Guide to the Ben Garza Collection CEMA 92

Finding aid prepared by Mari Khasmanyan, 2015.
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
2015 August 11


Title: Ben Garza collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 92
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): 1970-1973
Abstract: Ben Garza was involved in the Chicano Student Movement while a student at UCSB. He was an amateur photographer and recorded events and meetings. This small collection came to CEMA from the UCSB Library’s Colección Tloque Nahuaque with no known provenance. Of particular interest are the few, but significant photographs, including one photograph taken at City Hall during the Chicano Student Movement at UCSB, and one photograph of Cesar Chavez during a speech he gave on UCSB campus. Ben Garza’s autobiographical statement is very helpful; his thoughts on his life and work add depth and context to the photographs.
Physical Location: Del Norte
Language of Materials: The collection is in English.
creator: Garza, Ben

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], Ben Garza Collection, CEMA 92. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Ben Garza

Processing Information

Processed by Michelle Wilder, 2004.

Scope and Content

This collection is in one half-size document box. The materials donated by Ben Garza from 1970 to 1973 are related to the Chicano Student Movement while he was a student at UCSB. Garza was an amateur photographer and recorded events and meetings. Of particular interest are the few but significant photographs including City Hall during the Chicano Student Movement at UCSB and one photograph of Cesar Chavez during a speech he was giving on UCSB's campus.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Essays
Flyer
Mexican American youth--California--Political activity--History--20th century
Mexican Americans--Education--California--Politics and government
Photographs
Student movements--California--Social conditions

Box 1, Folder 1

Biographical sketch 1970

Box 1, Folder 2

Book cover advertising the sale of Mexican Students por la Raza, The Chicano Student Movement In Southern California 1967-1977 by Juan Gómez-Quiñones Undated

Box 1, Folder 3

The Chicano Community Seminar Project, in Relation to Erving Goffman's "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life," Ben Garza 1971

Box 1, Folder 4

Essay titled "La Raza Libre Launches An Attack on MECHA: A 'Cycle of Conflict' That Resembles The Cuban 'Bay of Pigs,'" author unknown circa 1973

Box 1, Folder 5

Photographs undated

Other Descriptive Information

Thirteen photographs. Including Teatro Campesino performing in Santa Barbara in 1973; "Towards City Hall," a May 1973 photo depicting a Chicano student (Arnulfo Casillas) addressing Santa Barbara City Council at City Hall during the Chicano student protest at UCSB in May 1973; one photograph of Cesar Chavez delivering a speech at UCSB.
Box 1, Folder 6

Toward City Hall, Chicano Student Protest, UCSB 1973