Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Andy Zermeño papers
Date (inclusive): 1965-1975
Collection number: 1651
Creator:
Andy Zermeño.
Extent:
2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
Abstract: Andy Zermeño was a political cartoonist and graphic designer noted for his contributions to
El Malcriado, a periodical produced by the United Farm Workers of America. The collection includes Zermeño's personal copies of
El Malcriado, drawings, filmstrips, and ephemera.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Andy Zermeño, 1990.
Processing Note
Processed by Heather Lowe in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
August 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Andy Zermeño papers (Collection 1651). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Andy Zermeño was born in Salinas, California and grew up in an agricultural working class neighborhood. He graduated high
school in 1954 and was awarded a scholarship to attend the California College of Arts and Crafts. Four years later after transferring
to the Art Center School of Design, his brother Alex introduced him to Cesar Chavez. Soon afterward, Chavez requested that
Zermeño design a logo for the United Farm Workers Union and begin drawing cartoons for the newly founded newspaper,
El Malcriado. Zermeño worked at the paper until 1971 when he returned to Los Angeles to become a freelance illustrator.
Scope and Content
The collection includes Zermeño's personal copies of El Malcriado, drawings, mock-ups, film strips and ephemera all centered
on the Delano Grape Strikes and the United Farm Workers efforts to improve agricultural labor conditions.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Zermeño, Andy --Archives.
Malcriado.
Hispanic American illustrators --California --Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
filmstrips.
Illustrations.