The Oscar Zeta Acosta Collection contains material reflecting his work as a writer, lawyer and Chicano political activist. The collection takes up three linear feet, occupying seven archival boxes. Most of the material was donated by Acosta's son Marco and other family members. These include items that were published after Acosta's disappearance. The collection is divided into six series, described below.

Oscar Zeta Acosta (April 8, 1935-) was a writer, lawyer, and political activist. He was born in El Paso, Texas and was raised in California's San Joaquin Valley, near Modesto. As an attorney his activities began in Oakland but it was in East Los Angeles where he gained notoriety, prior to his mysterious disappearance in Mexico in the Spring of 1974.

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