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Inventory of the Bobbye S. Ortiz Papers, 1919-1993 and undated (bulk 1950-1990)

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Bobbye S. Ortiz Papers, 1919-1993 and undated (bulk 1950-1990)
Creator
Ortiz, Bobbye S.
Extent
30.4 Linear Feet
12,430 Items
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Parts of the collection are closed to research.
In addition, some of the materials in this collection are not immediately accessible because they require further processing before use (see the finding aid for details).
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bobbye S. Ortiz Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The papers of Bobbye S. Ortiz were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as gifts from her daughter Victoria Ortiz in 1992, 1994, and 2003.
Processing Information
Processed by Virginia L. Daley, Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, Ann Langford, Lois Schultz, Pavla Vesel, and Elizabeth Arnold
Completed March 2, 2000 and September 10, 2003
Accessions 92-077 and 94-082 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid. Part of the 2003-065 accession of the Victoria Ortiz Papers has also been added to this collection in September, 2003, but has not been fully processed as most of it is closed to use.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
            

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Biographical Note

1918, July 2Born in Memphis, Tenn.
1928-1929Attended Lockhart-Moore Academy, Little Rock, Ark.
1929-1930Attended Fassifern School, Hendersonville, N.C.
1930-1932Attended Kidd-Key College and Conservatory, Sherman, Tex.
1932-1933Henderson State Teachers College, Arkadelphia, Ark.
1933-1935Undergraduate at Barnard College at age 15
1935-1937University of Chicago
1939-1944Lived in Mexico
1939Married to Robert G. Colodny, separated 1940
1940-1952Married to Cesar Ortiz
1942, May 6Daughter Victoria born
1951-1953Studied at the Sorbonne, Paris and traveled extensively in Europe
1953-1956Lived in England
1957Returned to United States
1960B.A. in Spanish, New York University
1963M.A. in Spanish, New York University
1963, FallTeaching assistant in Spanish, NYU
1968-1983Associate Editor, Monthly Review
1979Co-founder of WIRE (Women's International Resource Exchange)
1989Awarded the Arthur J. Felberbaum Award from the New York Marxist School
1990, June 15Died, New York City

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Collection Overview

The papers of feminist and social activist Bobbye Ortiz span from the years 1919 to 1993, with most of the papers being dated between 1950 and 1990. The papers consist chiefly of personal correspondence; extensive subject files on international political and cultural movements; photographs and slides; ephemeral publication material such as grassroots newsletters, pamphlets, broadsides, and clippings; cultural artifacts, including buttons and T-shirts; and over 300 sound recordings of spoken voice and music. The collection documents the personal life and career of an international feminist, Marxist activist, and mother, who also served as editor of the magazine Monthly Review and was the founder of the organization WIRE (Women's International Resource Exchange). Other personal documents and subject files concern the activities of Bobbye's daughter, Viki Ortiz, an activist in her own right. The materials in both women's files are especially rich in the history of the international women's liberation movement and other revolutionary movements in Europe, Latin America, and other countries during the sixties, seventies, and eighties. Many of these materials focus on politics and government in Cuba, China, and France. Other topics include Vietnam War protests; students' movements, particularly Paris, 1968; indigenous women's movements in Latin America; AIDS activism; sexual health; adoption rights; gay and lesbian parenting; and women's issues such as reproductive rights, economic status, and violence against women.
The Correspondence Series is almost completely CLOSED to research; see the inventory below for more information. Most materials in other series, however, are open for research.
The Personal Files Series focuses on Ortiz's formal education, particularly her coursework at New York University. Other highlights of the series include Ortiz's scrapbook from her tour of China, which is further documented by audio tapes and photographs in the collection. Writings folders include notes, short articles, and speeches written by Ortiz as well as a collection of poetry by Grace Goldin, a friend of Ortiz. Two folders contain photocopies of inscriptions from many authors found inside the volumes in her personal library (now in the Perkins Library stacks of Duke University). This series is partially CLOSED.
The Subject Files Series has been separated into two main subseries: one devoted to international women's liberation and one for general topics. In the International Women's Liberation Subseries, Ortiz maintained extensive files on the status of women and women's liberation campaigns around the world. The grassroots organizational publications (many of them ephemeral in nature), news clippings, and articles found in the international women's liberation subseries address such issues as women's economic status, their roles in the family, violence against women, reproductive rights and sexuality, and indigenous women's movements. The most extensive segments of the subseries deal with women's liberation in the 1970s and 1980s in Chile, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the United States. The subseries is organized alphabetically by country.
The General Files Subseries consists mainly of articles, notes, and periodicals from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Especially noteworthy are notes and other papers related to Ortiz's work as associate editor of the Monthly Review, though these provide only a limited glimpse into her decades of service there. The subseries also contains materials related to health, cancer, and the right-to-die movement; feminism, women's liberation, and the Women's International Resource Exchange (WIRE); and the political turmoil of Paris 1968. Together, Ortiz's subject files reflect the directions of her activism in the final decades of her life.
The Photographs and Slides Series contains portraits of individuals and groups, photographs taken during tours of countries and political events, and miscellaneous casual snapshots. There are very fine portraits of native peoples taken by well-known activist Gertrude Duby Blom. The largest segment of the series documents Ortiz's trips to China in 1974 and Latin America (ca. 1984). For related materials, see the Audio Tapes Series and the Personal Files Series. There are also audio cassettes recorded in Latin America and Nicaragua, which may correspond with slides in the Photographs and Slides Series. This series ends with photo negatives of an International Women's Day March in 1978. Note: This series is restricted. Use copies must be made of any cassettes without use copies already made. Please consult with reference staff.
Posters, buttons, and T-shirts bearing slogans and vivid images were vital components of the many social movements in which both Bobbye and Victoria Ortiz participated. The Cultural Artifacts Series captures the political use of popular culture in the late 20th century by preserving a representative sample of these cultural artifacts. The selections reflect Bobbye and Viki's participation in social movements concerned with issues such as U.S. imperialism in Latin America, international women's liberation, AIDS, and lesbian and gay rights. The series also contains original artwork done for Bobbye and Viki, as well as art posters from France. Several oversize posters are artifacts from the French worker/student strikes of 1968.
The majority of tapes in the Audio Tapes Series are cassette recordings of tours taken by Bobbye Ortiz during her travels in China and Latin America. Additional tapes include recordings of radio programs, interviews, and readings related to Bobbye's activism. Descriptive notes on many of the tapes listed below have been included as an appendix to this inventory. Note: This series is restricted. Use copies must be made of any cassettes without use copies already made. Please consult with reference staff. Related material about these trips may also be found in the Photographs and Slides Series and Personal Files Series.
The complete holdings of Bobbye Ortiz's library, which were donated as part of this collection and reside in Perkins Library at Duke University, are represented by the hand-written Index Card Catalog Series. The hundreds of Monthly Review Press publications in the library are one of the few records in the Ortiz Collection of her work for over twenty years as associate editor of the Monthly Review. The range of topics covered by her library -- women, Marxism and socialism, literature, Central America, Latin America, Asia, social sciences, humanities -- reveals the breadth of her intellectual interests and their intimate connections to her political concerns. The catalog is organized by topic, alphabetically by author therein.
The Phonograph Records Series features sound recordings on 33 1/3, 45, and 78 LPs collected by Bobbye Ortiz during her travels. Hundreds of folk music recordings, protest and labor song collections, and miscellaneous spoken word recordings date from the 1960s to the 1980s. Recording artists include many well-known musicians as well as hundreds of other musicians interested in folk, labor, and protest music; major languages represented include Spanish, French, and Italian. Many of these recordings are now out of print and difficult to find. This series is restricted: use copies must be made in order to access the recordings. For assistance, please contact the reference staff.
The addition (Acc.# 2003-0065) is minimally processed. It consists largely of photographs and negatives (approximately 550 prints, 120 negatives, and 1 slide, color and black-and-white), documenting Ortiz's travels to various locations including Cuba, Nicaragua, China, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Europe (1968-[1980s]). Also included are publication files related to WIRE (Women's International Resource Exchange), a few pieces of correspondence, and other miscellaneous personal items. Boxes 2 and 3, containing photographs, correspondence, and personal items, are CLOSED to research. Box 1 is open to research. No container list was created for this accession.
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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
  • Ortiz, Bobbye S.
  • Ortiz, Victoria.
  • Monthly Review (New York, 1949-).
  • WIRE (Women's International Resource Exchange).
  • Feminism.
  • Feminists--Correspondence.
  • Women--Social conditions.
  • Women's periodicals.
  • Social activists--Correspondence.
  • Radicalism--United States--History--20th century.
  • Social movements--United States--History--20th century.
  • Nineteen sixties.
  • Communism.
  • Civil rights movement--Mississippi.
  • Adoption.
  • Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
  • Mothers and daughters.
  • Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959.
  • China--Social conditions.
  • Central America--Social conditions.
  • Mexico--Social conditions.
  • Latin America--Social conditions--1948.
  • South America--Social conditions.
  • Italy--Social conditions.
  • Student movements--France.
  • Indigenous peoples--Portraits.
  • Folk music.
  • Protest songs.
  • Scrapbooks.
  • Photographs.
  • Slides.
  • Posters.
List of Series in Collection
Correspondence Series, 1990
Personal Files Series, [192-]-1989 and undated
Subject Files Series, 1938-[198-] and undated (bulk, 1960-1984)
Photographs and Slides Series
Cultural Artifacts Series,
Audio Tapes Series, [196-]-[198-] and undated
Index Card Catalog Series, undated
Oversize Materials, [192-?]-[1980s]
Phonograph Records Series, [195-]-[198-] and undated
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Detailed Description of Collection

