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Carlos Bulosan photograph collection, circa 1940s-1950s
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Bulosan, Carlos
- Title
- Carlos Bulosan photograph collection
- Dates
- circa 1940s-1950s (inclusive)19401959
- Quantity
- 11 photographs (1 folder) ; various sizes
- Collection Number
- PH1156
- Summary
- Photographs of the Filipino writer, Carlos Bulosan, and his brother
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access to original photographs restricted. Entire collection available on digitial site. Permission of curator required for viewing. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (c. 1911– September 11, 1956) was a Filipino American author, poet, and activist. A chronicler of the Filipino American experience in during the 1930s-early 1950s on the West Coast, he is best remembered for his semi-fictionalized autobiographical novel America Is In the Heart (1946). Though Bulosan was only 42-45 years old when he died of tuberculosis-complicated pneumonia in Seattle in 1956, he left behind a large body of poems, novels, short stories, plays, and correspondence on a wide range of interrelated topics. Bulosan’s work described the experience of growing up poor in a rural area of the Philippines, chronicling the conditions of neocolonialism after American occupation and centuries of Spanish colonialism. Bulosan’s work captures the “push” factors that drove himself his generation to the United States. Like Bulosan, they hoped to find a better future and forged resilient and adaptive communities in the face of an often-hostile and exploitative European American culture in the United States. Bulosan is remembered as a progressive anti-colonial, pro-labor, humanitarian voice by an array of communities including Asian/Pacific Islanders, organized labor, academics and intellectuals, and a wide array of social justice; ethnic; and activist communities.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains photographs of Carlos Bulosan, his brother Aurelio, Chris Mensalvas, and a woman television performer.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View the digital version of the collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Separated Materials
Papers related to Carlos Bulosan can be found in the Carlos Bulosan Papers, Mss. Coll. No. 0581, it is likely that these photographs of Bulosan were removed from the Carlos Bulosan Papers.
Related Materials
Records relating to Carlos Bulosan and the union of which he was a part, the Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 7.
- Aurelio Bulosan papers
- Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union Local 7 records
- Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 7 photographs
- John Caughlan papers
- Cindy Domingo papers
- Jean Gundlach papers
- C. T. (Barry) Hatten papers
- Chris D. Mensalvas papers
- Chris D. Mensalvas photograph collection
- Trinidad Rojo papers
- Victorio A. Velasco papers
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Carlos BulosanReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Folder | item | ||
1 | 1 | circa 1940s | |
1 | 2 | circa 1940s | |
1 | 3 | circa 1940s | |
1 | 4 | 1951 | |
1 | 5 | 1951 | |
1 | 6 | circa 1950s | |
1 | 7 | circa 1950s |
Aurelio BulosanReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Folder | item | ||
1 | 8 | circa 1950s |
WomanReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Folder | item | ||
1 | 9-10 |
Publicity portraits of woman John E. Reed, Hollywood,
California (Photographer)
|
circa 1950s |
1 | 11 |
Publicity portrait of woman, probably host of KSTP-TV
children's show Daniels Studio, Hopkins,
Minnesota (Photographer)
|
circa 1950s |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- American literature--Filipino American authors
- American poetry--Filipino American authors
- Filipino Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Bulosan, Carlos--Photographs (collector)
- Mensalves, Chris
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Bulosan, Aurelio--Photographs