Guide to the Gloria Velásquez papers M0996

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

2023

Green Library

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Stanford 94305-6064

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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 .

Biographical / Historical

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).

Scope and Contents

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.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Gloria Velásquez papers (M0996). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Conditions Governing Access

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

Series 1. Writing

Subseries 1.1. Novels

Box 1, folder 1

Juanita and the School Board notebook draft

Box 1, folder 2

Rina's Family Secret drafts

Box 1, folder 3

Rina's Family Secret - Nick's changes

Box 1, folder 4

Rina's Family Secret final print 1997-07-30

Box 1, folder 5-6

Ankiza draft

Box 1, folder 7

Ankiza draft (minimal edits)

Box 1, folder 8

Ankiza typescript

Box 2, folder 1-2

Teen Angel old drafts

Language of Material: English.

Box 2, folder 3

Teen Angel draft

Box 2, folder 4

Teen Angel final draft

Box 2, folder 5

Tyrone's Betrayal old first draft

Box 2, folder 6

Tyrone's Betrayal draft

Box 3, folder 1

Tyrone's Betrayal draft

Box 3, folder 2

Tyrone's Journey [Tyrone's Betrayal] typescript (unmarked)

Box 3, folder 3-7

Zakiya's Enduring Wounds drafts (Intro-chapter 14)

Box 4, folder 1-4

Zakiya's Enduring Wounds drafts (Chapter 15-27)

Box 4, folder 5

Zakiya edits 2020-03

Box 4, folder 6

Zakiya edits 2020-05

Box 4, folder 7

Zakiya draft and manuscript evaluation 2020-07-2020-11

Box 4, folder 8

RHS writing drafts

Box 19, folder 12

RHS book covers

RESTRICTED

Conditions Governing Access

The drafts for the below novels and short stories are restricted until 2070 or until death.

Box 5, folder 1

Novel pieces photocopies (Soldaditos y muñecas/Toy Soldiers and Dolls)

Box 5, folder 2

Soldaditos draft

Box 5, folder 3

Soldaditos drafts - 1. Dimanches / 2. Fugitivo / 3. Guernica circa 1975

Box 5, folder 4

Toy Soldiers and Dolls draft 1995-1996

Box 5, folder 5-6

Toy Soldiers and Dolls typescript

Box 5, folder 7

Toy Soldiers and Dolls typescript

Box 5, folder 8-9

Soldaditos draft 2013

Box 6, folder 1

Soldaditos draft 2014

Box 6, folder 2

Soldaditos final Spanish draft 2014-12

Box 6, folder 3

Soldaditos/Toy Soldiers title, table of contents, about the author 2015

Box 6, folder 4

Soldaditos/Toy Soldiers bilingual draft 2015-02

Box 6, folder 5

Soldaditos draft 2015-06

Box 6, folder 6

Toy Soldiers draft 2015-06

Box 6, folder 7

Toy Soldiers final copy 2015-07

Box 6, folder 8

Soldaditos final copy 2015-07

Box 6, folder 9

Soldaditos final copy (two columns) 2015-07

Box 6, folder 10

Toy Soldiers (formatted) 2015-07

Box 7, folder 1

Soldaditos/Toy Soldiers draft 2015-07-16

Box 7, folder 2

Soldaditos typescript 2015-07-17

Box 7, folder 3

Soldaditos/Toy Soldiers 2016-01-19

Box 7, folder 4

Soldaditos/Toy Soldiers 2016-01-19

Box 7, folder 5

Soldaditos/Toy Soldiers final version 2016-01-30

Box 8, folder 1

Soldaditos/Toy Soldiers typescript 2016-01-31

Box 8, folder 2

Soldaditos/Toy Soldiers draft

Box 8, folder 3

Soldaditos/Toy Soldiers galleys 2018-08-23

Box 8, folder 4

Soldaditos final galley 2019

Box 8, folder 5

Toy Soldiers final galleys 2019-06

Box 8, folder 6

Cartas a Raul (Soldaditos)

Box 8, folder 7

Cartas de Esperanza (Soldaditos)

Box 8, folder 8

Antonio y Esperanza (Soldaditos)

Box 19, folder 13

Vietnam letters (Soldaditos)

Box 19, folder 14

Soldaditos draft 2009

Box 19, folder 15

Toy Soldiers - manuscript submission, etc.

