Guide to the Francisco Lomelí papers CEMA 116
Finding aid prepared by Rebecca Vasquez, April 2024.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
2024 April
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
Phone Number: (805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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.
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.
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.
The collection is open for research.
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.
[Identification of Item], Francisco Lomelí papers, CEMA 116. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
box 1
"In My Country" by Ana Castillo, art poem 1986
box 2
box 3
Mixed newspapers 1970-1990
Issues of La Comunidad, Suplemento Dominical de LA OPINION; Panorama, Suplemento Dominical de LA OPINION; Voz Fronteriza;
Revista Xhisme Arte journal; Tonantzin newsletter; Rayas newsletters; Si Se Puede community newsletter; Voz Popular newspaper;
La Verdad newspaper; El Grito del Norte newspaper; and UCSB Chicano Unity CENTRO newsletter. Publications are in both English
and Spanish.
box 4
Spanish Literature materials 1968-2001
Includes a handwritten letter from Miguel Mendez; undated handwritten playscript, "Mal Vino el Tango," by Alurista; dissertation
typescript to "El Mundo Chicano en Tunomas Honey de Jim Sagel" by Virginia Dessus Colon; two issues of
Deslinde; an issue of
Literatura Chilena: Creacion y Critica;
The Reactionary Crusade for Justice... by the Colorado Organization for Revolutionary Struggle M-L-M; two issues of
Los Agachados de Rius; a poster for the Third National Chicano Literature Festival; and a mailer for Chicano Poetry Reading hosted by the Casa
Real Aztec Center at San Diego State University.