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Tomás Rivera archive

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

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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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Choir singing at the memorial service of Tomás Rivera
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
Group of mourners at the memorial service of Tomás Rivera
Poster for the 1988 Tomás Rivera Conference
Poster for the 3rd Annual Tomás Rivera Conference
Poster for the 4th Annual Tomás Rivera Conference
Poster for the 5th Annual Tomás Rivera Conference
Poster for the Chancellor's Ball featuring Tomás Rivera
Speaker at the memorial service of Tomás Rivera
Speaker at the memorial service of Tomás Rivera
Tomás and Concepción Rivera
Tomás and Concepción Rivera at an event
Tomás and Concepción Rivera at an event
Tomás Rivera and Dr. Jacinto Quirarte
Tomás Rivera and family
Tomás Rivera and his family at the Southwest Texas State University distinguished ...
Tomás Rivera and students at MEChA Day
Tomás Rivera and students at MEChA Day
Tomás Rivera as a child
Tomás Rivera as a child
Tomás Rivera as a child
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