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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Gloria Velásquez papers
Identifier/Call Number: M0996
Physical Description:
24 Linear Feet
(43 manuscript boxes, 2 cartons, 3 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1973-2021
Language of Material:
English
, Spanish; Castilian
.
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.
She was born in Loveland, Colorado in 1949, the child of migrant workers Francisca Molinar-Velásquez and Juan Velásquez who
eventually settled in Johnstown, Colorado in 1963. She earned a B.A. in Chicano and Spanish studies from the University of
Northern Colorado - Greeley (1978), and an M.A. and PhD from Stanford University in Spanish literature (1980, 1985).
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.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
[identification of item], Gloria Velásquez papers (M0996). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
Libraries, Stanford, California.
Collection is open for research except for notebooks and journals, correspondence, and some later novel drafts. Note that
material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexican American poets
Mexican American authors