Chicano and Latino ephemera collection, 1930s-2006 (bulk 1970s-2000s)

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Summary

Title:
Chicano and Latino ephemera collection
Dates:
1930s-2006 (bulk 1970s-2000s)
Abstract:
This collection contains various pieces of ephemera and periodical issues related to Latinos, chiefly focused on Chicanos in California from the 1970s to 2000s. Materials include programs, fliers, brochures, clippings, and magazine issues related to various subjects including the Chicano movement, Cesar Chavez and farm labor, community organizing, strikes and boycotts, community organizing, journalism and journalist Ruben Salazar, and cultural events including plays, museum exhibits, and Día de los Muertos events.
Extent:
5.73 Linear Feet 9 boxes
Language:
Materials in the collection are in English and Spanish.
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Chicano and Latino ephemera collection, Collection no. 0509, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains various pieces of ephemera and periodical issues related to Latinos, chiefly focused on Chicanos in California from the 1970s to 2000s. Materials include programs, fliers, brochures, clippings, and magazine issues related to various subjects including the Chicano movement, Cesar Chavez and farm labor, community organizing, strikes and boycotts, community organizing, journalism and journalist Ruben Salazar, and cultural events including plays, museum exhibits, and Día de los Muertos events.

The collection is organized into series based on general subject area, though there is overlap among the series. Oversize materials are held in Boxes 8 and 9. Among the items are a set of 20 photographs of migrant farm workers (Documentary Photo Aids series, ca. 1970) (Box 8) and scattered issues of various newspapers and magazines including:

-El Grito del Norte (Espanola, NM), 1969-1972 (13 issues in Box 9)

-El Malcriado (Delano, CA), 1965-1968 (6 issues in Box 3)

-La Raza, 1970-1972 (2 issues in Box 6, 1 issue in Box 9)

-Regeneracíon (Los Angeles, CA), 1970-1971 (6 issues in Box 6)

-Tin Tan (San Francisco, CA) (5 issues in Box 9)

Acquisition information:
The collection began in the 1990s with the gift of a small file from Los Angeles bookseller Alan Adrian. The collection has been acquired through both gift and purchases and continues to be added to regularly.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Barbara Robinson and Luis Eduardo Leonardi in 2012; Diann Benti in 2022
Sponsor:
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-02-11 11:42:52 -0800 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Chicano and Latino ephemera collection, Collection no. 0509, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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