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By Reyes Martinez Lopez
Collection Overview
Title: Garcia Family Papers, 1963-2009 and no date

Primary Creator: Louie 'Lugs' Garcia (1933-2008)
Other Creators: Garcia Family
Extent: 5.0 Boxes
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into seven series. The series are as follows:
Series 1, Personal Papers, 1972-2003 and no date
Series 2, Photographs, 1973 and no date
Series 3, Subject Files, 1963-2005 and no date
Series 4, Publications, 1967-2006 and no date
Series 5, Newspaper Clippings, 1971-2009 and no date
Series 6, Oversize Printed Matter, 1971-2008 and no date
Series 7, Water Samples from Salt Creek area of Pueblo, Colorado
Series 8, Electronic files, 2014
Date Acquired: 00/00/2009
Subjects: Chicano Movement -- Colorado., Discrimination in education -- Colorado -- Education -- History -- 20th century -- Sources, Hispanic Americans -- Civil Rights -- Colorado, Mexican Americans -- Civil Rights - Colorado, Mexican Americans -- Social conditions -- Colorado -- History -- 20th century -- Sources, Pueblo (Colo.) -- History -- 20th century, United Farm Workers
Forms of Material: Photographs
Languages: English
Abstract
Includes personal papers, photographs, publications, and newspaper clippings relating to the life and activities of Chicano activist Louie 'Lugs' Garcia and his family.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists of papers, photographs and printed materials relating to the activities of Chicano activist Louis 'Lugs' Garcia.
Collection Historical Note
Louie 'Lugs' Garcia was born July 21, 1933, in Rifle, Colorado and died on January 20, 2008 in Pueblo, Colorado. Garcia was a Chicano activist in Pueblo, Colorado. A one-time Brown Beret, he campaigned for the rights of farm workers, bilingual education and organized the cleanup of the Salt Creek barrio area of Pueblo.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Colorado State University-Pueblo Library
Access Restrictions:
There are no access restrictions on this collection
Use Restrictions:
Not all of the material in the collection is in the public domain. Researchers are responsible for addressing copyright issues.
Acquisition Source:
Delfina Garcia
Acquisition Method:
The material was acquired by donation from Delfina Garcia, widow of Louie 'Lugs' Garcia.
Related Materials:
Jose E. Ortega Papers, Rick F. Manzanares Papers, David Marquez Papers, Mitchell Kaufman Papers, Deborah Martinez Martinez Papers, Andres de Pineda Papers, David A. Sandoval Audiovisual Collection, United Mexican American Students Records, Juan Federico "Freddie Freak" Miguel Arguello Trujillo Chicano Movement Collection
Preferred Citation:
Garcia Family Papers, University Archives and Special Collections, Colorado State University-Pueblo Library.
Processing Information:
by Jose Antonio Ortega and Reyes Martinez Lopez, 2012-2015.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Personal Papers, 1972-2003 and no date],
[
Series 2: Photographs, ca. 1973 and no date],
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Series 3: Subject Files, 1963-2005 and no date],
[
Folder 4: Publications, 1971-2006 and no date],
[
Series 5: Newspaper clippings, 1971-2009 and no date],
[
Series 6: Oversize printed matter, 1971-2008 and no date],
[
Series 7: Water samples from Salt Creek area of Pueblo, CO, no date],
[
Series 8: Electronic files, 2014],
[All]
- Series 1: Personal Papers, 1972-2003 and no date

- series description goes here
- UnitID: Series 1
- Box 1

- Folder 1: Certificates, 1972

- Folder 2: Greetings cards, no date

- Folder 3: Memorial cards, 1997-2003

- Folder 4: Notebook: Pollution from CF and I slag dump, Pueblo, CO, no date

- Folder 5: Notebook: Pollution, Blende, CO, no date

- Folder 6: Notebook: Pollution, Salt Creek, Pueblo, CO, no date

- Folder 7: Notebook: Pollution, Salt Creek, Pueblo, CO, no date

- Folder 8: Notebook: Pollution, Salt Creek, Pueblo, CO, no date

- Folder 9: Personal letters, 1975-1988

- Series 2: Photographs, ca. 1973 and no date

- series description here
- UnitID: Series 2
- Box 1

- Folder 10: Delgado’s Farms and unidentified, color photographs, no date

- Folder 11: Salt Creek, Pueblo, CO [?], color photographs, no date

- Folder 12: Salt Creek, Pueblo, CO [?], color photographs, no date

- Folder 13: Salt Creek, Pueblo, CO, cleanup, United Farm Workers marches and demonstrations, Louie Luggs, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales and others, black/white and color photographs, no date


