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Finding Aid for the The Carlos Vasquez Papers [1960-1980]
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Description
This collection consists of a wide variety of rare small press Chicano and Latino themed newspapers mainly published between the late 1960s through the mid 1970s. The following are examples nespapers in this collection:



La Gente

La Verdad

UCLA Daily Bruin

Vencerenos

El Tecolote

La Raza

Palante

Prensa Popular

Chicanismo

The Black Panther

Granma

Background
Carlos Vásquez, is Director of History & Literary Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. A native of Santa Fé, New Mexico, he holds graduate degrees from UCLA and Stanford University in Latin American History. He has taught at UCLA, UC Berkeley, Loyola Marymount, and The University of New Mexico where he founded the UNM Oral History Program. He has participated in many research projects that have culminated in public programs and exhibits. Among them: Impact Los Alamos: Traditional New Mexico in a Hi-Tech World, The Italians of Albuquerque; Atrisco: A Tricentennial Celebration; Raíces del Río Abajo, and Journeys to Freedom: The Jewish Exodus to the Americas. He is the author or editor of several books, including: Mexican-U.S. Relations: Conflict and Convergence with Manuel García y Griego and La Vida del Río Grande: Our River, Our Life.
Extent
Approximatley 5 linear feet
Restrictions
For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by permission only. Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and/or the Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center 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.
Availability
Access is available by appointment for UCLA student and faculty researchers as well as independent researchers. To view the collection or any part of it, please contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.edu or the librarian at yretter@chicano.ucla.edu