Guides and Collections
Collections Pertaining to Hispanic People and Culture in Oregon
Photographs, motion picture films, and videotapes
Braceros
in Oregon Photograph Collection --
Original photographs can be found in P20, P40, P 62, P120 and Harriet's
Collection.
News & Communication Services Photograph Collection (P 57)
P57:5551 - Students at the new Chicano Cultural Center, 1977 (used in the April 1977 Oregon Stater)
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) --
#109 Farm Labor Organization, 1961; Contract Farm Labor, Green Villa Farm in Independence, 1961
# 182 Migrant Education, New Settlers
Ethnic Studies
Department Records (RG 227)
University Records
Associated 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 Collections
Association
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 files
Castillo, 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 Publications
Fighters
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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