Hispanic American
This section includes literature by Chicano, Puerto Rican and Latin American immigrant authors in the United States, as well as relevant nonfiction books and ephemera. Original materials from the farmworker movement, the Cuban-American diaspora and other Latin American immigrant groups will be found here.
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El Malcriado: "The voice of the farmworker" in English, volume I no. 31 (March 17, 1966)
Delano: Farm Worker Press, 1966. Newspaper. 24p., 8x11 inches, newsprint, evenly toned, light edgewear, very good. Cover story on the beginning of the 300-mile pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento, "Peregrinacion penitencia y revolucion," with map of the route through the Central Valley. Includes centerfold article on "The plan of Delano."..... More
Cat.No: 247870
El Malcriado: "The voice of the farmworker." Vol. 4, no. 10 (Nov. 15, 1970)
Delano: United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, 1970. Newspaper. 16p. including covers, 8x11 inches, evenly toned, lightly worn otherwise very good, illustrated with drawings, cartoons and photos. Cover story on the boycott of non-union lettuce; cartoon by Zermeno shows boycotters from all walks of life holding signs on an outline..... More
Cat.No: 203279
El Malcriado: The Delano grape strike and boycott vol. 3 #19, January 15, 1970; Special edition
Delano: El Malcriado, 1970. Newspaper. 16p. special issue of El Malcriado celebrating the fourth anniversary of the strike, evenly toned, otherwise very good in wraps. More
Cat.No: 99334
El Malcriado: The official voice of the United Farmworkers. vol. 6 #13, June 29, 1973; Temos 'sell out' Bruce Church workers
Keene, CA: United Farmworkers, 1973. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid format newspaper, greenish-tinted paper, toned around edges, light handling wear; illustrated with drawings, cartoons and photos. Updates of farmworker organizing. Slogan on masthead: "Chavez si, Teamsters no." More
Cat.No: 203284
El Malcriado: The voice of the farm worker vol. 4, no. 9, Nov. 1, 1970; 1970 commemorative stamps
Delano: United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, 1970. Newspaper. 16p. including covers, 7x11 inches, paper toned, neatly hole-punched at left, insignificant impingement on the text (a couple of letters are missing on internal pages, still fully readable), but puncturing the centerfold. Includes an article on Arab-American farmworkers in the union..... More
Cat.No: 228988
El Malcriado: The voice of the farm worker. Vol. 4, no. 4 (August 1, 1970)
Delano: United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, 1970. Newspaper. 24p. including covers, illus. with photos and cartoons, 7.5x11 inches, paper evenly toned else very good on newsprint. Updates on organizing; includes an article on the "Farmworkers' liberty bell" cast by supporters in England and delivered to Delano. Centerfold article is..... More
Cat.No: 228987
El mécanico Ford; 1956 foro de servicio Ford, no. 1, 1956 características de servicio de conservación de Automóviles
Dearborn: Ford Motor Company, 1956. 24p., 5.75x8.5 inches, text in Spanish, illustrated with photos and plans, very good manual booklet in red stapled pictorial wraps. Emphasizes the changes in the new models. No copies in OCLC. More
Cat.No: 134693
El Mirlo: Chicano Studies Research Center Newsletter, University of California, Los Angeles, vol. 7, numbers 1 and 2, (double issue) 3, 4 & 5 [5 issue run in 4 issues]
Los Angeles: Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA, 1979-1980. 16p. each including covers, 8.5x11 inches, articles, reports, graphics, faculty lists, very good newsletter in stapled printed wraps. More
Cat.No: 182155
El Mirlo: Chicano Studies Research Center Newsletter, University of California, Los Angeles, vol. 8, #2, November-December 1980
Los Angeles: Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA, 1980. 20p. including covers, 8.5x11 inches, articles, reports, graphics, faculty lists, very good newsletter in stapled printed wraps. More
Cat.No: 182156
El misalito "Canta, Pueblo de dios" dominical y festivo, Mayo a Agosto de 1982
Albuquerque: San Ignacio Music Co., 1982. 27p. including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, text in Spanish, lightly-worn periodical in stapled green pictorial wraps with ownership name in ink on cover. Periodical featuring lyrics to religious songs for Churches and Holidays published 4 times a year. More
Cat.No: 185201
El noticiero: vol. 1, #2 - vol. 2, #3, 1980-1981 [six issue run]
Washington DC: National Council of La Raza, 1980-1981. Six issues, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, photos, news, opinion, events, services and resources, very good newsletters on tan stock. Hispanic American newsletter focusing on Latino/Chicano rights. One holding only located in OCLC as of 3/2016. More
Cat.No: 203455
El obrero rebelde: una revista noticiera del Partido de los Obreros Rebeldes Organizados, vol. 1, nos. 1 & 2 and vol 2, nos. 1-5
