box 40, folder 9

Chile, 1973-1978

box 40, folder 10

Cuba, 1960-1977

box 41, folder 1

Cuba, 11th World Youth Festival, 1977-1978

box 41, folder 2

Cuba, Venceremos Brigade, 1976-1977

box 41, folder 3

Ethiopia-Somalia Conflict, 1977

box 41, folder 4

Iranian Students Association, 1973-1977

box 41, folder 5

Latin American solidarity movements, 1975-1978

box 41, folder 6

Mexican Communist Party, 1977

box 41, folder 7

Mexico, social protest, 1972-1977

box 41, folder 8

Mexico, socialist movements, 1974-1977

box 41, folder 9

Middle East, 1977

box 41, folder 10

Panama canal, 1977

box 41, folder 11

Puerto Rican Socialist Party, articles, newsletters, 1971-1976

box 41, folder 12

Puerto Rican Socialist Party, flyers, 1975-1976

box 41, folder 13

Puerto Rican Socialist Party, International Conference in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence, 1975

box 41, folder 14

Puerto Rican Socialist Party, manuals for operations, undated

box 41, folder 15

Puerto Rican Socialist Party, movement to free the five Puerto Rican nationalists, 1975-1977

box 41, folder 16

Puerto Rican Socialist Party, position papers and reports, 1971-1973

box 42, folder 1

Puerto Rican Socialist Party, position papers and reports, 1974-1977

box 42, folder 2

Puerto Rican Socialist Party, position papers and reports, undated

box 42, folder 3

Puerto Rican Socialist Party, position papers and reports, 1972-1976

box 42, folder 4

Puerto Rican Socialist Party, position papers and reports, 1977

box 42, folder 5

Ramón Chacón Defense Committee, 1976

box 42, folder 6

Spain, 1975

box 42, folder 7

Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, strikes, 1972-1977

Subseries K. Socialist-Political Theory

box 42, folder 8

Articles, 1901-1971

box 42, folder 9

Articles, 1972-1977

box 43, folder 1

Articles, n.d. (1)

box 43, folder 2

Articles, n.d. (2)

box 43, folder 3

Articles, n.d. (3)

box 43, folder 4

Articles, n.d. (4)

box 43, folder 5

Articles, n.d. (5)

SERIES IV: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1973-1977 AND undated

Scope and Contents note

This series contains photographs arranged by subject, most of which were assembled for use in Sin Fronteras. The range of subject matter is impressive and includes both newsworthy individuals (Jose Jacques Medina, Los Tres del Barrio, and Antonio Rodriguez) and events (demonstrations, strikes, and meetings). There are also twenty oversized matted photographs, which were apparently used for display

Subseries A. Subject

box 43, folder 6

Africa (prints)

box 43, folder 7

Argentina (prints)

box 43, folder 8

Bakke decision protest (prints)

box 43, folder 9

Bakke decision protest (negatives)

box 43, folder 10

BFI strike, Santa Barbara, (prints) 1976

box 43, folder 11

Brazil (prints)

box 43, folder 12

California Originals Strike (prints)

box 44, folder 1

Chicago (CASA Local) (prints)

box 44, folder 2

Chicago (CASA Local) (negatives)

box 44, folder 3

Chile (prints)

box 44, folder 4

Coalition Against Repressive Immigration Rally, Washington State, (prints) 1977

box 44, folder 5

Comite Obrero en Defensa de los Indocumentados en lucha (prints)

box 44, folder 6

Comite Obrero en Defensa de los Indocumentados en lucha (negatives)

box 44, folder 7

Conference on Fair Immigration Laws and Practices, East Los Angeles College, (prints) Mar. 8-10, 1974

box 44, folder 8

Coors Beer Boycott (prints)

box 44, folder 9

Cuba (prints)

box 44, folder 10

Cuba (negatives)

box 44, folder 11

Danzos Palomino, Ramon (prints)

box 44, folder 12

Demonstration at East Los Angeles College, (prints) Apr. 1977

box 44, folder 13

Demonstration at East Los Angeles College (negatives)

box 44, folder 14

Demonstrations (1) (prints)

box 44, folder 15

Demonstrations (2) (prints)

box 44, folder 16

Demonstrations (3) (negatives)

box 45, folder 1

Demonstrations (4) (prints)

box 45, folder 2

Demonstrations (5) (prints)

box 45, folder 3

Demonstrations (6) (negatives)

box 45, folder 4

Doris of California (Immigration and Naturalization Service raid) (prints)

box 45, folder 5

Garcia, Inez (prints)

box 45, folder 6

Garcia, Inez (negatives)

