South Colton Oral History Project collection
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains video recordings, publications, vertical files, and other materials pertaining to the South Colton Oral History Project that documents life in South Colton, a 1.3 square-mile ethnically segregated Mexican American community within the city limits of Colton, California. These materials were compiled by Tom M. Rivera, one of the lead project researchers and professor emeritus from California State University, San Bernardino. Includes oral history interviews with life-long residents and prominent members of the South Colton community, publications detailing the history of Colton, California and the Inland Empire region, vertical files documenting the South Colton community, and video recordings related to Mexican American history.
Dates
- Creation: 1939-2020, undated
- Creation: Majority of material found in 2013-2017, undated
Creator
- Rivera, Tom M. (Person)
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Extent
4.5 Linear Feet (9 document boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
This collection contains video recordings, publications, vertical files, and other materials pertaining to the South Colton Oral History Project that documents life in South Colton, a 1.3 square-mile ethnically segregated Mexican American community within the city limits of Colton, California. Includes oral history interviews with life-long residents and prominent members of the South Colton community as well as related research materials on the history of Colton, California and surrounding areas.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into the following three series and three subseries:
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated by Tom M. Rivera, 2021.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Eric Milenkiewicz, 2022.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- South Colton Oral History Project collection
- Author
- Finding aid created by Eric Milenkiewicz, University Archivist.
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- .
Repository Details
Part of the Pfau Library Special Collections Repository
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino CA 92407 United States
909-537-5112
archives@csusb.edu