San Francisco: Synthesis, 1978-79. Newspaper. First 7 issues of the Spanish language Rebel Workers' Organization tabloid newspaper, various paginations, some illustrations, mild toning at edges otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 179317
El Popo: MEChA-Chicano Studies Dept. CSUN; vol. 23, no. 2, Fall 1992
Northridge: M.E.Ch.A./CSUN, 1992. Newspaper. 8p., 11.5x17 inches, illustrations, photos, text in English, fold crease otherwise very good tabloid newspaper on newsprint. Chicano student movement newspaper. Cover story on 500 years of resistance, Arnulfo Casillas memorial, etc. More
Cat.No: 168389
El portafolios en la gráfica Puertorriqueña: XI Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe: exposicion homenaje
San Juan: Museo de Las Américas, 1995. Paperback. 127p., 8.5x11 inches, text in Spanish, illustrated with photos and artworks, b&w and color plates, very good souvenir catlog of the exhibition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Catalog of an exhibition from November 1995 to March 1996 in Puerto Rico. More
Cat.No: 207384
El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park; resource management plan, October 1978
Sacramento: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Parks & Recreation, 1978. iv, 63p., 8.5x11 inches, summary, purpose, appendixes, illustrated with photos, figures and 5 folding maps/plans, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 156061
El Puerto Mas Rico Posible: los 25 debemos de Quique Marti
San Juan, PR: Bolita Group LLC in collaboration with Scuba Dogs Society, 2018. Paperback. 158p., wraps, 6 x 9 inches, illus. with black and white photos, small stain on front wrap, remains of price sticker on rear wrap else very good condition. Text in Spanish. "En septiembre del 1992, con..... More
Cat.No: 245648
El Pulgarcito: Organo Informativo del Comite de Salvadoreños Progresistas. vol. 2 #2 (whole number 14), Marzo 1977: En El Salvador; state of siege
San Francisco: Comite de Salvadoreños Progresistas, 1977. Newspaper. 12p., tabloid format newspaper, illustrations, bilingual text in English & Spanish, very good on newsprint. Special issue on electoral fraud and popular protest in El Salvador. Published by Salvadoreño exiles in San Francisco. More
Cat.No: 172061
El Pulgarcito: voice of the Solidarity Movement with the People of El Salvador Vol. 6 #2, May 1981; US Hands Off El Salvador
San Francisco: Comite de Salvadoreños Progresistas, 1981. Newspaper. 12p., folded tabloid newspaper, text in Spanish and English, illustrations, news, events, opinion, very good on newsprint. Published by Salvadoreño exiles in San Francisco. More
Cat.No: 226910
El Quijote; año 3, #29, Julio 1973,
San Francisco: El Quijote, 1973. Magazine. 52p., 8.5x11 inches, text in Spanish, profusely illustrated, very good Latino/Hispanic entertainment magazine in stapled orange pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 37587
El sabor de mi cocina
Sacramento, CA: Campeones del Cambio. Red para una California Saludable (Network for a Healthy California), 2011. 55p., spiralbound wraps, very good, text in Spanish. Colorfully illustrated. Lower-calorie Latino recipes, published as part of a campaign by the state government to improve the health of the community. More
Cat.No: 233860
El santo bautismo, la santa eucaristía, la confirmación/holy baptism, holy eucharist, confirmation
N. pl. Church Pension Fund, 1982. 151p., bilingual text in Spanish & English on facing pages, very good booklet in stapled red wraps. Issued by the Episcopal Church's Center for Hispanic Ministries. More
Cat.No: 89686
El Santuario de Chimayo
Santa Fe: Ancient City Press, [1970]. 32p., 5.5x7.75 inches, footnotes, illustrated with photos, figures and floor plans of the church, text in English, very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 68669
El Tiempo Chicano. Issue 2 (Feb-March 1978)
National City, CA: Committee on Chicano Rights, 1978. Newspaper. 12p., illustrations, photos, tabloid format newspaper, paper evenly toned. Extensive discussion of immigration issues, including Carter's ID card plan (opposed), accusations of Border Patrol abuses. More
Cat.No: 172815
Electrum; the quarterly poetry magazine; no. 35, Winter 1984
Tustin CA: Medina Press, 1984. 52p., staplebound 8.5x7 inch self-wraps, edge-trimmed two-color cover, clean sound copy with mild signs of handling. Otto Rene Castillo, Wanda Coleman, Laurel Ann Bogen, Lyn Lifshin, Ray Lopez, Robert Peters, Jack Hirschman, for starters. The rather thorough vitae list reminds us that Otto Castillo was..... More
Cat.No: 158820
Emancipation. Vol. 6, issue 9, No. 51 (September 1983)
n.p. the newsletter, 1983. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, mild toning. Single issue of the newsletter, with much of this issue devoted to activities of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, including its march to Washington DC. More
Cat.No: 211129
Carnaval / San Francisco. 1987 [screen print poster]
Hom, Nancy; artist
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