box 45, folder 7

Greeley (CASA Local), demonstration, (prints) Sept. 16, 1975

box 45, folder 8

Greeley (CASA Local), (negatives)

box 45, folder 9

Guatemala (prints)

box 45, folder 10

Housing (prints)

box 45, folder 11

Housing (negatives)

box 45, folder 12

Immigration (prints)

box 45, folder 13

Immigration (negatives)

box 45, folder 14

Immigration and Naturalization Service (prints)

box 45, folder 15

Immigration and Naturalization Service (negatives)

box 45, folder 16

Industrial Labor (prints)

box 45, folder 17

Industrial Labor (negatives)

box 45, folder 18

International Conference in Solidarity with the Independendence of Puerto Rico, Havana, (prints) Sept. 1975

box 45, folder 19

International Worker's Day, Los Angeles, (prints) May 3, 1975

box 45, folder 20

International Worker's Day, Los Angeles, (negatives)

box 45, folder 21

Jaramillo, Rubén (prints)

box 45, folder 22

Jornada de Solidaridad con el Trabajador Mexicano Immigrante en los Estados Unidos, Mexico, (prints) July 19-25, 1976

box 45, folder 23

Land struggles (prints)

box 45, folder 24

Lebanon (prints)

box 46, folder 1

Los Tres del Barrio, (1) (prints)

box 46, folder 2

Los Tres del Barrio,(2) (prints)

box 46, folder 3

Los Tres del Barrio,(3) (prints)

box 46, folder 4

Los Tres del Barrio,(4) (negatives)

box 46, folder 5

Manzo, (prints) 1977

box 46, folder 6

Manzo, (negatives)

box 46, folder 7

March, Bicentennial Without Colonies, Los Angeles, (prints) July 4, 1976

box 46, folder 8

Medina, José Jacques (1) (prints)

box 46, folder 9

Medina, José Jacques, (negatives)

box 47, folder 1

Medina, José Jacques, (2) (prints)

box 47, folder 2

Medina, José Jacques, (3) (negatives)

box 47, folder 3

Mexican American children (prints)

box 47, folder 4

Mexican American children (negatives)

box 47, folder 5

Mexican American women (prints)

box 47, folder 6

Mexican Presidents Luis Echeverría and José López Portillo (prints)

box 47, folder 7

Mexican Presidents Luis Echeverría and José López Portillo (negatives)

box 47, folder 8

Mexico (prints)

box 47, folder 9

Moratorium Against Deportations of Undocumented Workers, East Los Angeles, Aug. 29, 1974

box 47, folder 10

Native Americans (prints)

box 47, folder 11

Native Americans (negatives)

box 47, folder 12

Oakland (CASA) (prints)

box 47, folder 13

Ortho Mattress Strike (prints)

box 47, folder 14

Panama (prints)

box 47, folder 15

People (prints)

box 47, folder 16

People (prints)

box 48, folder 1

Peoples Republic of China (prints)

box 48, folder 2

Peru (prints)

box 48, folder 3

Police brutality (prints)

box 48, folder 4

Police brutality (negatives)

box 48, folder 5

Political parties, U.S. (prints)

box 48, folder 6

Political parties, U.S.(negatives)

box 48, folder 7

Press conferences (prints)

box 48, folder 8

Press conferences (negatives)

box 48, folder 9

Puerto Rico (prints)

box 48, folder 10

Puerto Rico (negatives)

box 48, folder 11

Resistencia Rally, Los Angeles, (prints) Aug. 29, 1976

box 48, folder 12

Rodino and Eilberg Bill (prints)

box 48, folder 13

Rodino and Eilberg Bill (negatives)

box 48, folder 14

Rodriguez, Antonio (1) (prints)

box 48, folder 15

Rodriguez, Antonio (2) (prints)

box 48, folder 16

Rodriguez, Ignacio, Steelworkers Union, Chicago, (prints) Jan. 1977

box 48, folder 17

Rodriguez, Ignacio, Steelworkers Union, Chicago, (negatives)

box 48, folder 18

Rodriguez, Jacobo (prints)

box 48, folder 19

Rodriguez, Jacobo (negatives)

box 48, folder 20

Sin Fronteras (prints)

box 48, folder 21

Solidarity with Boulder Six Crusade for Justice, Los Angeles, (prints) Mar. 17, 1974

box 48, folder 22

South Africa (prints)

box 48, folder 23

South Africa (negatives)

box 49, folder 1

Spain (prints)

box 49, folder 2

Strikes (prints)

box 49, folder 3

Strikes (negatives)

box 49, folder 4

Students (prints)

