Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Eloy, Rodriguez
- Abstract:
- Papers of Eloy Rodriguez, Ph.D, an internationally recognized professor and scientist in the fields of medicinal ethobotany, chemical ecology, plant biology, cell biology and environmental toxicology, and zoopharmacognosy.
- Extent:
- 32 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. It is organized primarily by alphabetical and chronological order.
Series I: Biography contains a publication that focues on Dr. Rodriguez's family, education, and career. Included is also a curriculum vitae and examples of his business cards.
Series II: University Related Materials contains correspondence, certificates, event related materials, and a grant application. There is also a subseries with student publications that are related to Cornell University minority research. Dr. Rodriguez's teaching materials for several of his biology courses at Cornell are included. Photographs of a trip to Cuba and other events, and miscellaneous photographs can be found in this series. Additonally, there is a photograph, flyer, and banquet plaque housed in an oversized box.
In Series III: Publications, there are four subseries. In the first subseries, Articles About Rodriguez, there are various publications ranging from the university and research related Cornell Focus to The New York Times and Los Angeles Time Magazine, among others. These publications contain articles about Dr. Rodriguez and his research. Several of these articles are also related to his efforts to assist minority students achieve success in the sciences and his influence over the Hispanic community of the United States. The second subseries consists of the publication Cornell Undergraduate Research Program on Biodiversity - Cornell Biodiversity Laboratory at Punta Cana Final Report. There are several subsections to this series including an introduction, research reports, and appendices. The introductory material is related to the function, location, and mission of the Punta Cana Laboratory. The research reports deal with plants, fungi, entomology, ornithology, marine biology, and ethnobiology. Furthermore, there are ten appendices which contain documents on participation, program calandars and schedules, collections, biodiversity database, and observations. The Plant and Biodiversity subseries consists of Dr. Rodriguez's own publications on the medicinal properties of the biodiversity of tropical trainforests like the Amazon. These publications focus on plants, antiparasitic agents, and cancer treatment. Included in the subseries is also a book proof for the book Discovering The Remarkable Birds of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Public Relations subseries articles on Eloy Rodriguez featured in newspapers, magazines, or the internet. Scientific Reserach, the final subseries, encompasses publications and articles related to Dr. Rodriguez's academic and scientific interests. There is an incomplete table of contents in the first folder of this subseries.
Series IV: Kids Investigating and Discovering Science (KIDS) has materials from the KIDS program from 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1998. In this series, there are also photographs and negatives of KIDS events. Three binders with photographs, slides, and negatives are included.
Series V: Audiovisual
Series VI: Slides This series was added as an accrual in 2016 and contains slides from Eloy's lectures, studies, experiments, trips, and vacations while he taught at Cornell University, covering a period from 1972-1998. Note: other series may also include slides and other photographic materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Doctor Eloy Rodriguez (b. 1/7/1947) 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 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 recieved medical postdoctoral training.
He spent several years teaching at the University of California, Irvine. Followed by a teaching and research postion at Cornell University, becaming the first endowed Chicano 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 prominent Chicana writer, who also has a collection at the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The Eloy Rodriguez Papers were established in May 2011.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Dr. Eloy Rodriguez, 2011.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Callie Bowdish and Danely Segoviano. Accruals included in 2024 by Andrew Harman and Rebecca Vasquez.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is arranged by topic and material type.
- Series I: Biographical files
- Series II: University Related materials
- Series II: Publications
- Series IV: Kids Investigating and Discovering Science (KIDS)
- Series V: Audiovisual material
- Series VI: Slides
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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