Correspondence Series, 1990

Boxes 1-7 contain correspondence and address books that are CLOSED to research. Box 8 consists of materials related to Bobbye's passing away in 1990 and is open to research.
Box 8
Condolences upon BSO's death, 1990   (4 folders) (open for research)
Guestbook for BSO wake, 1990 June 16-18 (open for research)

Personal Files Series, [192-]-1989 and undated

Chiefly documents Bobbye Ortiz's formal education. Contains Ortiz's scrapbook from a tour of China, further documented through audio tapes and photographs in other sections of the collection. Writings include pieces by Ortiz as well as poems by her close friend Grace Goldin. Book inscriptions are photocopied from holdings in Ortiz's library. Organized alphabetically by folder title.
[This series contains materials that are CLOSED (early education folders in box 9A). See the container list below for details. Contact Research Services.]
Box 8
Articles about BSO
Awards, 1972, 1989
Barnard Collection
Berkshire Forum, 1984
Brooklyn Women's Studies Talk
China Trip -- Scrapbook, 1973
[Contains some fragile material. Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint or other brittle paper before use.]
Robert Colodny -- Book Review
Box 9A
[CLOSED until 2025.]
Box 9B
Education -- Sorbonne, [ca. 1952]-1953
Education -- NYU Transcripts and Honors, 1959-1963
Education -- NYU Coursework (Classic Civ.), 1959   (folder 1)
Box 10
Education -- NYU Coursework (Classic Civ.), 1959   (folder 2)
Education -- NYU Coursework (Math, Phys.), 1959-1963
Education -- NYU Coursework (Span. Lit.), 1960-1963 ca.
Education -- NYU Coursework (Spanish?), 1959-1963
Education -- NYU Coursework (Spanish 241), 1959-1963
Education -- NYU Coursework (El Cid), 1959-1963
Education -- NYU Coursework (Spanish), 1959-1963
Education -- NYU Coursework (Spanish), 1959-1963
Education -- NYU Coursework (Spanish), 1959
Education -- NYU Coursework (French), 1959-1963
Education -- NYU Coursework (French Renaissance Poets), 1959-1960
Education -- NYU Coursework (French -- Pre-Romantics), 1959-1963
Education -- NYU Coursework (19th Century Realist Novel), 1959-1960
Box 11
Education -- NYU Coursework (French), 1960
Education -- NYU Coursework (Diderot), 1959-1963
Education -- NYU Coursework (French), 1961
Education -- NYU Coursework (Spanish Papers), 1959-1960
Box 12
Education -- NYU Coursework (Spanish Papers), ca. 1959-1963
Education -- NYU Coursework (French Papers), 1959-1960
Education -- Teaching Appointment at NYU/ 1963
Official Tags
Obituaries of Bobbye Ortiz, and her father, Louis Suckle
Resum, 1962
Speech, 1981-- Laura Allende Memorial Service
Summons -- Arrest at Central America Demonstration, U.S., 1984
Writings -- BSO, 1981-1986 and undated
Writings -- BSO, Unidentified Notes, ca. 1970s
Writings -- Grace Goldin, "Winter's Rise: Poems on Aging," [ca.1980], with letter to BSO, and BSO's comments on poems
Writings -- Book Inscriptions   (2 folders)