Box 9, folder 1-2

L.A. - Barrios - Family stories [Barrio Christmas Story] drafts by chapter

Box 9, folder 3

Barrio Christmas Story drafts

Box 9, folder 4

Barrio Christmas Story drafts - chapters 2, 6, 8 1999

Box 9, folder 5

Dogtown typescript 1996

Box 9, folder 6

Dogtown draft 1997

Subseries 1.2. Poetry

Box 9, folder 7

poem drafts

Box 9, folder 8

Songs/poems drafts

Box 10, folder 1

poem drafts

Box 10, folder 2

poem drafts

Box 10, folder 3

poems and essays 1970s

Box 10, folder 4

old poems circa 1986-1991

Box 10, folder 5

Quien Soy (original) poem anthology submitted for BA thesis 1978

Box 10, folder 6

"Edúcate" 1994

Box 10, folder 7

"Amores" 1977-1986

Box 10, folder 8-10

I Used to Be a Superwoman typescripts

Box 10, folder 11

I Used to Be a Superwoman book (with inscription for GV's mother) 1997-08-07

Box 10, folder 12

early poems in publications 1970s

Box 11, folder 1-2

Dine Xicana poem collection

Box 11, folder 3

Juan Ricardo

Box 11, folder 4-5

Still a Superwoman Xicana

Box 11, folder 6

Xicana Power Trip poems and artwork

Box 11, folder 7-8

Xicana on the Run drafts

Box 11, folder 9

Xicana on the Run, Superwoman materials

Box 12, folder 22

Poem log 2013

Box 12, folder 23

Superwoman Chicana CD design proof

Box 12, folder 24

Superwoman Chicana CD index and notes

Box 12, folder 25

Double Bubbleheads CD material 2009

Box 12, folder 26

early published poems (photocopy)

Subseries 1.3. Prose

Box 11, folder 10

drafts

Box 11, folder 11

"The Green House"

Box 11, folder 12

"My Cinema Paradiso"

Box 11, folder 13

Section on APA (Soldaditos?)

Box 11, folder 14

Episodia final de novela handwritten draft (Soldaditos?)

Box 11, folder 15

Antonio - "El Vagon Verde" (Soldaditos)

Box 11, folder 16

"Blackbirds" (Soldaditos)

Box 11, folder 17

"Fugitive" (Soldaditos)

Box 11, folder 18

"La Carta," "Dimanche" (Soldaditos)

Box 11, folder 19

"Bridget" (Soldaditos)

Box 12, folder 1

"Mr. Lonely" (Soldaditos)

Box 12, folder 2-3

"Wagon Mound" (Soldaditos)

Box 12, folder 4

Dalin interview - "Wagon Mound"

Box 12, folder 5

"Dr. Merry" (Soldaditos)

Box 12, folder 6

"Mercedes" (Soldaditos)

Box 12, folder 7

"Guernica" (Soldaditos)

Box 12, folder 8

"El Louie" (Soldaditos)

Box 12, folder 9

Dissertation front matter and bibliography 1985

Box 12, folder 10

Ama homage 2002

Box 12, folder 11

Aurelia (Grandma Treviño) homage and other tributes to Johnstown and Milliken individuals

Box 12, folder 12

Aurelia article 2015

Box 12, folder 13

"Baton Girl"

Box 12, folder 14

The Case of the Almost Missing Mariachis"

Box 12, folder 15

"Cesar Chavez y yo at SLO airport"

Box 12, folder 16

"In Search of My Dine Self" 1998

Box 12, folder 17

"Meeting El Padrecito" 2015-06-11

Box 12, folder 18

"My Spiritual Journey to La Tierra del Ecanto" 2004

Box 12, folder 19

Las Tres Cositas

Box 12, folder 20

critical essays (GV's and others)

Box 12, folder 21

"The Relationship of Certain Elements of Social Stratification to Ethnic Term Identification"

Box 20, folder 1

"Mercedes", "Cultural Ambivalence in Early Chicana Literature

Box 20, folder 2

article in LA ONDA (Stanford Chicano newsletter) 1973

Box 20, folder 3

published essays, short fiction 1980s

Box 33, folder 6

essays

Series 2. Teaching and other Cal Poly materials - RESTRICTED UNTIL 2070

Language of Material: English.

Conditions Governing Access

Teaching and student materials restricted until 2070.

