Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The collection includes manuscripts, subject files, and newsclippings, primarily relating to Soto's research and teaching on Hispanics in the Catholic Church and migrant workers in California.
- Extent:
- 5 Linear Feet (8 manuscript boxes, 1 flat box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Anthony R. Soto Papers. M0763. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Manuscripts, subject files, and newsclippings, primarily relating to Soto's research and teaching on Hispanics in the Catholic Church and migrant workers in California.
- Biographical / historical:
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Anthony R. Soto (1921-1996) was the first Chicano pastor of Santa Clara County. He went to a Franciscan seminary in California after leaving Arizona, where he was born.
He acquired a degree in social science and philosophy at San Luis Rey College in 1944 and a Master's degree in sociology from Catholic University of America in 1950. He later received his Doctorate in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley (1978), where he specialized in ethnic and racial relations, deviance, the history of social theory, and the sociology of religion.
In 1962, he became the founding pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in San Jose. At the time, he was also the first Chicano pastor in Santa Clara County. He left the official church in 1972, but continued his ministry of serving the disadvantaged, primarily by working with the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) He taught at San Jose State University for over twenty years, first as a lecturer in the Mexican American Graduate Studies Department, and then as a professor at the School of Social Work.
Soto was also very active in civil rights movements, particularly regarding the rights of migrant laborers. He founded CET (Center for Employment Training) with Russell Tershy to provide job training for seasonal farm workers. It has been active for more than 50 years and has increasingly expanded its reach.
He married Phyllis Armas, also an educator and activist, in 1974.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased, 1995.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Migrant labor.
Mexican Americans
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research. Note that materials must be requested 36 hours in advance of intended use.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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Anthony R. Soto Papers. M0763. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022