Finding aid for the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute correspondence and publications 5380
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2022 November
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Tomás Rivera Policy Institute correspondence and publications
Creator:
Tomás Rivera Policy Institute
Creator:
Pachon, Harry
Identifier/Call Number: 5380
Physical Description:
9.17 Linear Feet
10 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1974-2010
Abstract: A collection of correspondence, administrative and legal documents, publications, policy briefs, research reports, white papers,
articles, and working papers created at the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI). TRPI is a think tank promoting informed
policy making on issues affecting Latino communities. The TRPI was founded in 1985 at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.
In 2003, TRPI moved to the University of Southern California, first under the School of Policy, Planning, and Development
and later under the USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation. Aside from the correspondence, administrative documents, and
publications, the collection also holds articles and subject files authored and/or compiled by Harry P. Pachon. Pachon was
the director of the TRPI from 1993 to 2011. The TRPI relaunched in 2011 under the leadership of a new director, Roberto Suro.
The TRPI maintains a digital research archive on their website that lists many of the publications in this collection. However,
the archival collection described in this finding aid holds many reports for which there are no PDF copies available via the
digital research archive. Topics covered in the TRPI research publications include economics, education, health, technology,
media, politics, immigration, demographics, language, and community services.
Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Contents
A collection of correspondence, administrative and legal documents, publications, policy briefs, research reports, white papers,
articles, and working papers created at the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI). TRPI is a think tank promoting informed
policy making on issues affecting Latino communities. The TRPI was founded in 1985 at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.
In 2003, TRPI moved to the University of Southern California, first under the School of Policy, Planning, and Development
and later under the USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation. Aside from the correspondence, administrative documents, and
publications, the collection also holds articles and subject files authored and/or compiled by Harry P. Pachon. Pachon was
the director of the TRPI from 1993 to 2011. The TRPI relaunched in 2011 under the leadership of a new director, Roberto Suro.
The TRPI maintains a digital research archive on their website that lists many of the publications in this collection. However,
the archival collection described in this finding aid holds many reports for which there are no PDF copies available via the
digital research archive. Topics covered in the TRPI research publications include economics, education, health, technology,
media, politics, immigration, demographics, language, and community services.
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Roberto Suro, October 26, 2022.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Tomás Rivera Policy Institute correspondence and publications, Collection no. 5380, University
Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hispanic Americans -- California -- Archival resources
Hispanic Americans -- Economic conditions -- Archival resources
Hispanic Americans -- Education -- Archival resources
Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government -- Archival resources
Hispanic Americans -- Services for -- Archival resources
Research institutes -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Administrative records
Correspondence
Publications (documents)
Reports
Pachon, Harry -- Archives
Sol Price School of Public Policy -- Archives
Tomás Rivera Policy Institute -- Archives
Box 1
Correspondence, legal documents, institutional papers, and other material
1986-1992
Processing Information
This material was originally housed in a box labeled: "Legal Documents / For library / Institutional papers / Board / Legal,
Financial."
Box 2
Correspondence, brochures, administrative records, and material relating to TRPI events
2002-2008
Box 3
Harry P. Pachon articles, journals, and subject files
1974-2003
TRPI reports and publications filed by document number
1986-2010
Tomás Rivera Policy Institute digital research archive
Existence and Location of Copies
The TRPI maintains a digital research archive on their website that lists many of the publications in this collection. However,
this collection holds many reports for which there are no PDF copies available via the TRPI digital research archive. See
the accession record linked to this finding aid's collection record for a PDF copy--downloaded on November 10, 2022--of the
TRPI digital research archive site.
Arrangement
The TRPI identified most of its reports with numbered ranges relating to specific topics. For example, documents numbered
in the 1000s relate to economics, while documents numbered in the 2000s relate to education.
Box 5
Document nos. 1054-1058 and 2000-2050
Box 6
Document nos. 2051-2074; 3000-3011; and 4000-4023
Box 9
Document nos. 6021-6028 and 7000-7007
Box 10
Document nos. 7008-7014; 8000-8002; 9000-9006; and 10000
