Devra Weber Papers
Scope and Content
The collection consists of five linear feet of newspapers, correspondence, flyers, and magazines collected by Devra Weber from the 1960's to the 1970's. The material primarily pertains to the Chicano Moratorium, Ruben Salazar, the Labor Movement, the Chicano/a Movement, women's issues, education, prisons, and politics of the period.
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Dates
- Creation: 1960-1970
Creator
- Weber, Devra (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials in English, Spanish
Access
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.
Publication Rights
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.
Biography
Devra Weber is currently an Associate Professor in the History Department for the University of California, Riverside. She teaches the history of U.S. frontiers, U.S. labor history, oral history, and the history of California.
Weber began her academic career at the University of Wisconsin and eventually earned her Masters degree and PhD at UCLA. Her topics of interest and research include United States West and United States labor history, with an emphasis on Mexican women, Mexicano/Chicano workers and immigration, and oral history. Weber has published numerous articles and books, including "Dark Sweet, White God: California Cotton" and "Farmworkers and the New Deal." Furthermore, Weber has worked in documentary films and as a photographer, while remaining an active member of the Los Angeles community. She has served as a member of the board of One Stop Immigration and Education Center, the Los Angeles Museum of Art, History and Culture, and is currently a member of the board of the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles. She is also an advisor of the Frente Indigena Oaxquena Binacional (Binational Indigenous Front of Oaxaca).
Extent
5 linear feet
Abstract
The collection consists of newspapers, correspondence, flyers, and magazines collected by Devra Weber from the 1960's to the 1970's. The material primarily pertains to the Chicano Moratorium, Ruben Salazar, the Labor Movement, the Chicana/o Movement, women's issues, education, prisons, and politics of the period.
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers.
Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.edu
Physical Location
The collection is stored off-site at the UCLA Southern Regional Library Facility.
Subject
- Salazar, Ruben, 1928-1970 (Person)
Cultural context
Topical
- Agricultural laborers -- Farm Workers
- Chicano Moratorium
- Chicano literature
- Emigration and immigration
- Mexican American arts -- Chicano Arts
- Mexican Americans -- Education
- Mexican Americans -- Politics and government -- Chicano -- Politics and government
- Prisons
- Small Presses
- Women -- Social conditions
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Devra Weber Papers 1960s-1970s
- Author
- Processed by CSRC.
- Date
- ©2009
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in: English.
Repository Details
Part of the Chicano Studies Research Center Library Repository
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Box 951544
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