urn:taro:utexas.blac.00203 Silvia Gonzalez S. Papers, 1982-1994 Finding aid written by Christian Kelleher, CA, January 2004 and Ancelyn Krivak, July 2007 Finding aid encoded by Christian Kelleher, CA, January 2004, and Ancelyn Krivak, July 2007Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive SummaryGonzalez S., Silvia Silvia Gonzalez S. Papers 1982-1994 English and Spanish 1996-07 176648446 2.7 linear feet Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Correspondence, written works, photographs, printed material, sketches and clippings of Chicana playwright Silvia Gonzalez S. Biographical Sketch

The daughter of immigrants from Mexico, Silvia Gonzalez S. (Scherer) was born in San Fernando, CA, and grew up in the barrio of Pacoima, near Los Angeles. She attended Loyola Marymount University of Los Angeles, studied abroad in Rome, and graduated from Loyola University of Chicago. In 1989 her play Boxcar won at the Multicultural Playwright's Festival with the Seattle Group Theatre. Gonzalez has lived and worked in Arizona, Chicago—where she was a resident playwright with Chicago Dramatists Workshop—and Portland, Oregon. Other plays written by Gonzalez include: Alicia in Wonder Tierra (or, I Can't Eat Goat Head), Don't Promise, Los Matadores, The Migrant Farmworker's Son, U Got the Look, and Waiting Women.

Scope and Contents Note

Correspondence, clippings and news releases, photographs, printed material, written works, course material and notes and sketches (1987-1993, 2.7 linear feet) document the life and work of Chicana playwright Silvia Gonzalez S.

Series one, Correspondence, (4 folders) is both personal and professional in nature.Clippings and News Releases (1 folder) include announcements and descriptions of Gonzalez's work, and a brief feature in the January 1992 Today's Chicago Woman "Women to Watch: 100 Women Making an Impact on the Quality of Life in Chicago" article. The Photographs (1 folder) are black and white professional portraits of Gonzalez. Printed Material (2 folders) includes flyers and programs from performances of Gonzalez's works. The largest series is Written Works (52 folders) which contains drafts of various plays, including multiple drafts of Boxcar (aka The Empty Boxcar), Los Matadores, Waiting Women, The Migrant Farmworker's Son, and works by other playwrights. The next two series contain material that predates Gonzales's playwriting career: Course Materials (5 folders) contains handouts, notes and drawings from Gonzales's acting classes and talent agency in Columbus, OH. Notes and Sketches (4 folders) is composed of original cartoons drawn by Gonzalez, as well as cartoons by others and notes on ideas for cartoons. There is also one oversize piece, a poster for a production of The Migrant Farmworker's Son.

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Cite as: Silvia Gonzalez S. Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, the University of Texas at Austin.

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Gonzalez S., Silvia--Archives Mexican American theater--Sources Hispanic American women in literature--Sources Chicano drama (English)--Sources Chicano theater--Sources Box and Folder Inventory Correspondence, 1987-1994, N.d. 11 Correspondence, 1987-1989 12 Correspondence, 1990-1991 1 3 Correspondence, 1992-1994 14 Correspondence, N.d. Clippings and News Releases, 1989-1994, N.d. 1 5Clippings and News Releases, 1989-1994, N.d. Photographs, 1992, N.d. 16 Photographs, 1992, N.d. Printed Material, 1989-1994, N.d. 17 Flyers and Newsletters, 1990-1994, N.d. 18 Programs, 1989-1994, N.d. Written Works, 1987-1993, N.d. 19 Cassandra [Imaginary Lover], 1991 110 Don't Promise, 1988, 1991 111 The Empty Boxcar, 1987 21 The Empty Boxcar, [c.1987-1988] 22 The Empty Boxcar, Theatre Conference Work in Sequential Progress, June 1988 23The Empty Boxcar [AZ], 1988 2 4 The Empty Boxcar, 1988 25The Empty Boxcar, 1988-1989 2 6 The Empty Boxcar, 1989 27 The Empty Boxcar, Seattle MCPF, 1989 31 The Empty Boxcar [with dedication], 1989[?} 3 2 The Empty Boxcar, October 1990 33 The Empty Boxcar [w/ corrections], October 1990 34 The Empty Boxcar, November 1990 35 Boxcar, December 1991 36 Boxcar, July 1993 37 The Empty Boxcar, various, N.d. 38 El Vagon del Tren, N.d. 39 Fiesta Encounters of the Third Kind, October 1994 3 10 La Llorona Llora, November 1991 311 El Matador [1st draft], January 1991 312 El Matador [2nd draft], January 1991 41 El Matador [3rd draft], January 1991 42 Los Matadores, May 1992 43 Los Matadores, N.d. 44 The Migrant Farmworker's Son, 2 July 1990 45 The Migrant Farmworker's Son, 10 October 1990 46 The Migrant Farmworker's Son, 7 June 1991 47 The Migrant Farmworker's Son, 27 June 1991 48 The Migrant Farmworker's Son, July 1991 49 The Migrant Farmworker's Son, March 1992 51 The Migrant Farmworker's Son, June 1992 52 The Migrant Farmworker's Son, June 1993 53 Of the People, November 1991 54 Samuel and Daniella, 1993, N.d. 55 T, 1991, N.d. 56 U Got the Look, 1993 57 Waiting Women, 1987 58 Waiting Women, 8 September 1990 59 Waiting Women, 18 September 1990 510 Waiting Women, C.1991 511 Waiting Women, 1991 512 Waiting Women, 1992 513 Women, and Then There's Pearl Hart [Waiting Women], September 1992 514 Waiting Women, 1993 61 Waiting Women, N.d 62 Waiting Women [draft], N.d. 63 Waiting Women [corrected pages], N.d. 64 Waiting Women, Steppenwolf Application and Research Materials, C. 1990 6 5 Others' Work, Aguilera, Anthony J. Kops, 1994 66 Others' Work, Frausto, Juan J.Change, 1991 67 Student Papers on Boxcar, 1992 Course Material, 1982-1984, N.d., 68 Scene Study, 1984 6 9 Sense Memory, 1983-1984 610 Sketches, N.d. 6 11 Talent Agency Material, 1982-1984 612 Voice and Diction, N.d. Notes and Sketches, 1983, N.d., 613 Cartoons, Ideas, 1983 7 1 Cartoons, Originals, 1983 72 Cartoons, Others' Work, 1983 73 Notes, N.d. Oversize Materials, N.d., OV The Migrant Farmworker's Son Poster, N.d.