Olga U. Herrera - The Institute for Latino Studies - University of Notre ...

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The Getty Foundation
The Getty Foundation fulfills the philanthropic mission of the Getty Trust by
supporting individuals and institutions committed to advancing the understanding and
preservation of the visual arts in Los Angeles and throughout the world.
Olga U. Herrera, author
Olga U. Herrera is national coordinator for the Inter-University Program for Latino
Research, headquartered at the Institute for Latino Studies. She is also a research
associate with the US Midwest team of the Documents of 20th-Century Latin American
and Latino Art: A Digital Archive and Publications Project and with the Midwest Latino
Arts Documentary Heritage Project. Prior to joining the Institute, Herrera served as
program specialist and coordinator of the Arts and Culture Program at the Smithsonian
Institution’s Center for Latino Initiatives. She holds an MA in art history from Louisiana
State University and is currently pursuing a PhD in cultural studies at George Mason
University. Her research interests include modern and contemporary Latin American
and Latino art, and theories of globalization, migration, and culture.
Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame
The Institute for Latino Studies, in keeping with the distinctive mission, values, and
traditions of the University of Notre Dame, promotes understanding and appreciation
of the social, cultural, and religious life of US Latinos through advancing research,
expanding knowledge, and strengthening community.
The Julian Samora Library, Archives and Special Collections
The primary purpose of the Library and Archives unit is to support University research
on Latinos by collecting, preserving, and providing access to unique and uncommon
printed materials documenting Latinos in the Midwest, Latino arts and culture,
immigration, civil rights, religion, and higher education.
The Julian Samora Library is named in memory of the Chicano/a studies pioneer
and former Notre Dame professor of sociology (1920–1996) whose work focused
on immigration, civil rights, public health, and rural poverty. The Library and Archives
keep alive his legacy of research for social justice and social activism by offering
faculty and students a forum for archival research and scholarship in Latino studies.
The Library and Archives unit is actively involved in outreach to promote the
preservation of Latino heritage by encouraging other libraries and individuals to
collect and save documents pertaining to Latino history and culture that have been
generally overlooked by mainstream repositories. The Library and Archives strive to
collect the documents of that heritage—many of which remain in the file drawers,
storage boxes, closets, and attics of those who created them—before these precious
resources are lost.
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