Tomas Rivera Collection

Collection

Identifier: THR/01/2021.s227

Staff Only

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.