Acci贸n Latina records and El Tecolote newspaper archive, 1964-2021

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Summary

Creators:
Acci贸n Latina
Abstract:
This collection documents the work of Acci贸n Latina and the organization's bilingual newspaper, El Tecolote. It includes oral histories; materials regarding its music festival, Encuentro del Canto Popular; event, exhibit, and project files; El Tecolote newspaper files; records related to the Minority Television Project and the Bay Area Multicultural Telecommunications Association; administrative and financial records, including grant files; mainstream magazines and publications from various social justice, cultural, and media organizations and student groups (in Spanish and English); recordings of board meetings and the festival; and digital files, including posters and other graphic materials and copies of El Tecolote.
Extent:
32 linear feet (23 cartons, 1 oversize box), 17.9 GB, and 296 audio visual material (approximately 104 audiocassettes, 50 microcassettes, 78 videocassettes, 1 Hi8 videotape, 31 open reel audiotapes, 22 miniDVs, 1 sound cartridge (Audiopak A2), 9 digital audiotapes)
Language:
Spanish; Castilian , English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Acci贸n Latina records, BANC MSS 2016/265,The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection documents the work of Acci贸n Latina and the organization's bilingual newspaper, El Tecolote. It includes oral histories; materials regarding its music festival, Encuentro del Canto Popular; event, exhibit, and project files; El Tecolote newspaper files; records related to the Minority Television Project and the Bay Area Multicultural Telecommunications Association; administrative and financial records, including grant files; mainstream magazines (in Spanish and English) and publications from various social justice, cultural, and media organizations and student groups; recordings of board meetings and the festival; and digital files, including posters and other graphic materials and copies of El Tecolote).

It has been divided into 10 series: Los Veteranos Oral History Project; Encuentro del Canto Popular (EDCP); Events, Exhibits, and Projects; El Tecolote; Minority Television Project/Bay Area Multicultural Telecommunications Association (BAMTA)/KMPT-TV Files; Administrative and Financial Records; Grant Files; Publications; Audiovisual Materials; and Digital Files

Please note that some folders are labeled with letters of the alphabet. These labels were retained, but the letters were not always in alphabetical order, so files were rearranged when it increased accessibility.

Biographical / historical:

Acci贸n Latina serves and empowers Latinos in San Francisco through civic engagement via community media and cultural arts programming. Their "cornerstone media project," El Tecolote newspaper, "began as a journalism project in a Raza Studies class at San Francisco State University under the direction of Professor Juan Gonzales. The class produced a bilingual Spanish/English newspaper, which they named El Tecolote (The Owl)." The newspaper moved to San Francisco's Mission District and became a training ground for Latinx journalists. It serves the community by covering issues ignored by the mainstream press. El Tecolote is primarily produced by volunteers.

Acci贸n Latina produced the first Encuentro del Canto Popular in 1982. This three-day music festival highlights the musical genre of Nueva Canci贸n from Latin America. In 1987, Acci贸n Latina incorporated as a nonprofit, developed strategic plan, and hired its first executive director. They purchased a building in the heart of the Mission, on 24th Street, in 2000. The area was subsequently designated as the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. The Juan R. Fuentes Gallery opened in 2015 to showcase art created by emerging and established Latinx artists.

This organizational history was taken from the Acci贸n Latina website. For more information, see https://accionlatina.org/en/el-tecolote-newspaper/ and https://eltecolote.org/content/en/about-2/

Acquisition information:
The Acci贸n Latina records were purchased by The Bancroft Library between 2016-2018.
Processing information:

Arranged to series and/or folder level

Processed by Marjorie Bryer in 2023

Arrangement:

Please note that some original folders are labeled with letters; these have no relation to the arrangement of the collection

Accruals:

No future additions are expected.

Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
DACS

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research with the exception of the following:

Playback of original archival audiovisual media in cartons 17-23 is restricted due to fragility. Inquire with Bancroft Public Services regarding the creation of digital viewing copies of audiovisual items. Some digital materials are in process and currently unavailable.

Terms of access:

Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For additional information about the University of California, Berkeley Library's permissions policy please see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Acci贸n Latina records, BANC MSS 2016/265,The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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