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 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