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URB.TC-CF
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: César Flores Teatro Cometa Collection
Creator:
Flores, Cesar
Identifier/Call Number: URB.TC-CF
Extent:
3.97 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1972-2000
Date (bulk): 1972-1983
Abstract: The grassroots Chicano theater group,
Teatro Cometa, was founded in 1979 and was active throughout
1980s in and around Fullerton, California. Embodying "Rasquachismo,"
Teatro Cometa endeavored to use their art as a teaching tool, to educate people
about significant issues within their community. Their work incorporated topics such as gang
violence and immigration, including issues facing undocumented workers. César Flores was a
founding member of the troupe. The collection contains Mr. Flores' posters, photographs, and
newspaper clippings.
Language of Material: English
Spanish;Castilian
The
César Flores Teatro Cometa Collection consists of César
Flores' keepsakes regarding Teatro Cometa, a grassroots Chicano theater group which was
active in and around Fullerton, California throughout the 1980s. The collection has been
arranged into three series:
Papers (1972-1992),
Posters (1974-2000), and
Non-Manuscript
Material
.
Series I,
Papers, consists of programs, performance notes,
newspaper clippings, and amateur poetry. Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Series II,
Posters, consists of posters advertising performances,
rallies and protests, and other content of interest to the troupe's primary audience and are
arranged alphabetically.
Series III,
Non-Manuscript Material, consist of photographs and
ephemera, inclding a prop flag and banner and is arranged alphabetically.
Series I: Papers, 1972-1991
Series II: Posters, 1974-2000
Series III: Non-Manuscript Material
Related Material
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Cesar Flores. 08/23/2007.
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
April Feldman, 2014
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ephemera
Documents
Photographs