Guide to the Helena Maria Viramontes papers CEMA 18

Callie Bowdish, Greg Simon, and Yolanda Alaniz
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
10/08/2008
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
Phone Number: (805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu


Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Title: Helena Maria Viramontes papers
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 18
Physical Description: 18 Linear Feet (44 boxes, 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1930-1997
Date (bulk): 1980-1997
Abstract: Helena Maria Viramontes' papers chronicle this important Chicana writer's life from a child in East Los Angeles to a successful writer and university professor. Personal and biographical information, correspondence, literary work and critical writings as well as other parts of her life as a writer are included in Helena's collection. It contains some photos, slides, audio and video recordings of different parts of her life.
Language of Material: Most of the documents are in English with a few items in Spanish.

Access Restrictions

None.

Acquisition Information

Donated as a gift by Helena Viramontes with an agreement dated on May, 2002.

Biographical Sketch

Helena Maria Viramontes was born on February 26, 1954, in East Los Angeles. She grew up in a working class family with eight siblings, three brothers (Gilbert, Frank, and Serafin) and five sisters (Mary Ann, Ruthie, Rebecca, Barbara and Francis). Helena graduated from East Los Angeles' Garfield High School in 1972. She graduated from Immaculate Heart College with a B.A. in English.
Considered one of Hispanic literature's most distinguished craftsperson, Helena Maria Viramontes career began with her work for the avant-garde Chicano magazine "ChismeArte". Assigned as literary editor, she began to develop a style that reflected her understanding and upbringing in the streets of East Los Angeles. Hip, yet polished, her approach imbued her work with credibility and flare.
Her love of literature led her to study English and creative writing over the next two decades. Her work as a writer was put on hiatus when she married and became the mother of two children, to whom she devoted most of her time. In 1994, almost a decade after the publication of her first book, she finished her Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing. By the time she had her M.F.A degree in hand, Viramontes was already a force on the Hispanic literary scene, and her works had been canonized in important textbooks and anthologies used by academia.
Viramontes creates highly crafted tales of women struggling to make their lives in the barrios. However, her imagery, as in "The Moths," is often classically based and her command of language reveals years of hard study and her works are the result of numerous drafts. Viramontes's powerful writing is based in politics and are ground in the sociological reality of working-class Latinas. In her conscious effort to give voice to women through her stories, she is personally battling and subverting patriarchal practices. Sonia Saldivar-Hull wrote, "Her groundbreaking narrative strategies, combined with her sociopolitical focus, situate her at the forefront of an emerging Chicana literary tradition that redefines Chicano literature and feminist theory." The feminist journal, Belles Lettres, added: "Viramontes's stories convey the impact of repression on women's lives and graphically depict the price paid by women who dare to challenge a misogynist social system that moves rapidly to squelch their every attempt toward self-definition… The result is a rich, challenging narrative that rewards the reader with insight to the passions and torments that drive the characters."
In 1995 Viramontes won the John Dos Passos literature prize. Martha E. Cook said she received this award, for "her use of places and characters that are distinctly American, yet are not usual or stereotypical in American fiction; the amazing variety and experimentalism of her individual works of fiction; and, above all, the stunning unity of each work, with word and idea, image, symbol and theme all woven into a seamless whole." She incorporates the real stories of women struggling to survive and raise their children in a world dominated by men and where women of color face double jeopardy of racism and sexism. Through this evolutionary process, she has become a leading national Chicana fiction and non-fiction writer.
"Under the Feet of Jesus" (1996), Viramontes's first novel, is an apparently simple and direct narrative that follows the life of a thirteen-year-old migrant worker girl, but soon becomes an indictment of corporate agriculture in California and its practices of child labor and pesticide poisoning. The book is narrated from the point of view of the young girl, Estella, who also questions the limitations placed on her as a female. Reviewers see Viramontes as working in the social realist vein of cultural companies which she portrays in Under the Feet of Jesus. The Bloomsbury Review said that, "Her lush, precise prose lends beauty to this world and shows us that the struggle for dignity is as vital a struggle as survival." Her novel "Their Dogs Came with Them: A Novel (2007)" takes place in East Los Angeles in the 1960's. It continues her conversation regarding the harsh realities and social conditions of the poor. Viramontes received the Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature in 2006. Writer, Julia Alvarez, has called Viramontes "one of the important multicultural voices of American literature."

Preferred Citation

Helena Maria Viramontes Papers, CEMA 18, Department of Special Collections, University Libraries, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Processing Information note

Processed by Callie Bowdish, Greg Simon, and Yolanda Alaniz, October 1, 2008.

Scope and

This collection reflects the process Viramontes has gone through to find her own unique voice as a Chicana writer from East Los Angeles. Her papers provide invaluable insight to her growth as a writer. This collection includes school papers, manuscripts, short stories, award presentations, press critiques, literary reviews, teaching materials and her presentations.
Viramontes' collection currently covers from 1930 through 1997, with the bulk of the contents from 1960 - . There is some family correspondence connected to Frank La Brada from 1936 through 1949. The collection consists of six series: I Personal Biographical, II Correspondence, III Literary Work and Critical Writings, IV Subject Files, V Photographs, Slides and Miscellaneous, and VI Audio and Video Files.

