Inventory of the Chicano History Collection SPC.2022.038
Karen Clemons
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2022-11
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
Business Number: 310-243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Chicano History Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2022.038
Physical Description:
2 boxes
(one document box; one record storage box)
Physical Description:
1.42 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1943-2010; undated
Date (bulk): 1960-1980
Language of Material:
English
, Spanish; Castilian
.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Scope and Contents
This collection contains magazines, articles, newspaper clippings, theater programs, flyers, pamphlets, vinyl records, t-shirts,
and other material regarding Chicano history. A majority of the material relates to topics such as the Zoot Suit riots; education;
the East LA High School Walkouts of 1968; immigration; politics; and other areas of activism regarding the Chicano movement.
Some of the material in this collection were featured as part of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections 2018 exhibit entitled
"¡Adelante! Latinx Activism in California".
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chicano movement
Student movements -- Political activity
Education
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943
Emigration and immigration
box 1, folder 1-3, box 2
Zoot Suit Riots
1943-1945, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2017
Scope and Contents
Includes: letters; photographs; a greeting card; Newsweek article "Zoot Suits and Service Stripes: Race Tension Behind Bars";
Crime Detective "I Boosed the Zoot Suit Gang"; "Second Report Un-American Activities in California" (1945); "Zoot Suit a
new rock musical" (DVD); articles, Playbill, programs, poster, t- shirt [located in box 2], and DVD related to "Zoot Suit"
by Luis Valdez; Homeboys Chicano Zoot Suit t-shirt [located in box 2]; drawing of a [zoot suiter being slugged by a sailor],
and Cherry Poppin Daddies "Zoot Suit Riot" sheet music.
box 1, folder 12
Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee- press release; statement of Carey McWilliams, national chairman of the Sleepy Lagoon Defense
Committee, regarding decision in sleepy lagoon case
October 4, 1944
box 1, folder 4, box 2
articles, booklet, and t-shirt regarding killing of Ruben Salazar
1966, 1970, 1971
Physical Location: t-shirt is located in box 2.
box 1, folder 5-6
music- general file
1968, 1987, circa 1970s; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes: signed promotional photograph of Linda Ronstadt and Daniel Valdez; photograph of Carlos Santana, Daniel Valdez and
others; Santana Freedom Concert program; vinyl records- "Cancion Del Partido De Los Pobres", "Adios A Jenaro Vasquez" Judith
Reyes; White Front "Top 30 Hits!" [broadside]
box 1, folder 7
education- general file
1970-1971, 1980, 2006
Scope and Contents
Includes: "Power to the People" Cal State rally flyer; 'Mexican Students Por La Raza" by Juan Gomez-Quinones; "Unite the Chicano
Student Movement"; Wokers Solidarity Committee "Celerbate Moratorium" flyer; "Walkout" (DVD).
box 1, folder 8
immigration- general file
1977, 1989, circa 1970s
Scope and Contents
Includes: flyers and pamphlets related to [President] Carter's immigration plan; "Unite for Unconditional Amnesty" [booklet];
Central American Refugee Committees (CRECEN) "No Human Being is Illegal" [flyer]; "Forum Immigration and Public Policy" sponsored
by MECHA [flyer]; California Conference on Immigration and Public Policy program.
box 1, folder 9-11, box 2
Chicano movement- general file
1958; 1965; 1970; 1974; 1979; 1980-1985; 1989, 1997; 2010; undated
Language of Material: English, Spanish; Castilian.
Scope and Contents
Includes: material related to California Dream Act; Committee for Yes on Baseball; event flyers- "El Grito De Lares! With
the Puerto Rican Community", "Chicana Artist Drawing Workshop", Committee for International Women's Day, "Central America:
Whose War Is It Anyway?" (CSUDH), "No Draft! No US Intervention in El Salvador!", "Ricardo Chavez Ortiz in Person", Free Freddy
[De La Rosa] demonstration, and others; Mexican-American Political Association "Vote for Hubert Humphrey"; Nicaragua Calenda
(1985); Notes from the Brown Underground: Criminalization, The Xicana/o Movement, and Decoding Mass Media; Sports Illustrated
"Latin Conquest of the Big Leagues"; Cinco de mayo pins; "Boulevard Nights" (DVD) [located in box 2]; Chicano and Proud "Foundation
for Change Inc." leaflet; Trashman Comics No. 1; "Low Rider Magazine"(four issues) [located in box 2].
box 2
T-Shirts
1990; 1992; 2008; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes: Chicano Batman; El Teatro Campesino- Tour 1992, La Virgen Del Tepeyac; Support The Dream Act; Legalize LA Immigration
Reform Now!; Orange County Dream Team; Viva La Mujer; Undocumedia "Here to Stay"; shirts featuring images of Simon Bolivar,
a sugar skull, and Frida Kahlo; East Los Angeles 1990 National Chicano Moratorium; Resist!; Si Se Puede.