- Folder 14: Salt Creek, Pueblo, CO, cleanup, United Farm Workers marches and demonstrations, Louie Luggs, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales and others, black/white and color photographs, no date


- Folder 15: Salt Creek, Pueblo, CO, cleanup, United Farm Workers marches and demonstrations, Louie Luggs, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales and others, black/white and color photographs, no date

- Folder 16: Black/white photographs, unidentified, no date

- Folder 17: Black/white photographs, 1 negative, unidentified, no date

- Folder 18: Color photographs, unidentified, ca. 1973

- Folder 19: Photographs (Xerox copies), unidentified, no date

- Series 3: Subject Files, 1963-2005 and no date

- Series description here
- UnitID: Series 3
- Box 1

- Folder 20: Bishop’s Advisory Council, 1974

- Folder 21: Central America, 1990-1992 and no date

- Folder 22: Cesar Chavez, United Farmworkers Union, includes flier signed by Chavez, 1986-2005

- Folder 23: Chicano Barrio Education Committee: “Statement of issues to School District No. 60 School Board”, 30 Jan 1973

- Folder 24: Civil rights legislation, 1963-1974

- Folder 25: Coca, Francisco, no date

- Folder 26: Contact lists, no date

- Folder 27: Coors, English Language amendment, CO, no date

- Folder 28: District No. 60 Schools, Pueblo, CO, 1971-1974

- Folder 29: English Only Movement, 1987-1988 and no date

- Folder 30: Foster care, 1977

- Folder 31: La Raza Unida, Cleanup Program disclaimers, 1972

- Folder 32: List: “People who voted against us”, no date

- Folder 33: List: “Priorities” [Chicano rights], no date

- Folder 34: Los Seis de Boulder, 1974, 2002

- Folder 35: Martinez, Francisco “Kiko”, 1989

- Folder 36: Pueblo Community Action Center, 1972 and no date

- Folder 37: Salt Creek [Barrio Salao], 1972-2004 and no date

- Folder 38: Salt Creek [Barrio Salao], 1972 and no date

- Folder 39: Salt Creek pollution, CFandI, Ted Lopez: Handwritten notes, no date

- Folder 40: Song lyrics, 1988 and no date

- Folder 41: Southern Colorado Chicano Planning Council, 1975

- Folder 42: Southern Colorado Comprehensive Mental Health Center, 1973

- Folder 43: Statement: “An account is overdue”, ca. 1973

- Folder 44: Tierra Amarilla (Amarilla land grant), 1989 and no date

- Folder 4: Publications, 1971-2006 and no date

- Series description here
- UnitID: Series 4
- Box 2

- Folder 1: Ahora! Volume 4, no. 4, March 13, 1973

- Folder 2: Ahora! Volume 4, no. 15, November-December 1973

- Folder 3: Akwesasne Notes [partial issue], Early Summer 1973

- Folder 4: Akwesasne Notes [partial issue], Early Autumn 1976

- Folder 5: Akwesasne Notes [partial issue], Late Autumn 1976

- Folder 6: Akwesasne Notes [partial issue], Late Autumn 1976

- Folder 7: Alert! Focus on Central America, Volume 8, number 2, March 1990

- Folder 8: Alert! Focus on Central America, Volume 8, number 4, May 1990

- Folder 9: Al Frente de Lucha, Vol. 2, no. 1, Enero-Febrero 1978

- Folder 10: The Aztec Report!, August/September 1993

- Folder 11: CASC: Central American Solidarity Coalition, no date

- Folder 12: Con Safos Magazine, Winter 1998

- Folder 13: Congresso Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (CUFA) newsletters, 1975-1976

- Folder 14: Cuaderno de la Resolana, no date

- Folder 15: The East Side Neighborhood Association Highlights, Vol. II, Issue 3, March 2005

- Folder 16: El Aviso: Neighborhood News for Salt Creek, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Winter 2004

- Folder 17: El Aviso: Neighborhood News for Salt Creek, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Spring 2005

- Folder 18: El Aviso: Neighborhood News for Salt Creek, Vol. 1, Issue 3, Spring 2005

- Folder 19: El Aviso: Neighborhood News for Salt Creek, Vol. 1, Issue 6, August 2005