Series List

Series I Personal and Biographical Information, 1930 - 1997
This section contains papers from grade school through her professorship at Cornell. Accomplishments, conferences she spoke at, awards, reviews and articles about Viramontes are included in this section. Parts of her personal journals and diaries are included.
Series II Correspondence, 1930 - 1997
Correspondence records contain family letters, some before she was born, as well as personal and business correspondence with publishers, writers and non-profit organizations. The Correspondence section has family letters and postcards from 1930 – 1949 that were connected to Frank La Brada. Cornell University correspondence and Contracts with Publishers are in this section.
Series III Literary Work and Critical Writings, 1980 - 1994
Rough drafts and manuscripts of many of her works are included. The titles are arranged in alphabetical order and are listed in the Series III box and folder section.
Series IV Subject Files, 1970 - 1997
The subject section includes her research as well as information on organizations that she was involved with such as the Latino Writers and Filmmakers. A script for "Zoot Zuit" is in this section.
Series V, Photographs, Slides and Miscellany, mostly undated
This section includes photos, some from her childhood, photos with her daughter and her husband and photos of her workspace. There is also an oversize box with newspaper articles and miscellanea.
Series VI, Audio and Video Files, 1992 - 2011
This section includes cassette recordings of a conference Viramontes attended in 1992. There are also recordings on discs of a congressional awards ceremony and reading by Virmaontes of one of her books.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

American literature -- Hispanic American authors
Mexican American women
Mexican Americans -- California -- East Los Angeles
Mexican American neighborhoods -- Fiction
Mexican American women authors

 

Series I Personal and Biographical

 

Accomplishments

box 1, folder 1

1994-1997

box 1, folder 2-4

1995

box 1, folder 5-6

1995-1997

box 1, folder 7-8

1996

box 45, folder 10

Hispanic Women Recognition Awards Banquet 1990-03-31

box 1, folder 9

Address Book undated

 

Articles

box 1, folder 10

1977-1991

box 1, folder 11

1986-1990

box 1, folder 12

1989-1993

box 1, folder 13

1995-1996

 

Articles and Reviews (Helena Viramontes)

box 1, folder 14

1986-1994

box 1, folder 15

1986-1987

box 1, folder 16

1989-1990

box 1, folder 17

1992-2008

General Physical Description note: Includes Helena Maria Viramontes New Frontiers in fiction article in "Poets and Writers"
box 1, folder 18-20

undated

box 1, folder 23

Book of Poems 1973

 

Calligraphy

box 1, folder 24

undated

box 2, folder 1

undated

box 1, folder 21-22

Awards 1987-1990

box 2, folder 2

Candystriper undated

box 2, folder 3

Chicana Writer 1986-1990

box 2, folder 4

Chicana Writers Conference 1990-1992

box 2, folder 5-9

Chicana Writes: On Word and Film - Symposium 1990

box 2, folder 10

Cisneros, Sandra 1994-1995

box 2, folder 11

Diary 1982

box 2, folder 12

Films 1989-1991

 

Flyers and Pamphlets for Viramontes Appearances

box 2, folder 13

1982-1986

box 2, folder 14

1984-1986

box 2, folder 15-16

1989-1991

box 2, folder 17

1986-1993

box 2, folder 18

1996-1997

box 2, folder 19

El Frente, Cornell 1990-1995

 

Journals

box 3, folder 1

1972

box 3, folder 2

1979

box 3, folder 3

1980

box 3, folder 4-5

1980-1981

box 3, folder 6

1985

box 3, folder 7-12

1994

box 3, folder 13

1996

box 3, folder 14-15

1997-1998

box 3, folder 16-17

undated

box 4, folder 1-3

undated

box 47-50

Confidential 1974-2004

Use Restrictions

From September 8, 2014 until September 8, 2044 (30 years) these correspondence items are confidential.
box 47

1974-1988

box 48

1989-1999

box 49

2000-2002

box 50

2002-2004

box 4, folder 4

Garza, Leticia 1996

box 4, folder 5

Last Will and Testament 1989

box 4, folder 6

Los Angeles Latino Book, Cultural, and Travel Festival (1st annual) 1997

 

Grants Submitted: Latino Writers and Filmmakers

box 4, folder 7

1989-1992

box 4, folder 8-9

1990

box 4, folder 10

1992-1993

 

Info for "The Second Annual Reading of La Mujer"

box 4, folder 11

1981-1982

box 4, folder 12-13

1982

box 4, folder 14

Mena, Jesus 1989

box 4, folder 15

Mujeres, Las - Panel 1991

 

National Alliance of Media Arts Centers

box 4, folder 16

1989-1991

box 4, folder 17

1992

box 4, folder 18

1992-1993

box 5, folder 1

1993

 

Newspaper Articles on Helena Maria Viramontes

box 5, folder 2

1984-1989

box 5, folder 3

1986-1988

box 5, folder 4

1986-1992

box 5, folder 5, box 44, folder 44

1990-1996

 

Notes

box 5, folder 6

1973

box 5, folder 7-8

1977

box 5, folder 9

undated

box 5, folder 10-11

One Story

box 5, folder 12

Professional Activites 1990-1995

box 5, folder 13

Resumé 1993-1997

 

Reviews and Publicity - Under the Feet of Jesus

box 5, folder 14-18

1994-1995

box 5, folder 19-22

1995

 

Reviews of Viramontes

box 5, folder 23-25

1986-1993

box 6, folder 1

1994

box 6, folder 2

1995

box 6, folder 3-6

1995-1996

box 6, folder 7

undated

box 6, folder 8

Royalties 1995

 

School Materials (K-12)

box 6, folder 9-10

1971

box 6, folder 11

1971-1972

box 6, folder 12-16

undated

 

