Guide to the tatiana de la tierra Latina lesbian magazine collection CEMA 167

Finding aid prepared by Mari Khasmanyan, 2016

UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California, 93106-9010

Phone: (805) 893-3062

Email: special@library.ucsb.edu; URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections

2016 February 5

Title: tatiana de la tierra Latina lesbian magazine collection

Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 167

Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 0.21 linear feet (1 half-size document box)

Date (inclusive): 1991-2006

Abstract: A collection of Latina lesbian magazines donated by bi-cultural writer and activist tatiana de la tierra (Tatiana Barona) on December 2006. Conmoción and Esto No Tiene Nombre are revolutionary Latina lesbian magazines created to stimulate dialogue and creativity within the Latina lesbian community.

Physical Location: Vault 1

Language of Materials: The collection is predominantly in Spanish with some English material.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], tatiana de la tierra Latina lesbian magazine collection, CEMA 167. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Donated by tatiana de la tierra on December 2006.

Processing Information

Processed by Mari Khasmanyan and Leonardo Vargas on September 2015.

Biographical/Historical note

"Born in Villavicencio, Colombia and raised in Miami, Florida, tatiana de la tierra was a bicultural writer whose work focused on identity, sexuality, and South American memory and reality. She completed a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso and a Master of Library Science from University at Buffalo. tatiana was a founder, editor, and contributor to the Latina lesbian publications Esto no Tiene Nombre, Conmoción and La telaraña." Biography retrieved from artist website: www.delatierra.net.

Scope and Content

A collection of Latina lesbian magazines donated by bi-cultural writer and activist tatiana de la tierra on December 2006. Conmoción and Esto No Tiene Nombre are revolutionary Latina lesbian magazines created to stimulate dialogue and creativity within the Latina lesbian community. This collection includes Esto no Tiene Nombre's Vol.1, No.1-4; Vol.2, No. 1,3-4; Vol.3, No. 1 and Conmoción's #1-3. The collection also includes Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies (Vol. 27, No. 1), de la tierra's curriculum vitae and one magazine subscription form.

Related Material

Researchers may also wish to consult the tatiana de la tierra papers housed at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, containing materials such as correspondence, subject files, photographs and more pertaining to her literary career.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

de la tierra, tatiana

Publications Series I.

Box 1, Folder 1

Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies (Vol.27, No.1) 2002

Language of Material: English

Box 1, Folder 2

Conmoción; revista y red revolucionaria de lesbianas latinas #1 1995