University of New Mexico Oral History Projects collection 1984-1998.

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University of New Mexico Oral History Projects collection 1984-1998.

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This is a collection of oral history projects done in conjunction with the University of New Mexico. Most were conducted by the University of New Mexico Oral History Program, with support from the University of New Mexico Center for Regional Studies. Others were class or individual projects. Projects/series include: Individuals. Francisco Angel (educator), Antonia Apodaca (musician), Juan Aragon (educator), Tom R. Benavidez (politics), Irene (Isabel) Blea (sociologist, writer, and advocate for minority issues), Father James Burke (priest), Virginia Chacon (union activist), Hermonia Chacon de Gonzalez (daughter of F.M. Chacon, writer), Dorothy I. Cline (educator), Father Jose Cubells (priest), Ramon Huerta (educator), Francisco LeFebre (mural painter), Roy Lujan (educator, discusses career of New Mexico Senator Dennis Chavez), Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez (writer, political activist), Donaldo "Tiny" Martinez (politics), Canuto Melendez (politics/history- Pecos and Mora area), Manuel "Manny" Olguin (musician), Frank "Pancho" Padilla (politics), Juan Jose Peña (poet), Jose P. Rivera (labor union organizer), Miguel Antonio Romero (politics), Edward R. Roybal (Albuquerque born, California politician), Willie Sanchez (educator), Mercedes Dominguez Sandoval (labor/railroad), Alicia Valdez de Romero (politics). Neighborhoods/Communities/Groups: Chicano Movement at Highlands University (Las Vegas, N.M.), Los Duranes, Impact Los Alamos (A project to document the social and cultural impact of Los Alamos National Labs on northern New Mexico), Mora: Chicanas in History, Musicians/Artists of Albuquerque, Los Padillas, Manhattan Project, UNM Oral History Program Announcements, Viet Nam Veterans, Willard, NM Fiestas, World War II Veterans. Events: Dia del Rio Symposium, Gallegos/Rincon Colorado Centennial Mass, Guadalupe Hidalgo Symposium (Santa Fe), La Llorona Festival (Las Vegas, NM), Latino Youth Conference (Montezuma, N.M.), Lecture on Matachines Dance (Sylvia Rodriguez), "Stories and Public Mourning: Wills, Testimonies, and the Preservation of Latina Culture", Lecture (Margaret Montoya) NAACP Rodney King Rally; New Mexico Quincentenary; Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) Demonstration at Mexican Consulate.

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Cline, Dorothy I.

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Rivera, Jose P.

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Blea, Irene I. (Irene Isabel)

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Los Alamos national laboratory

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Rodriguez, Sylvia, 1947-

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New Mexico Highlands University

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New Mexico Normal School at Las Vegas was established by a legislative act in 1893 (1893 Laws of N.M., Chp. 19, Sec. 1). In 1899 a legislative act changed the name to New Mexico Normal University (1899 Laws of N.M., Chp. 18, Sec. 1). In 1941 a legislative act changed the name to New Mexico Highlands University (1941 Laws of N.M., Chp. 130, Sec. 1). From the description of New Mexico Highlands University records, 1913-[ongoing]. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37787229 ...

Benavides, Tom R.

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Angel, Frank Warner

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University of New Mexico. Oral History Program.

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Montoya, Margaret

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Melendez, Canuto.

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Apodaca, Antonia.

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LeFabre, Francisco.

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Huerta, Ramon.

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SouthWest Organizing Project

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