School Materials (University)

box 6, folder 17-18

1972

box 6, folder 19

1972-1973

box 6, folder 20-24

1973

box 7, folder 1-3

1973

box 7, folder 4-5

1973-1974

box 7, folder 6

1974

box 7, folder 7

1975

box 7, folder 8

1980-1981

box 7, folder 9-15

undated

box 7, folder 16

Sterilization Article 1978

box 7, folder 17

Student Transcripts - Immaculate Heart College 1971-1975

 

Teacher Preparation Files

box 7, folder 18-22

undated

 

Series II Correspondence

 

Incoming Correspondence

box 8, folder 1

1979

box 8, folder 2-3

1980

box 8, folder 4-7

1981

box 8, folder 8

1982

box 8, folder 9

1983

box 8, folder 10-11

1984

box 8, folder 12

1985

box 8, folder 13

1986

box 8, folder 14-15

1987

box 8, folder 16-17

1988

box 8, folder 18-20

1989

box 8, folder 21-27

1990

box 9, folder 1-8

1991

box 9, folder 9-17

1992

box 9, folder 18-26

1993

box 9, folder 27-31

1994

box 10, folder 1-3

1994

box 10, folder 4-8

1995

box 45, folder 1-9

1995

box 10, folder 9-15

1996

box 10, folder 16-21

1997

box 10, folder 22-29

undated

box 11, folder 1-4

undated

box 45, folder 17

1988-2003

General

Includes letters and emails
 

Outgoing Correspondence

box 11, folder 5

1983

box 11, folder 6

1985

box 11, folder 7

1986

box 11, folder 8

1988-1989

box 11, folder 9-10

1990

box 11, folder 11

1991

box 11, folder 12-14

1992

box 11, folder 15-18

1993

box 11, folder 19-23

1994

box 11, folder 24-29

1995

box 12, folder 1-2

1995

box 12, folder 3-4

1996

box 12, folder 5-8

1997

disk Library Server

E-mail to Sondra Kelly-Green 1997

General Physical Description note: cemashare\ARCHIVAL_DigitalDocuments\Viramontes\AntiochUniv
box 12, folder 9-21

undated

 

Other Correspondence

 

Frank La Brada

box 12, folder 22

1936-1939

box 12, folder 23

1939

box 12, folder 24

1940

box 12, folder 25-28

1941

box 12, folder 29-32

1942

box 13, folder 1

1943

box 13, folder 2

1943-1945

box 13, folder 3

1930-1949

General Physical Description note: Assorted cards and postcards
box 13, folder 4-5, box 45, folder 18

Postcards undated

 

Cornell Correspondence

box 13, folder 6

1991-1994

box 13, folder 7

1994

box 13, folder 8

1994-1995

 

Contracts with Publishers

box 13, folder 9-10

1982-1985

box 13, folder 11

1986-1992

box 13, folder 12-13

1993

box 13, folder 14-17

1994

box 13, folder 18-20

undated

box 43, folder 18-20

Thank You Notes June 2012

box 45, folder 25-27

Incoming Greeting Cards 1993-2017

box 46, folder 1-15

Confidential Correspondence 1975-2013 1975-1989

Use Restrictions

From September 8, 2014 until September 8, 2039 (25 years) these correspondence items are confidential.
 

Series III Literary Work and Critical Writings

 

"Albuquerque" Notes 1989

box 14, folder 1

1989

box 14, folder 2-8

undated

box 14, folder 9-11

"Amores Perdidos" Rough Drafts 1992

disk Library Server

Digital copy of "Being the Boarder: A Train of Thought, Imaginative Training" 1997

General Physical Description note: cemashare\ARCHIVAL_DigitalDocuments\Viramontes\Essays
box 14, folder 12-13

"Broken Web" Rough Draft undated

 

"Candystriper" Rough Draft

box 14, folder 14

1989

box 14, folder 15-18

undated

 

"Candystriper" Teleplay

box 14, folder 19-20

1990

box 14, folder 21-25

1991

box 14, folder 26-27

undated

box 15, folder 1-3

undated

box 15, folder 4

"Candystriper" Teleplay 2nd Draft 1990

box 15, folder 5-6

"Cariboo Cafe" Rough Draft undated

 

"Crying Shame" Rough Draft

box 15, folder 7

1989

box 15, folder 8-9

undated

box 15, folder 10-13

"Current Work" undated

 

"Dinosaurs" Rough Draft

box 15, folder 14

1986

box 15, folder 15

undated

 

"Dos Mundos" Screenplay (William P. Godby's Project)

box 15, folder 16

1988-1989

box 15, folder 17-18

1989

box 15, folder 19-22

undated

box 15, folder 23

La Ofrenda: "Doy mi Palabra"

 

Essays

box 15, folder 24

1986-1990

box 16, folder 1

1989-1991

box 16, folder 2

1991-1992

box 16, folder 3

undated

box 16, folder 4

Hispanic Link 1984-1990

 

"The Jumping Bean" Rough Draft

box 16, folder 5

1991

box 16, folder 6

1991-1992

box 16, folder 7-10

1992

box 16, folder 11

undated

box 16, folder 12

'"Maps" undated

 

"Migratory" Rough Draft

box 16, folder 13-15

1993

box 16, folder 16-24

undated

box 16, folder 25

Misc. Writings 1986

box 17, folder 1

"Miss Clairoll" 1991

 

