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  • Biographical / Historical
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Preferred Citation
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
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  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: Isabel Rodriguez papers
    Creator: Rodriguez, Isabel
    Identifier/Call Number: 0586
    Physical Description: 1.6 Linear Feet 2 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1940-2012
    Abstract: This collection contains questionnaires and photographs compiled for Isabel Rodriguez' project "Sentimentos of Fascinating Hispanic Women in Los Angeles" from the early 1990s. There are also photographs, clippings, programs, and ephemera reflecting Rodriguez's involvement as a Los Angeles debutante and local beauty pageant winner in the early 1960s.
    Language of Material: English.

    Biographical / Historical

    Isabel Rodriguez was born in Los Angeles, California. She received BA and MA degrees from the University of Southern California.

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains three binders of photographs and filled-out questionnaires by various Los Angeles-area Latina women collected for Isabel Rodriguez's project "Sentimentos of Fascinating Hispanic Women in Los Angeles" from the early 1990s. There are also photographs, clippings, programs, and ephemera reflecting Rodriguez's involvement as a debutante and local beauty pageant winner in the early 1960s, including as Miss Montebello. There is also a small amount of material about Rodriguez's father Ray Rodriguez (1924-2017) and a few miscellaneous later photographs and pieces of ephemera.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Isabel Rodriguez Papers, Collection no. 0586, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Isabel Rodriguez, 2011-2013

    Processing Information

    The collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Hispanic American women -- California -- Archival resources
    Beauty Contestants -- California -- Archival resources
    Photographs
    Clippings
    Rodriguez, Isabel -- Archives