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Chicano Studies Collection

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Founded in 1969, the Chicano Studies Collection has developed into one of the 

nation's leading Chicano and Latino research resources. It contains a well-defined 

collection of primary and secondary sources, which includes material in print and 

audiovisual formats, several languages, and various levels of use. The Chicano

Studies Serials Collection is a major resource for Chicano and Latino 

Studies.

 

Formats include but are not limited to: bound volumes, pamphlets, microfilm, 

audiotapes, videotapes, records, documents, reports, student papers, 

dissertations, manuscripts, serials, posters, and art slides.



Picture of Chicano Studies Collection Shelves

Subject strengths include:

• Mexican Americans

• Latinos in the U.S.

• Immigration

• Bilingual/bicultural education 

• Administration of justice

• Chicano literature



The Special Collections include:

• Retrospective Newspaper Collection (1844-1943)

• Chicano Art Transparencies (4,000)

• Chicano Posters (2000)

• Southwest Network Collection

• Antonio Hernandez Collection

• Richard and Gloria Santillán Collection

• Armando B. Rendón Collection

• Hank B. Tavera Collection

• Larry Trujillo Collection

• Carlos Muñoz Collection

• LatinoNet Collection

• César González-T. Collection

 

The time span covered is:
1848 to the present and pre-Columbian era. 

 

The collections are accessible through:

GLADIS and MELVYL online catalogs for the monograph and serials collections.

Most of the bibliographic citations in the Chicano Database refer to items housed

in the Ethnic Studies Library. The Chicano Database is produced by the Ethnic

Studies Library and is licensed by OCLC for worldwide distribution. It is available

through the California Digital Library and at research institutions nationwide. 

 

The Serials Microfilm Project

The Serials Microfilm Project makes available to libraries and scholars the

Chicano Studies Serials Collection, the most extensive collection of Chicano and

Chicano/Latino-related serials in the United States. Initiated in 1973 in conjunction

with Bay Microfilms, Inc. (now BMI Imaging, Inc.), the Serials Microfilm Project

to date has filmed hundreds of titles (almost 700 rolls of film) and continues to 

expand its catalog. The earliest newspaper dates from 1855. Because of the rich

cultural history of people of Latin American descent in the United States, the

project has gathered and filmed a wide array of titles from all aspects of

Chicano and Latino experience.

 

Related Links

   
  Andanzas al Web Latino
  http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/latino.html
   
  U.S. Census Media Links: Hispanic
  http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/NEWhispML1.html
   
  LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center: Hispanic/Latino
  http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/hispanic/
   
  National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies
  http://www.naccs.org/
   
  The Chicano Studies Research Center Library
  http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/library/
   
  The United Farm Workers of America

http://www.ufw.org

 


La Bloga: Chicano Literature, Chicano Writers, Chicano Fiction, News, Views, Reviews

http://labloga.blogspot.com/

 

Chicano/LatinoNet:

http://clnet.ucla.edu/

 

REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services

 to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking

http://www.reforma.org/

 

Chicano Thesaurus:

http://eslibrary.berkeley.edu/thesauru.doc





Chicano Studies Collection Specialist:
Lillian Castillo-Speed

Phone: (510) 642-3947 

E-mail: csl"at"library.berkeley.edu.