The Ester M. Hernandez collection 1957-2001

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The Ester M. Hernandez collection 1957-2001

The collection contains original artwork, photographic images, periodical articles regarding both Hernandez and many of her contemporaries, original manuscripts, audio and visual recordings documenting interviews and political events, and ephemera gathered from artists, performers, and political/social activists and events.

53.5 linear ft.

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Hernández, Ester, 1944-

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Biography / Administrative History Hernandez is an artist of the first generation of Chicano and Chicana artists who participated in the Chicano art movement that began in the late 1960s as part of the Chicano civil rights movement. Her collection represents more than twenty-five years of involvement in many of the most important historical activities of this period, including the farmworkers' movement, the feminist movement, international en...