Announcements
Online collection added! View selected materials from the Third World Strike at University of California, Berkeley Collection, 1968-1972 now available on Calisphere.
The Comparative Ethnic Studies Collection was established in 1997 in conjunction with the Comparative Ethnic Studies program in the Department of Ethnic Studies. In addition to works on race and ethnicity from a comparative perspective, the collection also includes materials related to Ethnic Studies research methodologies, history and social movements, and interconnected disciplines and subjects including but not limited to African American and African Diaspora Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, Disability Studies, Islamophobia Studies, Indigenous Studies, and more. A critical aspect of the Comparative Ethnic Studies Collection is its documentation of the history of the Ethnic Studies Department including its origins in the Third World Liberation Front student strikes and the continued evolution of student movements, teaching, research and scholarship. A special collection is the Ethnic Studies Faculty Section, which highlights the research and creative publications of our Ethnic Studies faculty. Departmental documents, archival collections of faculty papers, minutes of meetings, and other materials have a place in the CES Collection. Materials include, but are not limited to: books, serials, posters, archives, microfilm, films, banners, shirts, buttons, and more.
Archives:
The Comparative Ethnic Studies Collection includes many archival collections (call number CES ARC). Here are some of the key finding aids for CES collections:
- The Ronald T. Takaki Papers, 1823-2009 (CES ARC 2009/1)
- The Third World Strike at University of California, Berkeley Collection, 1968-1972 (CES ARC 2015/1)
- The Third World Strike at University of California, Berkeley Collection, 1999 (CES ARC 2015/2)
- Poetry for the People Program Records, 1989-2014 (CES ARC 2018/1)
- The H.K. Yuen Social Movement Archive, 1963-1982 (BANC MSS 2005/290 c) This collection is jointly owned by the Bancroft Library.
- Causa Justa / Just Cause Organizational Records, 1996-2017 (CES ARC 2019/1)
- Department of Ethnic Studies Records, 1969-present (CES ARC 2022/1) (finding aid)
The Comparative Ethnic Studies Zine Collection:
The Comparative Ethnic Studies Zine Collection, established in 2016, is comprised of zines made by and about people of color, specifically African Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Chicana/os, and Native Americans. Zines are independently published magazines on topics that range from personal narratives, poetry, political analysis, visual art, history, etc. The CES Zine Collection is a non-circulating collection and can be viewed at the Ethnic Studies Library in the CES Zine Collection Vertical File.
To view zines in the collection, search "Comparative Ethnic Studies Zine Collection" in quotations in UC Library Search. To view a particular zine, bring the call number to the circulation desk and they will retrieve the zine for you to be viewed in the library.
Links and Related Resources:
- Find out more about how the ESL commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Third World Liberation Front strike at UC Berkeley.