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Includes letters to various U.S. government officials; letter to the grand jury.

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Contains: statement by Walter H.C. Laves of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs; testimony of Carey McWilliams; "Tabulation of Facts on Conditions in Hicks' Mexican Camp"; testimony of Guy T. Nunn of the War Manpower Commission; "The Problem of Crime among the Mexican Youth of Los Angeles" bu Harry Hoijer; paper presented by Manuel Aguilar of the Mexican consulate; paper presented by Oscar Fuss of the CIO; letter from Sheriff E. W. Biscailuz.

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection consists mostly of materials gathered by Ron Lopez for his research into the Sleepy Lagoon murder case. Primary documents include statements and correspondence from various groups advocating for the rights of the defendants. Secondary documents include clippings and scholarly articles on the trials and the Zoot Suit Riots. There is also material from the 1920s-1930s and 1960s-1970s about the condition of Mexican Americans more generally. Virtually everything in the collection...

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Includes Congressional Record excerpt; press release from Congressman George Brown.

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection consists mostly of materials gathered by Ron Lopez for his research into the Sleepy Lagoon murder case. Primary documents include statements and correspondence from various groups advocating for the rights of the defendants. Secondary documents include clippings and scholarly articles on the trials and the Zoot Suit Riots. There is also material from the 1920s-1930s and 1960s-1970s about the condition of Mexican Americans more generally. Virtually everything in the collection...

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection consists mostly of materials gathered by Ron Lopez for his research into the Sleepy Lagoon murder case. Primary documents include statements and correspondence from various groups advocating for the rights of the defendants. Secondary documents include clippings and scholarly articles on the trials and the Zoot Suit Riots. There is also material from the 1920s-1930s and 1960s-1970s about the condition of Mexican Americans more generally. Virtually everything in the collection...

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Contains letters to a UCLA student writing a thesis on the Sleepy Lagoon murder case. Most of these are responses to research inquiries. Includes letters from Marvin Braude, Alice McGrath, Carey McWilliams, J. Edgar Hoover. The most substantive letter is the first four pages from an unidentified correspondent, possibly Guy Nunn.

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Photocopies of articles from the magazine of the Mexican Youth Conference.

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Includes resolutions; review of The Sleepy Lagoon Mystery by Guy Endore.

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Includes: map showing location of Mexicans in Los Angeles, 1921 [barely legible]; "Tuberculosis Map of Los Angeles," 1921 [barely legible]; "Mexican Population as of June, 1942"; chart "County Distribution of White Persons of Spanish Surname," 1960.