Papers, 1932-1937.

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Papers, 1932-1937.

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The collection contains material pertaining to two main topics: the split of the Republican Party at their 1932 New Mexico State convention, and the controversy created by a purposed survey to establish the level of racism among Anglo and Hispanic high school students in 1933. Materials on the split of the Republican Party discuss Bronson M. Cutting, Arthur Seligman, and Progressivism. Items relating to the racism survey look at the involvement of the University of New Mexico, George I. Sanchez, and Professor Richard M. Page. The scrapbooks contain articles that follow these events. The folders contain some speeches, correspondence, and notes of Antonio A. Sedillo on these two topics.

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7599033

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Cutting, Bronson M., 1888-1935

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Publisher and U.S. senator from New Mexico. Full name: Bronson Murray Cutting. From the description of Bronson M. Cutting papers, 1890-1950 (bulk 1910-1935). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980057 U.S. senator from New Mexico. From the description of Letter, 1929 Oct. 14, Washington D.C., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184907337 Biographical Note ...

Sánchez, George Isidore, 1906-1972

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George I. Sánchez, writer, educator, and civil rights advocate, was born Jorge Isidoro Sánchez y Sánchez on October 4, 1906, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The son of Telésforo and Juliana Sánchez, he attended elementary and secondary public schools in New Mexico and worked as a school teacher, principal, and superintendent while earning his BA from the University of New Mexico (1930). Sánchez received his Master of Science degree in Educational Psychology and Spanish from the Universi...

Republican Party (N.M.)

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Page, Richard Martin, 1898-1975.

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Richard Martin Page was born in Spencer, Iowa on March 3, 1898. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1921. He taught at the University of Texas, and University of Chicago, where in 1932 he received his Master's degree. Beginning in 1929 he was an assistant professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. Page came to be interested in cross-cultural issues. After several years of residence in the Southwest, he became convinced that prejudice existed to a great degree be...

Sedillo, Antonio A.

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Antonio A. Sedillo was born in Socorro, New Mexico on 15 April 1876, and began his education through public and private institutions. He was a probate clerk in Lincoln County, school teacher, and member of the boards of education in Socorro and Albuquerque. Always wanting to practice law, Sedillo was admitted to the bar in El Paso, opened a practice in Socorro, and in 1907 moved his firm to Albuquerque. He served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of New Mexico in 1910 and was electe...

University of New Mexico.

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The University of New Mexico was established by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico in 1889. It was to be located in Albuquerque. Elias Stover was appointed the first president. The new institution opened in rented rooms as a summer normal school, June 15, 1892, beginning regular instruction on September 21st in the first building erected on the campus. In 1901 Dr. William G. Tight became president. He introduced the "Pueblo Style" architecture for the University buildings. U...