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Guide to the Marcy Miranda Collection on the Comisión Femenil Mexicana National – Leadership project
CEMA 53
CEMA 53
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Title: Marcy Miranda collection on the Comisión Femenil Mexicana National – Leadership Project
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 53
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet
(1 half-size document box)
Date (inclusive): 1996
Abstract: Marcy Miranda was a graduate student at UCSB doing a case study of a Chicana feminist organization for her MA thesis in Sociology,
focusing on the leaders of the Los Angeles-based Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional (CFMN). Her primary interest was to re-construct
the Comisión's history through written records and articles and then through oral history interviews. This small collection
is limited to one box and focuses on the oral interviews conducted in 1996. The collection features transcripts of interviews
and the audio files for the interviews are available upon request. There are also a few subject files relating to CFMN.
Conditions Governing Access note
Service copies of audiovisual items may need to be made before viewing or listening. Please consult Special Collections staff
for further information.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Marcy Miranda collection on the Comisión Femenil Mexicana National - Leadership project, CEMA 53.
Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
This collection is contained in one half-size document box and 8 audio files. It contains interview information, interview
transcripts, subject files and audio tape connected to Marcy Miranda's research on the Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nactional
organization. The interviews were recorded in 1996 and the material is dated from 1984 through 1997.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated by Marcy Miranda in 1996.
Miranda-Arrizon, Marcie. 1998. Building Herman(a)dad: Chicana feminism and Comision Femenil Mexicana Nacional. Thesis (M.A.)--University
of California, Santa Barbara, 1998.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chicanas