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Collection Title: Rita Sanchez Mesa College Collection
Dates: 1988-2007
Identification: MS-0456
Creator:
Sanchez, Rita, 1937-
Physical Description: 1.04 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Spanish;Castilian
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Rita Sanchez was born May 20, 1937 in San Bernardino, California. She attended San Jose State University, majoring in journalism,
and earned an M.A. in English Literature from Stanford University in 1974. Later, she pursued her Ph.D. at the University
of California, San Diego and was a Ford Foundation Fellow for five years. She was the first to teach a Chicana Studies course
at Stanford University where she proposed a Chicana journal,
Imagenes de la Chicana, that was published in 1973.
Sanchez taught in the Mexican American Studies Department at San Diego State University from 1974-1984 where she edited
Vision de la Mujer, a collection of student writings. In 1990, she continued her teaching career at San Diego Mesa Community College. There
she served as Chair of the Mesa College Committee Against Racism and of the Chicano Studies Department from 1996-1999. In
2006, Sanchez recommended changing the Chicano Studies Department name at Mesa College to the Department of Chicana and Chicano
Studies. Sanchez is currently semi-retired but continues teaching, working on her writings and advocating for acknowledgment
of Chicanas and Chicanos in the history of the United States.
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Personal Papers
Publications
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
This collection is open for research.
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Rita Sanchez Mesa College Collection, Special Collections and University
Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
The
Rita Sanchez Mesa College Collection (1988-2007) documents Sanchez's work while teaching at Mesa Community College and her influence on the Chicano Studies Department
there. Of particular interest are photographs from events for which Sanchez served as committee chair, which include campus
visits by Dolores Huerta and Rosa Parks. Also included are course readers for the La Chicana class taught by Sanchez. The
majority of the material dates from 1990-2000 and focuses on student activities and campus events. Filed alphabetically, the
collection consists of correspondence, teaching supplements, newspaper clippings, photographs and video recordings.