Lee Marmon - #1
Series
Scope and Contents
Abstract: 3/7/2012. Marmon discusses his experience at UNM in 1943. He was enrolled up until he was drafted into the Army on November 20th, 1943. During his time at UNM, he notes the absence of other Native students and professors. He provides insight regarding the challenges he faced as a Native person in academia including lack of Native student services, funding opportunities, and course advisement and counseling for Native students. He traces the history of educational supports he received as a child in Laguna Pueblo in the 1940's, including the challenges with various programs and services in public school. He also discusses the general perspectives from his elders and family, who all encouraged the youth in their educational pursuits despite their own experiences with boarding schools, such as Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. He outlines how his family was the supportive link in helping him pursue higher education at UNM. He briefly discusses Native economic experiences after World War II and the importance of vocational programs at Albuquerque Indian School. He comes from a family of college graduates and discusses the potential of sustaining a cycle of education-focused support. He stresses the importance of graduates and alumni in Native communities who influence and support educational directives of the youth, as they play an important role in passing down the importance of secondary educational pursuits.
Dates
- 2012-2015
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English, with Native American language interspersed in some of the interviews
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 5 Boxes (44 interviews)
Abstract
Lee Marmon is of Laguna Pueblo and Anglo American heritage and has lived and worked in Laguna most his life. He is a renowned photographer and is most well-known for his photograph “White Man Moccasins”. His work as a photographer has provided opportunities for him to travel globally. He was also an author and has won top regional book awards.
General
Keywords/Topics: Native representation at UNM in 1943; drafted into the U.S. Army; Native Veteran; family history of education; Carlisle Boarding School (Riverside, C.A. and Haskell, Kansas); nicknames for Native people in the 1930's including "squaw Evans"; Laguna educational directives; Native economic experience after World War II, Leslie Marmon Silko; Mac Arthur Grant; Hopi stories of enrollment at Horace Mann School N.Y. ; affiliation to the Baldwin family; Albuquerque Indian School; vocational programs; University Lodge at Albuquerque Indian School; Lee Marmon Collection at CSWR.
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