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Alfonso Sanchez papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-803-BC
Abstract Alfonso Sanchez was the District Attorney for Rio Arriba County during the land struggle of Reies Lopez Tijerina and the Alianza Federal de las Mercedes. The collection consists of biographical materials pertaining to Alfonso Sanchez, as well as materials pertaining to the Tierra Amarillo land grant and Reies Lopez Tijerina.
Dates: 1856-2004; Majority of material found within 1955-1970

Reies Tijerina Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-654-BC
Abstract The collection contains the papers of New Mexico land grant activist Reies Lopez Tijerina, best known for founding the Alianza Federal de Mercedes. The group organized heirs seeking to regain Spanish and Mexican land grants protected under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, an important component of the Chicano Movement.
Dates: 1888-2003; Majority of material found within 1963-1978

Spanish Archives of New Mexico Translations

 Collection
Identifier: AC 229
Scope and Content Collection consists of typed English translations of selected documents from Series I and II of the Spanish Archives of New Mexico. Series I consists of land records, and Series II consists of government documents. For most of the documents, the W.P.A. translator is not identified.
Dates: n.d.

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UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections 2
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library 1
 
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Land grants -- New Mexico 2
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Sound recordings 2
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
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Spanish; Castilian 2
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Names
Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres (U.S.) 2
Alianza Federal de las Mercedes 2
Tijerina, Reies 2
Sanchez, Alfonso, 1928- 1