Alan Rollie, 7/31/1980
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
Summary of notes: Mr. Rollie talks about how the Indian trading post traders helped the Navajos with many needs in their lives, including burying their dead. He also recalls his days working as a community organizer for the Democratic party in the 1930s against the Republican machine in Gallup. He also comments about later decades and issues in New Mexico politics, the mining companys controlling the miners’ votes and the move to have a voter literacy test, which Hispanics opposed in New Mexico. He said local government committees worked best in Gallup when they were balanced - having an Anglo, Slav, Italian and a Hispanic, and when there were representatives from the railroad, mines and small business all working for a better community. He comments there were no Indians or Indian traders in the Gallup committees.
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Dates
- 7/31/1980
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 2 boxes (.5 cu. ft. containing 49 CDs, transcriptions, and notes)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu