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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Acción Latina records and El Tecolote newspaper archive
Creator:
Acción Latina
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS2016/265
Physical Description:
32 linear feet
(23 cartons, 1 oversize box)
Physical Description:
17.9 GB
Physical Description:
296 audio visual material
(approximately 104 audiocassettes, 50 microcassettes, 78 videocassettes, 1 Hi8 videotape, 31 open reel audiotapes, 22 miniDVs,
1 sound cartridge (Audiopak A2), 9 digital audiotapes)
Date (inclusive): 1964-2021
Abstract: This collection documents the work of Acción Latina and the organization's bilingual newspaper, El Tecolote. It includes oral
histories; materials regarding its music festival, Encuentro del Canto Popular; event, exhibit, and project files; El Tecolote
newspaper files; records related to the Minority Television Project and the Bay Area Multicultural Telecommunications Association;
administrative and financial records, including grant files; mainstream magazines and publications from various social justice,
cultural, and media organizations and student groups (in Spanish and English); recordings of board meetings and the festival;
and digital files, including posters and other graphic materials and copies of El Tecolote.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
, English
.
Collection is open for research with the exception of the following:
Playback of original archival audiovisual media in cartons 17-23 is restricted due to fragility. Inquire with Bancroft Public
Services regarding the creation of digital viewing copies of audiovisual items. Some digital materials are in process and
currently unavailable.
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Acción Latina records were purchased by The Bancroft Library between 2016-2018.
There are no alternative forms of this collection.
Please note that some original folders are labeled with letters; these have no relation to the arrangement of the collection
Acción Latina serves and empowers Latinos in San Francisco through civic engagement via community media and cultural arts
programming. Their "cornerstone media project," El Tecolote newspaper, "began as a journalism project in a Raza Studies class
at San Francisco State University under the direction of Professor Juan Gonzales. The class produced a bilingual Spanish/English
newspaper, which they named El Tecolote (The Owl)." The newspaper moved to San Francisco's Mission District and became a
training ground for Latinx journalists. It serves the community by covering issues ignored by the mainstream press. El Tecolote
is primarily produced by volunteers.
Acción Latina produced the first Encuentro del Canto Popular in 1982. This three-day music festival highlights the musical
genre of Nueva Canción from Latin America. In 1987, Acción Latina incorporated as a nonprofit, developed strategic plan, and
hired its first executive director. They purchased a building in the heart of the Mission, on 24th Street, in 2000. The area
was subsequently designated as the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. The Juan R. Fuentes Gallery opened in 2015 to showcase
art created by emerging and established Latinx artists.
This organizational history was taken from the Acción Latina website. For more information, see https://accionlatina.org/en/el-tecolote-newspaper/
and
https://eltecolote.org/content/en/about-2/
[Identification of item], Acción Latina records, BANC MSS 2016/265,The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Arranged to series and/or folder level
Processed by Marjorie Bryer in 2023
Acción Latina and El Tecolote pictorial archives, approximately 1970-2000 (BANC PIC 2017.018)
This collection documents the work of Acción Latina and the organization's bilingual newspaper, El Tecolote. It includes oral
histories; materials regarding its music festival, Encuentro del Canto Popular; event, exhibit, and project files; El Tecolote
newspaper files; records related to the Minority Television Project and the Bay Area Multicultural Telecommunications Association;
administrative and financial records, including grant files; mainstream magazines (in Spanish and English) and publications
from various social justice, cultural, and media organizations and student groups; recordings of board meetings and the festival;
and digital files, including posters and other graphic materials and copies of El Tecolote).
It has been divided into 10 series: Los Veteranos Oral History Project; Encuentro del Canto Popular (EDCP); Events, Exhibits,
and Projects; El Tecolote; Minority Television Project/Bay Area Multicultural Telecommunications Association (BAMTA)/KMPT-TV
Files; Administrative and Financial Records; Grant Files; Publications; Audiovisual Materials; and Digital Files
Please note that some folders are labeled with letters of the alphabet. These labels were retained, but the letters were not
always in alphabetical order, so files were rearranged when it increased accessibility.
Photographs and posters transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Acción Latina -- Archives
Mexican Americans -- California -- San Francisco
Oral history
Hispanic Americans -- California -- Newspapers
Latin Americans -- United States -- California
Community organizations
Artists and community -- California
Music festivals
Community newspapers
Mission District (San Francisco, Calif.)