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Tomás Ybarra-Frausto papers, 1943-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás 1938-
- Title
- Tomás Ybarra-Frausto papers
- Dates
- 1943-1988 (inclusive)19431988
1968-1988 (bulk)19681988 - Quantity
- 11.04 cubic feet, including 8 sound cassettes, 1 sound tape reel, and 1 videocassette (20 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection Number
- (Accession No. 4339-001)
- Summary
- Papers of a Chicano professor of romance languages and literature at the University of Washington.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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The papers are open to all users.
Sound cassettes, sound tape reel, and videocassette require special equipment for listening and viewing.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Tomás Ybarra-Frausto taught in the Dept. of Romance Languages and Literature of the University of Washington from 1970 until 1976. He was an instructor of Chicano culture and history. During this time Ybarra-Frausto was actively involved in proposals for a Chicano studies program at the university. Outside of the university he also dedicated himself to establishing and supporting programs which helped Chicanos to build a healthy identity, to gain access to good education and job training, and ultimately to obtain positions as graduate students and faculty at the university level.
Ybarra-Frausto left the University of Washington as part of a group of Mexican-American faculty and administrators who resigned in protest of the university’s lack of commitment to the development of a Chicano studies program and to the hiring of Chicano faculty needed to support such a program.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Ybarra-Frausto papers document various ethnic studies and Chicano studies proposals at the University of Washington, and include information about similar programs at other universities. A compilation of newspaper clippings and other items documents confrontations between Chicanos and the university for six months prior to the resignations of UW Mexican-American faculty and administrators in May of 1975.
Ybarra-Frausto also collected papers that document the activities of Chicano artists, students, and organizations in Washington State. These materials reflect the mood of the Chicano (Mexican-American) movement of the 1970s. Topics include Northwest Chicano history, Chicano artists, theater and dance groups, literature, student movements, farm workers associations, educational associations, and self-help organizations in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.
Among the collected papers, a large series can be identified as the papers of Raúl Arellano, a professor of anthropology at Shoreline Community College in Seattle. Professor Arellano’s papers include files concerning the Chicano Education Association (CHE), an organization which encouraged increased educational opportunities for and employment of Chicano educators and paraprofessionals; the McNeil Island Mexican-American Self Help group (M.A.S.H.), which emphasized education and improved employment opportunities for incarcerated Mexican-Americans; and the Washington State Commission on Mexican-American Affairs, an advisory committee to the governor.
Other organizations documented in the papers include: Active Mexicanos Economic Development Center (AMEDC), formed in 1970 to establish a service center for social, economic, and educational programs serving the Chicano population of King County, Washington; El Centro de la Raza, established (1972) in an abandoned Beacon Hill school to provide basic social and health services to Chicanos; La Escuelita Chicano, founded in Granger, Washington (with its population of 50% Chicano residents) to provide an environment that would foster a positive self-image and encourage intellectual and spiritual development through language, games and folkdance; and Teatro del Piojo, a theatrical group founded in 1970 and directed at its outset by Ybarra-Frausto. Teatro del Piojo toured the West Coast region with humorous and satirical “actos” portraying the Chicano experience.
At least some of the artist files included in the papers were collected in preparation for an exhibition at the Evergreen State College and the University of Washington entitled Chicano and Latino Artists in the Pacific Northwest.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Tape recorded interviews are available for listening but may not be copied without the permission of the interviewee. Papers may not be copied without the permission of the author.
Preferred Citation
[Title of item], [date of item if known], [box/folder number], Tomás Ybarra-Frausto Papers, Accession No. 4339-001, University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 5 series:
- Personal and professional papers, 1957-1988
- Active Mexicanos records, 1971-1979, 1987
- Raúl Arellano papers, 1969-1980, 1987
- El Centro de la Raza records, circa 1972-1974
- La Escuelita records, 1943, 1969-1971
Preservation Note
Sound cassettes, sound tape reel, and videocassette require special equipment for listening and viewing.
Acquisition Information
Source: Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, September 3, 1993.