Subject Files Series, 1938-[198-] and undated (bulk, 1960-1984)

Consists chiefly of articles, reports, newsclippings, broadsides, and many ephemeral publications such as political newsletters and pamphlets gathered by Bobbye Ortiz throughout her life. Materials particularly provide a context for political movements and agendas of the sixties, seventies, and eighties. Divided into two subseries: International Women's Liberation and General.
[Note: Some of the materials in this series are not immediately accessible because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection. This series contains large numbers of newsprint and other fragile materials. Please handle with care. Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint, coated fax paper, or other brittle paper before use.]

International Women's Liberation Subseries, 1938-[198-] and undated (bulk 1960-1989)
Topics concentrate on all issues important to women's liberation movements, especially violence against women, economic justice, and women's health issues. Many of the publications are ephemeral, prime examples being the grassroots feminist newsletters produced in Latin American countries, and the broadsides and pamphlets connected with political events such as rallies or protests. After English, Spanish is the most common language used in these materials. Organized alphabetically by country.
Box 12
Africa -- General
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Asia -- General
Bolivia
Brazil
Brazil -- Feminist Newspapers
Canada
Caribbean
Caribbean -- "Concerning Women and Development" (articles)
Box 13
Central America -- General
Chile   (2 folders)
Chile -- AFWIC   (2 folders)
Chile -- Articles (clippings)
Chile -- Bulletins, Periodicals (complete) A-F
Chile -- Bulletins, Periodicals (complete) G-P
Chile -- Bulletins, Periodicals (complete) Q-Z
Chile -- Organizational Publications -- CODEM
Chile -- Organizational Publications -- CODEPU, COSECH, CHILESOCID CAMPAIGN
Chile -- Organizational Publications -- MIR, MEMCH
Chile -- Organizational Publications -- Women for Chile
Box 14
Chile -- Papers, Chapters from Books
Chile -- Platforms, Handouts, Flyers, Posters, Poetry
Chile -- Women
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cross-Cultural Studies: A-M
Cross-Cultural Studies: N-Z
Cross-Cultural Studies -- Materials on Health Issues in Spanish
Cuba
Cuba -- 1968
Cuba -- Articles
Cuba -- "Housing in Revolutionary Cuba" (Oversize)
Cuba -- Miscellaneous Documents
Cuba -- Papers, Book Excerpts
Dominican Republic -- Articles
Dominican Republic -- CEDEE
Dominican Republic -- Informational Documents: Class-Related Issues
Dominican Republic -- Informational Documents: Education-Related Issues
Dominican Republic -- Informational Documents: Health-Related Issues
Dominican Republic -- Informational Documents: Women's liberation
Dominican Republic -- Informational Documents: Work-Related Issues
Dominican Republic -- Literacy Programs
Dominican Republic -- Lyrics to Songs
Dominican Republic -- Newspapers
Box 16
Dominican Republic -- Pamphlets and Flyers; Press Releases; Posters
Dominican Republic -- Periodicals   (2 folders)
Eastern Europe
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
El Salvador -- AMES Materials   (2 folders)
El Salvador -- Articles
El Salvador -- BPR Materials
El Salvador -- Flyers, Pamphlets, Photos, Posters
El Salvador -- Periodicals and Bulletins (complete)
El Salvador -- Solidarity Materials
England
Eritrea -- Articles
Eritrea -- Book Excerpts
Eritrea -- National Union of Eritrean Women and Eritrean Relief Committee Materials
Eritrea -- Photographs
Ethiopia
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala -- Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes (FAR periodical)
Guatemala -- Informador Guerrillero (periodical)
Box 17
Guatemala -- Materials in English
Guatemala -- Materials in Spanish
Guatemala -- Opinion Politica
Guatemala -- Poems
Guatemala -- The Voice of the Women (periodical)
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Korea
Latin America   (2 folders)
Box 18
Latin America   (2 folders)
Latin America -- Exiles
Latin America -- mujer/fempress
Mexico
Mexico -- "Ahi va el golpe"
Mexico -- Articles from Newspapers and Magazines
Mexico -- Calaveras resurrectas
Mexico -- CIDHAL
Mexico -- Documents: Education and Health Related Issues
Mexico -- Documents: Feminist Cooperatives and Organizations
Mexico -- Documents: Movimiento Urbano Popular
Mexico -- Documents: Work Issues
Mexico -- Mexican Art and Life, 1938
Box 19
Mexico -- Nosotras
Mexico -- Periodicals
Mexico -- "Popular" Bulletins (complete)
Mexico -- Posters, Flyers, Pamphlets (2 posters oversize)
Mexico -- Scholarly Articles
Mexico -- Teatro Mexicano de Masas, 1955
Middle East
Morocco
Nicaragua includes cartoon book   (3 folders)
Nicaragua -- AMNLAE
Nicaragua -- Articles
Nicaragua -- Documents: Feminist Organizations and Law Reform Groups
Nicaragua -- Documents: Oficina de la mujer, 1984
Box 20
Nicaragua -- Liberation Theology
Nicaragua -- Newspapers
Nicaragua -- Theological Studies and the Role of Women
Pacific -- General
Pakistan
Palestine
Panama
Peru -- Articles
Peru -- Documents: Education Issues
Peru -- Information on Flora Tristan and Materials from Flora Tristan Center
Peru -- Periodicals (complete)
Philippines
Box 21
Puerto Rico
Sahara
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Asia
Southern Africa
Soviet Union
Spain
Spain -- Periodicals
Sri Lanka
Tanzania
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
United States -- Articles -- Mainstream Publications
United States -- Feminism -- Academia
United States -- Feminism, Theories, Issues of Racism, Homophobia, Rape
Box 22
United States -- Feminist Periodicals
United States -- "Social and Political Bases of Female Sterilization"
United States -- Women of Color and Black Women
United States -- Women's Movement Literature
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zimbabwe

