The Raymond Valencia Lopez papers consist of 30 boxes of books, 7 boxes of serials, and 45 boxes of archival material created and/or collected by Los Angeles educator, performer, and musicologist, Raymond Valencia Lopez. The focus of the collection is on Mexican and Latin American classical music, especially for piano, organ, and Tarahumara music and culture in Mexico. The collection also contains Valencia Lopez's correspondence with Latin American and Iberian musicologist Robert M. Stevenson (1916-2012). Other material in the collection includes printed works created for early bilingual education instruction and various audio recordings, including recordings of Valenica Lopez's own performances.

82 Boxes

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