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Detail of “Tirando rollo (I love you)” by Gaspar Enriquez, 2005

In a previous blog post titled Selections from the University Art Collection, we highlighted some art pieces that were donated to CSUN to illustrate the importance of the contemporary art and culture of Southern California. This post will focus on the giclée prints that were acquired from Cheech Marin, comedian, actor, writer, Chicano art collector, and CSUN alumnus...

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Drum on cover of Latin American Music Review, ML 1. L3 v. 1 no.1

Music and oral traditions from the global South are often pushed aside and considered to be unimportant, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Fortunately there have been attempts to remedy this mindset through a measured academic study of the music and culture from the global South. One example specifically covering Latin American music is...

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Ann Stanford, University Archives Photograph Collection

Dr. Ann Stanford (1916-1987) was a poet, writer, translator, educator, and mother. For those researching her work, we have many resources available. Stanford was born in the city of La Habra...

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Dalí’s image of Alice seen throughout the book, on the title page, starting each chapter of text, and in each of the twelve illustrations by Dalí. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, PR4611 .A7 1969

Special Collections and Archives houses five distinct editions of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderlandsix if you include Alice's adventures under ground: a facsimile of the original Lewis Carroll manuscript (1964), published between 1904 and 1982. In them, you can find...

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