The American GI Forum of California Collection includes correspondence, ephemera, publications, and organizational papers documenting the activities of this organization. It includes documents from the National Forum as well as the California Forum and its various local chapters. It also includes documents from the women's Auxiliary Forum and the Youth Forum.

Includes correspondence with Lake Elsinore and Fremont chapters.

Includes correspondence with Oakland, Pico Rivera, Pittsburg, and Richmond chapters.

Topics include: the state newsletter; state officer appointments; conferences; membership rosters.

Topics include: calls for participation in demonstrations, including the National Chicano Moratorium and against Superior Court Judge Gerald S. Chargin; relief for Hurricane Celia survivors in Corpus Christi, TX; letter writing campaigns to the government regarding position appointments and support for programs such as California Rural Legal Assistance.

Topics include: regional restructuring; membership strength; convention information; Equal Employment Opportunity (HR 1746); summation of lawsuits and administrative complaints filed by the American GI Forum on issues ranging from school lunch programs to discriminatory hiring practices; Coors boycott.