Processing Note
Photographs were relocated to the Tomás Ybarra-Frausto Collection, PH Coll. 437, Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, in 1994.
Separated Materials
Many publications by and about Chicanos in the Northwest that were originally included in the Tomás Ybarra-Frausto papers were relocated to the Northwest Collection, which is also located in the Special Collections division, University of Washington Libraries. A list of the relocated materials is appended to the inventory of the collection.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal and Professional PapersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1-4 | General Correspondence |
1968-1988 |
1/5-15 | Reports |
1969-1988 |
2/1-2 | Reports - By Students |
1967, 1971 |
2/3-10 | Speeches and Writings |
1970, 1988 |
2/11-16 to 3/20 | Speeches and Writings - Of Others |
1957-1976 |
4/1-4 | Conference and Convention Files |
1968-1973 |
4/5 | Campaign Materials - Ricardo Sanchez |
1987 |
4/6 | Legislation |
undated |
4/7 | Proposal |
1973 |
4/8 | Handbook |
1971 |
4/9 | Scrapbook - United Farm Workers Union |
1970 |
Artist Files |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/10-11 | Aguayo, Emilio |
1972 |
4/12-13 | Arreguin, Alfredo |
1984-1988 |
4/14 | Ascarraga |
undated |
4/15 | Chavez, Rita |
undated |
4/16 | Desiga, Daniel |
undated |
4/17 | Fernandez, Rudy |
1982 |
4/18 | Gonzales, Jose Gamaliel |
undated |
4/19 | Johansen, Bruce (Photographer) |
1980 |
4/20 | Lara, Armand |
undated |
4/21 | Maldonado, Chuy "Flaco" (Poet) |
1976 |
5/1 | Perez, Norman L. |
1980 |
5/2 | Rodriguez, Jose Luis |
1985 |
5/3 | Trejo, Ruben |
1976-1987 |
Box/Folder | ||
5/4 | Artwork - Unsigned |
undated |
5/5 | Bibliographies |
1982 |
5/6 | Award |
1973 |
5/7 | Notes |
undated |
Subject Files |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/8 | Arte Mexicano |
undated |
5/9 | "Artistas de Aztlan," Henry Art Gallery exhibit
(University of Washington) |
1970 |
5/10 | Aucan, Rayen & Pepe Martinez |
1979 |
5/11 | Bailadores de Bronce |
1982 |
5/12 | Biligual Education |
1978 |
5/13 | Burlington, Washington strike |
1970 |
5/14 | Catholics, Archdiocese of Seattle, Hispanic Ministries
Office |
1982-1985 |
5/15-18 to 6/4 | Chicano and Latino Art and Culture in the Pacific
Northwest |
1981-1985 |
6/5 | Chicano Cultural Expression in the Pacific Northwest,
Directory of Chicano and Latino Murals |
1982 |
6/6 | Chicano Project: Photo-Journalistic Manual |
undated |
6/7 | Chicano Week, Washington State University |
undated |
6/8-10 | Colegio Cesar Chavez, Oregon |
1978-1981 |
6/11 | Concilio for the Spanish Speaking See also:
See also:
Publications.
