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By Amanda Lanthorne
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Maria Garcia Papers (1968-1997) document the establishment of the Chicano Federation of San Diego County and Garcia's work in education. Of particular interest are early Chicano Federation records, including Federation newsletters and documents relating to the Federation's Leadership Training Program. In addition, the collection contains an extensive collection of Chicano newspapers and newsletters dating from 1968 to 1977, including La Verdad and La Voz del Pueblo. Filed alphabetically, the collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, conference papers, newsletters, and newspapers. The majority of materials date from 1968 to 1980.
Biographical Note
Born and raised in San Diego, Maria Garcia received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from San Diego State University in 1972. She also obtained a teaching certificate from Point Loma Nazarene College. Garcia initially worked as an elementary school teacher, but eventually became principal at Baker, Audabon, and Bandini Elementary Schools. While at Baker Elementary, Garcia implemented a successful mentor program for at-risk students, and helped to establish a language-arts magnet program with an emphasis on computers.
During the 1970s, Garcia actively lobbied for bilingual educational programs, attending many conferences focused on bilingual education and Mexican-American education. In addition, Garcia was an active member of the Chicano Federation of San Diego County, which provides services to Latino families. She also sat on several advisory boards related to Chicano/as issues and education, such as the Minority Advisory Council and the Mexican-American Education Project.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions:
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Acquisition Source:
Maria Garcia
Related Materials:
Chicano Federation of San Diego County Records, 1968-1980
Carmen Sandoval Fernandez Poster Collection, 1974-1983
Arturo Casares Papers, 1968-2007
Citizens United for Racial Equality Records, 1968-1976
Rene Nuñez Memorial Collection, 1968-2008
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Maria Garcia Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Other Note:
This collection was processed as part of the Chicano Studies Archives Project, made possible by a grant from the President's Leadership Fund.
Other URL:
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Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: American Education Newsletter volume 9, number 6, July 1973
- Folder 2: Assembly Bill Number 2400
- Folder 3: Association of Mexican-American Educators, Inc., 1967-1979
- Folder 4: Bilingual Education
- Folder 5: Bilingual Education National Conference Proceedings, April 14-15, 1972
- Folder 6: California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Newsletter, November/December 1981
- Folder 7: Chicano Caucus, 1971
- Folder 8: Chicano Federation of San Diego County, 1969-1972
- Folder 9: Chicano Federation of San Diego County, 1969-1972
- Folder 10: Chicano Federation Newsletter, 1969-1977
- Folder 11: El Chingazo: Chicano Park Steering Committee Newsletter volume 1, numbers 5 & 7, 1976-1977
- Folder 12: El Cinco de Mayo Program, May 1, 1972
- Folder 13: Citizen's Policy Planning Committee (CPPC), October 30, 1970
- Folder 14: Comision Femenil Mexicana Nacional, Inc. 5th Annual Business Meeting, July 10-11, 1976
- Folder 15: Communications Task Force - Biased Electronic Media, May 1971
- Folder 16: Community College Consortium Newsletter, February 1974
- Folder 17: Community Education Committee, 1969-1970
- Folder 18: Education Catalyst Reporting Projects to Advance Creativity in Education, April 1970
- Folder 19: Familia y Escuela Southwest Junior High School Newsletter, June 1967
- Folder 20: A Family Changes History: Méndez V. Westminister 50th Anniversary, 1997
- Folder 21: La Federacion Chicana, 1970
- Folder 22: First Annual International Multilingual Multicultural Conference Proceedings, 1973-1974
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Cards from Laura Rodriguez and Rodriguez Family / A Celebration of her Life: Laura Rodriguez, Founder of Logan Heights Family Health Center
