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Collection on Race, Ethnicity and Student Activism
UA 133
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Title: Collection on Race, Ethnicity and Student Activism
Date (inclusive): 1966-1969
Collection Number: UA 133
Creator:
University of California, Riverside
Extent:
0.42 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection contains programs, newspaper clippings, fliers, posters, and other materials related to race and ethnicity
both on and off the UC Riverside campus in the late 1960s. Topics addressed in the collection include information on ethnic
studies, African American students, Mexican American students, protests, and related campus events. The collection also includes
materials related to events and issues that happened off campus, such as housing discimination, farm worker strikes, and elections.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions
apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. University of California, Riverside, Collection on Race, Ethnicity and Student
Activism (UA 133). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
The provenance of this collection is unknown. It may have been created by library staff who collected these documents from
a variety of sources.
Processed by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant, in 2017.
Processing of the University of California, Riverside Collection on Race, Ethnicity and Student Activism was completed by
undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives
Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser,
Collections Management Librarian.
This collection contains programs, newspaper clippings, fliers, posters, and other materials related to race and ethnicity
both on and off the UC Riverside campus in the late 1960s. Topics addressed in the collection include information on ethnic
studies, African American students, Mexican American students, protests, and related campus events. The collection also includes
materials related to events and issues that happened off campus, such as housing discimination, farm worker strikes, and elections.
This collection is arranged into the following two series:
- Series 1. Campus issues and events, 1968-1969
- Series 2. Off-Campus issues and events, 1966-1969
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
University of California, Riverside
African American students
Civil rights
Discrimination in higher education
Mexican American students
Minorities -- Education (Higher)
Ethnicity
Race
Student movements
Labor
Grape Strike, Calif., 1965-1970
Discrimination in housing
Clippings (information artifacts)
Fliers (printed matter)
Posters