Paulo R. Gordillo papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 349 large

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Paulo R. Gordillo papers consists of materials supporting the naming of a Lansing city street to commemorate Cesar E. Chavez’s life and work on behalf of the agricultural worker in the United States. The contents include documents, news clippings and correspondence on: Cesar Chavez Day 1995; the Committee for Cesar Chavez Avenue; various news articles on Lansing area issues including the Q -106 radio program on a controversial 5° de Mayo radio broadcast and a resulting “Media and Community Relations Summit” as well as biographical information on Gordillo. The collection also includes a city street sign bearing the name “Cesar Chavez Ave. N. 800 - 700."

Dates

Creation: 1995

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.

Biographical / Historical

Student and civic organizer and a life long Lansing resident, Gordillo took the lead in commemorating United Farm Worker union President and organizer Cesar E. Chavez upon his death by having a street named in his honor. Chavez was a frequent visitor to the Lansing Michigan area where he found support for the unions boycott campaigns. Gordillo graduated from and is employed at Michigan State University working with K-12 pre-college programs. He has served as adjunct faculty at Lansing Community College and Davenport University teaching communication and higher education learning skills.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 box (8 folders) + 1 street sign) ; 27 x 14 x 32 cm. (1 box) ; 15 cm. x 107 cm. (street sign)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The materials were donated to Michigan State University by Paulo R. Gordillo.

Separated Materials

The following item was separated from the collection and cataloged for inclusion in the Michigan State University Special Collections library holdings and is held with the Latino poster collection:

City street sign bearing the name and directional “Cesar Chavez Ave. N. 800 – 700"

General

This collection is part of the José Treviño Chicano/Latino Activism Collections at MSU.

Processing Information

The following item was separated from the collection and cataloged for inclusion in the Michigan State University Special Collections library holdings and is held with the Latino poster collection: City street sign bearing the name and directional “Cesar Chavez Ave. N. 800 – 700