Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- ZermeƱo., Andrew
- Abstract:
- Andy ZermeƱo was a political cartoonist and graphic designer noted for his contributions to El Malcriado, a periodical produced by the United Farm Workers of America. The collection includes ZermeƱo's personal copies of El Malcriado, drawings, filmstrips, and ephemera.
- Extent:
- 1 linear feet (2 boxes, 2 oversize boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Andy ZermeƱo papers (Collection 1651). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection includes ZermeƱo's personal copies of El Malcriado, drawings, mock-ups, film strips and ephemera all centered on the Delano Grape Strikes and the United Farm Workers efforts to improve agricultural labor conditions.
- Biographical / historical:
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Andy ZermeƱo was born in Salinas, California and grew up in an agricultural working class neighborhood. He graduated high school in 1954 and was awarded a scholarship to attend the California College of Arts and Crafts. Four years later after transferring to the Art Center School of Design, his brother Alex introduced him to Cesar Chavez. Soon afterward, Chavez requested that ZermeƱo design a logo for the United Farm Workers Union and begin drawing cartoons for the newly founded newspaper, El Malcriado. ZermeƱo worked at the paper until 1971 when he returned to Los Angeles to become a freelance illustrator.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Andy ZermeƱo, 1990.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Heather Lowe in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, August 2011.
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Andy ZermeƱo papers (Collection 1651). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988