Cal State LA Chicano/a Poster Collection, bulk 1963-1978

Summary

Extent:

.25 Linear Feet

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Folder title, Series, Box number, Collection title, followed by Special Collections and Archives, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, California State University, Los Angeles

Background

Scope and content:

The materials in this collection were created from 1968-1978. The entire collection consists of posters. The posters announce events presented by the Chicano Studies Department at California State University, Los Angeles. The events include Feria De La Raza, United Mexican-American Students Present Community Day on Campus and a series of posters announcing the message, "Conoce Tu Herencia Cultural".

Biographical / historical:

The Cal State LA Chicano/a Poster Collection was donated to Special Collections by Maria Flores is a graduate student at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) in Chicano Studies. Flores completed her undergraduate degree at CSULA in Industrial Engineering. During undergraduate career at CSULA she was a campus leader in the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA). She is currently the Director of Case Management at Homeboy Industries.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Art
Posters

Places:

California--East Los Angeles
East Los Angeles (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)

Terms of access:

The Maria Flores Poster Collection is the physical property of California State University, Los Angeles, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred citation:

Folder title, Series, Box number, Collection title, followed by Special Collections and Archives, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, California State University, Los Angeles

Location of this collection:

California State University, Los Angeles

5151 State University Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90032-8300, US

Contact:

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