Cortez Sisters collection, circa 1930s

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Cortez Sisters collection
Dates:
circa 1930s
Abstract:
Three signed photographs of Lita and Anita Gamez, performers active in the 1930s known as "The Cortez Sisters."
Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet (1 half document box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Cortez Sisters collection, CEMA 114. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains three signed photographs of Anita and Lita Gamez, professionally known as "The Cortez Sisters."

Biographical / historical:

Lita and Anita Gamez, professionally known as "The Cortez Sisters," were dancers in the 1930s who were employed as a team, although they worked individually from time to time. Possibly under contract to Warner Brothers, they also performed as a part of the Orpheum circuit, playing the vaudeville circuit up and down the western seaboard as far north as Seattle.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Andres Gutierrez, 2006.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Callie Bowdish, July 22, 2014. Finding aid updated by Rebecca Vasquez, April 2026.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-04-07 16:41:06 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and may be retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assignees for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Cortez Sisters collection, CEMA 114. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062