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Urban Archives Center
Descriptive Finding Guide for
1942-1955
1 linear feet
Prepared by
Michael Kohl, Archivist and Hermenia Freemond, Student Assistant
Revised by Ira Pemstein, Graduate Student Assistant, October 2002
Revised by Autumn Hayner, J. Paul Getty Trust, Student Assistant, February 2005
© 2004 Oviatt Library, California State University, Northridge. All rights reserved. For additional information, please contact Urban Archives Center .
The Supreme Council of the Mexican-American Movement Collection was donated to the Urban Archives Center by Angelo Cano in 1981. The collection was inventoried at that time and in May was processed by a student in the course HIS 498C. The Collection was reprocessed in October 2002 as part of the Hispanic Servicing Institutions grant. This descriptive finding guide was revised in 2005, in part under a generous gift from the J. Paul Getty Trust. The collection is open to research without restrictions.
Angelo Cano was born in San Francisco, California in 1918. His mother was born in Mexico and migrated to the United States in 1906. His father was born in Spain and migrated to the United States, but the date is unknown. Mr. Cano's family moved to Los Angeles where he attended both high school and college. He is now living in San Diego, California.
The stated purpose of the Mexican American Movement was, "to improve social, educational, economic, and spiritual conditions among Mexican Americans and Mexican people living in the United States." These goals were to be accomplished by providing encouragement for further education and financial aid to college students, promoting good citizenship and good relations with non-Mexicans, and organizing local councils with the goal of becoming a national organization. The organization had it roots within the Young Men's Christian Association until it established its own identity in 1945.
Members of the Supreme Council of the Mexican-American Movement (View Latino Cultural Heritage Digital Archives Record)
The Supreme Council of the Mexican American Movement papers reflect the hope of an idealistic group of young people to improve the social conditions and standing of Mexican Americans in the United States. Included in the group were professionals, students and civic minded members of the community of both Mexican and Anglo backgrounds. The common belief among them was that improvements in life are attainable through education.
The collection includes official records of the organization which detail the structure, purpose and objectives of the organization. Correspondence found in the collection deals primarily with the problems of keeping the organization viable and active. Several editions of the newspaper FORWARD, newsletters, minutes of meetings and general business records are also included among the papers.
The Urban Archives Center has several collections that relate specifically to Mexican American movements in the United States that include:
Additional research material is located at the following research institutions:
Located in CSUN Oviatt Library are published resources pertaining to Mexican American organizations and activism. They include:
2 manuscript boxes
1 photograph
Files contain material detailing the structure and government of the organization. Correspondence reflects concern with the problems of maintaining enthusiasm, unity and focus among a maturing membership faced with expanding familial and career obligations. Also included are newspaper clippings, newsletters, FORWARD newspaper policy notes, handbooks, reports, studies and related records. The files are arranged in alphabetical order.
Files contained in this oversized box include 4 editions of the movement's newspaper FORWARD. The dates of the editions are October 28, 1945, May 8, 1947, February 24, 1949, and May 14, 1949. The files are in chronological order.
1 Group photograph of the members of the Supreme Council, May 1949 has been removed from the manuscript material and placed in the Urban Archives Center's Audio-Visual Collection.
Duplicate materials have been removed from the collection and destroyed.
Microfilming has not been done for this collection.
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