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Title: Ernesto Chavez Collection of Chicano Movement FBI Records,
Date (inclusive): 1968-2011
Collection number: 146
Creator: Chavez, Ernesto 1962-
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: This collection of records consists printed material, mainly Federal Bureau of Investigation intelligence reports on various
Chicano organized groups and other organizations. Included in the records is surveillance of the Brown Berets/Youth Chicanos
for Community Action, Center for Autonomous Social Action (CASA), the Chicano Moratorium, Chicano Liberation Front, La Raza
Unida Party, and the American Indian Movement. Also within the collection duplicates of issues of La Causa newspaper, CASA
internal documents, and Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOIPA) literature. To Facilitate the use of all types of web
browsers, accents have been omitted. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid
can contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center at www.chicano.ucla.edu
Physical location: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies
Research Center Library for paging information.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English, Spanish
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies
Research Center Library for paging information.
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. All requests for permission to publish must be
submitted in writing to the Chicano Studies Research Center Library and Archive. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Identification of item], Ernesto Chavez Collection of Chicano Movement FBI Records, 146, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center,
University of California, Los Angeles.
This collection was donated to the UCLA Chicano Studies Library and Archive in 2013 by Ernesto Chávez.
Processed by Angel Diaz, November 2013
Processed by Angel Diaz, November 2013.
Ernesto Chavez (1962-) is an associate professor of Chicana/o studies at the University of Texas, El Paso. His work intersects
Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Borderlands History. Chávez collected FBI investigative files through the Freedom of Information
Act while researching the Chicano Movement for ¡Mi Raza Primero! (My People First!): Nationalism, Identity, and Insurgency
in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles, 1966–1978 (University of California Press, 2002).
This collection of records consists printed material, mainly Federal Bureau of Investigation intelligence reports on various
Chicano organized groups and other organizations. Included in the records is surveillance of the Brown Berets/Youth Chicanos
for Community Action, Center for Autonomous Social Action (CASA), the Chicano Moratorium, Chicano Liberation Front, La Raza
Unida Party, and the American Indian Movement. Also within the collection duplicates of issues of La Causa newspaper, CASA
internal documents, and Freedom of Information Act literature.
To Facilitate the use of all types of web browsers, accents have been omitted.
Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the UCLA Chicano Studies
Research Center at www.chicano.ucla.edu
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. La Causa Newspaper, 1969-1972. 12 folders
- Series 2. FBI Records, 1968-1976. 1 linear foot
- Series 3. Centro de Accion Social Autonomo (CASA), 1975-1979. 5 folders
- Series 4. Freedom of Information and Privacy Act, 1980-2011. 6 folders
Chavez, Ernesto. Mi Raza Primero! (My People First): Nationalism, Identity, and Insurgency in the Chicano Movement in Los
Angeles, 1966-1978. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Chavez, Ernesto, 1962-
Los Angeles (Calif.) --Politics and government --20th century
Mexican Americans --California --East Los Angeles --Social conditions
Mexican Americans --Civil rights.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 --Protest movements.
Demonstrations --Los Angeles (Calif.)
Mexican Americans --California --East Los Angeles --Politics and government