"The Moths" Manuscript

box 17, folder 2

1985

box 17, folder 3-11

undated

box 17, folder 12-13

"The Moths" Copy 1985

box 17, folder 14

"The Moths" Personal Copy 1985

General Physical Description note: Signed with notes
box 17, folder 15

"Neighbors" Excerpts 1983

box 17, folder 16-19

"Neighbors" Manuscript undated

 

"Neighbors" Rough Draft

box 17, folder 20

1982

box 17, folder 21

1983

box 17, folder 22-25

undated

 

"Neighbors and Snapshots" Rough Draft

box 17, folder 26-27

undated

box 18, folder 1-2

undated

 

"Neon Madonnas Dance to Another Tune" Rough Draft

box 18, folder 3-4

1989

box 18, folder 5

1989-1990

box 18, folder 6

Notes undated

box 18, folder 7

OSA 1988

box 18, folder 8

"Paris Rats" Script 1991

 

"Paris Rats" Series

box 18, folder 9

1987-1988

box 18, folder 10-11

1988

box 18, folder 12

1988-1989

box 18, folder 13

1989-1990

box 18, folder 14

1990

box 18, folder 15

1988-1991

box 18, folder 16

1988-1993

box 18, folder 17-21

undated

box 19, folder 1

undated

box 19, folder 2-4

"Paris Rats In East L.A." Teleplay undated

box 19, folder 5

Playscripts - Misc. undated

 

"Rain" Rough Drafts

box 19, folder 6

1977

box 19, folder 7

1980

box 19, folder 8-13

undated

 

"Sacrifices" Rough Draft

box 19, folder 14-21

undated

box 20, folder 1

undated

box 20, folder 2

"The Seeker" Notes 1984

 

"The Seeker" Rough Draft

box 20, folder 3

1984

box 20, folder 4

1987

box 20, folder 5

1989-1993

box 20, folder 6-11

undated

box 20, folder 12-15

Stories undated

 

"Their Dogs Came With Them" Manuscript

box 20, folder 17-18

1992

box 20, folder 19

undated

disk Library Server

Digital copy of "Their Dogs Came With Them" 1997

General Physical Description note: \cemashare\ARCHIVAL_DigitalDocuments\Viramontes\DogsDisks
box 20, folder 20

"Their Dogs Came With Them" Notes undated

box 43, folder 1-17

"Their Dogs Came With Them" Original Manuscript 2006-2007

 

"Under the Feet of Jesus"

box 21, folder 1-2

1994

box 21, folder 3-4

undated

box 21, folder 5-6

"Under the Feet of Jesus" Rough Draft undated

box 21, folder 7-16

"The Uprising" Rough Draft undated

box 21, folder 17-20

"Whales" undated

box 21, folder 21-22

"Why Women Burn" undated

box 45, folder 12

"Las Polillas" undated

box 45, folder 13-14

"Bajos los pies de Jesús" 1997

box 45, folder 15-16

Excerpt from "Their Dogs Came With Them" undated

box 45, folder 19

Sample of Work: "The Cemetery Boys" undated

box 45, folder 22

Chicana Literary and Artistic Expressions: Culture and Society in Dialogue: "Turtle" undated

box 44, folder 2

Miss Clairol undated

 

Series IV Subject Files

box 22, folder 1

Abortion 1989-1999

box 22, folder 2

Actos - El Teatro Campesino 1971

box 22, folder 3

Addresses undated

box 22, folder 4

Adeclan Newsletter 1989

box 22, folder 5

Aging - Death 1982-1990

 

AIDS

box 22, folder 6

1972-1989

box 22, folder 7

1990

 

Albuquerque Notes

box 22, folder 8

1994

box 22, folder 9-10

undated

 

American Film Institute

box 22, folder 11-14

1989

box 22, folder 15

1990

box 22, folder 16

American Film Institue Fest L.A. 1988

box 22, folder 17

American Writers Congress 1981

 

Americas 2001

box 22, folder 18

1987

box 22, folder 19

1987-1988

box 22, folder 20

1988

box 22, folder 21

Amnesty undated

box 22, folder 22

Anthology Packet 1980

 

Articles

box 22, folder 23

1970-1974

box 22, folder 24

1980

box 22, folder 25

1981

box 22, folder 26

1987-1990

box 22, folder 27

1985-1991

box 22, folder 28

1990-1991

box 22, folder 29

1990-1992

box 22, folder 30

1991-1992

box 23, folder 1

1991-1998

box 23, folder 2

1992-1994

box 23, folder 3

1994

box 23, folder 4

1995

box 23, folder 5

1995-1996

box 23, folder 6

1995-1997

box 23, folder 7

1996-1997

box 23, folder 8-10

undated

box 45, folder 23

1983-2003

box 23, folder 11

Articles, Crime 1989

box 23, folder 12

Articles, New York 1989

box 23, folder 13

Articles/Pamphlets 1986-1988

 

Articles, Poems, and Images

box 23, folder 14

1967

box 23, folder 15

1970-1981

box 23, folder 16

1975

box 23, folder 17

1979

box 23, folder 18

1980

box 23, folder 19-20

1981

box 23, folder 21

1991

box 23, folder 22

Artwork undated

box 23, folder 23

Beyond Rice - A Broadside Series 1995

box 23, folder 24

Bocón 1989

box 23, folder 25

"The Body Shop" Script 1991

box 23, folder 26-27

Breaking Boundaries undated

 

Marie Brown Associates

box 24, folder 1

1987-1993

box 24, folder 2

1988

box 24, folder 3

1991

box 24, folder 4

1992-1995

box 24, folder 5

California State University, Los Angeles 1993

box 24, folder 6

Camera Fundraiser 1992-1993

box 24, folder 7

Censorship 1988-1990

 

Central America

box 24, folder 8

1983

box 24, folder 9-11

1984

box 24, folder 12-14

1984-1985

box 24, folder 15-16

1984-1988

box 24, folder 17

1984-1989

box 24, folder 18-21

1985

box 24, folder 22-25

1985-1988

box 24, folder 26-27

Chicana Writes on Word and Film 1991

 

Chicano Articles

box 24, folder 28

1989-1990

box 24, folder 29

1990

box 25, folder 1-2

1990

box 25, folder 3

1990-1991

 

Chicano Movement

box 25, folder 4

1990-1991

box 25, folder 5

1991

box 25, folder 6

Chicanos '90s

 

Child - Articles

box 25, folder 7

1981

box 25, folder 8-9

1983

 

ChisméArte

box 25, folder 10

1977

box 25, folder 11-12

1980

box 25, folder 13

Cigarette Smoking Notes 1981-1992

box 25, folder 14

Con Safos 1972

box 25, folder 15

Cornell University 1995

box 25, folder 16

Cultural Affairs 1992-1994

 

Death and Dying

box 25, folder 17

1987-1989

box 25, folder 18

1993

box 25, folder 19

1993-1994

box 25, folder 20

Depression 1988-1989

box 25, folder 21

Dia de los Muertos 1991

box 25, folder 22

Drywall 1992

box 25, folder 23

Education 1977-1989

box 25, folder 24

Enrichment Program Brochures 1981-1983

box 25, folder 25-26

Farm Worker Hearing and Aging Committee 1991

 

Flyers and Pamphlets

box 26, folder 1

1983-1986

box 26, folder 2

1984-1987

box 26, folder 3

1987

box 45, folder 20

1997-2017

box 26, folder 4

Galan Entertainment 1994

 

Gangs

box 26, folder 5

1983-1990

box 26, folder 6

1984-1994

box 26, folder 7

1990

 

Grant Information

box 26, folder 8

1989-1991

box 26, folder 9-14

1990

box 26, folder 15

1990-1991

box 26, folder 16

1991

 

Grants Submitted: Latino Writers and Filmmakers

box 26, folder 17

1990

box 26, folder 18

1990-1992

 

Heatlh Information: Cigarettes

box 26, folder 19

1988

box 26, folder 20

1982-1991

box 26, folder 21

undated

box 26, folder 22

Hecho en Aztlan 1990

 

Hispanic American Studies Program

box 26, folder 23-24

1991-1994

box 26, folder 25-26

1994

box 26, folder 27

"How Else Am I Supposed to Know I'm Alive?" Shooting Script and Ron Barnes Photograph 1991

box 26, folder 28

Hunger Strike 1995

 

Ideas

box 26, folder 29

1981-1986

box 26, folder 30

1986-1989

box 27, folder 1-4

Ignore the Dents 1990

 

Imagination

box 27, folder 5

1996

box 27, folder 6

1996-1997

box 27, folder 7

1997

box 27, folder 8-9

undated

 

India

box 27, folder 10

1978-1982

box 27, folder 11

1981-1982

box 27, folder 12-13

1982

box 27, folder 14

1983

box 27, folder 15

1984

box 27, folder 16-19

undated

 

hgh

 

Irvine

box 28, folder 3

1983-1994

box 28, folder 4

1994-1995

box 27, folder 20

Inter-Hispanic American Arts Center

 

IRS, tax exemption information for Southern California Latino Writers and Filmakers, Inc.

box 27, folder 21-22

1990

box 27, folder 23-25

1990-1991

box 28, folder 1-2

1990-1991

box 28, folder 5

Kids undated

 

Latinavision

box 28, folder 6-7

1990-1993

box 28, folder 8

1992-1993

box 28, folder 9-10

1992

box 28, folder 11-13

1993

 

Latino Consortium

box 28, folder 14

1990

box 28, folder 15

undated

box 28, folder 16-17

Latino Writers and Filmmakers - Activites 1993

box 28, folder 18

Latino Writers and Filmmakers - Board Minutes 1991-1993

 

Latino Writers and Filmmakers - By-Laws

box 28, folder 19

1984

box 28, folder 20

1989-1990

box 28, folder 21-25

1990

box 28, folder 26-28

1990-1991

box 28, folder 29-33

Latino Writers and Filmmakers - First Grant 1990

box 28, folder 34

Latino Writers and Filmmakers - Information undated

box 28, folder 35-37

Latino Writers and Filmmakers - Meetings 1992-1993

 

Latino Writers and Filmmakers - Members

box 28, folder 38

1991-1993

box 28, folder 39

1993

box 29, folder 1

1993

box 29, folder 2

Latino Writers and Filmmakers - Newsletters 1990-1993

 

Latino Writers and Filmmakers - Special Project

box 29, folder 3-4

1989-1990

box 29, folder 5

1992

box 29, folder 6-7

undated

 

Lesson Plan Material

box 29, folder 8

1984

box 29, folder 9-10

undated

 

Library

box 29, folder 11

1988-1993

box 29, folder 12

1992-1993

box 29, folder 13

1994

box 29, folder 14-15

Los Angeles Bicentennial Proposal 1981

box 29, folder 16

Love/Romantic 1983-1984

 

Magazines

box 29, folder 17

1980-1981

box 29, folder 18

1988

box 29, folder 19-20

1991

box 45, folder 21

New York 2007-06-04

box 29, folder 21

Mandela 1990

 

