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Library | UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
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Library
Holdings
Guidelines for Use
Archival Projects
Services
Library Exhibitions
Exhibitions with CSRC Loans
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CSRC Blog: "Latina Lesbian Lineages: Community, Care, and Curation"
Despite institutional barriers, LGBTQ+ people have always taken care of one another, and LGBTQ+ archivists have taken care of these histories. The work of lesbian activist, archivist, and herstorian Yolanda Retter is proof of such care.
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CSRC Blog: "Laura Esquivel: A Latina Lesbian Activist's Archival Story"
Vanessa Esperanza Quintero, library and information science student and CSRC Latina Futures graduate fellow, writes about her discoveries while working with the Laura Esquivel Papers at the CSRC.
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Online Exhibition: "Corky Gonzales: Always Fighting"
Google Arts & Culture is now hosting the online exhibition
Corky Gonzales: Always Fighting
, curated by Grace Muñoz, a graduate student researcher at the CSRC in 2020-21.
Read More
CSRC Library Exhibition: "ICE OUT: Arte en Resistencia!"
Rotating exhibitions are on display inside the library and in the vitrine at the entrance. All exhibitions are free to the public and viewable during regular library hours.
Read More
CSRC Archival Projects
Since 2001, the CSRC Library has launched major preservation projects related to music, cinema, visual arts, and the social sciences. Among archival projects currently underway are Religion, Spirituality, and Faith in Mexican American Social History, the Strachwitz Frontera Collection Online Archive, and the LGBT & Mujeres Initiative.
Read More
Library
Established in 1969, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library was the first library in the United States to focus on the Mexican-descent population. Today, the CSRC Library, which holds over 648 archival and manuscript collections, is considered to hold among the most important national and international research collections on the Latinx experience more broadly.
Furthering this work is the
Latina Futures 2050 Lab
and its
Librarian and Archivist
, who is overseeing the processing, description, and collection management of CSRC’s Mujeres
,
LGBTQ+, and other collections featuring women, femmes, and feminine-presenting persons in the Chicanx, Central American, and U.S. Latina/o/x communities. By providing a wide-ranging and comprehensive collection, the CSRC Library continues to meet the evolving needs of students and faculty at UCLA and around the world.
The Library's
holdings
consist of monographs, periodicals, subject files, dissertations and theses, as well as original prints by Chicana/o artists, films, videotapes, audio recordings, and slides. Of special note are holdings of monolingual and bilingual English and Spanish newspapers and journals published throughout the southwestern U.S. from the nineteenth century onward. The
UCLA Library Research Guide for the CSRC
provides more information.
Please note
: CSRC Library materials may not be checked out. They may be used in the Library, and most may be photocopied.
If you are interested in reproducing library materials for publication or broadcast, please visit the
Services
page for instructions and forms.
At this time, the CSRC library on-site archival research visits must be scheduled with significant advance notice. Priority will be given to current UCLA faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students
.
To schedule a visit, contact
librarian@chicano.ucla.edu.
LIBRARY SERVICES
CSRC Library hours:
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 12 to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed Fridays, weekends, and holidays.
The library will be closed March 23 - 27 for UCLA Spring Break.
General contact:
librarian@chicano.ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1544
COMMUNITY TOURS
Are you an instructor who would like to bring students to the CSRC Library? Contact us to schedule a
group tour
.
SUPPORT THE LIBRARY
The CSRC Library is committed to housing materials in alignment with our mission. If you are interested in donating a collection or making a financial gift, please contact us.
Find out more.
Skip to main content
Library
Holdings
Guidelines for Use
Archival Projects
Services
Library Exhibitions
Exhibitions with CSRC Loans
1
2
3
4
5
CSRC Blog: "Latina Lesbian Lineages: Community, Care, and Curation"
Despite institutional barriers, LGBTQ+ people have always taken care of one another, and LGBTQ+ archivists have taken care of these histories. The work of lesbian activist, archivist, and herstorian Yolanda Retter is proof of such care.
Read More
CSRC Blog: "Laura Esquivel: A Latina Lesbian Activist's Archival Story"
Vanessa Esperanza Quintero, library and information science student and CSRC Latina Futures graduate fellow, writes about her discoveries while working with the Laura Esquivel Papers at the CSRC.
Read More
Online Exhibition: "Corky Gonzales: Always Fighting"
Google Arts & Culture is now hosting the online exhibition
Corky Gonzales: Always Fighting
, curated by Grace Muñoz, a graduate student researcher at the CSRC in 2020-21.
Read More
CSRC Library Exhibition: "ICE OUT: Arte en Resistencia!"
Rotating exhibitions are on display inside the library and in the vitrine at the entrance. All exhibitions are free to the public and viewable during regular library hours.
Read More
CSRC Archival Projects
Since 2001, the CSRC Library has launched major preservation projects related to music, cinema, visual arts, and the social sciences. Among archival projects currently underway are Religion, Spirituality, and Faith in Mexican American Social History, the Strachwitz Frontera Collection Online Archive, and the LGBT & Mujeres Initiative.
Read More
Library
Established in 1969, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library was the first library in the United States to focus on the Mexican-descent population. Today, the CSRC Library, which holds over 648 archival and manuscript collections, is considered to hold among the most important national and international research collections on the Latinx experience more broadly.
Furthering this work is the
Latina Futures 2050 Lab
and its
Librarian and Archivist
, who is overseeing the processing, description, and collection management of CSRC’s Mujeres
,
LGBTQ+, and other collections featuring women, femmes, and feminine-presenting persons in the Chicanx, Central American, and U.S. Latina/o/x communities. By providing a wide-ranging and comprehensive collection, the CSRC Library continues to meet the evolving needs of students and faculty at UCLA and around the world.
The Library's
holdings
consist of monographs, periodicals, subject files, dissertations and theses, as well as original prints by Chicana/o artists, films, videotapes, audio recordings, and slides. Of special note are holdings of monolingual and bilingual English and Spanish newspapers and journals published throughout the southwestern U.S. from the nineteenth century onward. The
UCLA Library Research Guide for the CSRC
provides more information.
Please note
: CSRC Library materials may not be checked out. They may be used in the Library, and most may be photocopied.
If you are interested in reproducing library materials for publication or broadcast, please visit the
Services
page for instructions and forms.
At this time, the CSRC library on-site archival research visits must be scheduled with significant advance notice. Priority will be given to current UCLA faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students
.
To schedule a visit, contact
librarian@chicano.ucla.edu.
LIBRARY SERVICES
CSRC Library hours:
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 12 to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed Fridays, weekends, and holidays.
The library will be closed March 23 - 27 for UCLA Spring Break.
General contact:
librarian@chicano.ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1544
COMMUNITY TOURS
Are you an instructor who would like to bring students to the CSRC Library? Contact us to schedule a
group tour
.
SUPPORT THE LIBRARY
The CSRC Library is committed to housing materials in alignment with our mission. If you are interested in donating a collection or making a financial gift, please contact us.
Find out more.