California ACORN Records, 1974-1996

Container Title
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