Manuscripts and Poems - Other

box 29, folder 22

1978-1981

box 29, folder 23

1980

box 29, folder 24

1981

box 29, folder 25

1982

box 29, folder 26-27

1984

box 29, folder 28

1984-1985

box 29, folder 29-30

undated

box 29, folder 31

Mental Illness undated

 

MFA Creative Writing

box 30, folder 1

1992-1993

box 30, folder 2

1993-1994

 

Migrant Education

box 30, folder 3

1982-1995

box 30, folder 4-6

1995

 

Miscellany

box 30, folder 7

1976-1987

box 29, folder 8

1996

box 30, folder 9

Miscellanous Publications 1988

box 30, folder 10

Mississippi undated

box 30, folder 11

Modern Language Association (MLA) 1994-1995

 

Las Mujeres Panel

box 30, folder 12

1987-1990

box 29, folder 13

1990

box 29, folder 14

undated

box 30, folder 15

Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) 1994

box 30, folder 16

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) 1992

box 30, folder 17

National Alliance of Media Arts Centers (U.S.) 1992

 

The National Chicano Council on Higher Education (NCCHE) Science Fellowship Program

box 30, folder 18

1983-1987

box 30, folder 19

1986-1987

box 30, folder 20

1986-1988

box 30, folder 21-24

1987

box 30, folder 25-26

1987-1988

box 30, folder 27

1988

box 28, folder 28

undated

 

National Endowment for the Arts

box 30, folder 29

1988-1990

box 30, folder 30-31

1989-1990

box 31, folder 1

1989

box 31, folder 2

National Hispanic Academy of Media, Arts, and Sciences (HAMAS) 1993

 

Notes

box 31, folder 3

Notes 1992

box 45, folder 24

Notes undated

 

Noticeria de MALCS

box 31, folder 4

1989

box 31, folder 5

1989-1990

box 31, folder 6

1990-1994

 

Nuke Info

box 31, folder 7

1982-1984

box 31, folder 8-9

1984

box 31, folder 10

1984-1989

 

Obras

box 31, folder 11-12

1980

box 31, folder 13

1981

 

Oppression of Hispanic Women

box 31, folder 14-15

1976

box 31, folder 16-17

undated

box 31, folder 18

Orange Public Library 1992-1994

 

Otro Lado

box 31, folder 19-20

1989

box 31, folder 21-22

1989-1990

box 31, folder 23-24

1990

 

Otro Lado Flyers

box 31, folder 25

1990-1991

box 31, folder 26

1991

box 31, folder 27

Pamphlets undated

box 31, folder 28-29

"Paris Rats in East LA" Final Shooting Script 1991

box 31, folder 30

Parties - Kids 1989-1990

 

PEN

box 32, folder 1

1986-1989

box 32, folder 2-3

1989-1990

box 32, folder 4

1989-1994

box 32, folder 5-7

1990

box 32, folder 8

1991

box 32, folder 9-10

1993-1994

box 32, folder 11

Poems 1979

box 32, folder 12

Postcards 1974

box 32, folder 13-14

Puente Project Readers Society 1991

 

Racism

box 32, folder 15

1988-1990

box 32, folder 16

1989-1991

 

Rape

box 32, folder 17

1977-1979

box 32, folder 18

1978

box 32, folder 19

1978-1979

box 32, folder 20

undated

box 32, folder 21

Rebolledo 1986-1991

box 32, folder 22

Recipies undated

box 32, folder 23

"Rosa's Garden" Play by Terrell Anansi undated

box 33, folder 1

Schindler's List 1993-1994

box 33, folder 2

Science Projects undated

box 43, folder 21

Scripps College Academy undated

box 33, folder 3

Selena Tribute 1995

box 33, folder 4

Sense of Smell 1994

box 33, folder 5

Short Stories undated

 

"Speak for Myself: Mexican, Chicana, Latina Filmmaking"

box 33, folder 6

1979-1989

box 33, folder 7

1990

box 33, folder 8-9

1990-1992

box 33, folder 10-12

1992

box 33, folder 13

1992-1993

box 33, folder 14-15

State of California vs. Jackie Hurtado 1972-1983

 

Story Material

box 33, folder 16

1990-1992

box 33, folder 17

1992-1994

box 33, folder 18-19

1993

box 33, folder 20

1995

box 33, folder 21

Suicide Prevention Training Manual 1981

 

Teachers' Lessons

box 34, folder 1

1990-1991

box 34, folder 2-3

undated

 

Teaching Materials

box 34, folder 4

1977

box 34, folder 5

1980

box 34, folder 6

1982

box 34, folder 7

1984

box 34, folder 8-9

undated

box 34, folder 10

Textile Art undated

 

"Their Dogs Came With Them" Research Articles

box 34, folder 11

1989-1992

box 34, folder 12

1992-1995

box 34, folder 13

1994

box 34, folder 14

Toxins - Christmas 1989

box 34, folder 15

Walsenburg: Linda Thomas 1981

 

War and Peace

box 34, folder 16

1990-1991

box 34, folder 17

1991

box 34, folder 18

West, Robin

 

Women/Children/Violence

box 34, folder 19

1989-1990

box 34, folder 20

1989-1991

box 34, folder 21

1989-1994

box 34, folder 22

1990

 

Women and Writing

box 34, folder 23

1982-1986

box 34, folder 24

1983-1985

box 34, folder 25

1984-1988

 

Word Waiver

box 34, folder 26

1987-1990

box 34, folder 27

1990

box 34, folder 28

1990-1991

box 34, folder 29

undated

 

