Guide to the Chicano Movement newspaper collection, 1966-2006

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Chicano Movement newspaper collection
Dates:
1966-2006
Creators:
Parsons, Manuel A. (Manuel Alva), 1945-1995
Abstract:
Newspapers published mostly from the mid-1960s to the early 2000s specifically focusing on the Chicano Movement and other Chicano and Latino issues.
Extent:
46.75 Linear Feet (3 cartons, 69 document boxes, 1 half-doc box, and 6 flat boxes)
Language:
English Spanish; Castilian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Chicano Movement newspaper collection, CEMA 80. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection mostly contains United States-based newspapers and magazines focused on the Chicano Movement and other Chicano and Latino issues. Also included are newspapers devoted to worker rights, anti-war, Chicanas, radical, religious, and international issues. In most cases there are only single or non-consecutive issues, not completed runs - except in the case of La Raza, the East Los Angeles Tribune and El Hispano.

Of note is The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service, a collaborative newspaper with the Chicano based newspaper Basta Ya.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Yolanda Teymoori, 2002. Additions purchased, 2024.
Arrangement:

The collection has been arranged by format into two series:

  • Series 1: Newspapers
  • Series 2: Magazines

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Callie Bowdish and Janeth Aleman, June 2010. Finding aid updated by Allison Phelps, June 2025. Additions processed by Kiely Molina and Andrew Guerra, finding aid updated by Rebecca Vasquez, 2025.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-01 13:49:45 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Chicano Movement newspaper collection, CEMA 80. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062