Finding Guide for the Maria Iris Duke dos Santos Chicana Literature Collection
CEMA 104
University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural
Archives
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-9010
(805) 893-8563
cema@library.ucsb.edu
Title: Maria Iris Duke dos Santos Chicana Literature Collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 104
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural
Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 boxes
Date: 1970s-1990s
Abstract: This is a small but significant Chicano literary collection that highlights Maria Duke dos Santos' relationship to various
Chicano writers over three decades. The collection adds understanding to the development of Chicano letters and writing, and
its international growth.
Conditions Governing Use note
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.
Conditions Governing Access note
none
Biographical/Historical note
Maria Duke dos Santos is a leading authority on Chicano and Latino authors. She became one of the earliest female scholars
in the field of Chicano literature in the early 1970s. She is also a professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Scope and Contents note
The main focus of this collection is Maria Duke dos Santos' relationship with Rolando Hinojosa, Tomás Rivera (former Chancellor
of UC Riverside), and Sabine R. Ulibarrí. Within the section titled "Other Authors and Events," author Rudolfo Anaya is also
featured. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, documents, event pamphlets, and other related ephemera, historical
documents and books. It is housed in two document boxes. The material is organized according to Maria Duke dos Santos' provenance,
by author, activities, and dates, beginning in the 1970s. All the pictures within the collection have also been labeled with
names and dates.
Box 2, Folder 1-8
Other Authors and Events continued
Box 2, Folder 11-14
Other Activities and Letters
Box 2, Folder 15-19
Personal Academic Information
Box 2, Folder 20
Me dieron todo el condado by Sergio D. Elizondo
Box 2, Folder 21
Coyote emplumado by Sergio D. Elizondo
Box 2, Folder 22
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Box 2, Folder 23
Fantasías y fantasmas by Sabine R. Ulibarrí
Box 2, Folder 24
Al Principio No.1 Vol.1
1974
