José F. Treviño papers.

The José F. Treviño papers focus on his work as an employee of the Office of Supportive Services Developmental Program at Michigan State University, where he was an adviser to Chicano student organizations and a community activist advocating for substance abuse services to the Chicano and Latino community.The core of the papers in Box 1 include documents used for analysis of Chicano and other minority student performance and retention at MSU. The financial files are especially significant documentation for the Chicano student activism at MSU in the 1970s. Box 2 is a collection of materials related to his work to establish services to the Chicano community in need of substance abuse rehabilitative services.

Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, José F. Treviño papers, MSS 469, Special Collections, MSU Libraries, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

The materials were donated by Tony Treviño and Diana Rivera to Michigan State University.

José F. Treviño (1930-1990) was from Devine, Texas and later moved to Holt, Michigan. He attended graduate school in the Sociology Department at Michigan State University, and while there, also worked for the Office of Supportive Services Developmental Program. During his time at MSU, he advocated for Chicano student admissions and financial support and was also an advisor to the student activist organizations Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) and the Chicano Students for Progressive Action (ChiSPA) from 1969 until the late 1970s. Treviño was the founder of a Chicano Veterans student organization at MSU. Treviño is credited by many for increasing attendance by Chicano and Chicana students at MSU from 1969-1973.

Processed by Diana Huizar Rivera in 2015.