Description
The Rita Sanchez Papers (1972-2013) document Sanchez's work while teaching at Mesa Community College and her influence on the Chicano Studies Department
there, as well as work done in the San Diego community. The majority of the material dates from 1990-2000 and focuses on student
activities and campus events. The collection is divided into two series: Professional Papers and Photographs. Filed alphabetically, the collection consists of correspondence, teaching supplements, newspaper clippings, photographs
and video recordings.
Background
Rita Sanchez was born May 20, 1937 in San Bernardino, California. She attended San Jose State University, majoring in journalism,
and earned an M.A. in English Literature from Stanford University in 1974. Later, she pursued her Ph.D. at the University
of California, San Diego and was a Ford Foundation Fellow for five years. She was the first to teach a Chicana Studies course
at Stanford University where she proposed a Chicana journal, Imagenes de la Chicana, that was published in 1973.
Restrictions
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is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Availability
This collection is open for research.