Scope and Content Note
The National Coalition for Language Freedom Records contain correspondence, notes, minutes, agendas, and printed materials documenting the campaign to defeat English-Only
legislation at the state and federal levels.
Series I: Arizona English consists of bylaws, minutes, memorandums, reports, activity summaries, and budgets created by two Arizona organizations, Arizona English and the No to 106 Committee, between 1987 and 1989. Series II: National Coalition for Language Freedom (NCLF) includes bylaws, membership mailing lists, minutes, memorandums, fact sheets, reports, and correspondence dating from 1987 to 1989 showing the NCLF's predecessor organization, the National Coalition Against English Only. Series III: English Only Movement houses position papers from national organizations, bills, legislation, and court cases created by a variety of groups supporting and opposing the English Language Amendment.
Series IV: Miscellaneous includes general reports relating to language, immigration, and labor in addition to numerous newspaper articles discussing English-Only.
Dates
- Creation: 1987-1989
Creator
- National Coalition for Language Freedom (U.S.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
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Copyright
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Historical Note
In the mid 1980s, a national conservative movement proposed legislation to suppress the use of the Spanish language in the United States by making English the official language. The National Coalition for Language Freedom (NCLF) kept activists informed on developments among the numerous organizations working to oppose this movement on the grounds that it violated the rights of Spanish-speaking people in the U.S. The Arizona Chapter of the NCLF was formed in 1989 and Kimberly Fisher served as its secretary.
Full extent
4 Box(es)
Full extent
2 Linear Feet
Abstract
The National Coalition for Language Freedom Records contain correspondence, notes, minutes, agendas, and printed materials documenting the campaign to defeat English-Only
legislation at the state and federal levels.
Arrangement
This collection consists of four boxes divided into four series:
- Series I: Arizona English
- Series II: NCLF
- Series III: English-Only
- Series IV: Miscellaneous
Provenance
Kimberly Fisher donated these records to the Chicano Research Collection in 1992 (ACC# 1992-00659).
Topical
- Bilingualism -- Political aspects -- Arizona
- Bilingualism -- Political aspects -- United States
- English Language -- Political aspects -- Arizona
- English Language -- Political aspects -- United States
- English-only movement -- Arizona
- English-only movement -- United States
- Language policy -- Arizona
- Language policy -- United States
- Title
- National Coalition for Language Freedom Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Michele J. Curran in March of 2000; machine-readable finding guide created by Michael Lotstein in July of 2004.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Chicano/a Research Collection Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu