UNM Mural Coalition Records
Collection
Identifier: UNMA-021
Scope and Content Note
The UNM Mural Coalition records include student and community generated meeting minutes, agendas, flyers, announcements and clippings. This box contains three collections from the 1990s: The Mural Coalition, UNMA 021; the Campus Community Coalition, UNMA 022; and, the Albuquerque Booksellers Coalition, UNMA 023.
Dates
- 1993-1994
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. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Historical Note
Campus murals have been a topic of ongoing debate at UNM since the 1970s, if not earlier. In 1993, the Mural Coalition was formed by several student organizations working to address campus art and murals. The Mural Coalition had three main objectives. The first was to request the removal of the Kenneth Adams murals in the library, and/or to develop a way to educationally address the historical specificity of the murals' content. The Mural Coalition's second objective was in to recreate and replace a Student Union Building mural that had been painted over when repairs were made in the SUB in the summer of 1993. The original mural was designed and created by a group of student artists in 1981 who were dedicated to creating a mural depicting Chicano/Mexicano history. The third objective of the Mural Coalition was to promote and develop more mural art on campus and called for the university to fund mural projects emphasizing themes of history, people's struggle, environment, and culture, along with setting up a more formal structure for how decisions were made for mural art installations on campus.
Extent
1 Folder
Abstract
In 1993, the Mural Coalition was formed at the University of New Mexico by several student organizations working to address campus art and murals. The Mural Coalition records include student and community generated meeting minutes, agendas, flyers, announcements and clippings.
Processing Information
Processed by Barbara Korbal, June 2017
- Title
- Finding Aid of the UNM Mural Coalition Records, 1993-1994
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Barbara Korbal
- Date
- © 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- 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