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Tomas Rivera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2021.s227

Scope and Contents

This collection holds materials regarding Tomas Rivera’s career and time as a professor at Sam Houston State University.

Dates

  • Creation: 1969 - 2012

Conditions Governing Use

The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies. Please contact the Newton Gresham Library's Special Collections and University Archives department to request permissions to reproduce materials for any other purpose, or to obtain information regarding the copyright status of a particular digital image, text, audio or video recording.

Biographical / Historical

Tomas Rivera was a native Texan and prominent Chicano author. Rivera was a professor at Sam Houston State University in 1970. Rivera also held the chancellorship position at the University of California from 1979 until his death in 1984. Rivera was the first Mexican American to hold this esteemed position at University of California.

Extent

1 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by material; the book listed as folder 5 is in Special Collections stacks.

Title
Tomas Rivera Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Sunday Stewart
Date
7/2/2021
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository

Contact:
1830 Bobby K. Marks Drive
Huntsville TX 77341 US
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