|
1978-1979,1983 |
7/1 | Cons Unlimited |
1967 |
7/2 | Galeria Tlaloc |
1987 |
7/3 | "I Am Celso" |
1985 |
7/4 | Idaho |
1972 |
7/5 | League of United Latin American Citizens |
1985 |
7/6 | Maeda, Sharon |
undated |
7/7 | Maestas, Roberto |
1973-1984 |
7/8 | Maltos, Eron |
undated |
7/9 | Medina, Manuel |
1977 |
7/10 | Metamorfosis |
1976-1980 |
7/11 | Mexican American Federation |
1968-1970 |
7/12 | Migrant Center, Central Washington State
College |
undated |
7/13 | Migrant Education |
1969-1972 |
7/14 | "Mujer" |
1979 |
7/15 | Munoz, Perfecto |
1973 |
7/16 | National Chicano Academy of Arts and
Letters |
1974-1975 |
7/17 | O'Higgins, Pablo Mural |
1975 |
7/18 | Operation Detour |
undated |
7/19 | The People of Washington: An Ethnic Heritage
Exhibition |
1985-1986 |
7/20 | Popular Art: Yakima Valley |
1972 |
7/21 | Prisoners |
1969 |
7/22 | Radio |
undated |
7/23 | Salvadoran Refugees |
1982 |
7/24 | Sierra, Ruben--"Manolo" |
1974-1977 |
7/25 | Survival of American Indians Association |
1976 |
18/15-16 | El Teatro del Piojo Records |
1977 |
7/26 | Teatro Quetzalcoatl |
1977 |
7/27 | Third World Coalition - Seattle |
1973-1974 |
7/28 | UMAS - United Mexican American Students |
1969 |
7/29 | Undocumented Workers |
1973-1974 |
7/30 | United Chicanos, Washington State
Penitentiary |
1978 |
7/31 | Washington Human Affairs Councils, Olympia |
1973 |
8/1 | Washington Association of Foreign Language
Teachers |
1972 |
18/17-18 | Washington Migrant Education Committee |
1970-1972 |
8/2 | Washington State Chicano Education Task
Force |
undated |
8/3 | Washington State Historical Society |
1985 |
University of Washington |
||
Box/Folder | ||
8/4 | Incoming Letters - Aragon de Shepro,
Theresa |
1973 |
8/5-7 | Reports |
1972-1980 |
8/8-9 | Proposals |
1971-1975 |
8/10 | Plan for Chicano Studies Department |
undated |
8/11 | Speeches and Writings |
undated |
8/12 | Speeches and Writings of Others |
197o-1973 |
8/13 | Course Information |
1968-1975 |
8/14-18 | Conferences and Conventions |
1970-1980 |
8/19 | Notes |
undated |
8/20 | Petition |
undated |
8/21 | Questionnaire |
undated |
8/22 | Lists |
undated |
8/23 | Ephemera |
1968-1980 |
8/24-25 to 9/1 | Clippings |
1969-1980 |
9/2 | Miscellany |
undated |
Subject Files |
||
Box/Folder | ||
9/3 | Chicano Programs of Other Universities |
1969-1970 |
9/4 | Chicano Studies Committee |
1970-1974 |
9/5 | Chicano Studies Programs |
1969-1971 |
9/6 | Confrontations Between Chicanos and the
University |
1975 |
9/7 | CORE An organization to recruit Chicano graduate students.
|
1969-1970 |
9/8 | Delgado, Ricardo |
1975 |
9/9 | Ethnic Cultural Center |
1972 |
9/10 | Firing of Rosa Morales |
1977 |
9/11 | Graduate Students |
1971 |
9/12 | Grants |
undated |
9/13 | Grape Boycott |
1969-1975 |
9/14 | Grievance Procedures |
1971 |
10/1 | MECHA |
1970-1981 |
10/2 | Mexican-American Studies Committee |
1968-1969 |
10/3 | Minority Staff |
undated |
10/4 | Philosophy and Goals of Chicano Studies
Department |
1973-1974 |
10/5 | Semana Chicana |
1972 |
10/6 | Spring Conflict |
1975 |
10/7 | Strike - Endorsement |
1970 |
Box/Folder | ||
18/19 | Young Men's Christian Association, University of
Washington Branch |
1970-1972 |
Box/Folder | ||
10/8-11 | Theses |
|
Sound Recordings Contain interviews conducted by Ybarra-Frausto. All are sound
cassettes unless otherwise indicated.
