Clotilde P. Garcia Reference Collection

Collection — Container: 0063

Identifier: BLIBR-0063

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one box that contains documents pertaining to Dr. Clotilde P. Garcia. The contents include books she published, biographical sketches, awards, publications, resume, and other supporting documents. Dr. Clotilde Pérez García was a noted physician, activist, author, educator, and sister of civil rights activist Hector P. García. Additionally, she was one of the first Mexican-American women in Texas to enter the medical profession.

Dates

1984 - 2003

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

The collectionis open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley assumes no responsibility.

Extent

1 Document cases (Hollinger Document case)

.4 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into three series. Series I: Biographical Documentation, Series II: Books, and Series III: Booklets.

Subjects

Land grants--Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Mexican American women Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Mexican-American Border Region--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Texas--Genealogy Subject Source: Local sources