Mexican Americans -- Politics and government

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This collection houses correspondence, organizational files, receipts, and reports documenting the Association of Southwestern Humanities Councils from 1972 to 1983. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.

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This collection houses administrative records, newspaper clippings, architectural drawings, videotapes, photographs, and other materials showing Chicanos Por La Causa's involvement with community issues, economic development, and the Mercado Marketplace. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.

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The Cecilia D. Esquer Papers house literature, correspondence, original research papers, and proposals documenting Esquer's involvement in education, politics, and law. Although the collection dates from 1959 to 1993, the bulk of the documents extend from 1982 to 1990. The collection has been divided into five series.

Abstract This collection houses correspondence, meeting agendas, committee reports, grant proposals, publications, posters, pamphlets, personal files, notes, legal documents, litigation reports, and other materials documenting the American Bar Association, the city of Tempe, Mexican-American students, politics, the City of Tempe Municipal Arts Commission, the National Community College Chair Academy, the Legal Services Corporation, desegregation, and border issues. This...

Abstract This collection houses speeches, awards, memorabilia, newspaper articles, university degrees, scrapbooks, photographs, and slides documenting Graciela Gil Olivarez's work with the Community Services Administration and the New Mexico State Planning Office as well as her activism on behalf of the Mexican American community and specifically Mexican American women. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and...

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This collection houses 655 images documenting Graciela Olivarez's life and work between 1951 and 1982. The majority of these photographs depict Olivarez attending events, presenting or receiving awards, and giving speeches. Other images show Olivarez at KIFN radio and at Channel 48 KPHO-TV, on the Notre Dame campus, receiving an honorary degree from Notre Dame, and with family and friends. Also included are images showing various television and radio performers.

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The Ed Pastor Papers house correspondence, reports, and budgeting records dating from 1977 to 1992 that Ed Pastor compiled during his time on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and as a representative from Arizona in the United States Congress.