Series 3. Itineraries and events

Box 14, folder 4

book tour itineraries 1995-2000

Box 14, folder 5

book tour itineraries and correspondence 1996-2001

Box 14, folder 6

itineraries and correspondence 2000-2001

Box 14, folder 7

professional correspondence - itineraries, etc. 2001-2004

Box 15, folder 1

itineraries and correspondence 2003-2012

Box 15, folder 2

correspondence, itineraries, and writing

Box 15, folder 3

talk and lecture drafts

Box 15, folder 4

Kentucky Women Writers Conference 2000

Box 15, folder 5-6

Much Ado About Books 2004

Box 15, folder 7

Cal Poly Sigma Omega Nu talk 2004

Box 15, folder 8

PR originals 2006

Box 16, folder 1

Raza Speaks 2009

Box 16, folder 2

Lalo Delgado Poetry Festival 2010

Box 16, folder 3

Talks - "My Life Journey from the Farmworker FIelds to Stanford University" 2011

Box 16, folder 4

Tucson Festival of Books 2012

Box 16, folder 5

Cal Poly Adolescence course guest speaker 2012

Box 16, folder 6

Xicana Youth Conference 2012

Box 16, folder 7

MLL Commencement 2013

Box 16, folder 8

Another Type of Groove 2013

Box 16, folder 9

San Juan Bautista Raza Speaks 2013

Box 16, folder 10

Colorado State University 2013

Box 16, folder 11

CSU El Centro Chicano talk - "My Life Journey from the Farmworker FIelds to Stanford University" drafts 2013

Box 16, folder 12

Steynberg Gallery 2013

Box 16, folder 13

Cal Poly talk for American Indian Family Day 2014

Box 16, folder 14

Barnes and Noble book signing - Tommy Stands Tall 2014

Box 16, folder 15

Syracuse University Poetry Scholar Series 2014

Box 16, folder 16

ES 340 lecture student questions 2014

Box 16, folder 17

MLK Day events 2014

Box 16, folder 18

MLK Day at Grange Hall 2015

Box 16, folder 19

Raza Speaks 2015-2018

Box 16, folder 20

American Indian & Indigenous Cultural Commencement 2015

Box 16, folder 21

MLL Commencement 2016-2017

Box 16, folder 22

Chicano Commencement 2017

Box 16, folder 23

Diversity Symposium 2017

Box 16, folder 24

Tucson Festival of Books Superwoman Chicana talk

Box 16, folder 25

Cal Poly events

Box 16, folder 26

I Used to Be a Superwoman events

Box 16, folder 27

book tour materials - business card (photocopies), letters, notes

Box 22, folder 4

RHS flyers and clippings

Box 22, folder 5

flyers

Box 22, folder 6

flyers, brochures

Box 22, folder 7

GV programs 1977-1998

Box 22, folder 8

programs

Box 22, folder 9

flyers, brochures

Box 33, folder 7

Abelardo Delgado lecture notes

Box 33, folder 9

Burciaga talk and clippings

Box 33, folder 10

Burciaga and Velasquez transparencies

Box 33, folder 11

Charley Trujillo event and clippings 1990, 2002-2003

Box 33, folder 12

miscellaneous event materials - clippings, etc.

Box 33, folder 13

Steve Quintana, John Velasquez tribute

Box 33, folder 14

memorials

Series 4. Correspondence - RESTRICTED UNTIL 2070

Language of Material: English.

Conditions Governing Access

Correspondence restricted until 2070 or until death.

Series 5. Clippings and reviews

Box 20, folder 4-5

Book reviews 1998-1999

Box 20, folder 6

Roosevelt High School book reviews

Box 20, folder 7

Book reviews and clippings 1994-1998

Box 20, folder 8

Clippings and newspapers

Box 20, folder 9

Articles on GV and censorship 1995-1997

Box 20, folder 10

Censorship clippings

Box 20, folder 11

Clipping photocopies

Box 20, folder 12

Clippings 1979, 1994-2003

Box 20, folder 13

GV in CULTURALLY SPEAKING 2004

Box 20, folder 14

Colorado clippings 1990s

Box 21, folder 1

Jose Montoya and Arnold Vento on GV

Box 21, folder 2

"Gloria Velasquez's Roosevelt High School Series" by Carolina Fernandez Rodriguez

Box 21, folder 3

Soldaditos reviews

Box 21, folder 4

Mustang Daily clippings 1995-02-01

Box 21, folder 5

Superwoman CD clippings

Box 21, folder 6

Superwoman review by William Martinez, Jr.

Box 21, folder 7

interviews for newspapers 2014

Box 21, folder 8

Nahual magazine 1998, 2001

Box 21, folder 9

Spanish newspapers

Box 21, folder 10

La Voz newspaper 1977, 2001

Box 21, folder 11

San Luis Obispo magazine 1996, 1998

Box 21, folder 12

Magazines

Box 21, folder 13

El Andar Vol. 7, No. 4; clippings 1996

Box 32

newspapers 1980s-1990s

Box 33, folder 16

Jose Montoya obituary and poem 2013

Box 34, folder Unknown

bios from publications

Series 6. Other publications

Box 21, folder 14

Chicano song books

Box 21, folder 15

Arte Publico Press catalogs 1994-1997, 2001

Box 21, folder 16

Arte Publico Press catalogs 1994-1997

Box 22, folder 1

Arte Publico Press catalogs 2021

Box 22, folder 2

Spanish language books catalog 1996-1998

Box 22, folder 3

2do Congreso Creacion Femenina en el Mundo Hispanico - Bibliografia 1987

Box 22, folder 10

Jose Montoya and Culture Clash

Series 7. Notebooks and journals - RESTRICTED UNTIL 2070

Conditions Governing Access

Notebooks and journals restricted until 2070 or until death.

