Collection Description

The collection contains 62 posters, broadsides, and advertisements related to the Chicano movement. The materials are from the early 1970s through the 1980s.

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!!Welcome!! to the celebration in honor of Our Lady Guadalupe
Poster depicts an incense burner with smoke rising out of it with a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the upper left corner and pink roses across the top. Physical condition is poor., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
11th annual MEChA Chicano high school conference: everything you always needed to know about your college but high school counselor's don't tell you!!
Poster depicts a male and female student wearing graduation robes and mortar boards, and holding their degrees with a rainbow connecting them. Below, two students are being helped by two other people. Event: Chicano High School Conference Sponsors: Cultural Arts Board; Mecha (Organization) Poster created by Chicano high school students Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Ad Hoc Committee on Chicano Rights "voter registration" fundraiser
Poster is yellow with red lettering. An eagle sits in each upper corner. The eagle in the right corner is perched on a cactus with a snake in its mouth. The left corner's eagle has an axe in its talon. Event: Chicano Rights "Voter Registration" Fundraiser Sponsor: Ad Hoc Committee on Chicano Rights Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Amerindia
The poster consists of a giant circle divided into three parts. The top half of the circle depicts the Americas on a globe. The lower half of the circle is divided into two halves (one black, the other white), each with an Amerindian design. Event: Amerindia Sponsors: Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, CA Physical condition is poor., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Chicanas
Poster depicts the profile of a bandolier-wearing woman as she looks toward a crow. The woman and the crow are circled by branches. Physical condition is good, Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Chicano Federation dance
Poster depicts the Chicano Federation symbol of a three-faced head within an Aztec sun. Event: Chicano Federation Dance featuring Colour with George Villaseñor at Macho's Sponsor: Chicano Federation of San Diego County., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Chicano Federation presents a charity racquetball tournament
Poster has a blue background with black lettering. A girl is playing racquetball in the upper right corner. Event: Racquetball Tournament Sponsor: Chicano Federation of San Diego County Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Chicano Federation presents a charity racquetball tournament
Poster depicts a girl playing racquetball in the upper right corner. The poster is bright green with black lettering. Event: Racquetball Tournament Sponsor: Chicano Federation of San Diego County Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Chicano Park Day: 7th anniversary
Poster depicts a group of men, including a Brown Beret and UFW worker, erecting a flag with the Chicano Federation symbol of a three-faced head between two freeway bridges at Chicano Park. A bird is flying overhead. Event: Chicano Park Day, 7th Anniversary Celebration Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Chicano high school conference
Poster depicts four students talking to each other. One is holding a San Diego State folder. Sponsors: Barrios Unidos y Educacion; Cultural Arts Board; Mecha (Organization) Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Chicano national immigration conference and memorial march
Poster is divided into two black areas and one white area in the middle. On the white portion of the poster are two hands gripping barbed wire. Event: Chicano National Immigration Conference and Memorial March Sponsor: Committee on Chicano Rights Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Cinco de Mayo
Poster depicts a black huelga eagle grabbing a snake. A man, representing Mexico, is holding a sword above a fallen Napoleon. In the upper right corner is a drawing of Hepner Hall and tombstones. Event: Ballet Tayanaya, Ballet Los Tarancos; Mariachi Los Aventurero Sponsor: C. A. B. Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval

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