Rita Sanchez Papers MS-0456
Priscilla Lopez
Special Collections & University Archives
12/06/2010
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
askscua@sdsu.edu
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Rita Sanchez Papers
Creator:
Sanchez, Rita
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0456
Physical Description:
3.34 Linear Feet
Date: 1972-2013
Language of Material:
English
, Spanish; Castilian
.
Scope and Contents
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.
The
Professional Papers series (1972-2012) includes correspondence, articles, programs, video recordings, teaching materials, and newsletters. Noteworthy
materials include Imagenes de la Chicana, a publication inspired by Sanchez's classes, course readers for her La Chicana class,
and materials from her induction into the Women's Hall of Fame in 2011.
The
Photographs series (1975-2013) is divided into two sub-series:
General Photographs and
Chicana Conciencia Tribute Wall. The
General Photographs sub-series (1975-2011) includes photographs from throughout Rita Sanchez's career. Of particular interest are photographs
from events for which Sanchez served as committee chair, which include campus visits by Rosa Parks and Dolores Huerta.
Chicana Conciencia Tribute Wall (2012-2013) contains a scrapbook and photographs from the wall displayed at the Chicana/o Archive to honor Chicanas throughout
the San Diego community.
Arrangement Note
I. Professional Papers (1972-2012)
II. Photographs (1975-2013)
1. General Photographs (1975-2011)
2. Chicana Conciencia Tribute Wall (2012-2013)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
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.
Source of Acquisition
Rita Sanchez
Accruals and Additions
2010-020, 2010-041, 2012-035, 2013-028
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Preferred Citation
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Rita Sanchez Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego
State University Library.
Other Descriptive Information
Please note that this collection was formerly titled the
Rita Sanchez Mesa College Collection.
Biographical Note
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.
Sanchez taught in the Mexican American Studies Department at San Diego State University from 1974-1984 where she edited
Vision de la Mujer, a collection of student writings. In 1990, she continued her teaching career at San Diego Mesa Community College. There
she served as Chair of the Mesa College Committee Against Racism and of the Chicano Studies Department from 1996-1999. In
2006, Sanchez recommended changing the Chicano Studies Department name at Mesa College to the Department of Chicana and Chicano
Studies. Sanchez is currently semi-retired but continues teaching, working on her writings and advocating for acknowledgment
of Chicanas and Chicanos in the history of the United States.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Personal Papers
Professional Papers Series 1
1972-2012
box 1, folder 1
Apache Warrior Cochise Guest Star in Family Affair, The San Diego Mesa News Folder 1
February 2003
box 1, folder 2
Articles About Rita Sanchez Folder 2
1992-2005
box 1, folder 3
Articles by Rita Sanchez Folder 3
1979-2012
box 1, folder 4
Betita (Elizabeth) Martinez Event Folder 4
2005
box 1, folder 5
Chicano Studies Program Review Folder 5
1988-2002
box 1, folder 6
Correspondence-General Folder 6
1978-2011
box 1, folder 7
Correspondence-Mesa College Chicano Studies Department Folder 7
1991-1994
box 1, folder 8
Curriculum Vitaes Folder 8
2000-2012
box 1, folder 9
Dolores Huerta: Committee Chair Rita Sanchez Folder 9
2003
box 1, folder 10
DVDs Folder 10
Scope and Contents
1) Chicano San Diego-Chicana Activists: Chicanas in the Arts, 1974-1994. March 11, 2008.
2) Chicano/Latino Heritage Celebration Fall 2007-A Legacy of Chicana/Latina Leadership: Gracia Molina de Pick. October 3,
2007.
3) San Diego Mesa College Chicano Studies Department Digital Preservation Project-Panel Discussion with Ana Castillo, Lucha
Corpi, Leroy Quintana, Rita Sanchez and Alma Luz Villanueva. March 14, 1991.
