The Quiñones Keber Collection contains over 6,000 volumes spanning the fields of art history, ethnohistory, Mesoamerican studies, and colonial Latin American history and visual culture from the late Dr. Eloise Quiñones-Keber, generously donated by her widower Michel Besson. Dr. Quiñones-Keber was a pioneering scholar in her field, a Chicana from Los Angeles who earned a doctorate in art history from Columbia University in 1984. Her work has had a lasting impact on the study of pre-Columbian art, and her multilingual collection scholarly resources—many rare, out-of-print, or difficult to obtain—is a valuable addition to our academic resources.
The digital bookplate for this collection was selected by Fresno State faculty and staff from design submissions by Fresno State students in the spring of 2026. The original work “Donde Crece el Conocimiento” (“Where Knowledge Grows”) by Emily Luna-Zurita represents the collection as a digital bookplate and as physical signage placed on the collection stacks. The bookplate represents knowledge as something that grows, nourished by culture, nature, and time. The sun symbolizes guidance and wisdom, while the surrounding plants, corn, and rain reflect learning as a continuous, living process. Inspired by Latin American visual traditions, the design honors the idea that knowledge is rooted, shared, and ever-evolving.
Books from this collection include:
