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California--East Los Angeles

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Gloria Arellanes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2010-001
Abstract The East Los Angeles Archives (ELAA) is comprised of collections which document the lives and events of ahistorical community central to the social, political, and cultural history of the Chicano/Latino community in the United States. The ELAA is a program that advances scholarship in Chicano/Latino studies and Los Angeles history through its varied collection of primary research materials. This archives has a special interest in materials documenting the Chicano and Civil Rights movements...
Dates: 1967 - 1979

Boyle Heights Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2005-001
Abstract Boyle Heights is a historic neighborhood of Los Angeles,California which was diversely populated by Jewish, Latino, Russian, and Japanese Americans in the mid-Twentieth century. It was once home to the largest Jewish community in the Western United States, however many Jewish families left because of the freeway development in the community and banks redlining the neighborhood. Currently, Boyle Heights is a working-class, heavily Mexican American, youthful neighborhood of almost 100,000...
Dates: 1973 - 2005

Cal State LA Chicano/a Poster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-2013-001
Scope and Contents

The materials in this collection were created from 1968-1978. The entire collection consists of posters. The posters announce events presented by the Chicano Studies Department at California State University, Los Angeles. The events include Feria De La Raza, United Mexican-American Students Present Community Day on Campus and a series of posters announcing the message, “Conoce Tu Herencia Cultural”.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1963 - 1978

East Los Angeles Community Union (TELACU)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2015-001
Abstract

The East Los Angeles Community Union (TELACU) is dedicated to the development of Los Angeles County. Founded in 1968, TELACU is a non-profit community development corporation with a mission to create greater opportunities, services, and affordable housing in undeserved communities. TELACU also provides scholarships for Latino students through the Latino Education Foundation.

Dates: 1957 - 1981

Jose R. Figueroa Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2012-001
Abstract The East Los Angeles Archives (ELAA) is comprised of collections which document the lives and events of a historical community central to the social, political, and cultural history of the Chicano/Latino community in the United States. The ELAA is a program that advances scholarship in Chicano/Latino studies and Los Angeles history through its varied collection of primary research materials. This archives has a special interest in materials documenting the Chicano and Civil Rights movements...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1961 - 2010

InnerCity Struggle Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2015-009
Abstract InnerCity Struggle (ICS) works with youth and community residents to promote safe, healthy and non-violent communities in the Eastside of Los Angeles. ICS began as a project of Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission and launched as its own independent community organization in 1994. The founding Executive Director María Teixeira, led the organization forward based on a vision of building and promoting a safe, healthy and non-violent community in Boyle Heights by organizing and mobilizing...
Dates: 1985 - 2017

Mexican-American Baseball in Los Angeles Exhibit Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-2011-001
Abstract Mexican-American Baseball in Los Angeles: From the Barrios to the Big Leagues was a collaborative event developed by the Baseball Reliquary, a Pasadena based nonprofit organization, and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library. The project focused on the historic role that baseball played within the Mexican-American communities of Los Angeles County and the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. In addition to the exhibition (March 26-June9, 2006), the CSULA Univeristy Library hosted a reception...
Dates: 2005 - 2007

Carlos Montes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2014-001
Abstract The East Los Angeles Archives (ELAA) is comprised of collections which document the lives and events of a historical community central to the social, political, and cultural history of the Chicano/Latino community in the United States. The ELAA is a program that advances scholarship in Chicano/Latino studies and Los Angeles history through its varied collection of primary research materials. This archives has a special interest in materials documenting the Chicano and Civil Rights movements...
Dates: 1948 - 2014