Social Movements Collection, 1810-2022 and undated

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Summary

Abstract:
This collection is made up of materials from multiple social movements throughout the 20th century. Especially in the 1960s, a boom of social movements erupted across the globe and in the United States formed by groups of people feeling frustrated with the continued oppression and lack of recognition throughout the course of history. There are materials from the Black civil rights movement, Chicano Movement, the United Farm Workers, the Young Lords movement, and surrounding the events of the Zoot Suit riots in Los Angeles. Materails in the collection include photographs, banners, posters, program, Chicano art, and tattoo designs.
Extent:
11.4 Linear Feet (4 document boxes, 1 oversize document box, 1 half-size document box, 4 flat oversize boxes, 1 custom box)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English , Spanish .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Social Movements Collection (Collection H.Mss.1051). Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of materials related to social movements throughout the 20th century. There are materials from the Black civil rights movement, Chicano Movement, the United Farm Workers, the Young Lords movement, and surrounding the events of the Zoot Suit riots in Los Angeles. There are a wide variety of materials, including photographs of movement leaders, art inspired from the Chicano movement, original banners from organizations involved in these movements, posters, programs, and periodicals.

Biographical / historical:

This collection is made up of various materials from differing social movements throughout the 20th century. Especially in the 1960s, a boom of social movements erupted across the globe and in the United States. In the U.S., some of the movements included the Black civil rights movement, the United Farm Workers movement, the Chicano Movement, the second-wave feminist movement, the American Indian Movement, the Asian American Movement, and several other groups of people feeling frustrated with the continued oppression and lack of recognition throughout the course of history. The Black civil rights movement changed over the course of the century, moving from peaceful sit-ins and boycotts to a more militaristic approach with the emergence of the Black Panther Party. The Chicano Movement, including the Young Lords Organization, began to gain more traction in the late 1960's and 1970's, adopting some tactics from the Black civil rights movement. There was also an explosion of Chicano art that inspired many artists around the world. The United Farm Workers movement emerged in the early 1960's and continued into the 1970's to establish rights for workers and to unionize to protect these rights. These movements, and others, created a lasting impact on the rights of humans today throughout the United States.

Acquisition information:
Library purchases, 2013-2024.
Processing information:

Processed by Phoebe Huth in 2014 in the Claremont Center for Engagement with Primary Sources (CCEPS), with assistance from Lisa Crane. Photographs and posters have been placed in mylar to aid in preservation. Cloth materials were placed in tissue paper. Finding aid prepared by Phoebe Huth, CCEPS Fellow, Fall 2014. Additions prepared by Sara Chetney, MA, 2018, Myles Mikulic, 2019, and Sean Stanley, 2022-present.

Arrangement:

This collection has been arranged in the following series:

  • Series 1: Black civil rights movement, 1938-2007 and undated
  • Series 2: Chicanx/Latinx movements Chicanx/Latinx movements, 1943-2005 and undated
  • Series 3: LGBTQIA+ materials, 1953-1991
  • Series 4: Communism, Marxism-Leninism, and Socialism, 1929-1975
  • Series 5: United Farm Workers, 1965-1975 and undated
  • Series 6: Anti-war materials, 1966-1972
  • Series 7: Labor and the economy, 1934-1972
  • Series 8: Tattoos, 1982 and undated
  • Series 9: Political campaigns, 1934 and undated
  • Series 10: Nuclear war, 1961-1968
  • Series 11: Brian Shannon activism photographs, 1960-1979
  • Series 12: Religion and theology, 1965-1970 and undated
  • Series 13: Environmentalism, 1964-1966
  • Series 14: Utopianism and communal living, 1968-1969
  • Series 15: Women's rights and Feminism, 1810-2022
  • Series 16: Human rights movement, 2018 and undated
  • Series 17: Conservatism, 1963
  • Series 18: Authoritarianism, Fascism, and Far-right, 2014-2016
  • Series 19: Prison reform, 1972-1978

Materials have been organized alphabetically by folder title.

Accruals:

Additions to the collection are anticipated and this finding aid will be updated periodically. Please visit the Social Movements Collectionfinding aid on our ArchivesSpace page for a more frequently updated container list.

Physical location:
Please consult repository.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Social Movements Collection (Collection H.Mss.1051). Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California.

Location of this collection:
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 607‑3977
specialcollections@claremont.edu
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