box 49, folder 5

Students (negatives)

box 49, folder 6

Talamante, Olga (prints)

box 49, folder 7

Teatro Movimiento Primavera (prints)

box 49, folder 8

Texas farm workers (prints)

box 49, folder 9

Theatre groups (prints)

box 49, folder 10

Treviño, Daniel, killing, San Jose (prints)

box 49, folder 11

United Farm Workers (prints)

box 49, folder 12

Viernes de Trabajadores (prints)

box 49, folder 13

Viernes de Trabajadores (negatives)

box 49, folder 14

Vietnam (prints)

box 49, folder 15

Vietnam (negatives)

box 49, folder 16

Wilmington Ten (prints)

box 49, folder 17

Women's Conference, California State University Los Angeles (prints)

box 49, folder 18

World Trade Union Conference, Cyprus, Mar. 8-11, 1977

box 50, folder 1

Unidentified photographs (1) (prints)

box 50, folder 2

Unidentified photographs (2) (prints)

box 50, folder 3

Unidentified photographs (3) (negatives)

box 50, folder 4

Unidentified photographs (4) (negatives)

box 51, folder 1

Unidentified photographs (5) (color prints)

box 51, folder 2

Unidentified slides (1)

box 51, folder 3

Unidentified slides (2)

box 51, folder 4

Unidentified slides (3)

box 51, folder 5

Unidentified slides (4)

box 51, folder 6

Unidentified slides (5)

box 51, folder 7

Unidentified slides (6)

box 51, folder 8

Unidentified slides (7) (negatives)

Subseries B: Matted Prints

box 51, folder 10

Anti-Franco demonstration, United States

box 52, folder 1

Children, CASA Bicentennial Without Colonies Demonstration, Los Angeles, 1976

box 52, folder 2

Children in Mexico

box 52, folder 3

CLETA Theatre Group, Mexico

box 52, folder 4

Demonstration against forced sterilization, 1973

box 52, folder 5

Demonstrations

box 52, folder 6

Farm workers protest in Indiana

box 52, folder 7

Immigration and Naturalization Service

box 52, folder 8

Immigration rights march, East Los Angeles, 1974

box 52, folder 9

Ixtacalco Settlement, Mexico, 1975

box 52, folder 10

Jornada de solidaridad con el Trabajador Mexicano Immigrante en los Estados Unidos, July 1976

box 53, folder 1

Mexican union demonstration, Nov. 1975

box 53, folder 2

Police brutality

box 53, folder 3

Proposition 14, California

box 53, folder 4

Spicer Corporation Strike, 1975

box 53, folder 5

La Tolteca Strike, Richmond, California

box 53, folder 6

Treviño, Daniel, killing, San Jose

box 53, folder 7

United Farm Workers of Texas

box 53, folder 8

Zimbabwe, police brutality

SERIES V: EPHEMERA, n.d.

Scope and Contents note

This brief series consists primarily of miscellaneous items which were used to advertise CASA demonstrations and other activities, such as buttons, posters, original graphics, and a banner.

box 54, folder 1

CASA buttons

box 54, folder 2

Cloth banner, Pedro Albizu Campos

box 54, folder 3

Graphics (1)

box 54, folder 4

Graphics (2)

box 54, folder 5

Paste-up and lay-out sheets

box 54, folder 6

Plaque

box 54, folder 7

Rollo-dex address file

box 54, folder *

(For additional ephemera, see also the oversized materials listed at end of guide.)

SERIES VI: SOUND RECORDINGS, n.d.

Scope and Contents note

This series is made up of thirty-seven cassette tapes and two videocassettes. Many of the tapes are not identified as to event, speakers or date, and the sound quality is uneven. The tapes, in English, Spanish or a mixture of both languages, are apparently recordings of CASA meetings, press conferences and panel discussions.

box 55

Cassette tapes

Series VII. Oversized Materials (Posters)

oversize-box 56

Jornada de solidaridad con los trabajadores Mexicanos en los Estados Unidos (sindicato de Trabajadores del Infonavit)

oversize-box 56

Libertad a Ismael Gonzalez, Preso Politico

oversize-box 56

Marcha contra la ley Rodino

oversize-box 56

Marcha contra la migra

oversize-box 56

National Chicano-Latino Conference on Immigration and Public Policy

oversize-box 56

National Moratorium Against Repression and Deportation

oversize-box 56

Resistencia Rally, Salazar Park

map-folder 57

A call to action - Moratorium

map-folder 58

Capitalismo-Negacion de los derechos humanos

map-folder 59

Con o sin documentos-somos trabajadores; tenemos derechos; hacemos la riquesa