Contents
Collection Access
9525 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60628
Esther Parada papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Esther Parada papers
- Identifier
- BMRC.HARSH.PARADA
- Repository
- Chicago Public Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Woodson Regional library
- Language
- English
- Size
- 6.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1929-1993
- Creator
- Parada, Esther
Biographical note
Artist/photographer Esther Parada was a faculty member at the School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Chicago from 1974 to 2004. In the mid-60s she served with the U.S. Peace Corps as art instructor at the Escuela de Artes Plasticas, Universidad de San Francisco Xavier, in Sucre, Bolivia, where she learned to speak fluent Spanish.
Scope and Contents note
The papers include original art by Parada, research materials from the period of the exposition and press coverage of the 1992 exhibit.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 September 14 by Lisa Calahan.