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South Colton Oral History Project collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-011

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

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:

  • Series 1: Vertical Files, 1939-2020, undated.
  • Series 2: Publications. 1973-2019, undated.
  • Series 3: Video Recordings, 2002-2017, undated.
  • Subseries 3.1: Oral History Interviews (unedited), 2013-2017.
  • Subseries 3.2: Oral History Interviews (edited), 2013-2016.
  • Subseries 3.3: Other, 2002, undated.
  • Acquisition Information

    This collection was donated by Tom M. Rivera, 2021.

    Processing Information

    This collection was processed by Eric Milenkiewicz, 2022.

    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

    Contact:
    5500 University Parkway
    San Bernardino CA 92407 United States
    909-537-5112