A portion of the grant funds is being used for the acquisition, processing, digitization, and improved accessibility of primary archival materials that document the experiences of Latino/Chicano leaders and organizations of the Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley area. These collections are part of the Urban Archives Center at the Oviatt Library. A portion of these collections is available for viewing online in the Latino Cultural Heritage Digital Archives.
Founded in 1979, the Urban Archives Center has been a part of CSUN’s Oviatt Library since 1992. Today, the Urban Archives Center, along with the Special Collections Department and the University Archives, house many of the rich research collections of CSUN. Before being awarded the HSI grant, the Urban Archives Center already maintained a number of collections documenting Latino/Chicano movements. With the added resources of the HSI Grant, we are continuing to acquire important research collections.
Our current holdings of interest to the grant include:
- Rodolfo Acuña Papers
- Comisión Femenil San Fernando Valley Papers
- Community Service Organization Papers, 1973-1996
- Culture Clash Papers
- Frank del Olmo Papers
- Farm Worker Oral History Project
- Juana Gutiérrez -- Mothers of East Los Angeles Papers
- International Longshoreman's and Warehouseman's Union-Henry Gaitan Papers
- Max Mont Papers-Emergency Committee to Aid Farm Workers
- Millie Moser Smith Papers
- Millie Moser Smith Oral History Interview
- Julian Nava Papers
- Julian Nava Ambassadorial Papers
- Felipe and Blandina (Guerrero) Rodriguez Papers
- Tomás Rodriguez Photographs
- Supreme Council of the Mexican American Movement Papers
- Delfino Varela (Center for Autonomous Social Action) Papers
- Antonio and Luz (Mendez) Calvo Family Collection
- Antonio H. and Beverly Calvo Oral History
- Raul Calvo Oral History
As the grant progresses, further collections will be opened to research.
For information about archives and archival collections related to the grant, contact:
Tony Gardner, Curator
Special Collections/Archives
Telephone: (818) 677-2597
E-mail: tony.gardner@csun.edu