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Coleccíon Chicana / Chicano Collection Records
MS-0519
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Coleccíon Chicana / Chicano Collection Records
Creator:
Colección Chicana
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0519
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1978-2007
Date (bulk): 1979-1980
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
, English
.
The
Colección Chicana /
Chicano Collection Records (1978-2007) document the transfer of the Chicano Collection from the Centro de Estudios Chicanos to San Diego State University's
Love Library. The bulk of the materials date from 1978-1979. Arranged alphabetically, the collection includes correspondence,
meeting minutes, notes, and reports.
This collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in some of these materials have been transferred to or belong to San Diego State University. The nature
of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine.
Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish
must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. Permissions
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Chicano Library
Rene Nuñez Memorial Collection
Chicano Federation of San Diego County Records
Maria Garcia Papers
Chicana and Chicano Studies Department Records
Gracia Molina de Pick Papers
Arturo Casares Papers
Identification of item, folder title, box number,
Chicano Collection / Coleccíon Chicana Records, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
The Chicano Collection/ Colección Chicana was first established in 1978, when a collection of nearly 17,000 items was transferred
from the Centro de Estudios Chicanos to Love Library, both at San Diego State University (SDSU). This transfer occurred through
the efforts of Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) Director Gus Chavez, with support from the Mexican American Studies faculty
and Chicano students. Chavez appealed to Library Administration to transfer the materials from the Centro de Estudios Chicanos
because of funding and space constraints.
The Colección Chicana shares the distinction with the Chicano Library Resource Center at San Jose State University and the
Chicano Resource Center at Cal State Fullerton as being one of three universities in the CSU system that provides a dedicated
space for Chicano materials.
Developed to meet the needs of SDSU students and faculty conducting research in the emerging field of Chicano studies, the
collection includes books, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, and other materials documenting Chicana/o life and culture. Over
the years, the Colección Chicana has evolved into a reading room, a space for collaboration, and home to an ever-growing collection
of materials and resources designed to advance knowledge and understanding of the Chicano experience.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Diego State University. Chicana and Chicano Studies