box 1, folder 11
Humanities, Language and Multicultural Studies Building-Dedication Brochure and Plaque Folder 11
2003
box 1, folder 12
Imagenes de la Chicana Folder 12
circa 1972
box 1, folder 13
La Chicana Speaks!!! CS170 Course Reader Folder 13
2005-2007
box 2, folder 1
Letters of Recommendation Folder 1
1998, 2000
box 2, folder 2
Letters to Dona Agueda Martinez Folder 2
2000
box 2, folder 3
Mesa College Evaluations Folder 3
1990-2012
box 2, folder 4
Mesa College Events Folder 4
2002-2003
box 2, folder 5
Newspaper Articles Folder 5
1990-1998
box 2, folder 6
On-Site Sculpture Committee-Description, Function and Operation, Rigoberta Menchu Folder 6
1993-1994
box 2, folder 7
Peace Mural Folder 7
1990-1997
box 2, folder 8
Rita Sanchez: Her Race for Change, With Excellence Newsletter, San Diego Community College District Folder 8
October 1992
box 2, folder 9
Rita Sanchez Retirement Folder 9
2003
box 2, folder 10
San Diego State University Chicano Studies Department-Mission Statement Folder 10
circa 1990
box 2, folder 11
Speeches and Presentations Folder 11
2003-2012
box 2, folder 12
Stanford University Reunion Folder 12
2012
box 2, folder 13
VHS-Tribute to Betita (Elizabeth) Martinez Folder 13
April 21, 2005
box 2, folder 14
Visión, San Diego State University Folder 14
Spring 1976
box 2, folder 15
Women's Hall of Fame Induction Folder 15
2011
Photographs Series 2
1975-2013
General Photographs Sub-Series 1
1975-2011
box 3, folder 1
Cesar Chavez Memorial, Burial Site La Paz, San Diego State University Field Trip Folder 1
2001
box 3, folder 2
Charlotte Terry at Mesa College Folder 2
circa 1990
box 3, folder 3
Chicana Class at San Diego State University Folder 3
circa 1975
box 3, folder 4
Chicana Class CS170 La Chicana Fall 2000, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) Chicano Studies, 30th Anniversary
Chicano Studies
Folder 4
2000
box 3, folder 5
La Chicana Class, Chicano Culture Class Folder 5
circa 1990
box 3, folder 6
Chicana Class, Chalk Painting, NACCS Conference, Chicana Park Day Event, Ana Castillo, Photos at Mesa Folder 6
1990-2009
box 3, folder 7
Chicana Studies Class Folder 7
1990
box 3, folder 8
Chicana/Chicano Professors Folder 8
circa 2000
box 3, folder 9
Chicano/Chicana Studies Student Assistant Marriage Folder 9
2000
box 3, folder 10
Chicano Class Folder 10
Fall 2000
box 3, folder 11
Chicano Culture Class Folder 11
2001
box 3, folder 12
Chicano Park Day 30th Anniversary Folder 12
2000
box 3, folder 13
Chunky Sanchez KPBS Event, Cesar Chavez Day Event at SDSU Folder 13
1996, 2002
box 3, folder 14
College Art Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California, Rita's Talk "La Frida and Her Circle" Folder 14
1999
box 3, folder 15
Dia de los Muertos Altar at Mesa College Folder 15
circa 2000
box 3, folder 16
Dolores Huerta at Mesa College Folder 16
2004
box 3, folder 17
Dolores Huerta Comes to SDSU Folder 17
2006
box 3, folder 18
Field Trip to Chicano Park, Richard Griswold Lecture Folder 18
2002
box 3, folder 19
Halloween Party Folder 19
1995, 1996
box 3, folder 20
Mesa College 20th Anniversary Folder 20
1990
box 3, folder 21
Mesa College 30th Anniversary, Mesa Hispanic Heritage Week, Maggie Ruiz and Faculty Folder 21
2000
box 3, folder 22
Mesa College Goes to the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Conference. Folder 22
1990, 1991
box 3, folder 23
Mesa College Goes to the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Conference Folder 23
2001
box 3, folder 24
Mesa College Graduation, Chicano Studies Anniversary, Chicana Studies Class Folder 24
1991-2000
box 3, folder 25
Las Posadas Event at Richard Griswold's House Folder 25
circa 1998
box 3, folder 26
Rene Nuñez's Retirement Party Folder 26
2002
box 3, folder 27
Roberto L. Martinez Funeral Reception Folder 27
2010
box 3, folder 28
Rosa Parks at Mesa College Folder 28
1991
box 3, folder 29
Salvador Torres Paints Rita Sanchez for her Birthday Folder 29
circa 2002
box 3, folder 30
San Diego State University Association of Chicana Activists (AChA) Conference Folder 30
2002
box 3, folder 31
San Diego State University Carnival Party Folder 31
2006
box 3, folder 32
San Diego State University Chicana/Chicano Studies Picnic Folder 32
circa 2000
box 3, folder 33
San Diego State University Chicana Journal of Student Writings Folder 33
1976
box 3, folder 34
San Diego State University Chicana Studies, Las Chicanas Class Folder 34
1976
box 4, folder 1
San Diego State University Fieldtrip, Mesa Chicano Studies Students go to SDSU to Hear Author Michelle Serros Folder 1
n.d.
