Finding aid for the William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles 7132
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2022 May
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles
Creator:
Yee, William
Identifier/Call Number: 7132
Physical Description:
0.58 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1963-1971
Abstract: The William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles consist of four 16mm films and one U-matic videotape of neighborhood footage
of Watts and East Los Angeles, recorded by Dr. William Yee in the 1960s and 1970s. The videotape of Watts focuses on street
scenes circa 1963, just prior to the Watts Riots of 1965, including footage of the Watts Towers. The East Los Angeles footage,
which Yee titled "East LA Estrada," was filmed circa 1970-1971. The East Los Angeles footage shows Chicano murals in the neighborhood,
along with people and children interacting between the buildings and murals.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: 1
Scope and Contents
The William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles consist of four 16mm films and one U-matic videotape of neighborhood footage
of Watts and East Los Angeles, recorded by Dr. William Yee in the 1960s and 1970s. The videotape of Watts focuses on street
scenes circa 1963, just prior to the Watts Riots of 1965, including footage of the Watts Towers. The East Los Angeles footage,
which Yee titled "East LA Estrada," was filmed circa 1970-1971. The East Los Angeles footage shows Chicano murals in the neighborhood,
along with people and children interacting between the buildings and murals.
Conditions Governing Access
The USC Digital Repository digitized all of the films in this collection in November of 2021. The digital files are publicly
accessible via the USC Digital Library. Each file-level record in this finding aid is titled with the digital surrogate's
filename and includes a link to the corresponding USC Digital Library asset.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William Yee, July 30, 2021.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles, Collection no. 7132, Regional History Collection,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Processing Information
The USC Digital Repository digitized all of the films in this collection in November of 2021. The digital files are publicly
accessible via the USC Digital Library. Each file-level record in this finding aid is titled with the digital surrogate's
filename and includes a link to the corresponding USC Digital Library asset.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chicano movement -- Archival resources
East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
Mural painting and decoration -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archival resources
Street art -- California -- East Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Film reels
Moving images
Yee, William -- Archives
EastLAEstrada_ARoll.mov
EastLAEstrada_ARoll.mov
General
This record describes a digitized version of film footage accessible via the USC Digital Library.
EastLAEstrada_BRoll.mov
EastLAEstrada_BRoll.mov
General
This record describes a digitized version of film footage accessible via the USC Digital Library.
ELA_Mural.mov
ELA_Mural.mov
General
This record describes a digitized version of film footage accessible via the USC Digital Library.
Watts.mov
Watts.mov
General
This record describes a digitized version of film footage accessible via the USC Digital Library.
Yee_Watts.mpg
Yee_Watts.mpg
General
This record describes a digitized version of film footage accessible via the USC Digital Library.
Yee_Watts.mp4
Yee_Watts.mp4
General
This record describes a digitized version of film footage accessible via the USC Digital Library.