Writers, About

box 34, folder 30-31

1984

box 34, folder 32

1984-1986

 

Writers Group

box 35, folder 1

1987

box 35, folder 2-4

1988

box 35, folder 5-6

undated

box 35, folder 7

Writer - Interview 1988-1992

 

Writing - Creative Process

box 35, folder 8

1980-1990

box 35, folder 9

1987

box 35, folder 10-11

1988

box 35, folder 12

1988-1990

box 35, folder 13

Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez 1978

General Physical Description note: Script from Center Theatre Group; Mark Taper Forum; Revised script 8/20/78
 

People

box 35, folder 14

Alvarez, Julia undated

box 35, folder 15

Anaya, Rudolfo 1988

box 35, folder 16

Barrera, Rosalinda 1992

box 35, folder 17

Barry, Lynda 1991

 

Berumen, Enrique

box 35, folder 18

1989-1991

box 35, folder 19

1990

box 35, folder 20

Berumen, Enrique - "The Race" Screenplay 1991

 

Cantú, Roberto

box 35, folder 21-23

1990-1995

box 36, folder 1-3

1990-1995

box 36, folder 4

Castillo, Ana 1993

box 36, folder 5

Chavez, Cesar 1993

box 36, folder 6

Chavez, Denise 1987-1995

 

Cisneros, Sandra

box 36, folder 7-20

1984-1995

box 36, folder 21

1990-1994

box 37, folder 1-4

1990-1994

box 37, folder 5

1992

box 37, folder 6

Colombo, Gary 1990

box 37, folder 7-9

DeCastro, Antonio 1981-1991

box 37, folder 10

De la Peña, Terri 1987-1991

box 37, folder 11

Fernandez, Mayra 1994

box 37, folder 12

Fernandez, Roberta 1987-1988

box 37, folder 13

Foster, Sesshu 1992-1994

box 37, folder 14

Gamboa, Diane 1985-1990

box 37, folder 15-16

Gamboa, Harry 1986-1992

 

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel (Gabo)

box 37, folder 17

1987-1989

box 38, folder 1

1987-1989

box 38, folder 2-3

1988-1990

 

Garza, Leticia

box 38, folder 4

1994-1995

box 38, folder 5

1996

box 38, folder 6

Gilb, Dagoberto 1992

box 38, folder 7

Hernandez, Ester 1988

box 38, folder 8

Hernandez, Irene 1991

box 38, folder 9

Herrera-Sobek undated

box 38, folder 10

Jones, Pam 1990

box 38, folder 11

Joysmith, Claire 1992-1993

box 38, folder 12

King, Katherine Callen 1988

box 38, folder 13

Lomeli, Francisco 1987

box 38, folder 14

Lopez, Jack 1991

 

Martinez, Demetria

box 38, folder 15

1988

box 38, folder 16

1990

box 38, folder 17

1994-1995

 

Mena, Jesus

box 38, folder 18

1980

box 38, folder 19

1982-1988

box 38, folder 20

1982-1989

box 38, folder 21

1983-1988

box 38, folder 22

1989

box 39, folder 1

1990

box 39, folder 2

undated

box 39, folder 3

Mohan/Manju 1986-1989

box 39, folder 4

Morales, Sylvia 1990-1991

box 39, folder 5

Morena, Dorinda 1994

box 39, folder 6

Muñoz, Miguel 1981-1990

box 39, folder 7

Orozco, Alfonso (Fox) undated

box 39, folder 8

Pacheco, Javier 1993

 

Pilar's Records

box 39, folder 9-11

1986-1993

box 39, folder 12-14

1987-1992

 

Ponce, Mary Helen

box 39, folder 15

1981-1982

box 39, folder 16

1981-1990

box 39, folder 17

1985-1989

box 39, folder 18

1992

box 39, folder 19

Poniatowska, Elena 1989

box 39, folder 20

Rivera, Jose 1992

 

Rodriguez, Eloy

box 39, folder 21

1981-1992

box 39, folder 22

1982-1989

box 39, folder 23

1988-1992

box 39, folder 24

1989-1990

box 39, folder 25

1989-1991

box 40, folder 1

1990-1992

box 40, folder 2

1991-1992

box 40, folder 3

Rodriguez, Felix 1990-1992

box 40, folder 4

Rodriguez, Francisco 1990-1991

box 40, folder 5

Rodriguez, Luis 1992-1994

box 40, folder 6

Rodriguez, Roberto 1990

box 40, folder 7

Rodriguez, Victor - Poems 1995

 

Salvidar-Hull, Sonia

box 40, folder 8

1988-1990

box 40, folder 9

1989

box 40, folder 10

1990

box 40, folder 11

1993

box 40, folder 12

1993-1994

box 40, folder 13

1994

box 40, folder 14

1995

box 40, folder 15

Saxton, Sharon 1991

box 40, folder 16

Seymour, Jacqueline undated

box 40, folder 17

Shigezawa, Ruth 1990

 

Sifuentes, Francisco

box 40, folder 18

1971

box 40, folder 19

1972

box 40, folder 20-21

1986

box 40, folder 22

1990-1993

box 40, folder 23

Silva, Simon 1994

box 40, folder 24

Sitesh, Aruna 1992

box 40, folder 25

Snow, Donna 1991

 

Soto, Gary

box 40, folder 26

1991-1993

box 40, folder 27

1992-1995

box 41, folder 1

Tafolla 1986-1987

box 41, folder 2

Torres, Kay 1982-1990

 

