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The burning light, action and organizing in the Mexican community in California : oral history transcript / and related material, 1977-1982.
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Title:

The burning light, action and organizing in the Mexican community in California : oral history transcript: and related material, 1977-1982

Creator/Contributor:

Galarza, Ernesto, 1905-1984, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Colwell, Mary Anna Culleton, 1927-

Creator/Contributor:

Morris, Gabrielle S., interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Beard, Timothy, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Three of his talks relating to Mexican Americans and to his labor organizing activities. Copies of photographs inserted. Interviews discuss bilingual education and community development programs and his writings for children in Spanish. Appended: photocopy of documents supporting the interviews and bibliography. With this: additional documentary material.

Date:

1977 (issued)

Contents:

Phonotapes: Reel 1: Speech to UC Chicano graduate students, Apr. 27, 1977. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 490 ft. -- Reel 2: Speech, cont., and questions. Track 1: 253 ft., track 2: blank -- Reel 3: Interview Oct. 21, 1977. Track 1: 993 ft., track 2: 850 ft. -- Reel 4: Interview Dec. 7, 1978. Track 1: 978 ft., track 2: 982 ft. -- Reel 5: Interview Dec. 7, 1978. Track 1: 315 ft., track 2: blank -- Reel 6: Interview Mar. 10, 1981. Track 1: 723 ft., track 2: blank -- Reel 7: Conversation regarding Knight-Brown project (not transcribed) Track 1: 235 ft., track 2: blank.

Subject:

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Mexican Americans -- California
Mexican Americans -- Education -- California
Agricultural laborers -- California
Américains d'origine mexicaine -- Californie
Américains d'origine mexicaine -- Éducation -- Californie
Travailleurs agricoles -- Californie
Agricultural laborers
Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans -- Education
California

Note:

Ernesto Galarza ; tape recorded interview conducted by Gabrielle Morris and Timothy Beard in 1977, 1978 and 1981 ; introduction by Mary Anna Colwell. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1982 :
Reels 1-2, 6 are cassettes, reels 3-5, 7 are 5 in.
Also available online.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library. Duplicate transcript.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
[6], v, 152 pages ; 28 cm + related material
4 audiotape reels, 3 audiocassettes : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track ; 5 in.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Classification:

331.881

Copyright Note:

Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.