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Guide to the Oscar Zeta Acosta Papers CEMA 1
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Series I-Personal And Biographical Information 1938-1990

 

Biographical Information 1938-1990

Box 1, Folder 1

Citizenship I.D. Card, Grade School Report Cards and Bar Examination Admittance Card 1938-1965

Box 1, Folder 2-3

High School and Law School Diplomas 1956 and 1965

Box 1, Folder 4-6

City College Blue Books and Records 1956-1957

Box 1, Folder 7

Military Records, Withholding Tax Statemement and Voter's Stub 1960-1972

Box 1, Folder 8

Biographical Information on Son, Marco 1959-1987

Box 1, Folder 32

Oakdale Joint Union High School Yearbook

 

Newsclippings

Box 1, Folder 9-21

Newsclippings and Articles 1965-1990

Box 3, Folder 7-8

Rolling Stonearticle The Banshee Screams For Buffalo Meat by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 12/15/1977

 

Coorespondence, Outgoing 1952-1974

Box 1, Folder 22

Postcards 1952-1970

Box 1, Folder 23-25

Correspondence 1963-1974

 

Correspondence, Incoming

Box 1, Folder 26

Acosta-Annie and Beeby-Dungan

Box 1, Folder 27

Gonsalves-Segal and Shmit-Wendy

Box 1, Folder 28

1967-1974 and Undated

 

Series II- Correspondence with Betty Daves Acosta (First Wife) 1956-1971

Box 1, Folder 29-32

Correspondence 1956-1971

Box 2, Folder 1-12

Correspondence 1956-1971

 

Series III-Writings of Acosta 1961-1988

Box 2, Folder 13

Untitled Short Stories, Poems and Poems for a Spring Day 1961-1967

Box 2, Folder 14-16

Untitled, Manuscript Undated

 

Acosta, Oscar Zeta. 1989. The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books.

Box 2, Folder 17

The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, notes Undated

Box 2, Folder 18-19

The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, uncorrected proof Undated

Box 2, Folder 20-24

The Catalina Papers, Play Undated

Box 2, Folder 25

David and Me Drop Acid Undated

Box 2, Folder 26

Dear Wendy, Creative Writing Undated

Box 2, Folder 28

Eight for the Show, Manuscript Undated

Box 2, Folder 28-30

From Whence I Came, Manuscript Undated

Box 2, Folder 31

The Little House, Manuscript Undated

Box 2, Folder 32-33

Oscar Acosta, Autobiography Undated

Box 2, Folder 34

To Whom It May Concern, Short Story Undated

Box 2, Folder 35

The Worm Dieth Not, Short Story Undated

 

General Publishing Correspondence 1962-1973

 

Correspondence, Out-going

Box 2, Folder 36

1962-1973

Box 2, Folder 37-39

Undated

 

Correspondence, In-coming

Box 3, Folder 1-2

Correspondence

 

Publisher correspondence generated with Marco Acosta 1971-1988

Box 3, Folder 3-5

Correspondence, Out-going

 

Published Reviews, Articles And Newsclippings 1971-1984

 

Articles

Box 3, Folder 6

1971-1974

Box 3, Folder 7-8

1977

Box 3, Folder 9

1979

Box 3, Folder 10

1980 and 1983

Box 3, Folder 11

1984

Box 3, Folder 12

Undated

 

Drafts, Manuscripts, Published And Unpublished 1961-1972

 

Correspondence, In-Coming

Box 3, Folder 13-16

Bernal-Wenner

 

Correspondence, Miscellaneous

Box 3, Folder 17-21

1971-1987

 

Series IV-Political and Legal Activity Files 1961-1989

 

Legal Activity Newsclippings 1968-1973

 

Newsclippings

Box 3, Folder 22-24

1968-1969

Box 3, Folder 25-27

1970-1973

 

Legal Transcripts And Miscellaneous Legal Notes 1968-1979

Box 3, Folder 28-39

Castro et. al v. Superior Court

Box 3, Folder 40-45

The People of the State of California v. Castro et. al

Box 4, Folder 1-44

The People of the State of California v. Castro et. al

Box 5, Folder 1-43

The People of the State of California v. Castro et.al

Box 6, Folder 1-21

The People of the State of California v. Castro et. al

Box 6, Folder 22-50

People v. Montes (Biltmore 6 Trial) 1969-1979

Box 7, Folder 1-28

People v. Montes (Biltmore 6 Trial) 1969-1972

Box 7, Folder 29-32

Miscellaneous Legal Notes Undated

 

Sheriff Candidacy Material 1970

Box 7, Folder 33

Sheriff Candidacy Material 1970

 

FBI File 1970-1973

Box 7, Folder 34-41

FBI File 1970-1973

 

Legal Correspondence 1961-1977

 

Correspondence, Out-Going

Box 7, Folder 42

1961-1973 and undated

 

Correspondence, In-Coming

Box 7, Folder 43

Talamantez

 

Correspondence, Miscellaneous

Box 7, Folder 44-47

1963-1977

 

Last Wills And Probate Petition 1973-1989

Box 8, Folder 1-22

Last Wills and Probate Petition 1973-1989

 

Series V-Photographs and Negatives, 1946-1989 1946-1989

Box 8, Folder 23-25

Personal, 1946-1972

Box 8, Folder 26-28

Professional

Box 8, Folder 29

Copy Negatives

 

Series VI-Video, Unedited

Item V0503/VHS

Bob Henry's Interview September 1972

Item V6206/VHS

Festival Flor y Canto: Reading from the revolt of the cockroach people 1974

Other Descriptive Information

This video recording was from part of the USC/El Centro Chicano's Festival de Flor Y canto. Copyright El Centro Chicano. It includes a note from the Producer.