Latin American and Latino History and Culture

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United Farm Workers' pamphlets and documents, Spanish language comics, poetry chapbooks by Chicana and Chicano authors, and popular culture materials from Central and South America are all collected in Special Collections. Highlights include:

• A Mexican comics collections as large as any in the English speaking world, which includes many of the works of Rius (Eduardo Reyes) in both Spanish and English.
• A large and growing archive documents activities of the Latino community in the Midwest.
• More than 175 artists' books from Cuba's Ediciones VigÍa, and cartoneras editions from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
• Brazilian cordels ("stories on a string") collected in 2007, 2008, and 2010.

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• African American Materials
• Latin American and Latino History & Culture

Did You Know ...

• Special Collections holds four newspapers produced by the African American students at MSU as part of the Ethnic Studies Collection: The Grapevine Journal, People's Choice, Speak, and The Legacy.