Browse Collections (9 total)

Barrios of El Monte and South El Monte

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Oral histories and photographs related to Greater El Monte's historic barrios, or colonias.

C.A.S.A. Zamora

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Charreria in the SGV

Collective Shade

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For an exercise dubbed “Collective Shade,” SEMAP invited artists, students, and community members to respond to the poem “To our Pioneers,” which…

LGBTQ Spaces

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Primarily focused on the history of the Sugar Shack in El Monte, this collection features short interviews and documents related to to said bar. It…

Literary El Monte

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Muralism and Art in Greater El Monte

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Southern California is home to a rich history of muralism. These public works claim space, preserve and reclaim a history that is excluded and…

PLM and Ricardo Flores Magón

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Photos, art, newspaper clippings, and personal letters related to the Flores Magón brothers, the PLM, and anarchists groups in El Monte and the San…

SEMAP Events

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