General Files Subseries, [196-]-[198-] and undated
Cover a number of topics, including feminism in Britain, France, and Italy; racism around the world; the right-to-die movement; liberation theology; and colonialism. Contains many periodical publications, mostly in single issues. A substantial group of materials, including ephemeral publications and memorabilia, originated from the 1968 Paris student-worker uprisings. Organized alphabetically by folder titles.
[Note: Some of the materials in this series are not immediately accessible because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection. This series contains large numbers of newsprint and other fragile materials. Please handle with care. Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint, coated fax paper, or other brittle paper before use.]
Box 22
Against Racism: Newsletter of the Anti-Racism Literature Project
American Student Union
Berkshire Forum
Jacqui Bernard Murder -- Clips
Bias Education Materials
British Feminist Publications
Guion Julia de Burgos and Sin Venda
Cancer Articles
CIIR Publications
Citizen Soldier
Colonialism -- Encyclopedia Britannica reprints
Concern for Dying Newsletter
Cuba Petition, 1963
Da Internacional de la Mujer Trabajadora
Echoes: Justice, Peace and Creation News
Feminism and Socialism
Box 23
Feminist Educational Materials
Feminist Women's Health Centers
French Feminism -- Newspapers, 1970s
Gurky, John, excerpts from Challenges to Capitalism
Health and Women
Hemlock Society
Humor
International Feminism
International Women's Day, 1984 -- Magazine
Italian Feminist Periodicals, 1970s (one item oversize)
Victor Jara
Labor
Liberator
Listen Real Loud: News of Women's Liberation Worldwide (American Friends Service Committee)
Magazines -- Women
Many Sisters: Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Marxism Today
Miscellaneous
Box 24
Monthly Review
Monthly Review -- History as it Happened
Monthly Review -- Prisoner Book Program
Monthly Review -- Publications
Las mujeres del Cono Sur escriben
Music
NACLA -- George Black Article and Response
New York Circus Publications, Center for Social Justice and International Awareness
Newspapers (misc.)
Ocean Hill / Brownsville School Controversy
Off Our Backs
Paris -- 1968 -- Bound Publications
Paris -- 1968 -- Documents
Paris -- 1968 -- Miscellaneous
Box 25
Paris -- 1968 -- Newspapers
Paris -- 1968 -- Periodicals   (2 folders)
Linus Pauling Institute Newsletter
Poetry
Poetry -- Raul Rivero
Poetry -- Women -- National and International
Quotes
Ramapo College Master Lecture Series on Religion and Social Change -- Proposal
Ramparts
Realidad Agraria
Research Notecards -- Women
Socialist Feminism
Spectator, University of Indiana
Translations
Vanidades
Ana Vasquez
Violence Against Women -- Publications
WUS News, World University Service Publication
WIRE
WIRE -- "La Condicin de la Mujer en Mexico"
Box 26
Wiser Links: Newsletter of the Women's International Resource Centre
Women and the International Division of Labor
Women and Liberation Theology
Women's Liberation Movement -- Articles   (2 folders)
Women's Liberation Movement -- Book Lists
Women's Liberation Movement -- Mara Candelaria Navas
Women's Liberation Movement -- Newsletters
Women's Liberation Movement -- Newspapers
Women's Liberation Movement -- Nichols, Margaret -- Lesbian Sex Therapy Articles
Women's Studies Book Lists, Reviews

Photographs and Slides Series

[192-?]-[ca. 1989] and undated
Begins with snapshots taken in Europe and Mexico which are CLOSED to research. These are followed by very fine 8x10 portraits of indigenous people identified as Mexican Lacandon, taken by well-known activist Gertrude Duby Blom. Another folder contains casual snapshots by Gail Lerner Saharoui, mostly portraying unidentified people, chiefly women performing various jobs such as weaving; these were possibly taken in India or the Middle East. There are many images documenting Ortiz's trips to China (1974) and Latin America (ca. 1984) in the form of photographs and slides. This series ends with photo negatives of an International Women's Day March in 1978.
[This series is partially CLOSED until 2050. A few photographs in the first box are closed to research. Contact Research Services.]
[Attention: Contains pictorial materials.]
Box 27
Photos -- [192-]-[197-]
[CLOSED until 2025.]
Photos -- 1953-1979 and undated
[CLOSED until 2025.]
Photos -- 1943-1969 and undated (additional photo removed to Oversize Series)
[CLOSED until 2025.]
Panoramic photograph in which Louis Suckle, Bobbye Ortiz' father, can be seen, [192-?] [Second row: immediately behind 14th man from left, front row. The front row begins with seated man and ends with cross-legged man.] (Stored in OVSZ Cab. V:5)
Photos by Gertrude Duby Blom, 6 black and white 8x10 photographs, undated
( Mexican Lacandon tribe photographic portraits, [. 193-])
Photos by Gail Lerner Saharoui, 8 color snapshots, unidentified country, 1985 and undated
Photos -- Nicaragua, [ca. 1984]
Slides -- Latin America
Slides -- China -- Cities, Unidentified
Slides -- Nanking
Slides -- Wu Shih
Slides -- Sun Yat Sen Medical College / East is Red Kindergarten / Canton Dali Commune / Misc. Canton
Slides -- Shanghai
Slides -- Cadre School / Misc. Beijing
Photos -- 6 black and white 8x10 unidentified prints, possibly from Latin America : groups of people, interior of dairy [?], undated
Photos (negatives) -- Viki Ortiz (VO) -- International Women's Day March, 1978
Unidentified Matted Photos (stored in oversize)
Photocopy of News Photo -- Camilo Ortiz ca. 1982

