About
A database featuring photographs and documents assembled from twelve collections of the Urban Archives of the University Library Special Collections and Archives. Funded as part of the Hispanics-Serving Institutions Grant of the State of California, these materials capture the history of Latino and Chicana/o people and culture in Southern California. These collections feature the arts, labor and immigration as important parts of the historical fabric of this community.
Featured collections:
- Rodolfo Acuña Papers
- Antonio and Luz (Mendez) Calvo Family Collection
- Comisión Femenil San Fernando Valley
- Community Service Organization (CSO) Papers
- Culture Clash Collection
- Frank del Olmo Papers
- ILWU, Local 13-Henry Gaitan Papers
- Millie Moser Smith Papers
- Julian Nava Collection
- Felipe and Blandina (Guerrero) Rodriguez Family Papers
- Supreme Council of the Mexican American Movement Papers