The Gloria Velásquez papers includes notes, drafts, reviews, clippings, and correspondence related to her writing and poetry, family and personal correspondence, teaching files, book catalogs, itineraries, ephemera, notebooks, and photos.

Gloria Velásquez is a Diné Chicana poet, author, and educator. She was the first Chicana professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and taught there for 31 years before retiring in 2017. She is best known for her Roosevelt High School series of books, which were inspired by her realization of the need for books that featured adolescents of color, and for her poetry collection titled I Used to Be a Superwoman. She has also released two CDs of music and poetry: Superwoman Chicana and Double Bubbleheads.

24 Linear Feet (43 manuscript boxes, 2 cartons, 3 flat boxes)

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