box 4, folder 2
San Diego State University Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) Folder 2
circa 1999
box 4, folder 3
San Diego State University/Mesa College Field Trip to Chicano Park Folder 3
1996
box 4, folder 4
San Diego State University Posadas Fundraiser Folder 4
1998
box 4, folder 5
Women's Hall of Fame Induction Folder 5
2011
Chicana Conciencia Tribute Wall Sub-Series 2
2012-2013
Scope and Contents
Please note that some of the images used for the
Chicana Conciencia wall panel were provided by Patricia Aguayo who displayed them for an earlier program called
Ser Chicana, Una Deciscion Conciente in Barrio Logan in 2012. These images include: Genoveva Aguilar, Griselda (Grace) Alvarez Sesma, Patricia Blanco Sanchez,
Alicia Chavez Arteaga, Stephanie de la Torre, Cathy Espitia, Aida Flores, Georgette Gomez, Leticia Gomez-Franco, Berta "Birdie"
Gutierrez, Carmen Linares-Kalo, Juanita Lopez, Gabriela Munoz Reza, Mujeres en Resistencia, Nedya Ramirez, Fernanda Rios,
Eva Sandoval, and Olga Artemisa Vasquez.
box 4, folder 6
Chicana Conciencia Program and Wall Photograph Folder 6
2013
box 4, folder 7
Chicana Conciencia Scrapbook Folder 7
2013
box 4, folder 8
Chicana: Una Decision Conciente Folder 8
2012
box 4, folder 9
Wall Panels: Herminia Acosta Enrique, Genoveva Aguilar, and Griselda (Grace) Alvarez Sesma Folder 9
2012
box 4, folder 10
Wall Panels: Fredi Avalos, Tina de Baca, and Patricia Blanco Sanchez Folder 10
2012
box 4, folder 11
Wall Panels: Tommie Camarillo, Irma Castro, and Lilia Gracia Castro Folder 11
2012
box 5, folder 1
Wall Panels: Norma Cazares, Carmen Chavez, and Enriqueta Chavez Folder 1
2012
box 5, folder 2
Wall Panels: Norma Chavez, Alicia Chavez-Arteaga, Guadelupe Corona, and Stephanie De La Torre Folder 2
2012
box 5, folder 3
Wall Panels: Denise Ducheny, Cathy Espita, Maria Figueroa-Chacón, and Aida Flores Folder 3
2012
box 5, folder 4
Wall Panels: Maria Garcia, Georgette Gomez, Leticia Gomez-Franco, and Bertha "Birdie" Gutierrez Folder 4
2012
box 6, folder 1
Wall Panels: Charlotte Hernandez-Terry, Norma Iglesias, and Adriana Jasso de Simon Folder 1
2012
box 6, folder 2
Wall Panels: Irene Lara, Linda LeGerrette, and Carmen Linares-Kalo Folder 2
2012
box 6, folder 3
Wall Panels: Carmen Lopez, Juanita Lopez, and Sonia Lopez Folder 3
2012
box 6, folder 4
Wall Panels: Yolanda Lopez, Aida Mancillas, and Consuelo Manriquez Folder 4
2012
box 7, folder 1
Wall Panels: Irene P. Mena, Alessandra Moctezuma, and Gracia Molina de Pick Folder 1
2012
box 7, folder 2
Wall Panels: Delia Moreno, Mujeres en Resistencia, Gabriela Munoz-Reza, and Rosa Olga Navarro Folder 2
2012
box 7, folder 3
Wall Panels: Maria Nieto-Senour, Felicitas Nuñez, Rachael Ortiz and Gail Perez Folder 3
2012
box 7, folder 4
Wall Panels: Olivia Puentes-Reynolds, Nidya Ramirez, and Gloria Rebolledo Torres Folder 4
2012
box 8, folder 1
Wall Panels: Fernanda Rios, Laura Rodriguez, and Lin Romero Folder 1
2012
box 8, folder 2
Wall Panels: Mary Salas, Elva R. Salinas, and Rosalia Salinas Folder 2
2012
box 8, folder 3
Wall Panels: Marta Sanchez, Rita Sanchez Griswold del Castillo, and Carmen Sandoval Folder 3
2012
box 8, folder 4
Wall Panels: Eva Sandoval, Gloria Serrano-Medina, and Josephine Talamantez Folder 4
2012
box 8, folder 5
Wall Panels: Teresa Valladolid and Olga Artemisa Vásquez Folder 5
2012
