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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Ester M. Hernandez Collection
Identifier/Call Number: M1301
Physical Description:
77.75 linear ft.
101 boxes, 23 cartons
Date (inclusive): 1957-2001
Abstract: The collection contains original
artwork, photographic images, periodical articles regarding both Hernandez and many of her
contemporaries, original manuscripts, audio and visual recordings documenting interviews and
political events, and ephemera gathered from artists, performers, and political/social
activists and events.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the
collection: English
- Processed by:
- Bill O'Hanlon
- Date Completed:
- 2005
- Encoded by:
- Bill O'Hanlon
Collection is open for research, except for Subseries 6.6 Artist's Files: Alice Walker;
materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the
documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Ester M. Hernandez Papers, M1301. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
In part purchased and in part a gift of Ester M. Hernandez, 2001.
Biography / Administrative History
Hernandez is an artist of the first generation of Chicano and Chicana artists who
participated in the Chicano art movement that began in the late 1960s as part of the Chicano
civil rights movement. Her collection represents more than twenty-five years of involvement
in many of the most important historical activities of this period, including the
farmworkers' movement, the feminist movement, international environmental movements, and the
art movement itself, including the visual, literary, and performing arts. A California Bay
Area artist, Hernandez is primarily known as a printmaker and pastel artist. She has also
created a lesser-known body of photographic and performance work.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes correspondence, contracts, exhibition brochures and catalogues, newspaper and
journal articles and reviews, books, original manuscript stories, interviews (both of the
artist and of other artists, writers, and performers conducted by Hernandez), slides,
photogrpahs and negatives, works of art (prints, posters, drawings, pastels) by the artist
and other artists, videos, audio tapes, cd's and albums, and costumes and accessories.
The Box-level Survey series contains unprocessed material surveyed during a 2023 collection
move. The materials are open for research, but access is subject to archivists or public
services discretion.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexican American art.
Chavez, Cesar 1927-
Hadad, Astrid
Huerta, Dolores 1930-
Mendoza, Lydia
Walker, Alice 1944-
United Farm Workers of America.