Cultural Artifacts Series,

[196-]-[198-] and undated
Buttons, T-shirts, and poster-size broadsides connected to various events or issues in countries around the world. Some items have been removed to the Oversize Series.
Box 28
Buttons
Latin America / U.S. Imperialism
Women's Liberation
AIDS
Parenting / Children
Miscellaneous U.S. Social Movements
Box 28, 29
T-Shirts (VO)   (16 folders)
International Women's Liberation
Latin America / U.S. Imperialism
Lesbian and Gay Rights
AIDS
Oversize Cabinet  OC:V:5:  Posters (stored in oversize cabinet)
Africa and Middle East   (1 folder)
Europe (France and Italy)   (1 folder)
Art Museum Posters (France)   (1 folder)
One poster from student/worker strikes in France, [1968?]
Oversize Cabinet  OC:V:7:  Posters (stored in oversize cabinet)
U.S. Movements (e.g., Black Panthers, Socialist/Marxists, Women's Liberation, Anti-War)   (2 folders)
Latin America   (4 folders)
International Women's Day (various countries)   (1 folder)
Original art work done for Bobbye and Viki   (1 folder)

Audio Tapes Series, [196-]-[198-] and undated

Chiefly cassette recordings made by Bobbye Ortiz in China, Nicaragua, Cuba, Chile, and the United States. One large set of tapes was recorded during tours of facilities in China. Other cassettes document interviews, radio programs, and speeches by various activists; many of the interviews were conducted or recorded by Ortiz. Some commercial recordings contain collections of folk and protest songs from Latin American countries, Italy, and the United States.
[Some of the materials in this series may not be immediately accessible because they require further processing before use. While some use copies are already available of Bobbye Ortiz's trip to China, Technical Services needs to format for use copies of many of the other audio tapes before they can be used. Tapes are accessible ONLY in use copy format. Copyright restrictions may also apply to some of these recordings. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Box 30
China, undated(USE COPIES FOR PATRONS):
Tape 1: Sun Yat Sen Medical College
Tape 2: Sun Yat Sen Medical College / East is Red Kindergarten
Tape 3: East is Red Kindergarten / Shanghai Industrial Exhibit
Tape 4: Shanghai Industrial Exhibit / Shanghai #3 Machine Tool Plant
Tape 5: China Shakes the World / Pei Kuang Middle School
Tape 6: Pei Kuang Middle School / Comrade Wu / Children's Palace
Tape 7: Children's Palace / Fung Chen Workers
Tape 8: Fung Chen Workers / Women's Discussion
Tape 9: Women's Discussion / Shanghai Harbor #5 / Wu Shih
Tape 10: Wu-Shih
Tape 11: Wu-Shih / Tai Lake / Hura Commune
Tape 12: Hura Commune / Clay Fig. Factory Wu-Shih / Nanking Bridge
Tape 13: Nanking Bridge / Barefoot Dr. Hura Commune / Nanking Primary School / Kids' Performance
Tapes 14 - 15: Nanking Middle School
Tape 16: Nanking Chemical Fiber Plant / City Planning Committee (damaged)
Tapes 17 - 18: Nanking City Planning Committee
Tape 19: Dali Commune, Canton
Tape 20: Feng Shen Comm, Beijing
Tape 21: Feng Shen Comm. / Beijing University
Tape 22: Beijing University / Burchett to Baker
Tape 23: Burchett to Baker / Cadre School
Tape 23.5: Burchett to Baker / Cadre School
Tape 24: Cadre School
Tape 25: Beijing University Cultural Revolution Education
Tape 26: Beijing University Legal System
Tape 27: unidentified
Tape 28: Canton PLA Song and Dance Co.
Latin America (USE COPIES FOR PATRONS):
Nicaragua:
Tape 1: Luis Alberto Franco Corts
Tapes 2 - 5: Encuentro de Mujeres, March 1985
Box 31
Tape 6: AMNLAE
Tape 7: AMNLAE / Cuidad Sandido
Tape 8: Jacqueline Cuevas, Centro Antonio Valdivieso
Tape 9: Marina Esther Torres
Tape 10: Hilda Bolt, FSLN
Tape 11: Aida Redondo and Daniel del Solar
Tape 12: AMES
Cuba:
Tape 1: "Angela"
Tape 2: Playa Girn
Tape 3: Isla de la Juventad / Fed. of Cuban Women
Tape 4: Isla de la Juventad / China Shakes the World
Tape 5: Cuidad Sandido and Pinar del Rio
Tape 6: Musical Chorus / Cuba -- Musical Heritage
Tape 7: Cuba Sings for Angela Davis
Tapes 8 - 10: Fidel Castro
Tape 11: The Four Fishermen / Fidel Castro
Chile:
Tape 1: Latin American Music / AFWIC
Tape 2: WBAI Radio Show, Bobbye Ortiz, narrator
Tape 3: Laura Allende
Tapes 4-5: WBAI interview with "Amanda"
Tapes 6-7: AFWIC with Maria Elena Carrera
Tape 8: Relatives of Desaparecidos
Tape 9: Hayde Alarcn
Tape 10: Mark Cooper
United States and Other (USE COPIES FOR PATRONS):
Tapes 1-3: Bettina Aptheker, feminist
Tape 4: Juliet Mitchell, feminist
Tape 5: Labor on the Line
Tape 6: Angela Fernandez, Dominican writer
Tapes 7-11 located in Box 21
Box 32
China (MASTER COPIES - RESTRICTED): Tapes 1-28
Latin America (MASTER COPIES - RESTRICTED):
Nicaragua: Tapes 1-11
Box 33
Nicaragua: Tape 12
Cuba: Tapes 1-11
Chile: Tapes 1-10
U.S. and Other (MASTER COPIES - RESTRICTED: Tapes 1-10
U.S. and Other (USE COPIES FOR PATRONS):
Tape 7: Project Crossfire
Tape 8: WIRE: Women's Poetry in the Third World
Tape 9: Interview with Bobbye Ortiz
Tape 10: Children's Letter
Tape 11: Interview with David A. Siqueiros (Mexican graphic artist and political activist)
Box 34
Miscellaneous Tapes (USE COPIES MUST BE MADE)
Guitarra Armada Nicaragua, undated
Nicaragua: Darkness into Light, undated
Carlos Mejia Godoy; Nicaragua Libre (two tapes), undated
Musica feminista Nicaragua, 1985, undated
Carlos Puebla: Che Guevara, undated
Virulo: La Historia de Cuba , undated
Chile: 10 Years of Cultural Resistance (excerpts from 1st National Congress of Artists and Cultural Workers of Chile, Santiago, 1983), 1994
Catalunya amb la luga dels drets dels pobles. Homenage a Pablo Neruda, May 1977
Gabriela Mistral: a 25 aos de su muerte, 1982
Sueo Americano, undated
Brazilian Protest Music, undated
Banda Tepejani: Music from the Revolutionary Struggle in El Salvador, undated
El Salvador: El pueblo vencer, undated
El Salvador: Its People, Its Struggle, Its Songs, undated
Ali Primera: Adis en dolor mayor, dedicato alla resistenza cilena (Italy), 1975
Bread and Roses: Songs for Working Women Sung by Bobbie McGee, undated
Harp: Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger, undated
Lucha Means "Struggle," 1977
Song and Struggle: Women in the Americas, undated
San Francisco Mime Troupe: Steeltown, undated
Anna Casalino: Sebben che siamo donne (Italy), 1982
Canzoniere delle lame: Scarpe nuove eppur bisogna andare, 1980
Amore e potere: Il canzoniere femminista (Italy), 1977 Guatemala: Menshu, undated
Susana Rinaldi, Dale Nomas, [Brazilian protest music?], undated
Third World Women's Voices, undated
Gruppe Chuzp, undated
Seder Melodies, undated

