Garcia (Mario T.) Chicano Collection, 1956-1976

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Summary

Title:
Mario T. Garcia Chicano Collection
Dates:
1956-1976
Creators:
Garcia, Mario T.
Abstract:
This collection contains papers relating to the professional and political life of Chicano scholar and historian Mario T. Garcia during his years in San Diego in the early 1970s.
Extent:
7.75 Linear feet (12 boxes)
Language:
and Collection materials are in English and Spanish.
Preferred citation:

Mario T. Garcia Chicano Collection, MS 205, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Chicano scholar Mario T. Garcia during his time in San Diego in the early to mid-1970s. It also includes documents and ephemera related to the San Diego Chicano community, and the Chicano and anti-war movements of the early 1970s. There are educational papers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), San Diego State University (SDSU), and Sacramento and San Jose State Colleges, all of which Garcia taught at during his graduate studies. The collection also includes a vast compilation of local, state and national community newspapers and periodicals, as well as numerous collegiate newspapers and publications from UCSD, SDSU, San Jose and Sacramento State. Documents of note include rare original flyers and posters related to the Delano grape boycott and other United Farm Workers activities, as well as posters and ephemera from the general Chicano movement and the Chicano anti-war movement.

Biographical / historical:

Mario T. Garcia received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in History at the University of Texas, El Paso. He went on to receive his Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego. While going to school for his Ph.D., Garcia was a lecturer in Chicano Studies and History at San Diego State University. He held that position from 1970 to 1974. While teaching at SDSU, he was involved in the campaign to establish a Center for Chicano Studies on-campus, while also working closely with the student-run organization MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán). He was also active in the Open Admissions controversy at SDSU, and the movement surrounding Third College at UCSD, as well as a member of the Young Socialist Alliance and Raza contra la Guerra. Garcia was awarded his Ph.D. in history in 1975 based on his doctoral dissertation titled “Obreros: the Mexican workers of El Paso, 1900-1920.” In 1975, he began working at the University of California, Santa Barbara as Acting Assistant Professor of Chicano Studies and History, where he continues to teach today. His other teaching positions included teaching at Third College at the University of California, San Diego and at San Jose State College. Garcia also taught at Yale briefly from 1990 to 1992, later returning to his position as a faculty member at UC Santa Barbara. Along with being a professor of Chicano Studies, Garcia has written a variety of articles for publication and was involved in composing the anthology entitled New Perspectives on Chicano History. Garcia currently serves as the Director of the Latino Leadership Project and the Research Liaison between the Department of Chicano Studies and the Center for Chicano Studies at UCSB. A 2009 Guggenheim Fellow and Fullbright Scholar, Garcia has received numerous book awards including the 1998 Virginia McCormick Scully Literary Award and the 1981 and 1990 Southwest Book Awards. Some of his books include Desert Immigrants: The Mexicans of El Paso, 1880-1920 (1981), Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology, and Identity, 1930-1960 (1989), Católicos: Resistance and Affirmation in Chicano Catholic History (2008) and Blowout: Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice (2011).

Acquisition information:
Accession numbers 741202, 750129, 761207, 770101.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Katrina White on July 10, 2012.

Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into ten series:

Series I: Mario Garcia Personal Papers

Series II: SDSU Educational Papers

Series III: UCSD Educational Papers

Series IV: San Jose State College and Sacramento State College Papers

Series V: Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MECHA) Papers

Series VI: Cultural and Political Papers

Series VII: Articles and Magazines

Series VIII: Collegiate Newspapers (English)

Series IX: Community Newspapers (English)

Series X: Newspapers (Bilingual and Spanish)

Items within each series are arranged by subject, except for Series VIII-X which are arranged alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Katrina White
Sponsor:
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Date Prepared:
July 10, 2012
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-09-12T15:09-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.

Preferred citation:

Mario T. Garcia Chicano Collection, MS 205, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Location of this collection:
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 232-6203
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