Spanish-Speaking Organization for Community, Integrity and Opportunity (SOCIO) records, 1967-1986

The Spanish-Speaking Organization for Community, Integrity and Opportunity (SOCIO) records (1967-1986) document this organization's administration, social programs, and community activities. Included are office files, financial documents, conference and meeting minutes, and client records. Also included are SOCIO's correspondence files that include letters and memoranda relating to its activities with government agencies, private businesses, and other community organizations. These documents describe SOCIO and its activities as an organization representing Hispanic interests in the state of Utah.

SOCIO's administrative files are housed in boxes 1-48 and include organizational records, correspondence, and conference and financial records. General administrative records (boxes 1-3) include reports, board records, founding documentation, meeting minutes, and public relations materials. Personnel records, job description forms, and membership rosters are also present (boxes 4-8). Correspondence with private businesses and government agencies, as well as communications between SOCIO members and staff, are also in the administrative files (boxes 9-14). Included are the letters, memoranda, and communications of Robert Nieves, SOCIO's executive director from 1969-1984 (boxes 11-12). SOCIO's financial records contain documentation of government funding, such as the Comprehensive Education and Training Act, as well as contracts with private industries, non-governmental organi-zations, and the United Way (boxes 15-22). SOCIO's insurance records, tax records, invoices, and financial statements from 1972-1986 make up the remainder of the financial records (boxes 23-48).

Documents resulting from the social programs that SOCIO pursued from 1972-1986 are housed in boxes 49-130. Records of an emergency food bank that SOCIO operated from 1980-1986 are included (boxes 49-67), as well as the attendance rolls, student records, and course materials from SOCIO's adult education program (boxes 68-98). SOCIO's involve-ment with the Cuban Entrant Program is documented by written proposals, contracts, and participant records (boxes 99-104). Records of SOCIO's programs directed toward minorities and the criminal justice system are present (boxes 105-106), as is documentation of SOCIO's involvement with employment programs, job training programs, and low income housing (boxes 107-120). Files chronicling SOCIO's activities with other organi-zations representing minority interests, along with records and written proposals regarding SOCIO's activities with elderly minorities, are available (boxes 121-125). Correspondence, written proposals, and program descriptions that document SOCIO's promotion of civil rights and support of affirmative action policies are in boxes 126-129. Also included in these files are meeting minutes, correspondence, and program outlines from the Governor's Council on Hispanic Affairs (box 129). A variety of miscellaneous documents relevant to SOCIO's activities are gathered in box 130.

DUE TO THE CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF CLIENT RECORDS, THE MATERIALS IN BOXES 49-67, 73-98, 100-104, 112 AND 128 ARE RESTRICTED. ACCESS TO THESE DOCUMENTS REQUIRES PERMISSION OF THE MANUSCRIPTS DIVISION HEAD.