Index Card Catalog Series, undated

Two shoebox-size containers hold hundreds of index cards representing Bobbye Ortiz's personal library. Organized by subject, in original order. Box 36 also contains three unidentified reels of sound recordings. These are closed to research: use copies must be made.
Box 35-36
Monthly Review Publications
Women
Marxism/ Socialism
Literature
Central America
Latin America
Asia
Social Sciences and Humanities
Sociology
Anthropology
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
History
Political Science
Art
Religion
Miscellaneous Topics
Reference
Current Events
Spanish Civil War
Cancer
Box 36
Other Tapes (USE COPIES MUST BE MADE):
3 unidentified tapes (reels)

Oversize Materials, [192-?]-[1980s]

Consist primarily of oversize pieces from the Cultural Artifacts and Photographs Series. Posters in this series provide excellent examples of the use of visual arts by late 20th century social movements. All oversize materials have been cross-listed in the main series and subseries to which they belong.
[This series is partially closed. Contact Research Services.]
Box 37
Cartoon Drawing, Viki and Camilo (Personal Files Series) [CLOSED until 2025]
Diplomas (BA, MA), Founder's Day Award (Education) [CLOSED until 2025]
Robert Colodny Photograph (Photographs) [CLOSED until 2025]
Unidentified Matted Photographs (Photographs)
"Housing in Revolutionary Cuba" (Geographic)
Oversize Cabinet  OC:V:5:  Panoramic photograph in which Louis Suckle (BSO's father) can be seen, [192-?] (Photographs.)
Posters (Cultural Artifacts)
Africa and Middle East   (1 folder)
Europe (France and Italy)   (1 folder)
Art Museum Posters (France)   (1 folder)
One poster from Student/Worker Strikes, France, June [1968?]
Oversize Cabinet  OC:V:7:  Posters (BSO -- Cultural Artifacts)
U.S. Movements: (Black Panthers, Socialists and Marxists, Women's Liberation, Anti-War movement)   (2 folders)
Latin America   (4 folders)
International Women's Day (various countries): Original artwork done for Bobbye and Viki   (1 folder)

Phonograph Records Series, [195-]-[198-] and undated

Recordings collected by Bobbye Ortiz mainly from the 1950s through the 1980s. The categories of General (Europe, Latin America, South America), Pop, Folk, Labor movement, Protest, and Miscellaneous have collections of varied content. Many of the popular recordings (not only in the Pop category, but also in the countries divisions) contain protest songs, for example. Anti-Vietnam War movementsongs may be found in various countries as well as in the categories of Pop, Folk, Labor, and Protest.
Some of the materials in this series are not immediately accessible because they require further processing before use. Technical Services needs to create use copies of phonograph recordings before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Subseries are based on type of recording (12 inch, 10 inch, and 45 rpm) and are divided into sections representing countries or subject categories. Within each country or category, the recordings are arranged by performer, then further by title if there is more than one recording by that artist.

