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  • Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Anthony R. Soto papers
    Identifier/Call Number: M0763
    Physical Description: 5 Linear Feet (8 manuscript boxes, 1 flat box)
    Date (inclusive): 1950-1993
    Abstract: The collection includes manuscripts, subject files, and newsclippings, primarily relating to Soto's research and teaching on Hispanics in the Catholic Church and migrant workers in California.
    Language of Material: English .

    Scope and Contents

    Manuscripts, subject files, and newsclippings, primarily relating to Soto's research and teaching on Hispanics in the Catholic Church and migrant workers in California.

    Biographical / Historical

    Anthony R. Soto (1921-1996) was the first Chicano pastor of Santa Clara County. He went to a Franciscan seminary in California after leaving Arizona, where he was born.
    He acquired a degree in social science and philosophy at San Luis Rey College in 1944 and a Master's degree in sociology from Catholic University of America in 1950. He later received his Doctorate in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley (1978), where he specialized in ethnic and racial relations, deviance, the history of social theory, and the sociology of religion.
    In 1962, he became the founding pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in San Jose. At the time, he was also the first Chicano pastor in Santa Clara County. He left the official church in 1972, but continued his ministry of serving the disadvantaged, primarily by working with the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) He taught at San Jose State University for over twenty years, first as a lecturer in the Mexican American Graduate Studies Department, and then as a professor at the School of Social Work.
    Soto was also very active in civil rights movements, particularly regarding the rights of migrant laborers. He founded CET (Center for Employment Training) with Russell Tershy to provide job training for seasonal farm workers. It has been active for more than 50 years and has increasingly expanded its reach.
    He married Phyllis Armas, also an educator and activist, in 1974.

    Preferred Citation

    Anthony R. Soto Papers. M0763. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Purchased, 1995.

    Conditions Governing Use

    Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Collection is open for research. Note that materials must be requested 36 hours in advance of intended use.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Migrant labor.
    Mexican Americans