United States Latino Issues collection

Collection

Identifier: MS-1124

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

The collections consist of various documents pertaining to Latino concerns throughout the United States and have been roughly organized as subject files on the topics of Arts, Education, Migrant Issues, Latino statistical reports, Social and Political Organizations and Latino newsletters.

Dates

Creation: 1966-2003

Extent

2 Cubic Feet (6 letter size archive boxes)

Scope and Contents

The United States Latino Issues collection is an assortment of letters, memos, agendas, minutes, fliers, programs, pamphlets, programs, posters, mailing lists, hand and type written notes, pictures, newspaper articles, committee forms, and petitions. These documents were a means of communication between the LSU students of BGSU and the outside world.

The materials in this collection pertain to many issues of concern to the LSU, including Latino education (bilingual/bicultural programming), Latino scholarship fundraising, Latino festivals, Latino culture and arts, and Latino employment including national migrant issues.

The collection also includes various contacts with other Latino schools, social and employment agencies, etc. from the states of Texas, California, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Ohio.

A good portion of this collection consists of correspondence and news clippings from the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), La Raza Unida de Ohio, and the Guadalupe Center of Toledo, Ohio.

A particular strength of the collection are the various Latino university newsletters from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, New Mexico, New York, Texas, California, and Washington DC, as they share their local news with the Latino students of BGSU.

It should be noted that some of the correspondence and publications are either in Spanish or English, or at times both languages.

Biographical / Historical

This collection is an off shoot of the University Archives' collection on the BGSU Latino Student Union (UA 0096). The goals of the Latino Student Union were to educate, celebrate, and share the rich, diverse, cultural Latino heritage with the university community (faculty, staff and students) and the surrounding communities; and by doing so, they asked Bowling Green State University to actively engage in: (1) promoting higher education within the Latino community by actively recruiting the Latino students in high school; (2) the employment of Latino faculty and advisors needed to assist the Latino students during their studies and on to graduation; (3) providing courses and textbooks pertaining to Latino history and culture; (4) providing funds for Latino programming.

As the Latino Student Union members began their Latino research throughout the United States, they made it a point to share this information with others (Latinos as well as non-Latino individuals and groups). The Latino Student Union wanted to know what issues other Latino student groups, social organizations, political committees, etc., were facing. And by doing so they wanted to know what actions were taken in solving these issues, and the outcome of their efforts. Therefore the Latino Student Union students conducted extensive networking with local and national Latino groups, organizations, and committees and interested parties, who also dealt with the same local/national Latino concerns.

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

Materials in English and Spanish

Additional Description

Related Materials

See the Latino Student Union records finding aid for additional information on the organization itself.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The records in this collection were donated to the Center for Archival collections by the members of The Latino Student Union (formerly known as La Union de Estudiantes Latinos) in 2007.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Gloria Enriquez Pizana, as part of her internship requirement for the graduate certificate in Public History offered through the American Culture Studies/History Department, July 2009.