Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Eloy Rodriguez papers
- Dates:
- 1978-2018
- Creators:
- Rodriguez, Eloy
- Abstract:
- Papers of Eloy Rodriguez, Ph.D, an internationally recognized professor and scientist in the fields of medicinal ethnobotany, chemical ecology, plant biology, cell biology and environmental toxicology, and zoopharmacognosy.
- Extent:
- 34.5 Linear Feet (23 cartons, 20 document boxes, and 1 flat box)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Eloy Rodriguez papers, CEMA 132. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of research papers, correspondence files, field work notes and files, lectures, writings, photographs, slides, video recordings, and ephemera. The materials are organized primarily by alphabetical and chronological order.
- Biographical / historical:
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Doctor Eloy Rodriguez (January 7, 1947- ) was born in Edinburg, Texas to parents of Mexican ancestry. He obtained a B.S. at the University of Texas in 1969, where in 1975 he also completed graduate school receiving a Ph.D. in Phytochemistry (the science that derives chemicals based from plants) as well as Plant Biology. He further continued his education at the University of British Columbia where he received medical postdoctoral training.
He spent several years teaching at the University of California, Irvine. Followed by a teaching and research postion at Cornell University, which made him the first endowed Chicano professor in environmental biology at an Ivy League University. He was endowed with the James A. Perkins Professorship of Environmental Studies in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Dr. Rodriguez has published two books and over 160 research publications. He received many awards and recognitions for his multidisciplinary research, including from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Silver Medal from the Medicinal Plant Society of Mexico, and the National Science Foundation Education Award. He has been named several times as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States. He has also served as Director of the National Chicano Council for Highter Education Science Fellowship Program.
Through Cornell University he established two research laboratories, one in the Amazon in Peru and the other at Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Along with his many achievements, Dr. Rodriguez founded an organization named Kids Investigating and Discovering Science (KIDS) that allows K-8 minority children the opportunity to explore the sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He founded the NSF-funded California Alliance for Minority Participation, a program that now has branched throughout the University of California's 10 campuses, aiming to boost the number of minority students in the sciences.
Eloy Rodriguez is married to Maria Helena Viramontes, a Chicana writer and English Professor, who also has a collection within the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The Eloy Rodriguez Papers were established in May 2011.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Dr. Eloy Rodriguez, 2011. Additions gifted by Helena Maria Viramontes, May 2025.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Callie Bowdish and Danely Segoviano. Accruals included in 2024 by Andrew Harman and Rebecca Vasquez. Accruals included in 2026 by Rebecca Vasquez.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is arranged by topic and format into six series:
- Series 1: Biographical files
- Series 2: University related materials
- Series 3: Publications
- Series 4: Kids Investigating and Discovering Science (KIDS)
- Series 5: Audiovisual material
- Series 6: Slides and photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-05 09:47:41 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research. Audiovisual materials must be reformatted for access. Please contact the Department of Special Research Collections in advance to request access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Eloy Rodriguez papers, CEMA 132. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062