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Library - Home Research Guides - Home History

Instructor: Mr. E. Aguilar
History 119

This research guide has been developed by your instructor and librarian to help you complete
your final project.

Reference Books

  • Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States In Print- ( E184 .S75 O97 2005, vols 1-4). This four volume set contains entries on culture, language, media, politics, race, customs, arts, health, sports and more. This encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinas.
  • Orange books 4 volumes

Books: Use Library Catalog and SDSU catalog and type in "Mexican American Women" and press SUBJECT

  • E184  .S75  Hispanic Americans -- History
  • LC 2669 - LC2687     Hispanic/Latino/Chicana education
  • PS153 -PS628     Hispanic/Latino/Chicana literature & drama
  • N6538 .H58 - N6538 .M4     Hispanic American Art


Journal/magazine articles: Use Academic Onefile and General Onefile
KEYWORDS:

Mexican American women
Puerto Rican women
Hispanic American Women

 

 

WEBSITES

 Primary Sources: Digital Collections
Archivos Virtuales: Papers of Latino and Latin American Artists Smithsonian Institution, c2002
The "Oral Histories" section includes numerous interview transcripts.

California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Library of Congress, 1997- .Features sound recordings, photographs, drawings and written documents from a variety of ethnic groups, including Spanish speaking communities.

Cuban Heritage Digital Collection University of Miami, 2000- .

Dublin, Thomas, and Kathryn Kish Sklar. Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930 This collection of primary source documents is organized around numerous topical areas. Each of these different sections includes an introduction to provide context, and an annotated bibliography. The following sections include material about Hispanic women:

Puerto Rican Women Garment Workers and the New Deal, 1933

Women and Civil Liberties in the San Antonio Pecan Workers Strike, 1938

Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection  American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1998- .

Little Cowpuncher: Rural School Newspaper of Southern Arizona University of Arizona Library Little Cowpuncher, written and illustrated by Anglo and Mexican-American children, appeared from 1932 to 1943.

Mujeres Latinas Digital Collection University of Iowa
Collection documents the lives and contributions of Latinas and their families to Iowa history, and includes oral histories, newspaper clippings, postcards, and photographs.

Photo Database & Virtual Gallery  Los Angeles: Los Angeles Public Library,
Search tip: Many records of photos that include women do not use "women" as a subject heading. Therefore, use a general search term (e.g., Mexican Americans) and browse through the results for photos that include women.

Study of the Spanish-Speaking People of Texas   University of Texas at Austin, 2006.
This collection includes 900 images taken by Russell Lee during 1949 in Corpus Cristi, San Angelo, San Antonio, and El Paso.

Tejano Voices
The site includes transcripts and audio files of oral history interviews with seventy-seven Mexican Americans.
 

 
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