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Chicano Studies Research Center

Oral Histories

Explore our collection of oral histories documenting personal narratives, experiences, and cultural heritage through interviews and testimonials.

Oral history cover with a brown and beige design featuring the CSRC logo, David Botello's name, interview dates, and details about his background.

David Botello 

Topics: Family background; childhood in Los Angeles; college education; high school education; work as a graphic artist
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Oral history cover with a brown and beige design featuring the CSRC logo, Judithe Hernández's name, interview dates, and details about her background.

Judithe Hernández 

Topics: Asco; childhood in Los Angeles; Citywide Mural Project; college education; Concilio de Arte Popular; family background; Goez Art Studios and Gallery; high school education; Los Angeles County Museum of Art;...
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Oral history cover with a brown and beige design featuring the CSRC logo, Dan Guerrero's name, interview dates, and details about his background.

Dan Guerrero 

Topics:  Childhood in 1950s East Los Angeles, best friend Carlos Almaraz, father Lalo Guerrero; New York performer and Broadway theatrical agent; Hollywood television producer, solo autobiographical play ¡Gaytino!; Chicano/Latino and LGBT activist;...
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Oral history cover with a brown and beige design featuring the CSRC logo, Judy Baca's name, interview dates, and details about her background.

Judy Baca 

This oral history is currently being updated. Topics: Art education; Catholic education; CETA; Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation; childhood in Los Angeles; Citywide Mural Project; college education; community collaborations; developing and executing...
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Oral history cover with a brown and beige design featuring the CSRC logo, Leonard Castellanos's name, interview dates, and background details.

Leonard Castellanos 

Topics: Artistic training; Cal State LA art department; Chouinard Art Institute; college education; Goez Art Studios and Gallery; print making; The East Los Angeles Community Union
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Oral history cover with a brown and beige design featuring the CSRC logo, Laura Aguilar's name, interview dates, and details about her background.

Laura Aguilar 

Topics: Childhood in San Gabriel, California; personal friendships; family relationships; Chicana/o culture; dyslexia; body image and nudity; Los Angeles’s Chicana/o and LGBT communities; exhibitions; self-portraiture; approaches to photography; photographic series,...
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Oral history cover with a brown and beige design featuring the CSRC logo, Carmen Herrera's name, interview dates, and details about her background.

Carmen Herrera 

Topics: Childhood in Cuba; education in Cuba, France, and the United States; marriage to Jesse Lowenthal; living and working in France and New York City; artist contemporaries including Wifredo Lam,...
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