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La Opinion Newspaper Records, circa 1982-2014
CSRC.2015.007
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Title: La Opinion Newspaper Records
Identifier/Call Number: CSRC.2015.007
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
170.0 linear feet
(144 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1982-2014
Physical Location: Collection stored off-site at SRLF: Some restrictions apply. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please
contact UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center for paging information.
creator:
La Opinion. (Newspaper).
LIMITED ACCESS: Audiovisual materials may not be immediately available due to formatting issues. Requests to access these
materials must be made in advance, with permission of the CSRC Librarian.
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 Chicano Studies Research Center owns copyright to these materials. For publication and permissions use, please contact
the CSRC Librarian at librarian@chicano.ucla.edu.
[Identification of item], [Box #/Folder #], La Opinión Records (Collection 2015-007). Chicano Studies Research Center, University
of California, Los Angeles.
This collection is arranged into the following series: Series I. Articles; Series II. Binders; Series III. Daily Photographs;
Series IV. Local; Series V. Entertainment; Series VI. Reader Correspondence; Series VII. Special; Series VIII. Sports; Series
IX. Topical; and Series X. Other.
La Opinión is the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States and the second most read newspaper in Los Angeles.
The paper was established in 1926. Ignacio Lozano Sr. (1886-1953)—who migrated from Mexico to San Antonio, Texas during the
Mexican Revolution—first established La Prensa in 1913. After seeing the large readership that existed in California, he established
La Opinión in Los Angeles, thus also moving the family to the West Coast. La Opinion has been run by three generations of
Lozanos. After Ignacio Sr. passed away, his son Ignacio Jr. took over La Opinión in 1953. Three of his children have helped
run the paper: Leticia, his eldest, worked there from 1976-1984; Jose Ignacio was co-publisher with Leticia from 1976-1986,
and then from 1986-2004 served as publisher and CEO; and currently, since 2004, Monica Lozano is the publisher and CEO of
La Opinión, who out of her many contributions and services to the Latino community includes her role as appointee to the Board
of Regents of the University of California (2001-2013, 2014-2022).
La Opinión documents local, national, and worldwide events from a perspective outside the dominant US narrative. It is currently
compromises 147 linear feet of albums, compact discs, reader correspondence, film, internal files, negatives, newspaper articles
and clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and slides. The materials relate to a wide range of topics including community life,
entertainment, politics, special events, and sports. Moreover, it documents the photojournalism the La Opinion staff was dedicated
to recording for the Latino community. Materials range from 1982-2014.
This collection was donated by Monica Lozano, CEO and Publisher of La Opinion LP, in October 2015.
Lozano Family/ La Opinion Collection, MSS LOP1-1380. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Lozano, Ignacio, Sr.
Lozano, Monica
Mexican American newspapers--California