Series 8. Photos - RESTRICTED UNTIL 2070

Language of Material: English.

Conditions Governing Access

Largely personal photos are restricted until 2070 or until death.

ACCN: 2008-046

Language of Material: English.

Box 1, folder 1

Miscellaneous; Correspondence, Lecture Notes and Student Work

Box 1, folder 2

Gender, Self & Society 1993

Box 1, folder 3

Speech Given at MLL (Modern Languages and Literature) on Jose Montoya 2007-05-08

Box 1, folder 4

Copy of Jose's Betrayal with Corrections

Box 1, folder 5

Miscellaneous Correspondence

Box 1, folder 6

Speech , Notes and Eulogy for Mother

Box 1, folder 7

Writing, Poems, Songs & Notes

Box 1, folder 8

Rejection Letters from Publishers 1992

Box 1, folder 9

Manuscripts of "Maya" with Corrections

Box 1, folder 10

Juanita Fights The School Board Manuscript with few corrections.

Box 1, folder 11

Juanita Fights The School Board Manuscript

Box 2, folder 1

Juanita Fights The School Board Manuscript

Box 2, folder 2

I Used to Be Superwoman by Gloria Velasquez 1994

Box 2, folder 3

Emerging Faces: The Mexican-Americans, Y. Arturo Cabrera 1971

Box 2, folder 4

El Grito Fall 1969

Box 2, folder 5

El Grito Spring 1970

Box 2, folder 6

El Grito Winter 1971

Box 2, folder 7

El Grito Spring 1971

ACCN: 2011-112

Box 1, folder 1

Cesar Vallejo y el Surrealismo de Gloria Velasquez Trevino Manuscript by Mary Pratt

Box 1, folder 2

El Verso Amigo en Los Espacios de Gloria Velasquez Trevino by Bernardo Gicovate

Box 1, folder 3

Una Trayectoria de Angustia de Gloria Velasquez Trevino Manuscript by Joaquim Coehlo

Box 1, folder 4

Book Report - Cesar Vallejo (1892-1938)

Box 1, folder 5

Contenido y Forma: La Codificacion del Costumbrismo en Palma de Gloria Velasquez Trevino by Hector Mario Cavallari

Box 1, folder 6

Cesar Vallejo y el Surrealismo de Gloria Trevino Manuscript by Fernando Allegria

Box 1, folder 7

My Life Journey from the Farmworker Fields to Stanford

Box 1, folder 8

Xicana on the Run Manuscript

Box 1, folder 9

Xicana on the Run by Gloria Velasquez

Box 1, folder 10

Homage to Peter Diaz

Box 1, folder 11

Los Personajes en El Luto Humano de Gloria Velasquez Trevino by Jean Franco

Box 1, folder 12

La Musicalidad en verso de Otono de Gloria Velasquez Trevino by Bernardo Gicovate

Box 1, folder 13

Tommy Stands Tall New Novel #9 Drafts 1 + 2 (1 of 2)

Box 1, folder 14

Tommy Stands Tall New Novel #9 Drafts 1 + 2 (2 of 2)

Box 2, folder 1

Tommy Stands Tall Draft 2 + 3

Box 2, folder 2

Rudy's Memory Walk

Box 2, folder 3

Alamigo Leal February 1st, 2010 Manuscript

Box 2, folder 4

Miscellaneous Manuscripts

Box 2, folder 5

Rudy's Memory Walk Manuscript

Box 2, folder 6

Ruby Draft 2

Box 2, folder 7

Rudy Draft

Box 2, folder 8

Barrio Christmas Story Gloria Velasquez 2009

Box 2, folder 9

Rudy Final Copy Aug. 16, 2007

Box 3, folder 1

Rudy Manuscript Chapters 2-21

Box 3, folder 2

Essays by Students

Box 3, folder 3

Derby Hill Manuscripts

Box 3, folder 4

Blackbirds Manuscripts

Box 3, folder 5

Manuscript

Box 3, folder 6

Poems and Manuscripts by Gloria Velasquez

Box 3, folder 7

Rudy Manuscript Various Chapters

Box 3, folder 8

Professional Development Plan Manuscripts

Box 3, folder 9

Various Manuscripts

Box 3, folder 10

Miscellaneous Manuscripts

Box 3, folder 11

Miscellaneous Manuscripts

Box 3, folder 12

Miscellaneous Manuscripts

Box 3, folder 13

Poem: Freedom by Gloria Velasquez

Box 4, folder 1

Zerox Ch. 1-15 Rudy Old Drafts 5-31-07 (1 of 2)

