University of California, Santa Barbara
Davidson Library

Department of Special Collections

California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives

 

GUIDE TO THE
UCSB ETHNIC STUDIES PROTESTS
COLLECTION,

1989-1995.

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Collection Number:  CEMA 93.

 

Size Collection:  .2 linear feet (1 half-size document box).

 

Acquisition Information: Compiled by Salvador Güereña, 1995.

 

Access restrictions:  None.

 

Use Restriction: Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections.  Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

 

Processing Information:  Principle processor Alexander Hauschild, additional processing Michelle Wilder 2004.

 

Location:  Del Norte.

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SCOPE NOTE

This collection contains information about the two hunger strikes at UCSB that led, among other results, to the ethnic and gender studies undergraduate requirements and the eventual Ph.D. program in Chicana/o Studies.  Included is a notarized copy of the agreement signed May 6, 1994 by the university administration and the hunger strikers. The collection is primarily made up of collected news clippings from 1994 and 1995 reviewing the hunger strikes of 1989 and 1994; although there is little coverage on the 1989 strike collected as of this writing it is important to note that a copy of the statement of commitment to “el Centro Concept” dated April 25, 1989 from Barbara S. Uehling, the Chancellor at that time has been included.  The collection also illuminates the internal development of the Chicano Studies Department. In the second section entitled El Congreso Hunger Strike, the collection highlights the 1994 struggle by El Congreso to voice their support for the ethnic studies requirement and their opposition to the University of California's interference in the process.

 

This collection was created from disparate sources. It draws together a quantity of published articles, news clippings and ephemera that had been compiled over the years.  It does not purport to be a representative collection and presently spans a single box and covers the period from 1989 through 1995.  It is expected to grow over time with the addition of donated materials.

 

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CONTAINER LIST

 Box   Folder        Contents

1        1-2                                  Articles, newspaper clippings. (A variety of newspapers, handouts and articles from the time period providing a context for the ethnic studies protests on campus), 1994-1995 (See Box 2 Folders 1-2 for originals)

1        3                                     Chicano/Latino Leadership Training Workshop, presented by the Mexican American Political Association, May 14, 1994

1        4                                     Ethnic Studies requirement, Salvador Güereña’s statement of support, 1989

1        5                                     93106, article on creation of ethnic studies requirement, 1995 (See also Box 2 Folder 3 for original)

1        6                                     Statement of commitment to “El Centro Concept,” April 25, 1989

El Congreso Hunger Strike

1        7                                     History of El Congreso, including flyer inviting participation in the Hunger Strike, 1994

1        8                                     La Causa, publication of the Brown Berets, 1994

1        9                                     La Voz de El Congreso (4 copies), 1994 (See Box 2 Folder 4 for originals)

1        10                                   Statements, official announcements, 1994

1        11                                   UCSB response to the demands of El Congreso, 1994

Oversize

2        1-4                                   Originals from Box 1