Latin American Treasures on Display at the Bancroft for Bay Area Symposium
On Friday October 6, 2000 approximately seventy-five faculty and graduate students from the extended Bay Area and northern California region, and a small delegation from the state of Arizona, gathered at Berkeley to enjoy a day-long program on the diverse Latin American holdings at the University of California, Berkeley; Stanford University; and the Sutro Library in San Francisco. The goal of the symposium was to provide a venue for researchers to meet new colleagues and discuss common interests and issues in their fields and to offer an introduction to the libraries, rare books, manuscripts, and archival resources housed in the participating libraries. Co-sponsors for this event included The Bancroft Library, Stanford University Library, the Centers for Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley and Stanford, the California State Library, and the Townsend Center for the Humanities at UC Berkeley.
Following welcoming marks by Charles B. Faulhaber, The James D. Hart Director at The Bancroft Library, the participants engaged in a panel discussion moderated by Walter Brem, Associate Curator of the Bancroft Collection for Latin Americana. Panelists for this session included Adan Griego, Curator for Latin Americana at Stanford University; Carlos Delgado, Berkeley's Librarian for Latin American Collections for Doe Library; and Susana Hinojosa, Berkeley's Librarian for Government and Social Science Information Services. After lunch, the audience gathered for an afternoon session moderated by William B. Taylor, Professor of History at UC Berkeley. Panelists for this session were: Walter Brem; Martha E. Whittaker, Librarian and Mexican Specialist, Sutro Library, California State Library; Theresa Salazar, Curator of Bancroft Collection for Western Americana; and Roberto Trujillo, Frances & Charles Field Curator of Special Collections and Head, Department of Special Collections, Stanford University.
Robert Trujillo, Theresa Salazar, Walter Brem, Martha E. Whittaker, and Adan Griego. |
The symposium concluded with a reception at The Bancroft Library, including an opportunity to view an exhibition of "Latin American Treasures of The Bancroft Library." Comments and evaluations received from audience members identified a number of topics for future meetings, and supported the value of gatherings such as this one. Typical comments included, "Thanks for putting this on. Even as a very busy grad student I think this was a great use of my time." |
—Walter Brem
Associate Curator of the
Bancroft Collection for Latin Americana
Volume 118
Spring 2001
Table of Contents
With the Free Speech Movement Collections, You are There
From the Director: The Bancroft–Wells Fargo Audiotape Project
A Wrong Turn Led to a Half-Century of Service
Latin American Treasures on Display at the Bancroft
Collecting the California Feminist Press Materials
Bernard Rosenthal, the Antiquarian, Scholar, and Friend of The Bancroft Library
David Ross Brower, Leader of the Environmental Movement
Home at Last—Four Manuscript Chapters of Mark Twain's A Tramp Abroad Come to Bancroft
Willa Baum, ROHO Director, is Honored on Her Retirement
Wedding Bells and Fond Farewells
