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![International Hotel Tenant’s Association](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: KP 010Format: CassetteCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
recording of May 13 rally includes speakers from International Hotel Tenant’s Association (IHTA), United Farm Workers (UFW), and AIM.
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Call Number: KP 011Format: CassetteCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
continued coverage of May 13 rally for International Hotel Tenant’s Association, with music from Los Moroscos (see also KP 010)
![International Hotel KPFA Broadcast (EH)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: IH 001Format: CassetteProducers: Norman Jayo with Third World News ProductionCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
April 1977 pre-eviction broadcast of the International Hotel struggle (KPFA). Program contains narration, music, interviews and recorded speeches with detailed chronological account of the events leading to the eviction. Discusses the involvement of the Milton Meyer Company, Walter Shorenstein, Sheriff Richard Hongisto, Mayor George Moscone, The Four Seas Investment Corporation, and Judge Ira Brown. Audio documentation of tenants Emil de Guzman, Nita Rader, Wahat Tampao, Felix Ayson, and city officials Moscone and Hongisto. Topics of the affordable housing struggle are explained, such as the "Buy-Back" plan that was proposed to the tenants, the Power of Eminent Domain to prevent eviction, Hongisto's contempt of court, and the progressive community joining to created a human barricade around the building. Program ends asking listeners to support the struggle of the I-Hotel tenants.
Discusses the affordable housing struggle, the "Buy-Back" plan that was proposed to the tenants, how the power of Eminent Domain was used for the first time to try and prevent an eviction, Hongisto's contempt of court, and how the greater progressive community joined by the thousands to support the tenants by creating human chains around the building. Program ends asking listeners to support the struggle of the I-Hotel tenants.
![Art Sato Jazz International Hotel Announcement EH Week (EH)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/2/1997Call Number: IH 003Format: CassetteProducers: UnknownCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
A recording of Estella Habal's radio announcement of events that commemorate the 20th anniversary celebration. As she commemorates the 1977 International Hotel eviction, Estella Habal provides historical background of the International Hotel eviction.
![Who’s Who in Asia America: The I-Hotel Tenants (EH)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/13/1978Call Number: IH 005Format: CassetteProducers: KFRCProgram: Who’s Who in Asia AmericaCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Edited radio retrospective of the 1977 International Hotel Eviction in San Francisco. Three former tenants, Fred De la Cruz, Mary Lai, and Mr. Yip reflect on their eviction night experiences and speak of their continuing affordable housing struggle, now in its 10th year. Ends with a male, accompanied by music, reading a poem about the I-Hotel Eviction.
![Manila Bay & Alfredo (EH)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: IH 006Format: CassetteCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Unedited recordings of a musical performance and interview, possibly happening at separate times. Musicians perform a song about the first generation Filipino immigration experience. The song may be called, "Manila Bay." Followed by an interview with "Alfredo" a tenant of the International Hotel. He discusses how he came to live at the hotel in March 15, 1969 and is now protesting the eviction of the International Hotel residents. Alfredo is being interviewed by an unidentified female.
![International Hotel Actuality (EH)](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Date: 8/3/1977Call Number: IH 002Format: CassetteCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
On the night of the 1977 International Hotel eviction, a reporter following Sheriff Richard Hongisto made recordings documenting the breaking down of doors. As a sledgehammer is used to break doors down, the reporter comments on the sheriff's refusal to warn tenants to vacate their rooms. Field recording includes verbal exchanges between the sheriff, the reporter, and Estella Habal.
![WILD 94.9 Aug.03 1997 EH [Estella Habal] interview IH week (EH)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/3/1997Call Number: IH 010Format: CassetteProducers: WILD 94.9Collection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
A WILD 94.9 radiobroadcast of Estella Habal appearing on the station's Youth Radio program hosted by Alex Savage and Noah Nelson. In the brief interview, Estella Habal gives a brief description of the event or march that took place on August 3, 1997 as part of the 20th commemoration of the International Hotel eviction. She also describes the significance of the International Hotel site and the current development plans for the site such as the inclusion of the Manilatown museum and cultural center. Estella concludes the interview with an announcement of events that are part of the 20th commemoration. Side B has no recordings.
![KQED 88.5 Kevin Gillory: IH Interview August 4, 1997 (EH)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/4/1997Call Number: IH 011Format: CassetteProducers: National Public Radio (NPR)Collection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
National Public Radio (NPR) Radio News broadcast by Kevin Gillory (KQED). The brief recording includes sound clips of former San Francisco sheriff, Richard Hongisto and Emil De Guzman. Hongisto states that he spent 5 days in the San Mateo jail for delaying the eviction on January 10th 1977. Emil De Guzman comments on the significance of the commemoration. Aired during the 20th commemoration of the International Hotel. Side B contains no recordings.
![KPFA talk with Emil De Guzman, Norman Jayo, and Shiree Tang EH)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/7/1997Call Number: IH 015Format: CassetteCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Two radio hosts talk with Emil De Guzman, Norman Jayo and Shiree Tang (on the phone) about the I-Hotel. Issues relate to housing struggles, and gentrification in San Francisco. Emil explains about the hotel previously being a community for bachelor Filipinos unable to marry. Due to immigration laws disallowing Filipina women from entering the country, anti-miscegenation laws disallowed interracial couples. Shiree Tang talks about how the I-hotel was also a home to Asian American leftist organizations such as Kearny Street Workshop and Chinese Progressive Association. The struggle over the I-Hotel was a fight for the community's entitlement to that land. "Paving new roads", the energy of that moment remains through the people, old and young. Norman and Emil explain how gentrification destroyed communities such as Yerba Buena, Tenderloin, and the Fillmore. With no city plan, tenants had no choice but to stay in the hotel and resist all they could. For everyone involved in the struggle, the mission eventually was not to save the hotel, but to show the world that the city was evicting the elderly from their homes.