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Guide to the María Iris Duke dos Santos Chicana literature collection
CEMA 104
CEMA 104
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Title: María Iris Duke dos Santos Chicana literature collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 104
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.08 linear feet
(2 document boxes, 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1970-2009
Abstract: This is a small but significant Chicano literary collection that highlights María Iris Duke dos Santos' relationship to various
Chicano writers over four decades. The collection adds understanding to the development of Chicano letters and writing and
its international growth. The focus of this collection is María Iris Duke dos Santos' relationship with Rolando Hinojosa,
Tomás Rivera (former Chancellor of UC Riverside) and Sabine R. Ulibarrí. Within the section titled "Other Authors and Events,"
author Rudolfo Anaya is also featured. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, ephemera, historical documents,
memorabilia, audio tapes and books. It is housed in three document boxes. The material is organized according to María Iris
Duke dos Santos' provenance, by author, activities, and dates, beginning in the 1970s. All the photographs have been labeled
with names and dates.
The collection is open for research.
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.
[Identification of Item], María Iris Duke dos Santos Chicana literature collection, CEMA 104. Department of Special Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
The initial collection was donated by Dr. María Iris Duke dos Santos through a gift agreement signed March 16, 2006. A second
donation consisting of 29 autographed books was made in 2009. Following her death, her executor Gerald Duchovnay donated additional
materials with a separate gift agreement signed May 28, 2015. This donation included memorabilia, photographs, and some correspondence.
In April of 2016, Gerald once again donated supplemental material to this collection, consisting of additional audio material
and files.
This collection was processed by Salvador Güereña. Supplemental material processed by Mari Khasmanyan, 2016.
María Iris Duke dos Santos was a leading authority on Chicana/o and Latina/o authors. She became one of the earliest female
scholars in the field of Chicano literature in the early 1970s. She was also a professor at Texas A and M University-Commerce.
She died January 17, 2015.
The focus of this collection is María Iris Duke dos Santos' relationship with Rolando Hinojosa, Tomás Rivera (former Chancellor
of UC Riverside) and Sabine R. Ulibarrí. Within the section titled "Other Authors and Events," author Rudolfo Anaya is also
featured. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, ephemera, historical documents, memorabilia, and books. It
is housed in three document boxes. The material is organized according to María Iris Duke dos Santos' provenance, by author,
activities, and dates, beginning in the 1970s. All the photographs have been labeled with names and dates.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Duke dos Santos, María I., 1939-
American literature -- Mexican American authors.
Mexican American women
Mexican American women -- Intellectual life.
Mexican American women authors