Finding aid for the Ruben Salazar papers 0547
USC Libraries Special Collections
2011
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Ruben Salazar papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0547
Identifier/Call Number: 1218
Physical Description:
42.56 Linear Feet
41 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 1 briefcase
Date (inclusive): 1920s-2008
Abstract: The Ruben Salazar papers include personal and professional materials that document the late journalist's life from his birth
in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in 1928, to his 1970 death in Los Angeles during the National Chicano Moratorium march in East Los
Angeles. The collection contains photographs and correspondence, clippings and draft manuscripts of stories, and cards and
letters from his supporters, awards and realia.
Language of Material:
English
, Spanish; Castilian
.
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFFSITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Ruben Salazar papers, Collection no. 0547, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Processing Information
Many of the box-level descriptive records under this finding aid were titled using post-it note labels stuck to the outside
of each box. Descriptive records for boxes that did not have labels are titled with contents summarized in brackets.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Records on the Investigation of the Homicide of Ruben Salazar, Collection no. 0548,
Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Realia
Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
National Chicano Moratorium
Newspapers
Journalism
Correspondence
Photographs
Chandler, Otis -- Archives
Salazar, Ruben, 1928-1970 -- Archives
Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5
Salazar briefcase contents
Box 8
[Newspaper clippings "after 'End of Briefcase' marker"]
Processing Information
A post-it note on Box 8 reads: "After 'End of Briefcase' Marker."
Box 9, Box 10, Box 11, Box 12, Box 13, Box 14, Box 15
Sympathy cards
General
Post-it note on Box 14 reads: "Sympathy Cards *plus questions*."
Box 6
Flag, t-shirt, and award statue
Box 16
[Photocopies of FBI records, newspaper clippings, and other material]
Box 23
[Newspaper clippings and other material]
Box 24
[
Los Angeles Times reprints and other material]
Box 25
[Scrapbooks, magazines, and other material]
Box 26
[Newspaper clippings,
Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle DVD, and other material]
Processing Information
"Salazar material for Maya" handwritten on post-it note on the box
Box 27
[Yearbook, pamphlets, reports, and other material]
Box 28
[Framed certificates, American flag, and other material]
Box 29
[
Los Angeles Times newspapers and clippings]
1968-2007
Box 30, Box 31
[Various publications arranged by date]
1970-1990
Box 35
[Ruben Salazar Library framed poster, photograph album, clippings scrapbook, and other material]
Box 36
[Posters, newspapers, photographs, and other material]
Box 37, Box 39
[Correspondence, publications, clippings, yearbooks, and other material]
Box 38
[Photographs, awards, binder, newspapers, and other material]
Box 40
[Correspondence, pamphlets, and memorial records]
Box 41
Ruben Salazar letter translations
1950-1966
Scope and Contents
One binder of photocopies of Ruben Salazar's letters written in Spanish, along with Spanish to English translations.
Item 1
[Ruben Salazar's briefcase - empty]
Oversize-folder 1
Ruben Salazar Spanish Language Media Program [poster]
Oversize-folder 1
Paseo del Arte / Plaza de la Raza [David Alfaro Siqueiros poster reproduction]
General
Paseo del Arte March. 28/ 1 to 5 p.m. La Cienega Blvd. & Melrose Place Los Angeles, California Plaza de la Raza In Cooperation
With: Art Dealers Association of Southern California
