Biographical / Historical
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Title: Francisco Lomelí papers
Creator:
Lomelí, Francisco A. (1947-)
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 116
Physical Description:
4.5 Linear Feet;
(1 document box, 3 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1970-2005
Abstract: Papers of Francisco A. Lomelí, Professor Emeritus of Chicano/a Studies and Latin American literature at the University of
California, Santa Barbara.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Language of Material:
English, Spanish; Castilian.
Biographical / Historical
Francisco Lomelí (1947- ) is a Professor Emeritus of both the Chicano/a Studies and Spanish and Portuguese Departments at
UC Santa Barbara. He earned a B.A. in Spanish and Chicano Studies and a M.A. in Spanish at San Diego State University in 1971
and 1974 respectively, before going on to earn a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Latin American Literature at the University
of New Mexico in 1978. After graduating, Lomelí accepted an assistant professor position at UCSB, where he stayed full time
for the next four decades before retiring in 2018. His research focuses include literary history, Chicano literature, New
Mexico studies and Latin American literature, particularly focused on narrative theory and regional studies of Cental America,
Mexico, and Chile.
Throughout Lomelí's time at UCSB, he served as Chair of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies twice, once both as
Chair of the Black Studies and the Spanish and Portuguese departments, as the Acting Associate Director of the Center for
Chicano/a Studies, and as the Director of the Costa Rica Education Abroad Program Study Center. He is the author, contributor,
editor or translator of over twenty books and numerous journal articles in both English and Spanish.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials related to Francisco Lomelí's work and research into Chicano/a and Latin American literature
and activism.
Materials may include event flyers, correspondence, scripts, journals, and newspapers.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through
the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator
and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department
of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of
California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB 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. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Francisco Lomeli, in 2007 and 2008.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Francisco Lomelí papers, CEMA 116. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.