RUP Research & Publications

ARCHIVING RUP/RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS: We have gathered and archived more than 50 years of history

Over the years there have been a number of oral histories recorded on La Raza Unida Party and those who were associated with it in various capacities. Below is a working list of some of those oral histories.
At the 40th year LRUP reunion in Austin, Texas, Dr. Emilio Zamora oversaw the collection of 32 oral histories of people who attended the 40th year reunion. These oral histories have not been transcribed and are currently at the Benson Library at The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin -Raza Unida Party Papers, and individual collections
  • Texas Handbook Online (RUP history and some individual biographies)
  • Chicana Por Mi Raza Digital Memory Project. https://chicanapormiraza.org/historias (Website by Maria E. Cotera and Linda Garcia Merchant, RUP legacy daughters with extensive interviews and digital archives of RUP women. Archive focus is on Chicana/Latina feminism, 1960s to 1980s)
  • Public libraries in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and El Paso will have archives on local Raza Unida Party history
  • Major university libraries in southwestern and midwestern states may also be good sources of Raza Unida Party archives and oral histories.
  • Dr. José Angel Gutierrez, while a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, conducted a project called Tejano Voices. He interviewed more than 173 Tejanos and Tejanas. The audio and transcript of these interviews can be found at: https://library.uta.edu/tejanovoices/

Civil Rights in Black and Brown (www.crbb.tcu.edu)

ALMA CANALES

https://www.Tshaonline.org.handbook/entries/razaunidaparty

Raza Unida Party Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin.

ROSIE CASTRO

https://chicanapormiraza.org/historias (Oral history and digital documents)

OLIVIA “EVEY” CHAPA

https://chicanapormiraza.org/historias (Oral history and digital documents)

MARTHA P. COTERA

Martha P. Cotera Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_P._Cotera

https://chicanapormiraza.org/historias (Oral history and digital documents)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjV2ht2FV1A (Fembeat Chingona)

https://www.wmm.com/catalog/film/a-crushing-love/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qydM9dWxU3U (Fembeat-documentary featuring Martha P. Cotera)

Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia, by VL Ruiz, 2006.

LINDA DEL TORO

https://chicanapormiraza.org/historias (Oral history and digital documents)

JOSE ANGEL GUTIERREZ

Jose Angel Gutierrez Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin.

https://youtu.be/rx_s0if-Blk https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B09R52RSQS

Civil Rights in Black and Brown (www.crbb.tcu.edu)

LUZ BAZAN GUTIERREZ

https://www.yakimaherald.com/undaunted-women-luz-bazan-gutierrez/article_2c9d46e4-36ae-11e8-84f2-fba65d508d9c.html

https://www.yakimahispanicchamber.com/about-us

Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia, by VL Ruiz, 2006.

Raza Unida Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin.

RUTH MOJICA HAMMER

https://chicanapormiraza.org/historias (Oral history and digital documents)

Ruth Mojica Hammer, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin.

MARIA L. HERNANDEZ

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hernandez-maria-l-de

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_L._de_Hern%C3%A1ndez

MARIA D. JIMENEZ FLORES

https://chicanapormiraza.org/historias (Oral history and digital documents)

https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/houhistory

MARIA ELENA MARTINEZ

https://chicanapormiraza.org/historias

Maria Elena Martinez Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin. https://chicanapormiraza.org/historias

ALBINA “ABBIE” MUÑIZ

Ramsey and Albina Pina Muñiz Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin.

RAMSEY “RAMIRO” MUÑIZ

Ramsey and Albina Piña Muñiz Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin.

VIRGINIA MUZQUIZ

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/muzquiz-virginia-aguirre

AURORA ESTRADA OROZCO

https://www.Tshaonline.org.handbook/entries/orozco-Aurora-Estrada