Papers of Arizona author Patricia Preciado Martin. Contains
research files including awards, book review clippings and other press, correspondence,
genealogical material, photographs, oral histories on audio cassette, and media
appearances by Preciado Martin on VHS, DVD, and CD.
Collection Number:
MS 697
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Biographical Note
Arizona author Patricia Preciado Martin was born in Prescott and raised in Tucson. She
received a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Arizona in 1960, graduating Summa
Cum Laude. Her collections of short stories and oral histories document the folklore,
culture, history and lifeways of Mexican Americans in the Southern Arizona border
region. Reflecting rural and urban Latinx experiences, these publications have
earned her recognition from the Arizona Library Association as Arizona Author of the
Year in 1997, the 2001 Southwest Book Award, the 2005 Sharlot Hall award, and multiple
Chicano literary prizes.
Scope and Content Note
The Patricia Preciado Martin papers contain extensive research material for the author's
oral history books Beloved Land (2004) and Songs My Mother Sang to Me (1992), clippings
of press about Preciado Martin's publications and career, award certificates, materials
related to awards ceremonies, lectures and public appearances. Audio-visual materials
include oral history audio cassettes conducted by Preciado Martin as research for her
books Beloved Land and Songs My Mother Sang to Me, VHS, DVD and CD-R recordings of media
appearances by Preciado Martin, and portraits by Tucson photographer Louis Carlos
Bernal.
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transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers,
employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he
or she is an owner of copyright. Use of original audio visual materials is restricted
due to their fragile nature. No access copies are currently available. Please contact
Special Collections for more information.
Copyright
Use of original audio visual materials is restricted due to their fragile nature. No
access copies are currently available. Please contact Special Collections for more
information.
Contains the contents of six binders of collected research and photographs on Southern Arizona
families featured in Beloved Land and Songs My Mother Sang to Me maintained in
original order, collection of Barrio Stories – writings by local authors; copies
of handwritten prayers in Spanish, and assorted articles about local history
topics.
Box
folder
1
1
De la Ossa, Quiroga, Wilbur, Salazar, Gastellum, Felix-Delgado,
Mendivil families, 1880-2004
Contains collected press clippings about Preciado Martin's publications and career
grouped by publication title and organized chronologically; includes two floppy discs
containing Amor Eterno drafts. There is one folder containing award certificates,
materials related to lectures, public appearances and awards ceremonies; includes
one floppy disc of Preciado Martin's 2003 Lawrence Clark Powell Memorial Lecture:
Milagritos de mi Corazon.
Photographs (includes four signed 12x15 prints from photographer Louis Carlos
Bernal) and a framed photo of Patricia Preciado Martin on the University of
Arizona Student Union Activities Board (1959-1960). Oral histories conducted by
Preciado Martin with Mexican-American ranching and mining families of Southern
Arizona for her books Beloved Land and Songs My Mother Sang to Me, arranged
alphabetically by narrator. VHS tapes, DVDs and CDs of media appearances by
Preciado Martin, arranged alphabetically by title.
Use of original audio visual materials is restricted due to their fragile
nature. No access copies are currently available. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Box
tape
3
1, 2,
3
Benitez Franco, Ramona, 1994
(3 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
B. May 1902. A family history of ranching and farming in the Rincon
Mountains. (Beloved Land).
Separated Materials
3x5 descriptive index card in box 3.
3
4
Cota Gastelum, Luis and Agatha, 10 May 1998
(1 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
[Recorded at] Home.
Tubac and Tumacacori homesteads. (06/10/1998)
Separated Materials
3x5 descriptive index card in box 3.
3
5,
6
Leon, Solano, 29 May 1998
(2 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
Early detailed Tucson history. Memories of Leon family and ranches on
Silverbell and Rillito (AZ).
Separated Materials
3x5 descriptive index card in box 3.
3
7,
8
Leon Montiel, Livia, 10 August 1989
(2 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
A history of the Galaz, Leon and Montiel families. Memories of their ranches
on Silverbell and Rillito, AZ.
Separated Materials
3x5 descriptive index card in box 3, folder 1.
3
9, 10,
11
Mendivil, Teresa and Tim, 22-23 October
2002
(3 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
A family history and memories of Benson, AZ and the San Pedro River
Valley.
Separated Materials
3x5 descriptive index card in box 3.
3
12,
13
Quiroga, Joe, 16 June 1998
(2 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
A family history and memories of Patagonia and surrounding ranches of Elgin
and Sonoita.
Separated Materials
3x5 descriptive index card in box 3.
3
14, 15,
16
Rodriguez Parra Sotomayor, Carlotta (Lottie), 1997-1998
(3 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
B. 1919. Her family and early Tucson and the Sotomayor ranching family on
Jayne's Station Rd e/ La Cholla.
Separated Materials
3x5 descriptive index card in box 3.
3
17,
18
Salazar Tapia, Victoria, 1986, November 1988
(2 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
Memories of Salazar homestead in Aravaipa Canyon (East). Interview by Diana
Hadley.
Separated Materials
3x5 descriptive index card in box 3.
Box
tape
4
19, 20,
21
Salazar Whelan, Rosalia, 1990
(3 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
Memories of growing up in Aravaipa Canyon (East) on her father's farm/ranch
(Epimenio Salazar).
Separated Materials
3x5 descriptive index card in box 3.
4
22,
23
Silvas Martin, Carlotta, May 1991
(2 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
A history of mining in the Superior area. A family history of Silvas
family.
Separated Materials
3x5 descriptive index card in box 3.
4
24,
25
Sota, Rodolfo, 1979
(2 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
A broad history of early Tucson (1850s - ) and a history of his family ranch
in the Sierrita Mountains West of Tucson.
Separated Materials
3x5 descriptive index card in box 3.
4
26,
27
Vasquez Cruz, Helen (Elena), 1994
(2 Audio cassettes)
Scope and Contents
B. 1912. San Pedro River – Rancho Linda Vista, Falcon Ranch.
Arizona Week: Patricia Preciado Martin essay, undated
(1 Items,
CD-R)
5
6
The Changing Face of America. Part one: Places on the
Map, 24 February 2000
(1 Items,
Compact Disc)
Scope and Contents
National Public Radio segment from All Things Considered narrated by Patricia
Preciado Martin. "Short story writer Patricia Preciado Martin revisits the fading
Mexican culture that once thrived in Tucson, Arizona. This is one of three stories
done by writers about locales they once knew."
5
7
Hispanic / Native American Speakers, 1993
(1 Videocassettes)
5
8
Hispanic Research Center Inaugural Symposia: February 20 interview
with Patricia Preciado Martin, undated
(1 Videocassettes)
The Journey: Reunion at El Cañon, undated
(1 Videocassettes)
Box
item
5
10
Pat Martin DVB SCP, undated
(1 Videocassettes)
Scope and Contents
Contains clips of mariachi band performances.
5
11
La Revolucion, 1910-1928, undated
(1 Videocassettes)
Scope and Contents
Arizona Historical Society production directed by Dr. Steven Horvath and produced by
Patricia Preciado Martin. Contains interviews with Carmen H. Rivas, Armando C. Elias,
and Gloria Howitt regarding their memories of the Mexican Revolution.
5
12
Songs My Mother Sang to Me interview and booksigning, 29 September 1992
(1 Videocassettes)
5
13
Tales Told in Our Barrio, undated
(1 Videocassettes)