|
||
Box | ||
11 | Aguayo, Emilio |
1982 |
11 | Barron, Roger |
1984 |
11 | Castaneda, Irene 1 sound tape reel
|
circa 1960-1970 |
11 | Chicano Expressions (Fragment) |
undated |
11 | Groupo Armar |
1982 |
11 | Holding, Lucas Interviewer unidentified. |
undated |
11 | Lopez Jones, Petra |
1984 |
11 | Nash, Irwin |
1982 |
11 | Unidentified Photographer |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
12/1 | Miscellany |
undated |
12/2-10 | Clippings |
1970-1985 |
12/11-14 | Ephemera |
1970-1988 |
19-20 | undated |
Active Mexicanos Records, 1971-1979, 1987Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
12/15 | Historical Features |
undated |
12/16 | Organizational Features |
1974 |
12/17 | General Correspondence |
1974-1979 |
12/18 | Minutes |
1972-1979 |
12/19 | Financial Records |
undated |
12/20 | Legal Documents |
1975 |
12/21 | Reports |
1978 |
13/1 | Proposal |
undated |
13/2 | Lists |
1978 |
13/3 | Videotape - Closedown of Seattle-King County Spanish
Surnamed Community Action Board |
undated |
13/4 | Notes |
1975 |
13/5 | Clippings |
1971,1987 |
Raul Arellano Papers, 1969-1980, 1987Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
13/6 | General Correspondence |
1970-1977 |
13/7 | Writing |
undated |
13/8 | Legislation |
1971-1973 |
13/9 | Course Offerings - Western Washington State
College |
1977-1978 |
13/10 | Course Outlines |
1980 |
13/11 | Miscellany |
|
13\12 | Clippings |
1970-1971 |
Subject Files |
||
Box/Folder | ||
13/13 | American Friends Service Committee, Pacific Northwest
Regional Office |
1971 |
13/14 | Bilingual Education - Fisher Elementary |
1973-1976 |
13/15 | Central Seattle Community Council, Education
Committee |
1971 |
13/16 | Chicano Mobile Institute |
1971-1973 |
14/1 | Chicano Stereotype Controversy, Shoreline Community
College |
1971 |
14/2 | Chicano Studies Institute (University of
Washington) |
1971 |
14/3 | Employment Facts |
1972 |
14/4 | Ethnic Studies v. Chicano Studies, Shoreline Community
College |
1971-1972 |
14/5 | Evergreen State College |
1972 |
14/6 | Granger School Lunch |
undated |
14/7 | MECHA - Shoreline Community College |
1970-1971 |
14/8 | National Education Task Force de la Raza |
1972 |
14/9 | Northwest Rural Opportunities |
1971 |
14/10 | Pacific Northwest Bell (Jobs for Chicanos
Northwest) |
1972 |
14/11 | Puget Sound Regional Minority Affairs
Consortium |
1971-1973 |
14/12 | S.E.R. (Service, Employment, Redevelopment) - Jobs for
Progress |
1972-1973 |
14/13 | Shoreline Community College
Ebbtide - Racist
Cartoon |
1970-1971 |
14/14 | Skagit County Nagatani Camp #2 Dispute,
Burlington |
1970 |
14/15 | Skagit Valley College |
1971-1975 |
14/16 | United Farm Workers |
1970-1972 |
14/17 | Northwest Coalition for the Spanish-Speaking, U.S.
Catholic Conference Region X |
1971 |
Box/Folder | ||
14/18 | Voucher Plan |
undated |
14/19 | Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
(WICHE) |
1971-1972 |
Chicano Education Association |
||
Box/Folder | ||
15/1 | Historical Features |
undated |
15/2 | Minutes |
1970-1977 |
15/3-8 | General Correspondence Major correspondents include: Washington Public Instruction
Superintendent, Northwest Rural Opportunities, Reymundo Marin, and Washington.
Community College Education Board.
