University of California, Los Angeles - Chicano Studies Research Center.5 linear feetThis collection consists of small magazines, also known as 'Zines. They are on a range of topics but all within the heading of Chicano Studies. They were hand crafted by the students of Professor Maylei Blackwell's Chicano Studies class at UCLA. Please note accents have been removed to facilitate the use of all web browsers. To report errors of fact or omissions regarding this finding aid, please contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.eduContact InformationFinding Aid
University of California, Los Angeles - Chicano Studies Research Center4 linear feetThe personal book Collection donated to UCLA by dramatist, writer and teacher, Josephina Niggli. n.b. Accents have been removed to facilitate the use of most web browsers. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.eduContact InformationFinding Aid
University of California, Los Angeles - Chicano Studies Research Center1 linear footThe Women's Unit was created in view of the fact that women of Mexican decent carry the burden of their gender in addition to their racial and class status and that efforts by the CSRC to address and rectify Chicano oppression largely ignored sexism. The Women's Unit was officially established in 1985 to define and promote Chicana / Mexicana Studies and to advance the social, political, and economic welfare of the Chicana / Mexicana community. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.edu **Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers.Contact InformationFinding Aid
University of California, Los Angeles - Chicano Studies Research Center1.5 linear feetThis collection of papers consists mainly of printed material, photos and photocopied journal articles pertaining to the work of photographer Laura Aguilar. Included are images of her work with Latinas in Los Angeles and Mexico. 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 research center at www.chicano.ucla.eduContact InformationFinding Aid
University of California, Los Angeles - Chicano Studies Research Center140-200 research filesThe following is a collection of all the Desegregation files completed from 1976-1983. These files consist of personal notes, index cards, articles, and newspaper clippings. Anything that has to do with the Desegregation issue (with education) will we located in this collection. **Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.eduContact InformationFinding Aid
University of California, Los Angeles - Chicano Studies Research Center1 linear footThis collection consists of: 1.Francesco's spiral journals and a collection of handwritten notes that correspond to Wassily Kandinsky's Point and line to Plane. (These notes were intended for classroom teaching.) 2. Open reel audio tapes from Francesco's Seattle based radio program "Philosophy in the Street" produced 1978-1979. Anyone who would like to point out errors or omissions in this finding aid, please contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.eduContact InformationFinding Aid
University of California, Los Angeles - Chicano Studies Research Center1 linear footThe collection consists of papers related to Meza's two films. A short: Who Gets to Water the Grass? And his feature film: The Staccato Purr of the Exhaust (working title, You Lose). Various work prints, Beta tapes, VHS tapes, final film prints and screening cassettes are also a part of the collection. **Please note that accents have been eliminated in order to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.eduContact InformationFinding Aid
University of California, Los Angeles - Chicano Studies Research Center1.5 linear feetPapers related to his work as a journalist pertaining Mexican American issuesContact InformationFinding Aid
University of California, Los Angeles - Chicano Studies Research Center5 linear fee. comrpised of 6 flat boxes and 4 document boxesChicano artist Roberto Gutierrez is one of the most important artists to come out of the East Los Angeles artistic boom of the early 1970s. This collection of papers, prints, sketches and photos represents a small but significant portion of Gutierrez's historical record. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.eduContact InformationFinding Aid
University of California, Los Angeles - Chicano Studies Research Center4.5 feetThis collection consists of Chicano poet Manazar Gamboa's manuscripts, plays, poems, writing notes, and his written experiences of growing up in Chavez Ravine.Contact InformationFinding Aid
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