- Folder 20: El Diario de la Gente, Vol. I, no. 2, 13 de Deciembre 1973

- Folder 21: El Diario de la Gente, Vol. II, no. 1, Cinco de Mayo 1974

- Folder 22: El Diario de la Gente, Vol. III, no. 3, Octubre 3 ,1974

- Folder 23: El Gallo: La Voz de la Justicia, Vol. IV, no. 3, April 1974

- Folder 24: El Gallo: La Voz de la Justicia, Vol. IV, no. 6, August 1972

- Folder 25: El Gallo: La Voz de la Justicia, Vol. 5, no. 6, October 1973

- Folder 26: El Gallo: La Voz de la Justicia, Vol. 6, no. 1, November-December 1973 and January 1974

- Folder 27: El Gallo: La Voz de la Justicia, Vol. 7, no. 5, July 1975

- Folder 28: El Gallo: La Voz de la Justicia, Vol. 7, no. 6, November 1977

- Folder 29: El Gallo: La Voz de la Justicia [partial issue], no date

- Folder 30: El Gallo: La Voz de la Justicia [partial issue], no date

- Folder 31: Hispania, Volumen II, Numero 9, 15 de Junio 1988

- Folder 32: Hispania, Volumen II, Numero 9, 15 de Septiembre 1988

- Folder 33: Hispania [partial issue], 18 Julio 1990

- Folder 34: Hoy, no. 1600, 23 de Enero de 1971

- Folder 35: La Bandera, Summer 1997

- Folder 36: Labor Action, April/May 1990

- Folder 37: La Cucaracha, Vol. II, no. 6, Julio 1977

- Folder 38: La Cucaracha, Vol. II, no. 7, Agosto 1977

- Folder 39: La Cucaracha, Vol. II, no. 8 [2 copies], El Diez y Seis de Septiembre 1977

- Folder 40: La Cucaracha, Vol. II, no. 9, Octubre 1977

- Folder 41: La Cucaracha, Vol. II, no. 10, Noviembre 1977

- Folder 42: La Cucaracha, Vol. III, no. 3, Marzo 1978

- Folder 43: La Cucaracha, Vol. III, no. [5], Mayo 1978

- Folder 44: La Cucaracha, Vol. III, no. 12, 31 de Octubre 1978

- Folder 45: La Cucaracha, Vol. III, no.13 [ 2 copies], 20 de Noviembre 1978

- Folder 46: La Cucaracha, Vol. IV, no. 1 [2 copies], 9 de Enero 1979

- Folder 47: La Cucaracha, Vol. IV, no. 4, 1 de Abril 1979

- Folder 48: La Cucaracha, Vol. IV, no. 5, Cinco de Mayo 1979

- Folder 49: La Cucaracha, Vol. IV, no. 9, 1 de Agosto 1979

- Folder 50: La Cucaracha, Vol. V, no. 5 [with color cover], Cinco de Mayo 1980

- Folder 51: La Cucaracha, Vol. V, no. 5 [without color cover], Cinco de Mayo 1980

- Folder 52: La Cucaracha, Vol. V, no. 19, 15-21 Agosto 1980

- Folder 53: La Cucaracha, Vol. V, no. 37, 19-25 de Diciembre 1980

- Folder 54: La Cucaracha, Vol. VI, no. 1, 9-15 de Enero 1981

- Folder 55: La Cucaracha, Vol. VI, no. 4, 30 de Enero 1981

- Folder 56: Montelibre Monthly, Volumen 1, numero 2, Junio de 1988

- Folder 57: Montelibre Monthly, Volumen 1, numero 9, Marzo 1989

- Folder 58: Montelibre Monthly, Volumen 3, numero 29, Abril 1991

- Folder 59: Navajo Times, Vol. XXVII, no. 27, July 6, 1989

- Folder 60: Red Brick, Vol. 1, no. 2, no date

- Folder 61: Under the Rug: Colorado’s Children and Youth, Vol. 1, July 1975

- Folder 62: Valley Voice, Volume 4, no. 1, Winter 1994

- Folder 63: The VLine: For VISTA Volunteers, Vol. 2, no. 8, December 29, 1972

- Folder 64: Ya Basta!, Spring 1988

- Folder 65: Ya Basta! No. 2, Spring 1988

- Folder 66: Ya Basta! No 3 [2 copies], August 1988

- Folder 67: Ya Basta! No. 4 [2 copies], October 1988

- Folder 68: Ya Basta! [2 copies], May 1989

- Folder 69: Ya Basta! [2 copies], July 1989

- Folder 70: Ya Basta! [2 copies], Otono 1989

- Folder 71: Ya Basta! Vol. IV, No. 1 [2 copies], Primavera 1991

- Folder 72: Ya Basta! Vol. VIII, No. 2, Summer 1996

- Folder 73: Ya Bsta! Vol. XI, No. 1, [1999]

