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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Elaine K. Miller Oral History Collection, 1966 - 1972
Collection number:
25
Creator:
Elaine K.
Miller
Extent:
5 linear feet
Abstract:
The Mexican Folk Narrative project was the result of
Elaine K. Miller's PhD dissertation. With the aid of the distinguished scholar
in the field of Hispanic folklore, Dr. Stanley Robe, Ms. Miller developed a
dissertation proposal that involved collecting, annotating, and analyzing folk
narrative tales and legends from the Mexican American community in the Los
Angeles area. With the support of a National Defense Foreign Language (NDFL)
fellowship, Ms. Miller's study was furthered by her initial contacts made with
the Guadalupana Society. These initial contacts grew into a network that
eventually became the unique set of narratives that comprised the publication of
The Mexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area.
In addition to this project Ms. Miller has produced a number of illustrated
presentations on the Chicano murals in the area, based, among them are: Charles
Felix (Estrada Courts project in Los Angeles), Judith Baca (The Great Wall in
Burbank), and Manuel Unzueta (the Quarantina Street Mural in Santa Barbara).
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Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this
finding aid can contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.edu
Physical location:
Currently located at the Chicano Studies
Archive, 180 Haines Hall, UCLA. In the future the collection will be stored at
the Southern Regional Library Facility, UCLA.
Collection materials in Spanish original materials,
English synopsis
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