- Folder 2: Curanderismo: Chicano Health Culture and Folk Medicine
- Folder 3: El Fuego Nueveo Association of Mexican-American Educators, Inc. Newsletter, 1969
- Folder 4: Logan Heights Historical Society Memory Album, November 18, 2000
- Folder 5: Grape Boycott, 1968
- Folder 6: Involvement of the Mexican Population in Active Community Tasks (IMPACT) Noticias, June, 1970
- Folder 7: Kuumba Times, February 25, 1972
- Folder 8: MAAC Project - KGTV, 1974
- Folder 9: El Mapista Mexican-American Political Association Newsletter, February 1969
- Folder 10: Memorial Junior High School Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, June 1971
- Folder 11: Mexican-American Advisory Committee, February 1970
- Folder 12: Mexican-American Education Project, 1971
- Folder 13: Mexican-American Organizations in San Diego
- Folder 14: Mexican American, The: Prepared for the United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1968
- Folder 15: Mexican-American and the United States by Charles and Patricia Bustamante, 1969
- Folder 16: Minority Advisory Council, 1974
- Folder 17: Neighborhood House Association, 1969-1970
- Folder 18: Newspaper Clippings, 1968-1994
- Folder 19: Nuestra Raza - 1st Annual Symposium on Chicano History, San Diego State College
- Folder 20: Pensamiento Serpentino by Luis Valdez, 1973
- Folder 21: La Raza, 1974
- Folder 22: La Raza Consortium Newsletter, 1972-1973
- Folder 23: La Raza Special Services Consortium
- Folder 24: La Raza Unida Party Newsletter volume 1, issue 1
- Folder 25: San Ysidro Issues
- Folder 26: Seminario de Chicanas
- Folder 27: Sonata de Ausencia by Lindy Giacomain Canavati, 1998
- Folder 28: Speech on Mexican-American Studies by Dr. Julian Nava
- Folder 29: Statements inregards to San Diego City Schools segregation and Integration, 1974, 1976
- Folder 30: United Community Services (U.C.S.) Funded Agencies and the Chicano Community, July/August 1970
- Folder 31: We the Mexican Americans/Nosotros los México Americanos, United States Department of Commerce, 1970
- Box 3
- Item 1: El Barrio volume 1, issue 6, July 24, 1970
- Item 2: Chicano Movement Student volume 1, number 6
- Item 3: Cry of Color volume 1, number 1, April 1970
- Item 4: El Hispano volume 8, number 26, November 30, 1973
- Item 5: El Informador, Diciembre 12 de 1998
- Item 6: La Prensa San Diego volume 1, number 4, March 11, 1977
- Item 7: La Prensa San Diego volume 1, number 43, December 15, 1977
- Item 8: La Prensa San Diego volume 1, number 44, December 22, 1977
- Item 9: La Raza Habla, Special Issue, April 27, 1970
- Item 10: San Diego County Chicano Federation Newsletter volume 2, issue 6, June 1972
- Item 11: San Diego Daily Transcript volume 108, number 53, June 14, 1993
- Item 12: San Diego Free Press volume 1, number 13, issue 13, April 25-May 9
- Item 13: San Diego Times El Papel volume 1, number 4, December 22, 1972
- Item 14: El Sol de San Diego volume 1, number 10, August 20, 1987
- 2 copies
- Item 15: El Sol de San Diego volulme 2, number 6, March 24, 1988
- Item 16: Street Journal
- 3 copies
- Item 17: Sunrise: A Journal of Change issue 3, May 4, 1970
- Item 18: El Tiempo Chicano issue 4, May 1976
- Item 19: La Verdad volume 1, number 9, June 1969
- Item 20: La Verdad volume 1, number 10
- Item 21: La Verded volume 1, number 11, August 1969
- 2 copies
- Item 22: La Verdad volume 1, number 12, September 1969
- Item 23: La Verdad volume 1, number 13, October 1969
- Item 24: La Verdad, December 1969
- incomplete issue
- Item 25: La Verdad number 18, April 1970
- Item 26: La Verdad number 19, May 1970
- Item 27: La Verdad number 20, June 1970
- Item 28: La Verdad number 21, July 1970
- Item 29: La Verdad number 22, August 1970
- Item 30: La Verdad number 23, September 1970
- Item 31: La Verdad, November 1970
- incomplete issue
- Item 32: La Verdad number 27, April 1971
- Item 33: La Verdad number 25, May 1971
- Item 34: La Verdad number 29, July 1971
- Item 35: La Verdad Special Edition, 1970
- Item 36: La Voz del Pueblo number 26, May 15-31
- Item 37: La Voz del Pueblo, September
- Item 38: El Young Lord: Latin Liberation News Service volume 1, number 3, May 5, 1971
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