- Folder 74: Ya Basta! Special Edition, no date

- Folder 75: Article: “An impediment to cultural pluralism: Culturally deficient educators attempting to teach culturally different children.”, no date

- Folder 76: Booklet: “A Message from Assata [Shakur]” [on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Marion Lockdown], no date

- Folder 77: Community Action Program: Community Education: Tutorial Programs, October 1967

- Folder 78: Council for Inter-American Security. “A New Inter-American Policy for the Eighties.” (2 copies), 1980

- Folder 79: Council for Inter-American Security. Special report: “On Creating a Hispanic America: A Nation Within a Nation,” by R.E. “Rusty” Butler, Ph.D., 1988

- Folder 80: [Department of Justice]. “Report of the Community Relations Service: Student Unrest Survey., September 1969

- Folder 81: Directory: Youth Services for Pueblo County, no date

- Folder 82: Maps, no date

- Folder 83: Navarro, Armando. “The evolution of Chicano politics.”, 1974

- Folder 84: Parent Bilingual-Bicultural workshop, Centro de Quinto Sol [study material], October 11, 1975

- Folder 85: St. Joseph School [Pueblo] Reunion, June 23, 24 and 25, 2006

- Folder 86: Typescript (mimeographed): “The History of George Morris”, no date

- Folder 87: Misc. publications: Calendars and catalogs, no date

- Series 5: Newspaper clippings, 1971-2009 and no date

- series description here
- UnitID: Series 5
- Box 3

- Folder 1: African-Americans, 1980s

- Folder 2: Amache internment camp, 1988

- Folder 3: Arellano, John, no date

- Folder 4: Aztec, NM – Recall petition, no date

- Folder 5: Boxers, 1988

- Folder 6: Bessemer neighborhood, 2009

- Folder 7: Castro, Fidel, 1991

- Folder 8: Central America, 1986-1989

- Folder 9: Cesar Chavez, United Farm Workers (UFW), 1971-2003

- Folder 10: Cinco de Mayo [Pueblo, CO], 1988-2004

- Folder 11: Cisneros, Henry, 1988

- Folder 12: Colorado State University-Pueblo, 1974

- Folder 13: Community Organization Outreach of Pueblo, 1974

- Folder 14: Coors Brewing Co., 1977-1991

- Folder 15: CU-Boulder – Demonstrations, 1971

- Folder 16: Diez y Seis de Septiembre, 1990

- Folder 17: Discrimination, 1971

- Folder 18: District 60 (Pueblo schools), 1976-2005

- Folder 19: District 70 (Pueblo County schools), 2004-2005, no date

- Folder 20: Dolores Huerta Prep School, 2006

- Folder 21: Elderly – Federal assistance programs, 1977

- Folder 22: English Only/Bilingual Education, 1988-2006

- Folder 23: Environmental issues: Fountain Creek and elsewhere in Colorado, 1994-2007

