Title: California ACORN Records
Inclusive Dates: 1974-1996

Creator:

• California ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now)

Call Number: M97-125; M2001-043

Quantity: 1.2 c.f., 4 tape recordings, 5 photographs, 10 negatives, and 26 videorecordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of ACORN-California, most of which relates to radio and television stations with which ACORN was affiliated, especially the California Community Television Network (CCTN). The collection documents the organization's mission to diversify California's radio stations' programnming. Included are business plans, programming updates, interviews with community members, studies of potential viewers, and recordings (reel-to-reel tapes) of radio programs concerning the establishment of CCTN, project reports, and videotapes of programs produced by ACORN and shown on station KCAH.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m97125

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This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 2 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

• Part 1 (M97-125): Original Collection, 1974-1996
• Part 2 (M2001-043): Additions, 1983-1996

Acquisition Information

Presented by ACORN-California via Arlene Kimata. Accession Number: M97-125, M2001-043

M97-125	Part 1 (M97-125): Original Collection, 1974-1996 Physical Description: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box), 4 tape recordings, and 15 photographs (5 prints, 10 negatives)  Scope and Content Note: Papers documenting ACORN's involvement with the California Community Television Network, KUBO-FM, KNON and continuing mission to diversify California radio stations with multi-ethnic, social justice and community centered programming. Included are general publicity materials, grant applications as well as staff recruiting and community organizing materials. Also included are reel to reel audio recordings of the radio show, “Voice of the People/ La Voz del Pueblo,” and pictures documenting political victories or campaigns.
	ACORN-California
Box   1 Folder   1	National publicity, 1987-1988
Box   1 Folder   2	Oakland newsletter, 1987-1988
Box   1 Folder   3	Press, Pacific Gas and Electric
Box   1 Folder   4	Citizens Action League, Skaggs Foundation
Box   1 Folder   5	ACORN Services, Inc., proposals, affirmative investments, 1986 January
	Affiliated Media Foundation Movement (AMFM)
Box   1 Folder   6	Fundraising letter
Box   1 Folder   7	Grants, samples
	California Community Television Network (CCTN)
Box   1 Folder   8	Ascertainment questionnaire, 1986
Box   1 Folder   9	Board biographies, 1986 revision
Box   1 Folder   10	Business plan, original
Box   1 Folder   11	Door knocking canvass, originals
Box   1 Folder   12	Community Leader Interviews, ascertainment, chapter 25
	CCTN Grants
Box   1 Folder   13	Working copies of Faith proposals
Box   1 Folder   14	Boeke, Richard
Box   1 Folder   15	Common Counsel
Box   1 Folder   16	Honda Foundation, 1989 August
Box   1 Folder   17	Pioneer Fund
Box   1 Folder   18	Vanguard Foundation
Box   1 Folder   19	CCTN interview materials
Box   1 Folder   20	Newsletter and program guide, 1987-1990
Box   1 Folder   21	Organizer job description
Box   1 Folder   22	Public relations documents
	AMFM radio stations
Box   1 Folder   23	KUBO-FM Affirmative Investments proposal, 1986 February 2
Box   1 Folder   24	Radio Alliance Phoenix survey
Box   1 Folder   25	Media financials, KNON, other organization samples
Box   1 Folder   26	KNON loan document, 1989 March
Box   1 Folder   27	ACORN radio stations
PH Box   14	Photographs and negatives Scope and Content Note: Images from MUNI Campaign, 1977 January; and the B of A rally, impound account victory, 1975 December; and of legislators Tom Bates, 1977 January, and Governor Jerry Brown, 1975 November.
Sound Archive	Audio recordings
	“Voice of The People/La Voz del Pueblo”
	Number 2, 1986 May 26
	Number 12, 1986 August 4
