Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Morales, Alejandro
- Abstract:
- Alejandro Morales is a Mexican-American writer of fiction and poetry. Collection contains drafts, research, editorial material, correspondence, and reviews of Morales' major publications; and personal correspondence, ephemera, and miscellaneous material.
- Extent:
- 17 Linear feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Alejandro Morales Papers, M1937. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Preliminary listing of contents, nominally organized by major publication (i.e. Pequeno Nacion, Reto el el Paraiso, Waiting to Happen, The Place of the White Heron, The Brick People, etc.)
- Biographical / historical:
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Alejandro Morales, the son of Mexican immigrants, was born in Montebello, California and grew up in Simons, the company town of the Simons Brick Yard #3, bordering Montebello. He earned his B.A. from California State University, Los Angeles, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Morales is currently a professor in the Department of Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Morales, as a novelist and professor, was awarded the Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature in 2007 from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Morales literary works include: Caras Viejas y vino Nuevo (1975); La Verdad sin voz (1979); Reto in Parasio (1983); The Brick People (1988); The Rag Doll Plagues (1992); Barrio on the Edge (1997); Waiting to Happen (2001); Pequena Nacion (2005); and The Captain of All these Men of Death (2008).
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased, 2013; Accession Number 2013-015.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Alejandro Morales Papers, M1937. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022