Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Barbara Carrasco papers
Dates: ca. 1971-1997
Collection number: M0880
Creator:
Carrasco, Barbara
Collection Size:
13.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Correspondence, particularly with Harry Gamboa, Jr., Gloria Molina, Edward James Olmos, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and
Robert Rodriguez, original artwork, material about Cesar Chavez and the UFW, publications about Mexican American art and her
own work including issues of Chismearte, Coraz?n de Aztl?n, Americas 2001, Caminos, and La Raza Magazine, photographs and
videos.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
Barbara Carrasco papers, M0880. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Acquisition Information
Purchased, 1996
Biography / Administrative History
Barbara Carrasco is a painter and muralist in Los Angeles whose work has been important in the development of Chicano art,
U.S. contemporary political and public art, and women's cultural production. Her art has been collected in the Library of
Congress and the Smithsonian Institution.
Between 1976 and 1991, Carrasco worked closely with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers (UFW), producing graphic arts,
banners, and murals that were an integral part of the union's activities.
In the early 1980's, Carrasco was at the center of an intense battle over artistics censorship with the Community Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Los Angeles, which refused to exhibit her portable mural "L.A. History -- A Mexican Perspective".
Carrasco's other murals include the centerpiece for Luis Valdez's play, Zoot Suit (1978), and a computer animation "mural"
on pesticides displayed on the big screen monitor in Times Square.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains correspondence, particularly with Harry Gamboa, Jr., Gloria Molina, Edward James Olmos, Cesar Chavez,
Dolores Huerta, and Robert Rodrigue; original artwork; material about Cesar Chavez and the UFW; publications about Mexican
American art and her own work including issues of Chismearte, Corazon de Aztlan, Americas 2001, Caminos, and La Raza Magazine,
photographs and videos.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-
Gamboa, Harry.
Huerta, Dolores, 1930-
Molina, Gloria.
Olmos, Edward James.
United Farm Workers.
Mexican American Art
Mexican Americans
Photoprints
Video recordings
Hispanic American women
Chismearte
Corazaon de Aztlaan
Americas 2001
Caminos
La Raza Magazine