urn:taro:ttu.sw.00196 Dia De Los Muertos Committee (Lubbock, Texas): An Inventory of Its Records, 1998-2003, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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November 21, 2003 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided Abel Ramirez, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 26, 2004. Finding aid written in English. Inventory for the Dia De Los Muertos Committee (Lubbock, Texas) Records, 1998-2003 Abel Ramirez Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 2004 Descriptive Summary Dia De Los Muertos Committee (Lubbock, Texas) Dia De Los Muertos Committee (Lubbock, Texas) Records, 1998-2003 These are the records detailing the activities of the Dia De Los Muertos Committee of Lubbock, Texas. S1597.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 small box (0.4 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

The Committee began its activities in 1999 to gather the support needed to perform this celebration in an orderly fashion and to spread its publicity. Lubbock did not participate in the holiday until 1996 when an exhibition of artwork called Celebracion was set up emphasizing the Catholic holiday. Dia De Los Muertos an official holiday is celebrated each year in Mexico on November 2nd of the Catholic calendar. The custom was brought over to the U.S. by Mexican immigrants. The celebration of Day of the Dead or All Souls Day offers a way for the living to invite the deceased home once a year and easing any emotional pains suffered during their departure. Candy is offered, people dress in skeletal costumes, and music is sung to welcome the dead.

 Scope and Contents

The collection has correspondence, meeting notes, printed materials, posters and newspapers, contact sheets, and numerous slides and photographs concerning the activities of the Dia De Los Muertos Committee and the celebration of Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead or All Souls Day) in Lubbock, Texas.

 Organization

The collection is organized by file name.

 Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Organizations) Texas Tech University Subjects Dia De Los Muertos

Collection accession #(s): 2002-0081-B, 2003-0209-B

Gifts, 2002-2003

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, November 2003

 Preferred Citation

Dia De Los Muertos Committee (Lubbock, Texas) Records, 1998-2003, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

Dia De Los Muertos oversized materials, O9.1 "Day of the Dead Celebration" VHS tapes (2000-2001) Collection Inventory General Files 1 1 Meeting Records and Contacts, 2000 1 2 Meeting Records and Contacts, 2001 1 3 Past Celebration Materials, 2000-2001 1 4 Research Materials, 1998-1999 1 5 Contact Sheets and Negatives of Celebration, 2000 1 6 Slides of Celebration, 2000 1 7 Celebration for 2003, 2003 1 8 Event Photographs, 2003