http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8q52q5f No online items Guide to the Rupert Garcia and Sammi Madison Garcia Collection CEMA 101 Finding aid prepared by Callie Bowdish and CEMA staff University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives Santa Barbara, California, 93106-9010 (805) 893-8563
[email protected] Guide to the Rupert Garcia and CEMA 101 1 Sammi Madison Garcia Collection CEMA 101 Title: Rupert Garcia and Sammi Madison Garcia Collection Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 101 Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 35.0 boxes 26 document boxes and 9 oversized flat boxes, and 556 posters Date (bulk): Bulk, 1967-1987 Date (inclusive): 1959-2000 Abstract: This collection contains materials assembled by Rupert Garcia and document his passion for civil rights and activist art. Garcia was a student at San Francisco State where some of the earliest protests against racism in higher education institutions took place. This collection has material on that event in 1968 and 1969. The bulk of the nearly 600 posters span from the late 1960s through the 1980s. These posters include protest art, civil rights demonstrations and marches, Vietnam War-era protests and rallies, as well as United Farm Workers (UFW)-related events. Additionally, there are writings, publications, teaching papers and other informative materials that Garcia gathered as part of his research and teaching in Chicano Arts and the Chicano Movement, ranging from 1967 to 2000s.