Agustin Lucas Bullfighting Collection
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Scope and Contents
Collection contains periodicals from various publications related to bullfighting events and Taurine bibliography, VHS tapes and film reels of bullfighting events and related media, personal papers and notes of Agustin Lucas, documents related to Lucas’s bullfighting affiliation such as event tickets, newsletters, booklets, pamphlets, flags and postcards, photo albums of NATC conventions and events, slides, posters, artwork, awards, and sculptures.
Dates
- Creation: 1952-2008
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1960-1999
- Acquisition: Date acquired: 12/05/2022
Creator
- Lucas, Agustin (1928-2011) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is not restricted.
Conditions Governing Use
Reproduction and publication of materials in this collection are subject to the policies of the University of North Texas Special Collections department. Copyright restrictions may apply.
Biographical / Historical
Agustin Lucas, born in Ohio and raised in his parents’ native country Spain, was an engineer and lifelong bullfighting enthusiast. He and his family lived in Palacios, a small mountain village where his parents had lived before emigrating to the United States. After the execution of his father in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, Lucas and his remaining family would move to Madrid in 1941, before settling in Los Angeles in 1946. Lucas would go on to make a career in electronics, having worked at companies such as Price Pfister, Lockheed and Hallamore Electronics, as well as helping to create Parko Electronics with whom he would stay until retirement. Lucas was a member of several bullfighting related groups such as Los Aficionados de Los Angeles and the Orange Country Aficionados, the latter of which he would serve as president, as well as their parent organization the National Association of Taurine Clubs and the Taurine Bibliophiles of America. Lucas passed in 2011 in Los Angeles California.
Extent
18 boxes (18 boxes, 2 oversized items, 2 oversized folders.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This is a collection of bullfighting materials from Agustin Lucas, containing items related to the sport as well as the many bullfighting clubs and associations he was a part of. Contains information and coverage of the Los Aficionados de Los Angeles’s trip to the 1983 National Association of Taurine Clubs Convention held in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.
Arrangement
Collection arranged by materials types, subjects and chronology.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Reproduction and publication of materials in this collection are subject to the policies of the University of North Texas Special Collections department. Copyright restrictions may apply.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift.
Accruals
2022-073
- Title
- Agustin Lucas Bullfighting Collection
- Author
- B. Smith
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of North Texas Special Collections Repository
University of North Texas, Willis Library
1155 Union Circle # 305190
Denton TX 76203 US