La Jicarita Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection focuses on environmental and social justice issues in northern New Mexico that Kay Matthews, her partner, Mark Schiller, and their publication, La Jicarita News researched and publicized. The collection is divided into 7 series:
Dates
- Creation: 1990-2019
Creator
- Matthews, Kay (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR 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.
Background Information
Kay Matthews is a freelance journalist, publisher, and editor of La Jicarita, a journal of environmental politics. She and her partner, Mark Schiller, started La Jicarita in 1996 as the print newspaper of Rio Pueblo/Rio Embudo Watershed Protection Coalition, a watchdog group. The paper soon expanded to investigate environmental and social justice issues across northern New Mexico: loss of agricultural lands to development; transfer of water out of agricultural use; loss of grasslands to forest encroachment; loss of biodiversity due to fire suppression; lack of community access to forest resources; and the continuing decline in community stability due to lack of economic opportunity and attendant social problems. The paper is now published online. Matthews lives on a farm in El Valle, NM where she served as an acequia commissioner for many years.
Extent
3 boxes (2.25 cu. ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection focuses on environmental and social justice issues in Northern New Mexico.
Arrangement
7 Series:
Physical Location
The original 11 Mini DV cassettes are shelved on B3.
Separated Materials
Photographs have been transferred to La Jicarita Photograph Collection.
Master digital audio and video files are stored on CSWR file server.
Processing Information
The 11 original Mini DV cassette tapes in the collection were reformatted to DVDs for researcher use in December 2024; these are now shelved on B3.
Subject
- Matthews, Kay (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Environmental justice -- New Mexico
- Forest management -- New Mexico -- Carson National Forest
- Forest management--Social aspects--Southwest, New
- Irrigation and canals and flumes New Mexico
- Jicarita
- Land grants- New Mexico.
- Land use, Rural
- Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Politics and government
- Social justice
- United States. Forest Service
- Water rights -- New Mexico
Uniform Title
- Title
- Finding Aid of La Jicarita Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
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