Finding aid for the Isabel Rodriguez papers 0586
Diann Benti
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 September
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
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.
Isabel Rodriguez was born in Los Angeles, California. She received BA and MA degrees from the University of Southern California.
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.
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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.
[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
The collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hispanic American women -- California -- Archival resources
Beauty Contestants -- California -- Archival resources
Photographs
Clippings
Rodriguez, Isabel -- Archives
Box 1
"Sentimentos of Fascinating Hispanic Women in Los Angeles"
Box 2
Beauty contest materials and other materials