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Finding Aid for the Mexican Museum of San Francisco Papers
1971 -
2006
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Title: Mexican Museum of San Francisco
Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1971 -
2006
Collection number: 21
Creator: Museum of San
Francisco, The Mexican
Extent:
Approx. 150 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: This collection represents a broad selection
of the internal papers of the Mexican Museum of San Francisco. Subjects
covered include curatorial papers, exhibition materials, administrative
papers, educational projects as well as future plans for the
museum.
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.edu
Note: this finding aid is in draft form and may contain some errors. It is made available in its current form to ensure immediate access and to facilitate cataloging. We anticipate having the final corrected version of this finding aid published on the OAC by January 2007.
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.edu
Note: this finding aid is in draft form and may contain some errors. It is made available in its current form to ensure immediate access and to facilitate cataloging. We anticipate having the final corrected version of this finding aid published on the OAC by January 2007.
Physical location: As of March 2006 collection is
located at the Chicano Studies Research Center Archive, 180 Haines Hall,
UCLA. Collection will eventually be stored off-site at the Southern
Regional Library Facility, UCLA.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English, Spanish
Access is available by appointment for UCLA student and faculty
researchers as well as independent researchers. To view the collection
or any part of it, you must fill out our Archival Research Application.
http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/library/archival_research_app.shtml
For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by
permission only. Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies
Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and/or the
Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained.
[Identification of item], Mexican Museum of San Francisco Papers, 21,
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA, University of California, Los
Angeles.
Donated to the Chicano Studies Research Center by the Mexican Museum
of San Francisco in May, 2005. Deed on file at the CSRC Archive.
The Mexican Museum of San Francisco was founded in 1975 by the artist
Peter Rodriguez, who conceived of the idea during a visit to Mexico, his
parents homeland. he wanted to Make available in the United States the
great art and culture of Mexico and to "foster the exhibition,
conservation, and dissemination of Mexican and Chicano art and culture
for all peoples" However, Rodriguez and subsequent directors of the
museum did not use the public museum as their model. First, the museum
did not limit its scope to the geopolitical border. Second, the Mexican
Museum uses the lens of Mexican, Chicana and Chicano, and, as of the
1990s, Latina and Latino cultures. Third, its original mission emerged
from the Chicano/a movement, which challenged U.S. nationalism,
assimilationist politics, and cultural amnesia. The museum's philosophy
articulated the experiences and histories of Chicanas and Chicanos and
their descendants. The legacy of museum is its creation of an archive of
Mexican, Chicana, Chicano, Latina and Latino art and
culture.
Biography by Dr. Karen Mary Davalos
Biography by Dr. Karen Mary Davalos
This collection of papers, printed materials, photos and slides
represents a broad selection of the internal papers of the Mexican
Museum of San Francisco. Subjects covered include curatorial papers,
exhibition materials, administrative papers, educational projects as
well as future plans for the museum.
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.edu
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.edu
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Director's Files
- Series 2. Board of Trustees
- Series 3. General Administration Files
- Series 4. Curatorial Materials
- Series 5. Registrar
- Series 6. Educational Materials
- Series 7. Public Relations
- Series 8. Development/Fundraising
- Series 9. Building Project
- Series 10. Resources from Other Institutions
The Mexican museum of San Francisco Financial Papers.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Chicano art
Latino art
Mexican Museum