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Collection
Identifier: CSRC-0054
Abstract
La Gente de Aztlan is a University of California, Los Angeles news magazine publication that focuses on Chicana/o, Latina/o, and Native American youth in Los Angeles as its main readership. It is a bilingual publication put together by UCLA students in an effort to reach out to these communities. This collection of materials includes much of the office records, research material, and original submissions of stories, poetry, and art. There are also a large...
Dates:
1955 - 2011
Collection
Identifier: CSRC-0060
Abstract
A telegraph operator for Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution; a radio personality and popular recording artist in Los Angeles; an immigration activist framed for political purposes and sent to San Quentin prison; and finally, a man fighting for the rights of his fellow veterans of the Division Del Norte in Mexico for plots of land (ejidos) that they could call their own. Pedro Gonzalez played all these roles and this collection consists of his papers, correspondence, music, serialized...
Dates:
1890 - 1995
Collection
Identifier: 99
Abstract
Born in Bakersfield, California on July 18, 1970, and raised in Michoacán, Mexico, he is the son and grandson of migrant farmworkers, both parents now deceased. His extended family migrated back to California in 1980 and returned to Mexico in 1992. González remained alone in the U.S. to complete his education. Details of his troubled childhood in Michoacán and his difficult adolescence as an immigrant in California are the basis for his coming of age memoir Butterfly Boy: Memories of a...
Dates:
1993-2008
Collection
Identifier: 66
Abstract
This collection of papers represents Griswold del Castillo's 34 years of teaching, research and writing.
Dates:
1928 - 2004
Collection
Identifier: 121
Abstract
The Dan Guerrero Papers include ephemera, press kits, clippings, photographs, and audiovisual materials documenting Mr. Guerrero's successful career as a Chicano activist, producer, and performance artist. Also included are materials reflecting the life and career of his father Lalo Guerrero and his dear friend, artist Carlos Almaraz. This collection complements the existing archival collection housed at the University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Special Collections California...
Dates:
1930 - 2009
Collection
Identifier: CSRC-0029
Abstract
Rubén Guevara (aka Funkahuatl) is a singer, songwriter, composer, producer, writer, poet, playwright, director, performance artist, and impresario. This collection consists of ephemeral materials, print materials and publications, audiovisual recordings, and LP records. Materials date from 1949-2004.
Dates:
1949 - 2004
Collection
Identifier: CSRC-0047
Abstract
Collection of articles about Ester Hernandez and her artwork. Collection includes various post cards, gallery cards and other Illustrations of Hernandez's art.
Dates:
1972-2005
Collection
Identifier: 112
Abstract
This collection of papers represents the research material Kelly Lytle Hernandez used for her book: MIGRA! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol (University of California Press, 2010). The book is a history and analysis of the U.S. Border Patrol and how it polices unsanctioned immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Dates:
1907 - 1990
Collection
Identifier: CSRC-0024
Abstract
In providing employment services, Homeboy targets and focuses on the segment of the community that finds it the most difficult to secure employment on their own -- former gang members, parolees, and at-risk youth. Programs offer a much-needed intervention to those who deserve a second chance at life. Homeboy Industries first venture was The Homeboy Bakery which trained many gang members to become scratch bakers. Homeboy Industries has subsequently launched several additional income-producing...
Dates:
1954 - 2019
Collection
Identifier: CSRC-0001
Abstract
This collection consists of flyers, memos, notes, form letters, faxes and photographs that document the events that occurred during the spring of 1993 when several students and one professor began a hunger strike to protest the decision of Chancellor Charles E. Young to close the Chicano Studies Program at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Dates:
1993 - 1994