|
1970-1976 |
15/9 | Minutes -Western Washington State College |
1972 |
15/10 | Speeches and Writings |
1971 |
16/1 | Reports |
1971-1972 |
16/2 | News Releases |
1971 |
16/3 | Financial Records |
1971 |
16/4 | Resolution |
undated |
16/5 | Workshops |
1970 |
16/6 | Project Application |
1976-1977 |
16/7-9 | Grant Proposals |
1971-1974 |
16/10 | Petition |
circa 1972 |
16/11 | Membership Lists |
undated |
16/12 | Forms |
undated |
Subject Files |
||
Box/Folder | ||
16/13 | Controversy - Chicanos in Tacoma |
1971 |
16/14 | Employment |
undated |
16/15 | Human Relations Council |
1971 |
16/16 | Migrant Education |
1971-1972 |
16/17 | Shoreline Community College, Minority Affairs
Program |
1970-1971 |
16/18 | State Community College Consortium |
1970-1971 |
16/19 | Washington. Human Rights Commission |
1971 |
16/20 | Washington Public Instruction Superintendent, Urban
Rural, Racial, and Disadvantaged Education Program Internal Assessment
Subcommittee (URRD) |
1972-1973 |
Box/Folder | ||
16/21 | Notes |
|
16/22-23 | Miscellany |
1971-1975 |
16/24 | Ephemera |
1976 |
17/1-2 | Clippings |
1971-1974 |
Mexican-American Self Help (MASH) |
||
Box/Folder | ||
17/3 | Organizational Information |
undated |
17/4 | General Correspondence |
1970-1973 |
17/5 | Speeches and Writings |
undated |
17/6 | Newsletter |
1970 |
17/7 | Grant Proposal |
1972 |
17/8 | Seminar |
undated |
17/9 | Photograph |
undated |
17/10 | Miscellany |
undated |
17/11-12 | Ephemera |
undated |
Washington Mexican-American Affairs
Commission |
||
Box/Folder | ||
17/13 | General Correspondence |
1969-1973 |
17/14 | Minutes and Agendas |
1970,1972 |
17/15 | Legislation |
1972 |
17/16 | Speeches and Writings |
1970 |
17/17 | Reports |
1970-1972,1987 |
17/18 | Recommendation |
1970 |
17/19 | List |
1969-1970 |
17/20 | Notes |
undated |
17/21 | Miscellany |
undated |
El Centro de la Raza Records, circa 1972-1974Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
17/22 | Historical Information |
undated |
17/23 | General Correspondence |
1972-1974 |
17/24 | Minutes |
1974 |
18/1 | Speeches and Writings |
undated |
18/2 | Financial Records |
undated |
18/3 | Resolution |
1972 |
box-folder:oversize | ||
Misc. 3 | Poster |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
18/4 | Ephemera |
undated |
18/5 | Clippings |
undated |
18/6 | Miscellany |
undated |
La Escuelita Records, 1943, 1969-1971Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
18/7 | Historical and Organizational Information |
1969-1970 |
18/8 | General Correspondence |
1971 |
18/9 | Minutes |
1971 |
18/10 | Publication |
circa 1970 |
18/11 | Notes |
undated |
18/12 | Ephemera |
1970 |
18/13 | Clippings |
1943, 1969-1970 |
18/14 | Miscellany |
1970 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Chicano movement--Washington (State)
- Chicano movement--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Hispanic American artists--Washington (State)
- Mexican American artists--Washington (State)
- Mexican American college teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Mexican American prisoners--Washington (State)
- Mexican Americans--Education (Higher)--Washington (State)
- Mexican Americans--Education (Higher)--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Mexican Americans--Education--Washington (State)
- Mexican Americans--Study and teaching--Washington (State)
- Mexican Americans--Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Mexican Americans--Washington (State)
- Mexican Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Mexican Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Mexican Americans--Washington (State)--Societies, etc
- Teachers of Mexican Americans--Washington (State)
- Teachers of Mexican Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Arellano, Raúl--Archives
- Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás, 1938- --Archives
Corporate Names
- Active Mexicanos Economic Development Center (Seattle, Wash.)
- Centro de la Raza (Seattle, Wash.)
- Chicano Education Association of the State of Washington
- Escuelita (Granger, Wash.)
- McNeil Island Penitentiary
- Mexican American Self Help (Group)
- University of Washington--Faculty--Archives
- Washington (State). Commission on Mexican American Affairs
Form or Genre Terms
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Interviews
- Newsletters
- Publications
- Sound recordings
- Videocassettes
- correspondence
- ephemera
- financial records
- minutes
- reports
- writings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Arellano, Raúl (creator)
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives