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1985-1996
LSC.1960
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Title: Terri de la Peña papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1960
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7.5 linear feet
(15 document boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1985-1996
Abstract: Terri de la Peña is a novelist, short story writer, and children's book author whose writings deal with complex issues of
identity, homophobia, assimilation and resistance focusing on the lives of Chicana lesbians. This collection contains materials
related to the creation, dissemination, publication and revision of both fictional and nonfictional works by Terri de la Peña.
The bulk of the collection is comprised of drafts of her first novel,
Margins, also considered to be the first Chicana lesbian novel. The collection also includes correspondence, contractual information,
promotional materials, drafts and notes.
Language of Materials : Materials are in English, with some Spanish words and phrases interspersed in the records.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button
located on this page.
Creator:
Peña, Terri de la , 1947
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. All requests to access special collections material must be made in
advance using the request button located on this page.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Terri de la Pena papers, (Collection 1960). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Terri de la Peña, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, and 2013.
This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) , and the
UCLA Library .
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2011. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in 2017.
The
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA is an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) , and the
UCLA Library . These collections expand the pool of primary source materials available to researchers and to the community at large. This
partnership was initiated by CSW and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to inventory, organize,
preserve, and digitize more than eighty Mazer collections pertaining to lesbian and feminist activism and writings.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
6962949
Mary Theresa de la Peña was born on February 20, 1947 in Santa Monica, California. She is a fifth-generation Californian.
Her father, Joaquin de la Peña, was a tire repair foreman while her mother, Juanita Escobedo, owned a beauty shop. De la Peña
was educated in Santa Monica parochial schools and at Santa Monica Community College. She is a self-taught writer. She wrote
her first novel,
Margins, while employed as an academic affairs assistant with the College of Letters and Science at the University of California,
Los Angeles. The majority of her work is in short story form although she also wrote several novels; she was nominated for
the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction for her 1999 novel
Faults. Her narratives revolve around the myriad cultural and social issues facing Chicana lesbians such as a search for identity,
cultural assimilation, class consciousness, historical awareness, internal and external racism, homophobia, and visibility.
| 1989 | Finding Courage: Writings by women |
| 1989 | The Original Coming Out Stories |
| 1990 | Lesbian Bedtime Stories Two |
| 1991 | Blood Whispers: L.A. Writers on AIDS |
| 1991 | Margins |
| 1992 | A is for the Americas (Children's book co-written with Cynthia Chin-Lee and Enrique O. Sanchez) |
| 1993 | Happy Endings: Lesbian Writers Talk about their Lives and Work |
| 1994 | Out of the Class Closet: Lesbians Speak |
| 1994 | Latin Satins |
| 1994 | Chicana Blues |
| 1994 | Lavender Mansions: 40 Contemporary Lesbian and Gay Short Stories |
| 1994 | Another Wilderness: New Outdoor Writing by Women |
| 1996 | Night Bites: Vampire Stories by Women |
| 1996 | Lesbian Friendships: For Ourselves and Each Other |
| 1996 | Off the Rag: Lesbians Writing on Menopause |
| 1999 | Faults: A Novel |
| 1999 | Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women |
| 2002 | At Home on This Earth: Two Centuries of U.S. Women's Nature Writing |
| 2003 | Tortilleras: Hispanic and U.S. Latina Lesbian Expression |
| 2008 | The Chicano/Latino Literary Prize: An Anthology of Prize-Winning Fiction, Poetry and Drama |
This collection contains materials related to the creation, dissemination, publication and revision of both fictional and
nonfictional works by Terri de la Peña. The bulk of the collection is made up of drafts of her first novel,
Margins, also considered to be the first Chicana lesbian novel. The collection also includes correspondence, contractual information,
promotional materials, drafts and notes.
Materials arranged into the following series:
- Series 1: Margins
- Series 2: Latin Satins
- Series 3: Other works
- Series 4: Promotional materials and publications
- Terri de la Peña Poster . Available at Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Sophia Corleone papers . Available at Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Terry Wolverton papers . Available at Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
Peña, Terri de la , 1947 -- Archives
Mexican American lesbians--California, Southern--Archives.
Mexican American women authors--California, Southern--Archives.