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Title: Alejandro Morales Papers
Identifier/Call Number: M1937
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
17.0 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1953-2012
Abstract: Collection contains drafts, research, editorial material, correspondence, and reviews of Morales' major publications; and
personal correspondence, ephemera, and miscellaneous material.
creator:
Morales, Alejandro, 1944-
Alejandro Morales, the son of Mexican immigrants, was born in Montebello, California and grew up in Simons, the company town
of the Simons Brick Yard #3, bordering Montebello. He earned his B.A. from California State University, Los Angeles, and a
M.A. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Morales is currently a professor in the Department of Chicano/Latino Studies at the
University of California, Irvine. Morales, as a novelist and professor, was awarded the Luis Leal Award for Distinction in
Chicano/Latino Literature in 2007 from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Morales literary works include: Caras Viejas y vino Nuevo (1975); La Verdad sin voz (1979); Reto in Parasio (1983); The Brick
People (1988); The Rag Doll Plagues (1992); Barrio on the Edge (1997); Waiting to Happen (2001); Pequena Nacion (2005); and
The Captain of All these Men of Death (2008).
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Purchased, 2013; Accession Number 2013-015
[identification of item], Alejandro Morales Papers, M1937. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Preliminary listing of contents, nominally organized by major publication (i.e. Pequeno Nacion, Reto el el Paraiso, Waiting
to Happen, The Place of the White Heron, The Brick People, etc.)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Morales, Alejandro, 1944-
California--Fiction
Mexican American literature
Mexican Americans--California--Fiction