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Homeboy Industries Records
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
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Hunger Strike for Chicano Studies Department Collection
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
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Aida Hurtado Latino Eligibility Survey Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 150
Abstract
The Latino Eligibility Study, began in 1992 and was created to develop a clear understanding of the issues associated with the rate of Latino enrollment in higher education. It examined and assessed existing research and programs within and outside the University of California system and it expanded its understanding of the issues through acquisition of new data. The Latino Eligibility Study recommended policies, programs and other actions designed to improve future eligibility for Latinos...
Dates:
1990 - 1996
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Aida Hurtado L.E.S. Papers Vol. II,
Collection
Identifier: 84
Abstract
The Latino Eligibility Study, began in 1992 and was created to develop a clear understanding of the issues associated with the rate of Latino enrollment in higher education. It examined and assessed existing research and programs within and outside the University of California system and it expanded its understanding of the issues through acquisition of new data. The Latino Eligibility Study recommended policies, programs and other actions designed to improve future eligibility for Latinos...
Dates:
1990 - 1996
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Import of La Raza Photograph Collection Test 1
Collection
Identifier: 1111.LaRazaPhotographCollectionTest1
Dates:
1999
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Import of La Raza Photograph Collection Test 2
Collection
Identifier: 2222.LaRazaPhotographCollectionTest2
Dates:
1999
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Inter-University Program for Latino Research Records
Collection
Identifier: CSRC-2019-005
Abstract
The IUPLR was formally established in 1983 as a national consortium of university-based centers devoted to developing and promoting Latino scholarship. As of 2019, it has twenty-four member institutions dedicated to interdisciplinary research about, and of interest to, the Latino population in the United States. The collection contains administrative records from the first thirty years of the organization's history. It includes directors' files, financial records, personnel files, and grant...
Dates:
1983 - 2016
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Josefa L. Serna Papers
Collection
Identifier: CSRC-2012-002
Scope and Contents
The Josefa L. Serna Papers, donated by her family after her death, consists of 2,100 family photographs dating from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century, family papers, religious objects including rosaries and Christ figures, and textiles including a wedding dress, baby clothes, and other handmade items. The photographs complement these types of collections by documenting five generations of an identifiable working-class family in East Los Angeles, many...
Dates:
1911–2007, bulk 1920–1980
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
La Opinion Newspaper Records
Collection
Identifier: CSRC-2015-007
Scope and Content
La Opinión documents local, national, and worldwide events from a perspective outside the dominant US narrative. It is currently compromises 147 linear feet of albums, compact discs, reader correspondence, film, internal files, negatives, newspaper articles and clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and slides. The materials relate to a wide range of topics including community life, entertainment, politics, special events, and sports. Moreover, it documents the photojournalism the La Opinion...
Dates:
circa 1982-2014
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
La Raza Publication Records
Collection
Identifier: CSRC-1001
Abstract
This collection includes digitized issues of the La Raza newspaper and magazine that ran from 1967-1977.
Dates:
1967-1977
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library