Mexican Museum of San Francisco Records, 1971 - 2006

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Summary

Abstract:
This collection represents a broad selection of the internal papers of the Mexican Museum of San Francisco. Documents include curatorial papers, exhibition materials, administrative papers, educational projects as well as future plans for the museum. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.edu
Extent:
150 linear feet Linear Feet
Language:
Collection materials in English, Spanish
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mexican Museum of San Francisco Records, 21, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection of papers, printed materials, photos and slides represents a broad selection of the internal papers of the Mexican Museum of San Francisco. Documents include curatorial papers, exhibition materials, administrative papers, educational projects as well as future plans for the museum.

**Please note that accents have been eliminated in order to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.edu

The collection is organized into the following series:

  1. Series 1. Director's Files
  2. Series 2. Board of Trustees
  3. Series 3. General Administration Files
  4. Series 4. Curatorial Materials
  5. Series 5. Registrar
  6. Series 6. Educational Materials
  7. Series 7. Public Relations
  8. Series 8. Development/Fundraising
  9. Series 9. Building Project
  10. Series 10. Resources from Other Institutions
Biographical / historical:

The Mexican Museum of San Francisco was founded in 1975 by the artist Peter Rodriguez, who conceived of the idea during a visit to Mexico, his parents homeland. He wanted to make available in the United States the great art and culture of Mexico and to "foster the exhibition, conservation, and dissemination of Mexican and Chicano art and culture for all peoples." However, Rodriguez and subsequent directors of the museum did not use the public museum as their model. First, the museum did not limit its scope to the geopolitical border. Second, the Mexican Museum uses the lens of Mexican, Chicana and Chicano, and, as of the 1990s, Latina and Latino cultures. Third, its original mission emerged from the Chicano/a movement, which challenged U.S. nationalism, assimilationist politics, and cultural amnesia. The museum's philosophy articulated the experiences and histories of Chicanas and Chicanos and their descendants. The legacy of the museum is its creation of an archive of Mexican, Chicana, Chicano, Latina and Latino art and culture.

Biography by Dr. Karen Mary Davalos

Acquisition information:
Donated to the Chicano Studies Research Center by the Mexican Museum of San Francisco in May, 2005. Deed on file at the CSRC Archive.
Physical location:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library and Archive for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Chicano Art
Latino art
Mexican Museum

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library and Archive for paging information.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mexican Museum of San Francisco Records, 21, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Los Angeles, Chicano Studies Research Center Library, 193 Haines Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1544, US
Contact:
(310) 206-6052
librarian@chicano.ucla.edu
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