Twelve Inch Recordings
Box 38
Angola
#1 Title: Contra a ideia da violncia a violncia da ideia
Performer: Luis Cilia
Ptria lugar de Exilio, Gabriel, Cantiga de Amigo, Fecundou-te, Canto de Esperana, Contra a ideia da violncia a violncia da ideia, Voz Suspensa, Caminho Longe, O Poema Original, Sei Que Me Esperas
Record Label: Le Chant du Monde, LDX 74538
#2 Title: Les uns par les autres
Performer: Luis Cilia
Antico de um mundo novo, Serventes, Fala do homen nascido, Dez reis de esperanca, Adeus trigo, Portugal resiste, Poema a boca fechada, Venham eis, Ecloga em tempo de guerra, Ternura, Heranca
Record Label: Gravure Universelle, MN - 10012
#3 Title: Meu pas
Performer: Luis Cilia
Meu pas, A bola, Basta, Resiste, Duas melodias, Exilio, Canta, Aqu ficas, Canto do desertor, Bairro de lata, Sou barco, O que menos importa, Guitarras como tristeza, O menino negro nao entrou na roda, Regresso, Canao final, canao de sempre
Record Label: Le Chant du Monde, LDX 74308
#4 Title: Toques y cantos yorubas
Performer: CNC
Cantos para Elegua, Cantos para Oggun, Cantos para Yemaya, Cantos para Shango, Cantos para Oshun, Cantos para Obatala, Cantos para Oya, Cantos para Oshosi, Cantos para Babalu-Aye, Cantos para Elegua
Record Label: EGREM, LD-CNC-2
#5 Title: Angola: A vitoria certa! Movimiento Popular de libertao de Angola (Victory is Certain! Songs of the Liberation Army of the MPLA)
Performer: Liberation Support Movement
Side 1: Revolution, Revolution! Shouts, Drums and Singing Victory or Death, MPLA, Defender of All the People, MPLA, Angolan Revolution, Spoken Introduction, Allelujah, Papa ni Mama, Untitled fragments, The Comandante is with the Revolution; Comandante, Come in a Hurry; Brothers Listen My Heart Breathes; Separation is Easy; The Portuguese in Angola; Portuguese, Leave Angola, Anthem of the MPLA
Side 2: MPLA Invulsi, Monetu ua Kassule, Deba, Dr. Neto, Dituminu, Ufolo, Kaputu, Etu Tuan' Angola, Mon'a Ngamb' Eh!
Record Label: Paredon, P1002
Argentina
#6 Title: Le chant du coq - Cantate (Cantate del gallo cantor)
Performer: Cuarteto Cedrn
Record Label: Polydor, 23934 063
#7 Title: Suertes (Chances)
Performer: Cuarteto Cedrn
Side 1: Sobre la poesia y el combate, Sobre un cierto tipo de muerte, Sobre un cierto tipo de vida, Sobre la llama que nada el agua fria, Medulas que han, Suertes gloriosamente Ardido
Side 2: Diagonales, A Luis Luchi, La plantita, Temas de la ciudad, sonico
Record Label: Polydor, 2473 082
#8 Title: En vivo
Performer: Nacha Guevara, Alberto Favero
Side 1: Presentacin, Yo soy la Nacha, Las damas de beneficencia, Soy snob, La mucamita, Mi hombre, El vals del minuto
Side 2: Te quiero, Versos sencillos, Un Padrenuestro Latinoamericano, Yo te nombro
Record Label: Discos NCL, NCL-LP-004
#9 Title: Habla el Che Guevera (Difusion Musical)
Side 1: Homenaje de Carlos Altamirano, Habla Ernesto Guevara, Carta de Haydee Santamaria, Habla Ernesto Guevara, Himno Latinoamericano
Side 2: Homenaje de Enrique Lihn Carrasco, Habla Ernesto Guevara, Homenaje de Juvencio Valle, Fidel Castro lee la carta de despedida, Habla Ernesto Guevara, Himno de los guerrilleros
Record Label: Astral, America Hoy, VBP-295
#10 Title: Cesar Vallejo: Voz viva de America Latina poemas
Performer: Claudio Obregon
Side 1: Espergesia, A mi hermano Miguel, Los pasos lejanos, Dios, El poeta a su amada, Los dados eternos, Todos los das amanezco a ciegas, Oh las cuatro paredes de la celda, Un hombre pasa con un pan al hombro; Considerando en fro, imparcialmente; La clera que quiebra al hombre en nios
Side 2: Los mendigos pelean por Espaa, Hombre de Extremadura; Espaa, aparta de m este Cliz; La rueda del Hambriento, Intensidad y altura, Los heraldos negros, Piedra negra sobre una piedra blanca, Masa
Record Label: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
#11 Title: Circling Free
Performer: Marsie Silvestro
Side 1: Circling Free, Oh Tell Me, See How I Rise, Peace Flowing Like a River, Who Will Go, Spirit of Loving
Side 2: My Friend You Are a Miracle, Renew the Earth, Spinning, Gettin' Tired Blues, For Everyone You Take, Blessing Song, Stand Together
Record Label: Moonsong Productions, MS 333
#12 Title: Mercedes Sosa (Coleccon Recital, Los Grandes Artistas)
Performer: Mercedes Sosa
Side 1: Al jardin de la republica, Duerme negrito, Chayita del vidalero, Tristeza, Alfonsina y el mar, Zamba del Chaguanco, Cancin con todos
Side 2: Si se calla el cantor, Cancin para un nio en la calle, La oncena, Cancin del derrumbe indio, Zamba para no morir, Gracias a la vida
Record Label: Philips, 6347091
#13 Title: Hasta la victoria (Coleccon Recital, Los Grandes Artistas)
Performer: Mercedes Sosa, Vol. 2
Side 1: Balderrama, Hombre en el tiempo, La arenosa, Si se calla el cantor, Hasta la victoria
Side 2: Los hermanos, Plegaria a un labrador, Violin de becho, La pobrecita, Cruzando por la ciudad, Canto vital
Record Label: Philips, 15064
#14 Title: Textos politicos, 10 aos de compromiso, 1960-1980
Performer: Alfredo Zitarrosa
Side 1: Mire amigo, Nilonga caera, No se puede, Chamarrita de los milicos, Milonga de contrapunto
Side 2: Diez decimas de autocrtica, La cancin quiere, Decimas de saludo al publico argentino, Adagio en mi pas, Desde el exilio
Record Label: Foton, LPS 030
Brazil
#15 Title: Brsil
Performer: Serto & Favelas
