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![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #1: How, when, and why they came, Reel 1 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/1/1963Call Number: CE 641Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Details a brief history of California from the conquest of Spain until the early 1900s. Discusses missionaries, the development of pueblos (mission settlements), and immigration from US to Mexico in the early 1900s. Interviews from Californians about family immigration narratives.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #1: How, when, and why they came, Reel 2 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/1/1963Call Number: CE 642Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discussion of the reasons for immigration from Mexico to US following the years after the onset of the Mexican Revolution; includes discussion of Bracero Program, Operation Wetback, and immigration narratives.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #3 Culture and the question of language, Reel 1 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/15/1963Call Number: CE 645Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discusses how closely Californians of Mexican descent retain Mexican language and culture. Multiple interviews about the use of Spanish and English. The danger of the loss of cultural identity, assimilation, inferiority, and bilingualism.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #3 Culture and the question of language, Reel 2 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/18/1963Call Number: CE 646Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Various interviews conducted; discussion of the challenges of the acquisition/retention of Spanish with each generation of Mexican Americans, Spanglish or code switching, the role of communities in language usage; literacy, and the interest or lack thereof in Mexican and Spanish language literature.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #7 The matter of taste, Reel 1 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/12/1963Call Number: CE 653Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Explores the extent of Mexican Americans’ attachment to Mexican food. Extended interview with restaurant owner and chef that details staples of Mexican cuisine and diet.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #7 The matter of taste, Reel 2 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/12/1963Call Number: CE 654Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Examines in great detail staples of Mexican cuisine and diet.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #8 The Mexican family in California, Reel 1 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/19/1963Call Number: CE 655Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Examines family and kinship relationships of Mexicans in the US. Includes interviews with anthropologists, and Californians of Mexican descent. Discussion of family structure, the role of tradition and class, and the clash of Mexican and US culture.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #8 The Mexican family in California, Reel 2 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/19/1963Call Number: CE 656Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Examines the parent-child relationships, views on courtship, and other cultural patterns in the family life of Mexican Americans.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #9 The question of faith, Reel 1 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/26/1963Call Number: CE 657Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Explores the role of religion in Mexican American communities. Discussion of how Catholicism is practiced in US by Mexican Americans.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #9 The question of faith, Reel 2 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/26/1963Call Number: CE 658Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discusses the growing role of Protestant religion in Mexican American communities, conversion, and other beliefs, such as superstitions.