Guides and CollectionsCollections Pertaining to Hispanic People and Culture in OregonPhotographs, motion picture films, and videotapesBraceros
in Oregon Photograph Collection -- News & Communication Services Photograph Collection (P 57) Alderman Family Farms Films - film footage shot on one of Oregon's largest row crop farms in the 1940s and 1950s, located near Dayton, Oregon. Includes footage of Bracero workers who helped on the farm in the mid 1940s. A VHS copy of the films is available for viewing. Extension and Experiment Station Communications Motion
Picture Films and Videotapes (P120 F/V) -- # 182 Migrant Education, New Settlers Ethnic Studies Department Records (RG 227) University RecordsAssociated Students of Oregon State University Records (RG 11) - The records of OSU's student government include information on the Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez, the establishment of the Casa Educacional Office and general information on multicultural affairs at OSU. Accession 2002:095, box 3 - Hispanic Cultural Center/racial incidents subject file, 1990-94 Extension Service Records (RG 111) - The county extension office annual reports for those counties in which Braceros worked during WWII often include a section on how many workers were utilized in the county and the types of work done. Some of the reports also include narrative on problems that the workers encountered. See osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/rg/rg111des.html for the complete archival finding aid to the Extension Service Records. The reports are on microfilm only. The Farm Labor Emergency project records within the Extension Service Records contain numerous brief references to Bracero workers and how they were utilized in Oregon. The project records also include a U.S. Department of Agriculture publication, A History of the Emergency Farm Labor Supply Program, 1943-1947, by Wayne D. Rasmussen [USDA Agriculture Monograph no. 13], 1951. This work contains a chapter on Bracero workers from a national perspective. Subgroup 2 (Director's Office), series 2 includes a file on the Chicano-Indian Study Center of Oregon (CISCO), 1971-1972 Subgroup 2, series 4 includes a file on the Valley Migrant League, 1965-1968 Subgroup 2, series 10 includes files on migrant labor housing, 1972; and migrant programs, 1975 Student Affairs Records (RG 102) - Records from Student Affairs contain information on the Hispanic Student Union, recruitment of students from minority and ethnic groups, creation and funding of the Hispanic Cultural Center (Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez), cultural diversity, the Minority Student Affairs Advisory Council, the Casa Educacional Office. Accession 95:024 - Cultural Diversity Incidents - Mexican Flag, 1992 Extension and Experiment Station Communications (Record Group 69) - Contains Spanish language versions of the "Speaking to the Consumer" news release series from 1975. Educational Opportunities Program Records (Record Group 230) Minority Education Office Records (Record Group 229) Manuscripts CollectionsAssociation of Latin American Students (ALAS) Records -- The Association of Latin American Students Records consist of administrative records (correspondence, membership and assistance lists, event planning materials, financial records), 1995-1998; scrapbooks containing photographs, event programs and newspaper clippings, 1994-1997; videotapes of OSU Latin American Night, 1996 and 1998-1999; and event programs, posters and brochures, 1996-1999. Annabelle Jaramillo Papers -- This collection documents Jaramillo's work as a member of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council from 1997 to 2001; her advocacy for minorities and women with the Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs and National Image, Inc.; her work as a research botanist with the U.S. Forest Service; and her graduate research at Portland State University. Erlinda Gonzales-Berry Papers --This collection documents the research and publishing of Gonzales-Berry in the fields of Latino literature and culture and immigration from Mexico to the United States and include publications and speeches, awards, photographs, sound recordings, and a videotape. Gonzales-Berry was chair of the Oregon State University Ethnic Studies Department from 1997 until 2007. Colegio Cesar Chavez Collection, 1965-2005 -- The Colegio César Chávez was established in 1973 as a four year Hispanic Serving Institution in Mount Angel, Oregon. The Colegio César Chávez collection consists of correspondence, publications, and photographs from the Arthur and Karen Olivo and Andrew Parodi Family and depicts their time living on the college campus grounds. See the college catalog online.
Memorabilia Collection filesCastillo, Susan - Includes newspaper clippings pertaining to the career (state legislator, Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction) of Castillo, an OSU alumnus. Cultural Centers - Contains articles from the Corvallis Gazette-Times about the Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez. Farm Labor - Includes Erasmo Gamboa's October 1982 Pacific Northwest Quarterly article, "Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest, 1943-1947." His article used several of the Bracero photographs from the OSU Archives. This file also includes "Sugestiones To Apple Pickers," a Spanish language brochure published by Oregon's Extension Service in August 1943. See this brochure online. Hispanic Student Union - Contains information on the H.S.U. in the 1990s as well as the organization's constitution. Also includes information on the Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez. Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanos de Atzlan (MEChA) - Newspaper clippings and flyers pertaining to the activities of this student organization. Omega Delta Phi - Materials pertaining to the Alpha Theta chapter of this Latino based fraternity at OSU include a brochure, history, constitution, and a Brennan Cup Award application. Ovando, Carlos J. - Newspaper clipping pertaining to an OSU faculty member. Pesticides - Includes newspaper clippings about the effects of pesticides on farm workers, including migrant workers. Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences Program (SMILE) - Information on this program designed to support underserved students science and mathematics includes brochures, flyers, memos and clippings. Hispanics make up the largest community served by this program. University PublicationsFighters on the Farm Front: A Story of the 1943-46 Oregon Emergency Farm Labor Program, Oregon State College Extension Circular 492, Jan. 1947. This publication provides a detailed overview of the various groups that helped to cultivate and harvest Oregon's crops during WWII, including the Bracero workers. Includes good statistical information on a statewide basis. This publication is also available in the Valley Library at S537 .O7 A54 and via OSU Scholars Archive. Beaver Yearbooks - Recent yearbooks include information about Latino student organizations. Also includes information about individual students. The Daily Barometer - Since the late 1960s, the campus newspaper has run stories on minority affairs, discrimination, and student ethnic and cultural organizations at OSU. Barometer index in the University Archives lists articles under specific topics.
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