David Montejano Papers
Scope and Contents Note
This collection is arranged into seven series: The Brown Berets, Affirmative Action and Hopwood, Chicano Movement Materials, Teaching and Leadership, Book and Publishing Material, Collected Publications, and Audio Visual Material.
The Brown Berets series consists of the Brown Beret rules and manifesto, clippings, writings and collected articles, reports, and notes. This series primarily focuses on the Brown Berets in Austin and San Antonio in addition to topics such as police brutality and the Ku Klux Klan.
The Affirmative Action and Hopwood series makes up the bulk of this collection. Materials include mainly clippings related to affirmative action in Texas and the Hopwood court case. Also includes school data collected from Texas High Schools as well as Texas public universities such as University of Texas and Texas A&M. The series also includes correspondence between Montejano and University of Texas faculty about the Hopwood decision and the Top 10% Plan. Other materials include conference materials, project proposals, collected writings on Affirmative Action, and meeting materials.
The Chicano Movement series consists mainly of clippings and collected writings on the Chicano Movement in Texas. Topics include Chicano activism and Chicano politics in Austin and San Antonio.
The Teaching and Leadership series includes material relating to the various teaching positions and leadership positions that Montejano has held over the last several decades. Materials include clippings, notes, teaching material, student papers, and photographs.
The Book and Publishing series contains material related to Montejano’s published works. This series primarily consists of his notes as well as correspondence with publishers.
The Collected Publications includes material written by William Childers and Cecilio Garcia Camarillo as well as the publication Caracol in addition to published material on education.
The Audiovisual series includes the original cassette tape Brown Beret interviews that Montejano conducted from 1974 to 1975. The series also includes the duplicate cassette tapes of the interviews that Montejano made in the 1990s. The series also includes DVDCAMs of interviews and conference tapings related to the Top 10% Plan. The CDs in this series consist mainly of images used in Montejano’s books as well as powerpoint presentations.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-2014
Language of Materials
English, Spanish
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Sketch
David Montejano was born in Del Rio, Texas in 1948 and his family moved to San Antonio in 1950. As a student, David Montejano became involved in the Chicano movement in the late 1960s while at The University of Texas at Austin where he earned his Bachelor's degree in Sociology in 1970. He later went on to receive a Masters (1973) and PhD (1982) from Yale University in Sociology.
Montejano's major areas of interest include Historical Sociology, Social Movements, Social Change, Race and Ethnic Relations, and Community Studies. His early research focused primarily on the Brown Berets, a pro-Chicano group that emerged from the Chicano movement of the 1960s. After receiving his PhD, Montejano taught at the University of New Mexico and then at The University of Texas at Austin. In 1987 Montejano published Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1936-1986. Since its publication, Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas has been the recipient of the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize as well as awards from the American Historical Association and the Texas Institute of Letters. Montejano also published a sequel titled Quixote's Soldiers: A Local History of the Chicano Movement, 1966-1981 in 2010 and Sancho's Journal: Exploring the Political Edge with the Brown Berets in 2012.
In addition to his publications, Montejano has held several leadership positions in academia. He was Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) at The University of Texas at Austin from 1996-2000. Before becoming director, the landmark Hopwood v. Texas case ruled that affirmative action would no longer be upheld by the State of Texas. This prompted Montejano to work with others on formulating and passing the Top 10% Plan in Texas in 1997. The Top 10% law guaranteed admission to Texas state funded universities to high school students who graduate in the Top 10% of their class. He also served as a board member of the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities and as the Chair of the Center for Latino Policy Research at University of California Berkeley.
As of 2019, Montejano is an Emeritus Professor of Ethnic Studies and History at the University of California Berkeley.
Full Extent
10 linear feet
Abstract
Correspondence, research, written works, collected publications, audio recordings, video recordings, and teaching material reflect the life and work of David Montejano (1948 -). Montejano is a historian, sociologist, author, Mexican American activist and professor. Born in Del Rio, Texas, Montejano has held positions at University of New Mexico, University of Texas at Austin, and University of California Berkeley.
Acquisition Information
Donation.
Accession numbers: 2007-15, 2009-11, 2013-30, 2016-48, 2020-07, 2020-08, 2023-32
Additions
Further materials are expected for this collection.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alexandria Suarez, 2019.
Subject
- University of Texas at Austin (Organization)
- Title
- David Montejano Papers
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard (Dacs)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Revision Statements
- 2020 September: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
- 2026: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu