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Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) records (University of California, Irvine)
AS.132
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) records, University of California, Irvine
Creator:
University of California, Irvine. Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán
Identifier/Call Number: AS.132
Physical Description:
5.9 Linear Feet
(17 boxes) and 6.3 linear feet and 1.44 MB of unprocessed materials
Date (inclusive): 1968-2015
Date (bulk): 1971-2015
Abstract: This collection comprises the records of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) chapter of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano
de Atzlán (MEChA). The collection contains organizational files, yearly files maintained by elected officers, scrapbooks,
photographs, and subject files on major topics of interest to MEChA.
Language of Material:
English
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The collection is open for research. Unprocessed additions may contain restricted materials. Please contact the Department
of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access. Access to original disk media is restricted; researchers
may request use copies.
Property rights and copyright reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please
contact the University Archivist.
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) records, University of California, Irvine. AS-132. Special Collections and
Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Donated to the University Archives by MEChA in 2007, 2011, and 2013. Separated from the Cross Cultural Center records, 2019.
Accruals are expected.
Processed by Audrey Pearson in 2008, Ernesto Bassi, and Audra Eagle Yun in 2011.
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlan (MEChA) de UC Irvine is a multifaceted ChicanX/LatinX organization that concentrates
on political, educational, cultural, and social issues that impact several identities. MEChA. pledges to build community while
bringing awareness to campus about issues affecting the greater ChicanX/LatinX community.
MEChA de UC Irvine absorbed the United Mexican American Students (UMAS), an earlier organization with similar goals, circa
1969-1970. MEChA became one of the founders of the Cross-Cultural Center along with the Black Student Union (BSU), Asian Pacific
Student Association (APSA), American Indian Student Association (AISA), and Alyansa ng mag Kababayan.
Since then, MEChA has sponsored events such as Mes de la Raza, youth conferences, Cinco de Mayo, and Chicano graduation. The
group has also been active in promoting a Chicano studies program at UCI and representing Chicano interests during the development
and review of UCI's minority affairs and affirmative action programs. MEChA de UCI is classified as an umbrella organization
affiliated with UCI's Cross Cultural Center.
For more information see
MEChA de UCI
website.
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Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises the records of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) at the University of California,
Irvine. The collection contains organizational documents describing MEChA's mission and purpose, files from elected officers
that document MEChA's yearly activities, scrapbooks, photographs, posters of events, and subject files on major topics of
interest to MEChA.
This collection is arranged in four series.
- Series 1. Organizational files, 1980-1999. 0.2 linear feet
- Series 2. Subject files, 1968-2002. 1 linear foot
- Series 3. Officers' files, 1970-2006. 3.8 linear feet
- Series 4. Scrapbooks, 1995-2006. 0.9 linear feet
The collection also contains 1 unprocessed addition:
- Accession 2014.026. Unprocessed addition 2014, 1996-2011. 2.3 linear ft and 1.44 MB of digital media
- Accession 2019.028. Unprocessed addition 2019, 1972-2015. 4 linear feet
Materials related to MEChA can also be found in the following collection in the Department of Special Collections and Archives:
Disk content from 2014.026 accretion preserved in Merritt -LUJ, 9/22/14
Digital object AS132_DIG001
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographic prints -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Mexican Americans -- Education (Higher)
Mexican American college students -- California -- Irvine -- Societies, etc.
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- 20th century
Mexican Americans -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- California -- Irvine
University of California, Irvine. Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán -- Archives