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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives
Title: David Sandoval Papers
Identifier/Call Number: UA.2013.002
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/2/resources/30
Physical Description:
15.1 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1944-2020
Abstract: The East Los Angeles Archives (ELAA) is comprised of collections which document the lives and events of a historical community
central to the social, political, and cultural history of the Chicano/Latino community in the United States. The ELAA is a
program that advances scholarship in Chicano/Latino studies and Los Angeles history through its varied collection of primary
research materials. This archives has a special interest in materials documenting the Chicano and Civil Rights movements in
East Los Angeles during the 1960s and 1970s.
Language of Material: English .
The David Sandoval Papers is the physical property of California
State University, Los Angeles, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Special
Collections and Archives.
Folder title, Series, Box number, Collection title, followed by
Special Collections and Archives, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, California
State University, Los Angeles
The collection is organized into eight series: I.
Writings/Publications; II. Newspapers; III. California State University Los Angeles
related documents; IV. Subject/Topical files, V. Announcements/Events; VI.
Photographs; VII. Posters; VIII. Ephemera. Three of the eight series consist of
subseries. Series I. Writings/Publications is organized into seven subseries: a.
Magazines/Journals; b. Reports/Studies; c. Articles; d. Newsletters; e.
Presentations; f. Student Papers; g. Other Publications. Series II. Newspapers is
organized into two subseries: a. Newspapers and b. Newspaper Clippings.
Series V. Announcements/Events is organized into two subseries: a.
Programs/Flyers and b. News releases/Press releases.
David Sandoval is the former Director of the Cal State L.A. Educational
Opportunity Program (EOP) from 1981-2008. An EOP graduate, Sandoval
entered the program in 1969 as a special admit student. During the 1960's, he
was a student and community activist (UMAS, MECHA, Brown Berets);
combining his media talents with his concern for the community by writing and
producing short video and film documentaries.
His credits include "Guadalupe" and "Una Nación Bilingüe" for the national PBS
"Realidades" series. He also served as National Coordinating Producer for
"Infinity Factory," a PBS series on math, targeted to Black and Latino children. In
the late 70's, he co-hosted and produced a weekly cultural and public affairs
radio show entitled "La Vida Latina" for KPFK-FM, a pacifica station.
In 1971, Sandoval co-produced the first Los Lobos album "Los Lobos Del Este
De Los Angeles: Just Another Band From East L.A."
He has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Mexico, and what was the
former Soviet Union. He has led EOP students on study/lecture tours to Chiapas,
Cuba and Selma, Alabama.
Sandoval has a Bachelor's Degree in Chicano Studies and a Master's Degree in
Education from California State University, Los Angeles. He also attended UCLA,
taking graduate course work in motion picture and television production. He has
completed all coursework in the doctoral program in Educational Management at
the University of La Verne.
Together, Sandoval and his wife Charon D'Aiello continue to support California
State University Los Angeles. On May 7, 2014 the student services center was
named Charon D' Aiello Sandoval and David Sandoval Student Center. Both
David and Charon D'Aiello are California State University, Los Angeles alumni
and retired employees. The event recognized their service to the University and
celebrated their generous support of Student Affairs, the Educational Opportunity
Program and the Summer Bridge Program.
The materials in this collection were created from 1944-2008. The bulk of the
collection are writings and publications collected by David Sandoval former EOP
Director at California State University, Los Angeles from 1981-2008. The writings
and publications contains presentations from David Sandoval, magazines,
journals, newspapers dealing with civil rights issues and the struggles of low-income
and educationally disadvantaged students. Included in the collection are
materials and documents related to Sandoval's interest and work in television
production. The materials in this collection also included University Times
Newspapers, these were taken out of the collection and integrated into the
University Times Newspaper Collection.
Series I: Writings/Publications
Inclusive Dates: 1944-2008
Arrangement: Alphabetical and there under chronological
This large series consists of five subseries: a. Magazines/Journals, 1968-2002;
b. Reports/Studies, 1969-1991; c. Articles, 1966-1996; d. Newsletters, 1971-
1989; e. Presentations, 1969-1990; f. Student Papers, 1993, and g. Other
Publications. Most noteworthy magazines/journals are Con Safos, La Raza, and
La Raza Yearbook. Con Safos and La Raza magazines were one of the first
breakthrough Chicano literary periodicals of the 60's and 70's. This series also
includes Open Letter Newsletter from 1971, which was produced by California
State College Los Angeles MECHA Students. Another Newsletter includes
Chilam Balam from 1972, which is La Raza Libre Newsletter publication of the
University of California Santa Barbara. In addition, a presentation by David
Sandoval in 1990 is also included in this series the presentation was to the
County of Los Angeles Commission on Human Relations on the Limited life
opportunity's for Black and Latino Youth in Economically depressed areas, the
presentation is titled, "Barriers to Achievement: The Need for Remedies." This
series also includes the Educational Opportunity Program Cal State La Video
Catalog from 1998 it includes a list of videos within twenty two categories some
of which are African American, Art, Asian American, Chicano/Latino/Hispanic,
Civil Rights and Community. Also included is a draft from 1976 by Howard S.
