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Carlos Espinosa Cansino collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-692-BC
Abstract This collection contains writings from and materials relating to the Chicano activist, Carlos Cansino. Cansino was active with the Los Duranes Community Improvement Association in Albuquerque and La Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres, as well as Chicano organizing in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Texas.
Dates: 1966-2011 (bulk 1966-1970)

New Mexico Attorney General Records,

 Collection
Identifier: 1971-015
Scope and Content As of 1997 collection consists of records of the New Mexico Attorney General and the New Mexico Solicitor General (1892-1995). Includes case files, administrative correspondence, annual reports, legal opinions, letterpress copybooks, financial documents, extraditions, and various legal documents. Materials in the collection concern both general issues such as civil rights and consumer protection, and specific matters such as the 1980 riot at the state penitentiary, and the activities of Alianza...
Dates: 1892-[ongoing]

Noe Tijerina Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-859-SC
Abstract This small collection contains the papers of Noe Tijerina, son of Reies Lopez Tijerina, Chicano land grant activist and founder of Alianza Federal de Mercedes. The papers relate to land grant activism and the Tijerina family.
Dates: 1958-2007

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

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UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections 3
New Mexico State Records Center and Archives 1
 
Subject
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- New Mexico 2
Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- History 2
New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1951- 2
Administrative agencies -- New Mexico 1
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Language
Spanish; Castilian 1
Undetermined 1
 
Names
Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres (U.S.) 2
Tijerina, Reies 2
Cansino, Carlos Espinosa 1
Gutiérrez, José Angel 1
Los Duranes Community Improvement Association 1
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Tijerina, Noe 1
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