Student movements -- Political activity

Scope and Contents This collection contains magazines, articles, newspaper clippings, theater programs, flyers, pamphlets, vinyl records, t-shirts, and other material regarding Chicano history. A majority of the material relates to topics such as the Zoot Suit riots; education; the East LA High School Walkouts of 1968; immigration; politics; and other areas of activism regarding the Chicano movement. Some of the material in this collection were featured as part of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections...

Abstract The collection contains papers and materials compiled and created by Christopher F. Cornford, a British artist, writer, and activist who taught at the Royal College of Art in London, where he was head of the Department of Humanities from 1962-1979, and the University of the Third Age in Cambridge. It contains student-published newspapers and newsletters, academic senate resolutions, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, pamphlets, strike documents, statements, leaflets, press releases,...