- Folder 24: Garcia family, 1974-2008

- Folder 25: Gonzales, Alberto, 2007

- Folder 26: Gonzales, Rodolfo “Corky”, Crusade for Justice, 1973-2005

- Folder 27: Health issues, 1979-2007

- Folder 28: Hispanic Day of Action, no date

- Folder 29: Hispanic pioneers, 1988

- Folder 30: Hispanics of Colorado, 1989

- Folder 31: Homosexuals, 1991

- Folder 32: Immigration (1 of 2), 1974-2005

- Folder 33: Immigration (2 of 2), 1974-2005

- Folder 34: Iran-Contra, Nicarauga, 1986-1996

- Folder 35: Ku Klux Klan, 1980s-1990s

- Folder 36: La Raza Unida, 1972

- Folder 37: La Sierra Ranch [San Luis Valley, CO], 1994-2004

- Folder 38: Land – Otero/Las Animas Counties (CO), no date

- Folder 39: Latter Day Saints (Mormons), 1994-2007

- Folder 40: Ludlow Massacre monument, 2005

- Folder 41: LULAC, no date

- Folder 42: Francisco ‘Kiko’ Martinez, 1982-1989

- Folder 43: Luis Martinez, Jr., no date

- Folder 44: MEChA, 1995

- Folder 45: Mexico, 1971-2006

- Folder 46: National Education Task Force de la Raza, 1975

- Folder 47: Native Americans, American Indian Movement (AIM), 1973-2005

- Folder 48: Richard Nixon, 1973-1974

- Folder 49: Obituaries, 1974-2005

- Folder 50: Occhiato, Mike, 1988

- Folder 51: Police, 1974-2004

- Folder 52: Poverty, 1973-1991 and no date

- Folder 53: Prisons, 1974-1994 and no date

- Folder 54: Protests, 1977, 1989

- Folder 55: Protests – Columbus Day, 2005

- Folder 56: Protests - Maryland, 1972

- Folder 57: Pueblo, 1975, 2007-2008 and no date

- Folder 58: Pueblo Community Action League, 1972

- Folder 59: Pueblo – History, 2004

- Folder 60: Pueblo – Politics, no date

- Folder 61: Pueblo Welfare Rights Organization, 1975

- Folder 62: Race relations, 1988 and no date

- Folder 63: Religion, 2007

- Folder 64: Rocky Mountain Steel Corporation, 2006

- Folder 65: Salt Creek, 1972-2006

- Folder 66: San Luis, Taylor Ranch, 1988-1989

- Folder 67: Schools, 1988

- Folder 68: South America, 1991

- Folder 69: Social security, 1973 and no date

- Folder 70: U.S. Military, 2007 and no date

- Folder 71: Unions, no date

- Folder 72: Vallejo, Edmund, 1975

- Folder 73: Walkout (Denver), 1994

- Folder 74: Watergate, 1974-1975

- Folder 75: Weddings, 1988

- Folder 76: Welfare, 1973-1989

- Folder 77: Yaklich, Donna, 1988

- Series 6: Oversize printed matter, 1971-2008 and no date

- series description here
- UnitID: Series 6
- Box 4

- Folder 1: Daily Times (Farmington, NM), July 21, 1989

- Folder 2: El Grito del Norte (Las Vegas, NM), June 1973

- Folder 3: Independent (Gallup, NM), July 7, 1989

- Folder 4: Independent (Gallup, NM), July 20, 1989

- Folder 5: La Cucaracha, Vol. 5, no. 9, El Cinco de Mayo, May 5, 1980

- Folder 6: Pueblo Chieftain, March 30, 1976

- Folder 7: Pueblo Chieftain, April 20, 1976

- Folder 8: Pueblo Chieftain, February 16, 1978

- Folder 9: Pueblo Chieftain, February 16, 1978

- Folder 10: Pueblo Chieftain, February 17, 1978

- Folder 11: Pueblo Chieftain, April 25, 1978

- Folder 12: Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo Guidebook, 2005

- Folder 13: Pueblo Star-Journal, April 5, 2007

- Folder 14: Pueblo Star-Journal and Sunday Chieftain, May 29, 1977

- Folder 15: Ya Basta, Vol. VII, no 1, June 23, 1994

- Folder 16: Ya Basta, Vol. III, no. 2, September 16, 1990

- Folder 17: Booklet: Memorial service for Richard Falcon, no date

- Folder 18: Bumper sticker, stickers, no date

- Folder 19: Caminos de Southern Colorado, Feb/March 2008

- Folder 20: Clipping mounted on wooden board: “Garcia Seeks District 42 Post,” La Raza Unida, Pueblo, CO, Aztlan, no date

- Folder 21: El Calendario Chicano, 1976

- Folder 22: Goodhunt, Frank, 2003

- Folder 23: Poster: Tribute to Richard Falcon, 2002

- Folder 24: San Luis poaching sting, 1989

- Folder 25: Scrapbook: Clippings re Brown/Black Berets, La Raza Unida, 1971

- Folder 26: Scrapbook: Clippings re Salt Creek, housing, hair length, etc., 1971

- Folder 27: Misc. documents, no date

- Series 7: Water samples from Salt Creek area of Pueblo, CO, no date

- series description here
- UnitID: Series 7
- Series 8: Electronic files, 2014

- Item 1: Interview: Delfina Garcia and Gloria Ramirez, interviewed by Jose A. Ortega, April 29, 2014


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Series 1: Personal Papers, 1972-2003 and no date],
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Series 2: Photographs, ca. 1973 and no date],
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Series 3: Subject Files, 1963-2005 and no date],
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Folder 4: Publications, 1971-2006 and no date],
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Series 5: Newspaper clippings, 1971-2009 and no date],
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Series 6: Oversize printed matter, 1971-2008 and no date],
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Series 7: Water samples from Salt Creek area of Pueblo, CO, no date],
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Series 8: Electronic files, 2014],
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