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CEMA.064
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Title: Califas: Chicano Art and Culture in California Collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA.064
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5.0 linear feet
10 boxes
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1982-1983
Date (inclusive): 1982-1986
Location note: U-matic video cassettes (173 in 10 boxes) are stored at the Southern Regional Library Facility. Audio cassette tapes are stored
at the off-campus Annex II. The Beta-SP preservation version of the videos are stored at Annex II. The seven volume bound
transcripts, including an index volume, and the final report to the National Endowment for the Humanities (1982) are housed
in the Davidson library Special Collections Department and shelved by Library of Congress classification. The videos are in
the process of being updated to a digital archive format and most of them are currently available online at Archive.org. Please
see the listing of the individual videos for a link to the online location.
Abstract: This is an extensive video archive, originally acquired through purchase in U-matic format and later reformatted into VHS.
It is currently being preserved in digital format and many of the videos are available online at Archive.org. The coverage
includes a major 1982 conference held at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The collection contains presentations of
musical theatrical works, and interviews with performers, artists and authors related to Chicano culture and society in California.
creator:
Brookman, Philip
creator:
Carrillo, Eduardo, Project Director
creator:
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Related Archival Materials note
Alurista Papers (CEMA 21), Centro Cultural de la Raza Archives (CEMA 12), Shifra Goldman Papers (CEMA 119), José Montoya Papers
(CEMA 20), and Royal Chicano Air Force Archives (CEMA 8). Also, the Tomás Ybarra-Frausto Research Material on Chicano Art,
1967-2008 at the Smithsonain Archives of American Art. Philip Brookman papers, 1980-1995 at the Smithsonian Archives of American
Art.
The University of California, Santa Cruz planning grant for Califas was directed by Eduardo Carrillo. The grant period was
from January 1, 1982 - December 31, 1982. The videos and 7 bound volumes were purchased from Isaac Artenstein and cover some
material that is different than the Santa Cruz planning grant project but are part of Califas: Chicano Art and Culture in
California. The audio tapes are of the Califas conference held April 16 - 17, 1982 at the University of California, Santa
Cruz. Volume 7 contains an index that describes the video and audio tapes. There is also a bound volume pertaining to the
grant and conference events.
This collection contains video, audio files and transcripts from the Califas, Chicano Art and Culture in California conference
and associated events in 1982 and 1983. There are also transcripts in bound volumes in Special Collections, and a report about
the Califas grant with the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Acquired from Isaac Artenstein.
Califas: Chicano Art and Culture in California Collection, CEMA 64, Department of Special Collections, University Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara
The collection is open for research.
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
Aztec dance
Chicano art
Chicano movement--California
Day of the Dead
Día de los muertos celebrations
Mexican American art -- 20th century
Mexican American artists -- California
Mexican American musicians
Mexican American poets
Mexican American theater--California--History
Mexican Americans -- California
Mural Art
Performance art
U.S.-Mexico Border