Frances Léon Quintana's collection consists of papers and publications by Quintana and other scholars whose work she used to inform her own. It also contains general correspondence with various institutions and colleagues, as well as correspondence and other materials regarding particular projects she participated in throughout her career. Additionally, the collection includes personal information such as curriculum vitae, autobiographical statements, job descriptions and evaluations, grievance documentation, as well as grant proposals, project reports, ethnographic field diaries, project papers, lecture notes, petitions, statements, testimonies, and news clippings. The collection is divided into 6 series. Life Works: This series is divided into three subseries that outline Frances Quintana's history, interests, and engagement in anthropological research and teaching. The first subseries consists of personal information including a curriculum vitae, autobiographical and biographical papers, and material concerning the graduate fellowship in anthropology she established. Subseries two is comprised of papers she presented and published on the different projects she partook in or led throughout her career. Topics of papers include the Alianza and Reies Lopez Tijerina, land grants, the H.E.L.P. and Rancho de Carnue projects, as well as her graduate papers and correspondence, reviews, and clippings about her book Los Primeros Pobladores. The third subseries holds material such as lecture invitations, syllabi and lecture notes on New Mexico history, culture change and cultural relations, photography as an ethnographic tool, anthropology and illness, and minority education. General Correspondence. This series contains correspondence between Quintana and various scholars and colleagues from 1963 to 1999. Topics of correspondence include the American Anthropological Association and the Applied Anthropology meetings, an invitation to teach at Antioch College in 1971, publication of articles and her thesis, The Southern Utes and their Neighbors, her doctoral dissertation research, and reviews of books to be published. Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico. This series contains information regarding Quintana's employment. Projects: This is the largest series, which is divided into six subseries pertaining to projects Quintana participated in as an ethnographer. The first subseries pertains to traditional Hispanic music for which Dr. Quintana collected historical and ethnographic information through interviews with Hispanic families. The second subseries, the Tri-Ethnic project is one of the most important projects she partook in. The project concerned the intercultural contact and relations of Ute, Hispanic, and Anglo families within a northern New Mexico-Colorado community. The third subseries is comprised of documents on the Home Education Livelihood Program (H.E.L.P.) for which Dr. Quintana served as ethnologist-evaluator from 1968-1973.The fourth subseries pertains to the Office of Economic Opportunity (O.E.O), a project designed to create an instrument that would effectively assess attitudes toward the poor. The fifth subseries on the Las Vegas, New Mexico ethnohistorical and archeological project focuses on documentation and findings on sociocultural change. The final subseries concerns projects undertaken at Tijeras, and Villanueva. Historical and Sociopolitical Interests and Involvement. This series reflects Dr. Quintana's involvement with historico-political matters. It is divided into four subseries the first of which contains material on Hispano and Native American history and culture, consisting mainly of notes, clippings, and archival material on colonial Indian relations. The second subseries concerns the Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres and Reies Tijerina. The third subseries contains material on New Mexico land grants including correspondence, notes, related publications, and archival material. The final subseries is on the Indian Civil Rights Bill and contains petitions, statements and testimonies by Dr. Quintana and other scholars, the ACLU, and different Pueblo members and representatives from 1969-1977. There is also information on the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project that took place in 1977. Publications Written by Others: This series represents a collection of scholarly material Dr. Quintana used in the various projects she was involved in, as well as issues that were of great importance to her. Topics of publications vary from New Mexico history to the U.S.-Mexico border, migrant workers, education and bilingual and multicultural representation, as well as publications on culture change and revitalization.