	Number 13, 1986 August 11
	Number 29, 1986 December 8
M2001-043	Part 2 (M2001-043): Additions, 1983-1996 Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 26 videorecordings  Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1983-1996, documenting ACORN's involvement with KCAH, a community television station broadcasting from Salinas California consisting of grant documents and fundraising, memos concerning station use and policies, and events sponsored by KCAH and other radio and television stations affiliated with the California Community Television Network and ACORN. Also included is a small amount of material about non-television programs and workshops conducted by ACORN in the Salinas area and miscellaneous newspaper clippings of various local events. In addition there are videotapes of programs produced by ACORN and shown on KCAH in the 1980s and 1990s principally consisting of three series: “Café Hermanas,” 1989; “Acorn in Action,” 1985-1987; and “Aqui en Salinas,” 1993-1996.	⇧
Box   1 Folder   1	California Community Television Network funding and proposals
Box   1 Folder   2-3	Campaign for Human Development grants, 1983-1994
Box   1 Folder   4-5	KCAH station, memos, programming, events
Box   1 Folder   6	Other networks
Box   1 Folder   7	Non-television community programming and workshops
Box   1 Folder   8	Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
Box   2 Folder   1	Media newsletters
Box   2 Folder   2	Programming
Box   2 Folder   3	Press
Box   2 Folder   4	Letters of support
Box   2 Folder   5	“Café Hermanas”
Box   2 Folder   6	Claretian Justice and Peace Committee
Box   2 Folder   7	“Baile”
Box   2 Folder   8	AM/FM reports
Box   2 Folder   9	Media center
Box   2 Folder   10	ACORN recruitment manual
Box   2 Folder   11	Field notes
Box   2 Folder   12	Flyers
Box   2 Folder   13	TAG
Box   2 Folder   14	Salinas ACORN
Box   2 Folder   15	Housing and rape
Box   2 Folder   16-17	Memos
Box   2 Folder   18	Canvass training manual
Box   2 Folder   19	Drives
Box   2 Folder   20	Comments by viewers
Box   2 Folder   21	Payroll
Box   2 Folder   22	Pledge drive
Box   2 Folder   23	Packard Foundation
Box   2 Folder   24	Grant adjustments
Box   2 Folder   25	San Francisco Foundation
Box   2 Folder   26-27	Citizen Action League grants
Box   2 Folder   28	Budgets
	Videorecordings Physical Description: All U-Matic tapes, unless otherwise noted
Video   1	California Community Television Network Sample Reel
Video   2	“TV or not TV: A Program about TV Watching for Kids and Adults,” 1989
Video   3	Interviews with ACORN Members Beulah Labostre and Erma Sharman
Video   4	“Café Hermanas: Working Women,” 1989 Language: English
Video   5	“Café Hermanas: Working Women” Language: Spanish
Video   6	“Café Hermanas: Community Organizing”
Video   7	“Café Hermanas: Reproductive Rights”
Video   8	“Café Hermanas: Violence Against Women,” 1989 October Language: Spanish
Video   9	“Café Hermanas: Violence Against Women” Language: English
Video   10	“Café Hermanas: Education”
Video   11	“ACORN in Action 3: Greenlining in East Austin,” 1985 January
Video   12	“ACORN in Action 4: Ruth Mead Park”
Video   13	“ACORN in Action 5: A Case Against the S.T.N.P.,” 1985 February
Video   14	“ACORN in Action 7: Job Training”
Video   15	“ACORN in Action 8: Rape Prevention,” 1985 July
Video   16	“ACORN in Action 10: Toxic Waste in Texas,” 1985 April
Video   17	“ACORN in Action 11: Platform Remembrance and Inspiration Tape,” 1987 January
Video   18	“ACORN in Action 12: Albuquerque Utilities Fight”
Video   19	“ACORN in Action: New Schools” Physical Description: VHS tape
Video   20	“Aqui en Salinas 1,” 1993 December
Video   21	“Aqui en Salinas 2,” 1994 June
Video   22	“Aqui en Salinas 3,” 1994 July
Video   23	“Aqui en Salinas 4,” 1994 October
Video   24	“Aqui en Salinas 5,” 1994 December
Video   25	“Aqui en Salinas 20,” 1996 September
Video   26	“Aqui en Salinas 21: Vecinos Unidos [United Neighbors],” 1996 September