Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez Sterilization Research Collection, 1929-1997

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Summary

Creators:
Velez-Ibanez, Carlos G., 1936-
Abstract:
This is a research collection of papers and notes on sterilization, fertility, and eugenics. It also contains material on Madrigal v. Quilligan, a 1978 lawsuit brought by ten Mexican-American women who had been sterilized without their informed consent. Most of the materials are photocopies.
Extent:
4.4 linear feet (11 boxes)
Language:
English and Collection materials are in English and Spanish.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez Sterilization Research Collection, 20, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This is a research collection of papers and notes on sterilization, fertility, and eugenics. It also contains material on Madrigal v. Quilligan, a 1978 lawsuit brought by ten Mexican-American women who had been sterilized without their informed consent. It consists mostly of scholarly articles. There are also court documents and drafts of an article Velez-Ibanez wrote. Most of the materials are photocopies.

Biographical / historical:

Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez is Regent's Professor at Arizona State University. His work centers on one basic question: How do we as a species manage to survive the enormous stresses of global, national, regional, and local pressures and constraints to live out our lives in a relatively humane manner. The question has underlain all his academic work in urban Mexico, in the Southwestern United States, and in Puerto Rico. He asks more specific questions about the development of cultural "funds of knowledge" as modifiers at different levels: household, community, region, and in non-physical localities. This interest is also tied to questions of adaptation, the distribution of sadness, the emergence of social networks and language change, economic and technical shifts within the structure of households, and the migration of human populations. Professor Vélez-Ibáñez is also interested in the application of knowledge for the benefit of those populations with whom we work.

Acquisition information:
Collection donated to the CSRC by Carlos Velez-Ibanez. Deed on file at the CSRC Archive office, 180 Haines Hall, UCLA.
Arrangement:

The collection is organized in the following series:

  • Series. 1 General research files
  • Series 2. Madrigal v. Quilligan files
  • Series 3. Se me acabo la cancion

The files are in their original order.

Physical location:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library and Archive for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
DACS

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research.

Terms of access:

These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of materials, including but not limited to infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez Sterilization Research Collection, 20, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA, 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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