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Ernesto Chavez Collection of Chicano Movement FBI Records

 Collection
Identifier: CSRC.0146

Scope and Content

This collection of records consists of printed material, mainly Federal Bureau of Investigation intelligence reports on various Chicano organized groups and other organizations. Included in the records is surveillance of the Brown Berets/Youth Chicanos for Community Action, Center for Autonomous Social Action (CASA), the Chicano Moratorium, Chicano Liberation Front, La Raza Unida Party, and the American Indian Movement. Also within the collection are duplicates of issues of La Causa newspaper, CASA internal documents, and Freedom of Information Act literature.

The collection is organized into the following series:

  1. Series 1. La Causa Newspaper, 1969-1972. 12 folders
  2. Series 2. FBI Records, 1968-1976. 1 linear foot
  3. Series 3. Centro de Accion Social Autonomo (CASA), 1975-1979. 5 folders
  4. Series 4. Freedom of Information and Privacy Act, 1980-2011. 6 folders

Dates

  • Creation: 1968-2011

Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library for paging information.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to the Chicano Studies Research Center Library and Archive. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical Note

Ernesto Chavez (1962-) is an associate professor of Chicana/o studies at the University of Texas, El Paso. His work intersects Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Borderlands History. Chávez collected FBI investigative files through the Freedom of Information Act while researching the Chicano Movement for ¡Mi Raza Primero! (My People First!): Nationalism, Identity, and Insurgency in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles, 1966–1978 (University of California Press, 2002).

Extent

1.5 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection of records consists of printed material, mainly Federal Bureau of Investigation intelligence reports on various Chicano organized groups and other organizations. Included in the records is surveillance of the Brown Berets/Youth Chicanos for Community Action, Center for Autonomous Social Action (CASA), the Chicano Moratorium, Chicano Liberation Front, La Raza Unida Party, and the American Indian Movement. Also within the collection duplicates of issues of La Causa newspaper, CASA internal documents, and Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOIPA) literature. To facilitate the use of all types of web browsers, accents have been omitted. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center at www.chicano.ucla.edu

Physical Location

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library for paging information.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the UCLA Chicano Studies Library and Archive in 2013 by Ernesto Chávez.

Related Material

Chavez, Ernesto. Mi Raza Primero! (My People First): Nationalism, Identity, and Insurgency in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles, 1966-1978. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.

Processing History

Processed by Angel Diaz, November 2013.

Title
Finding Aid for the Ernesto Chavez Collection of Chicano Movement FBI Records (1968-2011), CSRC.0146
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Processed by Angel Diaz.
Date
©2016
Description rules
Dacs
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Chicano Studies Research Center Library Repository

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