Teatro Campesino (Organization)

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El Teatro Campesino began in 1965 with short performances in the fields of California's Central Valley for audiences of farmworkers. By 1970 the Teatro had gained an international reputation and had inspired the formation of many other Chicano/Hispanic theater companies. It is now considered the most influencial of such theater companies.

From the description of Teatro Campesino archives, 1965-1988. (University of California, Santa Barbara). WorldCat record id: 213870281

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Teatro Campesino (Organization). Teatro Campesino films, (ca. 1965-1988). University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Jon Lewis photographs of the United Farm Workers movement, 1966-2009, 1966-1968 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Valdez, Luis. Corridos (Television program : KQED-TV), 1987. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Teatro Campesino (Organization). Teatro Campesino unpublished scholarly works, including dissertations and theses, 1967-1987. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Theater-miscellaneous clippings 1915-1994 Monterey Public Library
creatorOf Teatro Campesino (Organization). Teatro Campesino organizational papers; accounting files, legal documents, articles of incorporation, by-laws, mission statements and pertinent correspondence, 1965-1988. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Teatro Campesino (Organization). Teatro Campesino archives, 1965-1988. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Mark Hall Amitin/ World of Culture for the Performing Arts, Inc. Archive, 1946-2001 Fales Library & Special Collections
creatorOf Teatro Campesino (Organization). El Teatro Campesino Photographs, [ca. 1965-1985] University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf [El Teatro Campesino]. University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Theater-general clippings 1855-2007] Monterey Public Library
creatorOf Teatro Campesino (Organization). Teatro Campesino audio recordings, 1966-1986. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Teatro Campesino (Organization). Teatro Campesino videos, 1974-1988. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Teatro Campesino (Organization). Teatro Campesino programs, flyers, brochures, playbills, 1965-1989. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Teatro Campesino (Organization). Teatro Campesino published books, journals and magazines, 1967-1988. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Teatro Campesino (Organization). Teatro Campesino published reviews, articles, interviews, 1964-1987. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Broadside Collection, 1962-1991 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn Amitin, Mark Hall. Mark Hall Amitin/World of Culture for the Performing Arts, Inc. archive, 1946-2001. Churchill County Museum
creatorOf Teatro Campesino (Organization). Teatro Campesino scripts, (ca. 1967-1986). University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Svendsen, Juris. Juris Martin Svendsen papers, circa 1960-1994. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Amitin, Mark Hall. person
associatedWith Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993. person
associatedWith Diamond, Betty Ann. person
associatedWith Huerta, Jorge A. person
associatedWith Lewis, Jon. person
associatedWith Monterey Public Library. California History Room corporateBody
associatedWith Monterey Public Library. California History Room corporateBody
associatedWith Svendsen, Juris. person
associatedWith United Farm Workers. corporateBody
associatedWith Valdez, Luis. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
California
California
California
Subject
Theater
Advertising fliers
Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans
Mexican American theater
Mexican American theater
Mexican American theater
Nonprofit organizations
Organizational change
Religious drama
Theater programs
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1965

Active 1989

English,

Spanish; Castilian

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