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The collection consists of photographs taken by Michael Sedano at the first Festival de Flor y Canto (Festival of Flower and Song), an event held in 1973 at the University of Southern California that featured prominent and emerging Mexican American writers and artists speaking on their personal experiences and issues related to the Chicano Movement.

Abstract Tomás Rivera was born on December 22, 1935 in Crystal City, Texas. Rising from humble beginnings as the son of Mexican migrant farm workers, Rivera went to Southwest Texas State University, where he received his B.S. in English Education in 1958. Aiming higher, he returned to Southwest Texas State to get a Master's in Education in 1964 and then, in 1969, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma in Romance Literatures. Rivera taught at the university level for many years at various...

Abstract

This collection contains invitations, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other material regarding Tomás Rivera, chancellor of the University of California, Riverside from 1979 until 1984. Mostly contains information events, such as “Tomás and the Library Lady”.

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This collection contains newspaper clippings, flyers, lists, leaflets, budgets, articles, receipts, proposals, and other material on the Tomás Rivera Conference, which is held once a year to commemorate the achievements of Tomás Rivera, former UCR chancellor, and his wife, Concha Rivera. Mostly contains information on the events that occur during the conference as well as the banquet in Tomás Rivera’s honor.