Black Alumni Association Records
Collection
Identifier: UNMA-027
Scope and Contents
The Black Alumni Association Collection offers a diverse compilation of articles sourced from the University of New Mexico's student newspaper, the Daily Lobo. These articles focus on the struggles, achievements, and contributions of Black students who attended the university. The collection spans from the 1940s to the 1970s and sheds light on the challenges of segregation and civil rights, the emergence and influence of the Black Student Union, notable contributions by individuals and athletes like Don Woods, Ira Harge and others, and the various activities and organizations within the Black student community. The majority of the collection's content is concentrated in the 1960s and 1970s, reflecting a significant period of transformation and progression for Black students at the University of New Mexico. This archive serves as a valuable resource to understand the historical context and the impact made by Black students within the university.
Dates
- 1947 - 1978
- Majority of material found within 1960 - 1978
Creator
- Simmons, Barbara (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
These articles in the collection are related to Black Student/African American history at the University of New Mexico. These articles were collected by alumni Barbara Brown Simmons, the first Black woman to graduate from the UNM School of Law, and a cofounder of the UNM Alumni Association Black Alumni Chapter, and passed on to the Univeristy Archives after her death.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 Box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Black Alumni Association Collection presents a varied assortment of articles sourced from the University of New Mexico's student newspaper, the Daily Lobo, highlighting the challenges, accomplishments, and contributions of Black students during their time at the university, spanning from the 1940s to the 1970s with the bulk of the collection concentrated in the 1960s and 1970s.
- African American student movements--History--20th century.
- African American students
- Albuquerque (N.M.) -- Newspapers
- Athletes -- New Mexico
- Athletes -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
- Athletics-Basketball
- Basketball
- Basketball -- New Mexico
- Basketball -- New Mexico -- History
- Basketball players
- Black students
- Blacks -- Civil rights
- Blacks -- Social conditions
- College Students -- Political Activity -- New Mexico
- College students -- New Mexico
- College students -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
- College students -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Conduct of life
- College students -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Societies, etc
- College students -- Political activity
- College students –Political activity -- New Mexico – History – 20th century
- Football
- Football -- New Mexico -- History
- Minority college students -- New Mexico
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- New Mexico -- Newspapers -- History
- Newspaper clippings
- Newspapers
- Newspapers--1960-1970
- Newspapers--New Mexico
- Protest movements -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
- Students -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Societies, etc
- Students -- Societies, etc. -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
- University of New Mexico Alumni
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
Creator
- Simmons, Barbara (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Black Alumni Association Papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Amber Lane
- Date
- October 2023
- 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
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