Towers, Elizabeth and Neil

box 41, folder 3-4

1972-1993

box 41, folder 5-6

1985-1987

box 41, folder 7-8

1987-1989

box 41, folder 9

1988

box 41, folder 10

1991-1993

box 41, folder 11

Trevino, Betty 1992

box 41, folder 12

Troyano, Ela 1987

box 41, folder 13

Valdés, Gina 1991

box 41, folder 14

Valdez, Luis 1986

box 41, folder 15

Valle, Victor 1991

box 41, folder 16

Varney File 1984-1992

box 41, folder 17

Vasquez, Evangelina 1984-1990

box 41, folder 18

Versage, Andés J. - These Paper 1994

box 41, folder 19

Villa, Raul H. 1991

box 41, folder 20

Woessmer 1988-1989

box 41, folder 21

Ybarra, Ricardo Means undated

 

Conferences

box 45, folder 11

Certificate of Participation at the Human Rights of the Americas Conference 2016

box 44, folder 3

Newspapers 1989-2017

box 44, folder 5

Posters 1987-2017

 

Series V Photographs, Slides, Miscellaneous

 

Photographs

box 42, folder 1

1980-1995

box 42, folder 2-3

undated

box 42, folder 4

Slides 1981-1990

 

Digital Photographs

disk Library Server

Francisco and Yung 1998

General Physical Description note: cemashare\ARCHIVAL_DigitalDocuments\Viramontes\Francisco
 

Miscellanous

box 42, folder 5

Misc. Artwork undated

box 42, folder 6

Obscene Is? By Daniel J. Martinez - Dent Art 1990

box 42, folder 7

Time Magazine - Hispanic Culture 1988

box 42, folder 8

CSULB, class using 'The Moths' 1990

box 43, folder 22

Santa Gertrudis School 8th Grade Narrations/Illustrations "Grandmother" 2011-2012

box 44, folder 1

Print of La Virgen de Guadalupe

box 44, folder 4

"Thank you" cardboard undated

 

Series VI Audio and Video Files

 

Audio

item A25008/CS

Director of Nocturno A Rosario Questions--Matilda Landeta 03/06/1992

Other Descriptive Information

Side "A" only; 6pm-9pm. Irvine conference titled "Speak for Myself-Mexican, Chicana, Latina Filmaking, March 6/7. 1992." In there Matilda Landeta (first woman director in Mexico whose famous film "La Negra Angustias" is considered a classic.) There are others like Ela Troyano and Sylvia Morales, Lourdes Portillo and Frances Espana too.
item A25009/CS

Speak for Myself 03/07/1992

Other Descriptive Information

Tape (1) 9:45am to 1pm. Irvine conference titled "Speak for Myself-Mexican, Chicana, Latina Filmaking, March 6/7. 1992." In there Matilda Landeta (first woman director in Mexico whose famous film "La Negra Angustias" is considered a classic.) There are others like Ela Troyano and Sylvia Morales, Lourdes Portillo and Frances Espana too.
item A25010/CS

Speak for Myself 03/07/1992

Other Descriptive Information

Tape (2)Side A only; 2pm to 6pm. Irvine conference titled "Speak for Myself-Mexican, Chicana, Latina Filmaking, March 6/7. 1992." In there Matilda Landeta (first woman director in Mexico whose famous film "La Negra Angustias" is considered a classic.) There are others like Ela Troyano and Sylvia Morales, Lourdes Portillo and Frances Espana too.
item A25011/CS

Speak for Myself 03/07/1992

Other Descriptive Information

Tape 3 Side A only. Irvine conference titled "Speak for Myself-Mexican, Chicana, Latina Filmaking, March 6/7. 1992." In there Matilda Landeta (first woman director in Mexico whose famous film "La Negra Angustias" is considered a classic.) There are others like Ela Troyano and Sylvia Morales, Lourdes Portillo and Frances Espana too.
item A25012/CS

Speak for Myself 03/06/1992

Other Descriptive Information

Tape 1. Irvine conference titled "Speak for Myself-Mexican, Chicana, Latina Filmaking, March 6/7. 1992." In there Matilda Landeta (first woman director in Mexico whose famous film "La Negra Angustias" is considered a classic.) There are others like Ela Troyano and Sylvia Morales, Lourdes Portillo and Frances Espana too.
item A25013/CS

Speak for Myself 03/06/1992

Other Descriptive Information

Tape 2. Irvine conference titled "Speak for Myself-Mexican, Chicana, Latina Filmaking, March 6/7. 1992." In there Matilda Landeta (first woman director in Mexico whose famous film "La Negra Angustias" is considered a classic.) There are others like Ela Troyano and Sylvia Morales, Lourdes Portillo and Frances Espana too.
item A28888/D12

World's Fair Records. Mart, Texas. 45 RPM by Richard Freeman 1987

Other Descriptive Information

Original sleeve has note from artist that reads, "To: Mrs. Helena with a tie of music and drama. So nice meeting you in Houston, TX, April 2000. Richard Freeman. Please drop a line. Ms. Ph- Modest House. I do some volunteer for the North Mexico, side Modest House. Richard C. Freeman."
 

Video

disc V6240/DVD

2011 Latino Spirit Awards Ceremony 05/09/2011

Other Descriptive Information

(DVD) California State legislation honors Latinos
disc V6241/DVD

Jump Start La Luz 07/22/2011

Other Descriptive Information

San Antonio, TX; section where Viramontes reads from a story she was working on called "The Cemetery Boys"