Box 4, folder 2

Zerox Ch. 1-15 Rudy Old Drafts 5-31-07 (2 of 2)

Box 4, folder 3

Rudy's Memory Walk (1 of 2)

Box 4, folder 4

Rudy's Memory Walk (2 of 2)

Box 4, folder 5

Barrio Christmas Story by Gloria Velasquez 2000

Box 4, folder 6

Velasquez - Texts

Box 4, folder 7

Connections & Changes James Rutter Middle School 2003

Box 4, folder 8

Miscellaneous E-Mails

Box 5, folder 1

Miscellaneous Correspondence

Box 5, folder 2

Emails 2009

Box 5, folder 3

Correspodence 2002-2005

Box 5, folder 4

Correspondence 2006-2007

Box 5, folder 5

Correspondence 2008-2009

Box 5, folder 6

Undated Correspondence

Box 5, folder 7

Emails 2004-2006

Box 5, folder 8

Emails 2007

Box 5, folder 9

Emails 2008

Box 5, folder 10

IMP Emails

Box 5, folder 11

Notebook: 20th Century L.A. Narrative Limits of Realism Course No. 350 Undated

Box 5, folder 12

Notebook: Latin Amer. Narrative 19th Cent. Undated

Box 5, folder 13

Notebook: La Nevada Mexicana March 1979

Box 6, folder 1

Miscellaneous Notebook

Box 6, folder 2

Notebook: Siglo... Undated

Box 6, folder 3

Acknowledgments

Box 6, folder 4

Velasquez Family Panel Latino Warrior Traveling Exibit

Box 6, folder 5

Osiyo The Work of Indigenous Scholars 2008

Box 6, folder 6

16th Annual Xicano Youth Conference Jan. 10, 2009

Box 6, folder 7

Trade Catalog Fall 2009

Box 6, folder 8

Gloria Velasquez Biographical Information

Box 6, folder 9

Jose Antonio Villareal Material

Box 6, folder 10

Awards

Box 6, folder 11

Various Fliers/Pamphlets

Box 6, folder 12

Catalogues/Order Sheet

Box 6, folder 13

Photograph Printouts

Box 6, folder 14

Stanford Photos

Box 6, folder 15

Cesar Chavez Day 2009

Box 6, folder 16

Latino USA - Lalo Guerrero March 25, 2005

Box 6, folder 17

Kibbey Fishburn

Box 6, folder 18

Uprising by Gloria L. Velasquez

Box 6, folder 19

SW Flyers

Box 6, folder 20

Complete Catalog 2007

Box 7, folder 1

Velasquez

Box 7, folder 2

[Ret...] File 4-6 1988-89

Box 7, folder 3

Biography - Orig.

Box 7, folder 4

Velasquez

Box 7, folder 5

New PR - 06

Box 7, folder 6

For Stanford

Box 8, folder 1

Mudry

Box 8, folder 2

Vietnam Prop

Box 8, folder 3

For Stanford 09 UC-Davis Interview

Box 8, folder 4

PR Stuff

Box 8, folder 5

Miscellaneous Material

Box 8, folder 6

Cuesta College Latina Leadership Network Pamphlets May 1, 2010

Box 8, folder 7

Gender, Self, and Society 1993

Box 8, folder 8

Old CP Travel Doc.

Box 8, folder 9

Miscellaneous Photograph

Box 8, folder 10

Hernandez File ASU

Box 8, folder 11

Double Bubbleheads

Box 8, folder 12

Gay-Straight Alliance

Box 9, folder 1

Leo's Place - Gloria y los Continueros

Box 9, folder 2

Tape: Velasquez-Poetry Nov. 5

Box 9, folder 3

Untitled Folder

Box 9, folder 4

Mustang Daily Newspaper November 5, 2008

Box 9, folder 5

Mustang Daily Newspaper April 10, 2009

Box 9, folder 6

Clippings

Box 9, folder 7

2005 Agenda

Box 9, folder 8

2006 Agenda

Box 9, folder 9

Miscellaneous Material

Box 9, folder 10

Miscellaneous Material

Box 9, folder 11

Miscellaneous Letters Documents