Guide to the Carlos Almaraz and Los Four Ephemera Collection CEMA 111

Finding aid prepared by Callie Bowdish, 2013
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-9010
Phone: (805) 893-3062
Email: special@library.ucsb.edu; URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections


Title: Carlos Almaraz and Los Four ephemera collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 111
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2.0 linear feet (one half document box and one oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1960-2013
Abstract: This is a discrete collection containing two boxes of miscellaneous materials that were collected by Charles Schermerhorn in relation to Carlos Almaraz and the Los Four. Almaraz was one of the members of Los Four, a group of influential artists in the Chicano Art Movement in Los Angeles. They broke into the mainstream art world with the first significant Chicano exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum. Almaraz was well traveled and well received by collectors. He died in 1989 of AIDS at the age of 48.
Physical Location: del Norte
Language of Materials: The collection is in English.

Scope and Content

This is a discrete collection containing two boxes of miscellaneous materials that were collected by Charles Schermerhorn in relation to Carlos Almaraz and the Los Four. Almaraz was one of the members of Los Four, a group of influential artists in the Chicano Art Movement in Los Angeles. They broke into the mainstream art world with the first significant Chicano exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum. Almaraz was well traveled and well received by collectors. He died in 1989 of AIDS at the age of 48.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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.

Acquisition Information

donated by Charles Schermerhorn on July 9, 2007

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Carlos Almaraz and Los Four Ephemera collection, CEMA 111. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Related Material

Dan Guerrero Collection on Latino entertainment and the arts (CEMA 78)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Almaraz, Carlos
Four (Art group).
Luján, Gilbert, 1940-2011
Romero, Frank E.

Box 1, Folder 1 - 2

Almaraz obituaries, biographical information and events 1972-2012

Box 2, Folder 1

Almaraz Los Angeles School exhibit photos and statement undated

Box 1, Folder 3

Los Four UC Irvine and Los Angeles County Museum exhibits 1973-1974

Scope and Content

Romero, Frank, Roberto de la Rocha, Carlos Almaraz, Gilbert Sanchez Lujan, and Hal Glicksman. 1973. Los Four: Almaraz, de la Rocha, Lujan, Romero : Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine, November 10 to December 9, 1973 : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, February 26 to March 31, 1974 : [photographs. Irvine, Calif: School of Fine Arts, University of California, Irvine. This event catalog is signed by the artists. An event announcement is also included.
Box 1, Folder 4

Los Four UCLA (California State University, Los Angeles) exhibit announcement 1975

Scope and Content

Illustration on the mailer reads, "Los Four con Safos Por El Pueblo"
Box 1, Folder 5

Gilbert Lujan correspondence and sketches 1990-1998

Box 1, Folder 6

Miscellaneous exhibit announcements 1980-1990

Scope and Content

Beardsley, John, and Jane Livingston. 1987. Hispanic art in the United States: thirty contemporary painters & sculptors. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts. This catalog and various exhibit announcements are in this folder. There is also a correspondence letter from Pablo de la Rosa.
Box 1, Folder 7

Frank Romero 1980-1990

Box 2, Folder 1

Posters 1972-1996

 

C. D. Almaraz at Mechicano October 1972

 

Los Four: Almaraz/ de la Rocha / Lujan / Romero Art Gallery/ University of California, Irvine November 10 to December 9, 1973

 

Los Four: Almaraz/ de la Rocha /Hernandez/Romero at Self-Help (a fund raiser) Ocober 7-25, 1974

 

Plaza de la Raza 1st Annual Art Auction 1996