Side 1: Carcara, Funeral do lavrador, Cancao da terra, Sina de caboclo, Cheganca, Pau de Arara
Side 2: Opiniao, Nega dina, Pedro Pedreiro; Feio, nao e bonito; Zelao, Cicatriz
Record Label: Le Chant du Monde, Gravure Universelle, LDX 7 4346
#16 Title: Cartola: Documento Inedito
Side 1: Que sejam benvindos, Autonomia, Acontece, Senes
Side 2: O inverno do meu tempo, Que sejas bem feliz; D-me graas, senhora; Quem me v sorrindo
Record Label: Estudio Eldorado, 59.82.0396
Chile
#17 Title: Chant pour les enfants du Chili
Performer: George Brassens, Julien Clerc, Jean Ferrat, Juliette Greco, Maxime le Forestier, Colette Magny, Yves Montand, Mouloudji, Georges Moustaki, Serge Reggiani, Francesca Solleville, Anne Sylvestre
Side 1: Le petit cheval, Paris couleur novembre, Juste comme un enfant, Requiem pour n'importe qui, Abel Cain mon fils, Dejeuner de soleil
Side 2: Les feuilles mortes, L'colier soldat, Mourir d'enfance, Faut vivre, Camarade Chili, Mon chant est un ruisseau
Record Label: Secours Populaire Francais, P 1977sPF
#18 Title: Los chilenos
Performer: Juan Capra
Side 1: La Huella, Somos pajaros libres, Los pueblos americanos, La flor que anda de mano en mano, El angel est llorando, Romance de Juan Hilario Alvarez
Side 2: La cancin del minero, La paloma, Tengo un pena, Contrapunto el aguila americana y el condor chileno, Resfaloza dek Vietnam, Las pariciones
Record Label: Barclay Panache, 820 180
#19 Title: Chili canto a lo humano
Performer: Juan Capra
Side 1: Supe en el norte que habia, Con el silencio e la noche, Errante golondrina, Cuando llegaron los indios
Side 2: De las alturas del cielo, En el cenaculo estaba, Cuando te vai a casar, Arriba de un chirimolli
Record Label: LDX 74407
#20 Title: Chile canta e lotta, Canti popolari cileni di ieri e di oggi, ( Chile Sings and Struggles, Chilean Folksongs of Yesterday and Today)
Performer: Juan Capra
Side 1: Dicen que no caben, Blanca flor y filumena, Dicen que los manos, Versos por padecimiento, El hundimiento del transporte "angamos", San Pedro se puso guapo, Dsen las manos
Side 2: Bajando de los Andes, Viva balmaceda!, Tengo una pena, Sirilla, Contrapunto entre el aguila americana y el condor chileno, Yo me vuelvo para Chile
Record Label: Albatros
#21 Title: La primavera muerta en el tejado, Chile 11 de septiembre 1973
Performer: Patricio Castillo
Side 1: Cuando aparecio, Las manadas, Pichona sin pechon, El soldado ciego, Cuando se fue
Side 2: Te recuerdo amanda, El arado, San Juanito y cueca de murieta, El aparecido, Madrugada
Record Label: Canto Libre, DCP 107-DF 68
#22 Title: Chile Vencer: An Anthology of Chilean New Song, 1962-1973
Side 1: Gracias A La Vida, Que Dira Santo Padre, Quena En Verano, Run Run Se Fue P'al Norte, Amor
Side 2: Inti Illimani, La Pericona, Vamos Mujer, Preguntas Por Puerto Montt, Ni Chicha Ni Limona, Las Casitas Del Barrio Alto, Al Centro De Injusticia
Side 3: La Democracia, Il Bosco, Tolin Tolin Tolin, La Burra De Beltran, Yo Quiero Verte, Las Doradas Colinas De Bihn Xuan
Side 4: Hermano Lloraras, No Nos Moveran, La Batea, September 11, 1973, El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido
Record Label: Rounder Records, 4009/4010
#23 Title: Poesias de Miguel Hernndez
Performer: Nuria Espert, Augustin Gonzalez, Jose-Miguel Velloso
Side 1: El sudor, Carta, No quiso ser, Que quiere el viento de enero?, Una fotografia, Bocas de ira, Menos tu vientre, El pez mas viejo del rio, Beso soy, sombra con sombra, No pudimos ser, El ultimo y el primero, Nanas de la cebolla
Side 2: Un carnivoro cuchillo, Me tiraste un limon y tan amargo, Fuera menos penado si no fuera, Umbrio pop la pena casi bruno, Yo se que ver y oir a un triste enfada, Te me mueres de casta y de sencilla por un senda van los hortelanos, Como el toro he nacido para el luto, Soneto final, Elegia, Me llamo barro aunque Miguel me llame, Egloga, Sino sangriento
Record Label: La Palabra Discos Aguilar, GPE 12 102
Box 39
#24 Title: Chile herido (Volumen 2)
Performer: Inti-Illimani
Side 1: Tocata y fuga, Corazon maldito, Run run se fue pa'l norte, El aparecido, Asi como hoy matan negros, Chile herido
Side 2: Calambito temucano, Exilada del sur, La partida, Lo que mas quiero, Ya parte el galgo terrible, El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido
Record Label: Discos Pueblos, DP-1011
#25 Title: Hacia la libertad
Performer: Inti-Illimani
Side 1: Hacia la libertad, Chile, Vientos del pueblo, Cai cai vilu, Canto a los caidos
Side 2: Arriba quemando el sol, La patria prisonera, El arado, Cancin a Victor, Ciudad Ho Chi Minh
Record Label: Monitor Music of the World, MFS 781
#26 Title: Viva Chile!
Performer: Inti-Illimani (2 Copies)
Side 1: Fiesta del San Benito, Longuita, Cancion del poder popular, Alturas, La segunda independencia, Cueca de la C.U.T.
Side 2: Tatati, Venceremos, Ramis, "Rin" del angelito, Subida, Simon Bolivar
Record Label: Monitor Music of the World, MS 769
#27 Title: Chile Combatiente
Performer: Vctor Jara, Isabel Parra, Angel Parra, P. Castillo, Hctor Pavez, Quilapayn, Aparcoa, Inti-Illimani
Side 1: Chile herido, Las ultimas palabras, Manifesto, Vientos del pueblo, Cancin al partido, Levntese compaero
Side 2: La segunda independencia, Ya no es tiempo de esperar, Aqu me quedo, El rojo gota a gota ir creciendo, Cuando amanece el dia, Alerta pueblos del mundo, El pueblo unido jams ser vencido
Record Label: Dis