Finding aid for the Chicano and Latino ephemera collection
0509
Barbara Robinson and Luis Eduardo Leonardi in 2012; Diann Benti in 2022
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.
USC Libraries Special Collections
2022 February
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Chicano and Latino ephemera collection
Identifier/Call Number: 0509
Physical Description:
5.73 Linear Feet
9 boxes
Date (inclusive): 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.
Language of Material: Materials in the collection are in English and Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Acquisition
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.
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
Scope and Contents
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)
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from the material must be submitted in writing to the Boeckmann Librarian.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Archival resources
Strikes and lockouts -- Agricultural laborers -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Delano (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Newspapers
Periodicals
Photographs
Printed ephemera
Salazar, Ruben, 1928-1970 -- Archives
Raza Unida Party (Calif.) -- Archives
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 -- Archives
Barrio Defense Committee (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund -- Archives
