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Tomás Rivera archive

Owning Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives

About this Collection

Select digitized photographs and documents from the papers of Chicano author, poet, and educator Tomás Rivera, who served as chancellor of UC Riverside from 1979-1984. Born to a migrant farmworker family in Crystal City, Texas, Rivera is best known for his 1971 novel "...y no se lo tragó la tierra," and as the first person of color to serve as chancellor in the University of California system. View collection guide.

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164 items found in this collection

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Child Study essay, Ed. 348
Choir singing at the memorial service of Tomás Rivera
City of San Antonio Citation
Cliff Wurfel and Armando Martinez processing the Tomás Rivera Archive
Concepción Rivera at the memorial service of Tomás Rivera
Concepción Rivera at the memorial service of Tomás Rivera
Concepción Rivera at the memorial service of Tomás Rivera
Concha Rivera
CSULA certificate
Four Channels of Life
Group of mourners at the memorial service of Tomás Rivera
In memory of Tomás Rivera
In Memory of Tomás Rivera
Lecture manuscript
Lecture manuscript
Lecture manuscript
Lecture outlines
Literature lecture
Literature lecture
Love in the classroom
Office for Advanced Research in Hispanic Education certificate
Poster for the 1988 Tomás Rivera Conference
Poster for the 3rd Annual Tomás Rivera Conference
Poster for the 4th Annual Tomás Rivera Conference
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