Erlanger with the collaboration of Fred Persily titled Estrangement, machismo,
and gang violence. The draft is titled Estrangement, Political involvement and
Gang Violence.
Series II: Newspapers
Inclusive Dates: 1971-2008
Arrangement: Alphabetical and there under chronological
This small series includes Newspapers and newspaper clippings collected by
David Sandoval through the years from 1971-2008. The series is organized into
two subseries: a. Newspapers and b. Newspaper Clippings. Some of the issues
included are The Chronical of Higher Education, El Partido La Raza Unida Habla,
El Popo and La Gente. El Popo newspaper was first published in 1970 by
students concerned about the lack of Chicano perspective newspapers. La
Gente is a publication from UCLA, which has provided news and opinion of
minority from UCLA since 1971.
Series III: California State University, Los Angeles related Documents
Inclusive Dates: 1965-1996
Arrangement: Alphabetical and thereunder chronological
This small series consists of documents and materials related to California State
Los Angeles that were kept by David Sandoval. One of the most noteworthy
materials in this series is the CCHE State College caucus from1969-1971. This
file contains information on the Biltmore "5", transcripts from a juvenile court
case, and the CCHE state College Caucus of 1971. Another noteworthy file in
this series is the Latin American Studies Struggles, which contains letters to the
California State University, Los Angeles President James Rosser in 1985 urging
him to keep the Latin American center at CSULA. Letters were sent to the
president from Members of Congress, faculty from various universities across the
country, community centers, and CSULA Staff and faculty.
Series IV: Subject/Topical Files
Inclusive Dates: 1967-2003
Arrangement: Alphabetical and there under chronological
This series consist of files of David Sandoval's research and interests on a
variety of topics such as Aztlán, the history of Jarocho, El Teatro Campesino, the
origins and development of Cuban Music in the 20th century, and information
about MECHA in the 1970s.
Series V: Announcements/Events
Inclusive Dates: 1988-2003
Arrangement: Alphabetical and there under chronological
This small series is organized into two subseries: a. Programs/Flyers and b.
News Releases and Press Releases. Included in the series are various events
that took place at California State University, Los Angeles such as A Cultural
Diversity Day Event in Celebration of Malcolm X, Presentation and information on
assistant directors training program, The Chicano Movement Cal State LA 1998,
Cal State LA and four brown hats present The Last Angry Brown Hat play
produced by Ernesto Quintero in 1998. This series also includes press releases
on the film Break of Dawn based on the true story of Pedro J. Gonzalez, a Los
Angeles radio star who was falsely imprisoned because he spoke out against
corrupt Los Angeles officials during the Depression.
Series VI: Photographers
Inclusive Dates: 1988-1998
Arrangement: Alphabetical and there under chronological
This small series consists of photographs from the film Break of Dawn, California
State University Los Angeles commencement and campus photographs, and the
Fist of Sun Poems event by Ferruccio Bruganaro at California State University
Los Angeles.
Series VII: Posters
Inclusive Dates: 1986-1995
Arrangement: Alphabetical and there under chronological
This small series consists of five posters one of which includes Rodolfo F. Acuna
v. Regents of the University of California, Santa Barbara Poster. The case
revolves around Acuna applying in 1990 for a position in the Chicano Studies
Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Despite his impressive
credentials, he was turned down. Members of the department, who had voted to
hire him, were overruled by a review committee. Acuna sued the University of
California Regents in 1992. On October 30, 1995, he won a milestone victory
when a multiracial jury in Los Angeles agreed that he had been discriminated
against. This series also includes a poster of the PBS Special, Chicano! History
of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement from 1996.
Series VIII: Ephemera
Inclusive Dates: 2008
Arrangement: Alphabetical and there under chronological
This small series consists of five items which include two t-shirts, a bag, a flag,
and bumper sticker. The bag is from the 8th Trinational Coalition to Defend Public
Education conference. The Coalition had its beginnings in 1993 and funded by
teacher unions from Canada, Mexico, and the United States in an effort to
organize a formal, educator-driven commission. The series also includes a
bumper sticker from 2001 Boycott of Taco Bell. The Coalition of Immokalee
Workers (CIW), a grass roots community organization of mostly Latino, Haitian,
and Mayan Indian farmworkers- began organizing to confront sweatshop
conditions in the fields of Florida. In 2001 CIW launched the first-ever farmworker
boycott of a fast-food corporation against Taco Bell.