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Title: Eloy Rodriguez papers
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 132
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
32 Linear Feet;
(23 cartons, 20 document boxes, and 1 flat box)
Creator:
Eloy, Rodriguez
Date (inclusive): 1978-2010
Abstract: Papers of Eloy Rodriguez, Ph.D, an internationally recognized professor and scientist in the fields of medicinal ethobotany,
chemical ecology, plant biology, cell biology and environmental toxicology, and zoopharmacognosy.
This collection is open for research. Audiovisual materials must be reformatted for access. Please contact the Department
of Special Research Collections in advance to request access.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Eloy Rodriguez, 2011.
This collection is arranged by topic and material type.
- Series I: Biographical files
- Series II: University Related materials
- Series II: Publications
- Series IV: Kids Investigating and Discovering Science (KIDS)
- Series V: Audiovisual material
- Series VI: Slides
Doctor Eloy Rodriguez (b. 1/7/1947) was born in Edinburg, Texas to parents of Mexican ancestry. He obtained a B.S. at the
University of Texas in 1969, where in 1975 he completed graduate school receiving a Ph.D. in Phytochemistry (the science that
derives chemicals based from plants) as well as Plant Biology. He further continued his education at the University of British
Columbia where he recieved medical postdoctoral training.
He spent several years teaching at the University of California, Irvine. Followed by a teaching and research postion at Cornell
University, becaming the first endowed Chicano in environmental biology at an Ivy League University. He was endowed with the
James A. Perkins Professorship of Environmental Studies in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Dr. Rodriguez has published two books and over 160 research publications. He received many awards and recognitions for his
multidisciplinary research, including from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Silver Medal from
the Medicinal Plant Society of Mexico, and the National Science Foundation Education Award. He has been named several times
as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States. He has also served as Director of the National Chicano
Council for Highter Education Science Fellowship Program.
Through Cornell University he established two research laboratories, one in the Amazon in Peru and the other at Punta Cana,
Dominican Republic. Along with his many achievements, Dr. Rodriguez founded an organization named Kids Investigating and Discovering
Science (KIDS) that allows K-8 minority children the opportunity to explore the sciences at the University of California,
Irvine. He founded the NSF-funded California Alliance for Minority Participation, a program that now has branched throughout
the University of California's 10 campuses, aiming to boost the number of minority students in the sciences.
Eloy Rodriguez is married to Maria Helena Viramontes, a prominent Chicana writer, who also has a collection at the California
Ethnic and Multicultural Archives at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The Eloy Rodriguez Papers were established in May 2011.
[Identification of Item], Eloy Rodriguez papers, CEMA 132. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Processed by Callie Bowdish and Danely Segoviano. Accruals included in 2024 by Andrew Harman and Rebecca Vasquez.
This collection consists of research papers, correspondence files, field work notes and files, lectures, writings, photographs,
slides, video recordings, and ephemera. It is organized primarily by alphabetical and chronological order.
Series I: Biography contains a publication that focues on Dr. Rodriguez's family, education, and career. Included is also a curriculum vitae
and examples of his business cards.
Series II: University Related Materials contains correspondence, certificates, event related materials, and a grant application. There is also a subseries with student
publications that are related to Cornell University minority research. Dr. Rodriguez's teaching materials for several of his
biology courses at Cornell are included. Photographs of a trip to Cuba and other events, and miscellaneous photographs can
be found in this series. Additonally, there is a photograph, flyer, and banquet plaque housed in an oversized box.
In
Series III: Publications, there are four subseries. In the first subseries,
Articles About Rodriguez, there are various publications ranging from the university and research related
Cornell Focus to
The New York Times and
Los Angeles Time Magazine, among others. These publications contain articles about Dr. Rodriguez and his research. Several of these articles are also
related to his efforts to assist minority students achieve success in the sciences and his influence over the Hispanic community
of the United States. The second subseries consists of the publication
Cornell Undergraduate Research Program on Biodiversity - Cornell Biodiversity Laboratory at Punta Cana Final Report. There are several subsections to this series including an introduction, research reports, and appendices. The introductory
material is related to the function, location, and mission of the Punta Cana Laboratory. The research reports deal with plants,
fungi, entomology, ornithology, marine biology, and ethnobiology. Furthermore, there are ten appendices which contain documents
on participation, program calandars and schedules, collections, biodiversity database, and observations. The
Plant and Biodiversity subseries consists of Dr. Rodriguez's own publications on the medicinal properties of the biodiversity of tropical trainforests
like the Amazon. These publications focus on plants, antiparasitic agents, and cancer treatment. Included in the subseries
is also a book proof for the book
Discovering The Remarkable Birds of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The
Public Relations subseries articles on Eloy Rodriguez featured in newspapers, magazines, or the internet.
Scientific Reserach, the final subseries, encompasses publications and articles related to Dr. Rodriguez's academic and scientific interests.
There is an incomplete table of contents in the first folder of this subseries.
Series IV: Kids Investigating and Discovering Science (KIDS) has materials from the KIDS program from 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1998. In this series, there are also photographs
and negatives of KIDS events. Three binders with photographs, slides, and negatives are included.
Series V: Audiovisual
Series VI: Slides This series was added as an accrual in 2016 and contains slides from Eloy's lectures, studies, experiments, trips, and vacations
while he taught at Cornell University, covering a period from 1972-1998. Note: other series may also include slides and other
photographic materials.
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