Kelly Lytle Hernandez Collection of Border Patrol Research Papers, 1907-1990

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Summary

Creators:
Hernandez, Kelly Lytle
Abstract:
This collection of papers represents the research material Kelly Lytle Hernandez used for her book: MIGRA! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol (University of California Press, 2010). The book is a history and analysis of the U.S. Border Patrol and how it polices unsanctioned immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Extent:
8 linear feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Kelly Lytle Hernandez Collection of Border Patrol Research Papers, 112, Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of research materials gathered for Kelly Lytle Hernandez's book MIGRA! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol. It consists mostly of Border Patrol interior documents including reports, statistics, correspondence, and surveys. The material is almost entirely photocopies.

Biographical / historical:

Kelly Lytle Hernandez is associate professor in the UCLA Department of History and Associate Co-Director of the National Center for History in the Schools. Her research interests are in twentieth-century U.S. history with a concentration upon race, migration, and police and prison systems in the American West and U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Her book, MIGRA! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol (University of California Press, 2010) is the first book to tell the story of how and why the U.S. Border Patrol concentrates its resources upon policing unsanctioned immigration across the U.S>-Mexico border despite the many possible targets and strategies of U.S. migration control. Her current research focuses upon exploring the social world of incarceration in Los Angeles between 1876 and 1965.

Acquisition information:
Collection donated to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. Deed on file at the CSRC Archive office.
Processing information:

Processed by the CSRC in 2010. Finding aid edited by Jason Lowder under the direction of Doug Johnson in 2021. The editing was done during the COVID-19 pandemic so there was no physical access to the materials.

Arrangement:

The collection is arrranged in tthe following series:

  • Series 1. Reports, statistics, and internal documents
  • Series 2. Border Patrol complaints
  • Series 3. Correspondence and memos
  • Series 4. Agricultural material
  • Series 5. Smuggling
  • Series 6. Northern border
  • Series 7. Operation Wetback
  • Series 8. Surveys

Physical location:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library and Archive for paging information.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research.

Terms of access:

These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of materials, including but not limited to infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Kelly Lytle Hernandez Collection of Border Patrol Research Papers, 112, Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Los Angeles, Chicano Studies Research Center Library, 193 Haines Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1544, US
Contact:
(310) 206-6052
librarian@chicano.ucla.edu
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