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Raymond Valencia Lopez papers

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Identifier: 0592

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Scope and Contents

The Raymond Valencia Lopez papers consist of 30 boxes of books, 7 boxes of serials, and 46 boxes of archival material created and/or collected by Los Angeles educator, performer, and musicologist, Raymond Valencia Lopez (1921-2009). The focus of the collection is on Mexican and Latin American classical music, especially for piano, organ, and Tarahumara music and culture in Mexico. The collection also contains Valencia Lopez's correspondence with Latin American and Iberian musicologist Robert M. Stevenson (1916-2012). Other material in the collection includes printed works created for early bilingual education instruction, a wooden marimba from Mexico, and various audio recordings, including recordings of Valenica Lopez's own performances. Valencia Lopez received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California in 1947.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950 - 2012

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Extent

85 Boxes (85 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 1 marimba)

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Abstract

The Raymond Valencia Lopez papers consist of 30 boxes of books, 7 boxes of serials, and 46 boxes of archival material created and/or collected by Los Angeles educator, performer, and musicologist, Raymond Valencia Lopez (1921-2009). The focus of the collection is on Mexican and Latin American classical music, especially for piano, organ, and Tarahumara music and culture in Mexico. The collection also contains Valencia Lopez's correspondence with Latin American and Iberian musicologist Robert M. Stevenson (1916-2012). Other material in the collection includes printed works created for early bilingual education instruction, a wooden marimba from Mexico, and various audio recordings, including recordings of Valenica Lopez's own performances. Valencia Lopez received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California in 1947.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Raymond Valencia Lopez, 2012.

Separated Materials

In 2023, the USC Libraries began separating published material from the Raymond Valencia Lopez papers archival collection. This material was transferred to the USC Music Library for item-level cataloging or deaccessioning. The publications that were cataloged are accessible via the USC Libraries catalog search.

Processing Information

The collection is unprocessed. The Boeckmann Center plans to separate the books and serials from the archival material during future processing.

  • The following boxes of publications were separated from the Raymond Valencia Lopez papers starting in February of 2023: Box 4 (31275052753184) Box 6 (31275052753168), Box 10 (31275052753150), Box 11 (31275052753143), Box 15 (31275052753135), Box 17 (31275052753119), Box 19 (31275052752855), Box 21 (31275052753085), Box 22 (31275052753093), Box 23 (31275052753101), Box 24 (31275052752749), Box 25 (31275052752764), Box 26 (31275052752772), Box 30 (31275052752525), Box 35 (31275052752574), Box 71 (31275052752905), Box 72 (31275052752897), Box 73 (31275052752921), and Box 74 (31275052752939).
Title
Finding aid for the Raymond Valencia Lopez papers
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Bo Doub and Barbara Robinson
Date
2021 March
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2023: In 2023, the USC Libraries began separating published material from the Raymond Valencia Lopez papers archival collection. The published material was transferred to the USC Music Library for item-level cataloging or deaccessioning. Bo Doub documented the deaccessioning of these publications from the archival collection.

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States