Carmela Bernadette Chávez Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2016-08-03
Scope and Content
Contains personal papers; correspondence; family photographs, films and documents; books and manuscripts related to Carmela Chávez’s education, student activism, personal and professional writing and legal career. (Note: Twenty-nine 8mm reels of home movies were transferred to DVD in November 2017. Reel 30 remains undeveloped and was not digitized. Reel 31 was not digitized. The original reels and DVDs are in unprocessed Box 6; archival files are housed on the internal hard drive.)
The collection is currently unprocessed; please consult with CSWR reference staff with any questions and for access.
The collection is currently unprocessed; please consult with CSWR reference staff with any questions and for access.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1950 - 2022
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. Duplication of recordings permitted only with written permission from artist, performer, interviewer and interviewee, tribal authority, or current holder of intellectual property rights. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws.
Biography / History
Carmela Bernadette Chávez was born in 1950 in Estancia, New Mexico, and was raised in Albuquerque and at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (where her father was head of the County Welfare Office). During her undergraduate career at the University of New Mexico, Carmela Chavez served as a student senator and activist, fighting for a number of liberal causes. A graduate of Harvard Law School, she practiced law for fifteen years in New Mexico, where she owned a law office, accepting cases as public defender, a social security disability representative and a children's advocate. She is also a writer and author.
Extent
14 boxes.
Physical Location
B3-3A
- Title
- Inventory of the Carmela Bernadette Chávez Papers, ca. 1950-2016
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Date
- © 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
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
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